This is just a quick note that the APA’s Committee on Non-Academic Careers has organized a webinar for APA members, Supporting Non-Academic Careers: What Can Faculty Do?, for next Monday (October 26th) at 4pm EST. I think this is a great endeavor, and hope it receives strong participation, in part to incentivize more endeavors and events like this in the future. Here's a quick description of the event and scheduled speakers:
The webinar will include recommendations about steps departments and faculty can take to support and facilitate careers outside of academia, as well as experiences from faculty working to promote career diversity. The webinar may be especially useful for faculty in leadership positions in graduate programs, such as chairs, directors of graduate studies, and placement/career services officers.
The panelists for the webinar are the following:
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- Mark Barber, PhD, associate chair of the APA Committee on Non-Academic Careers
- Carolyn Dicey Jennings, Associate Professor of Philosophy and Cognitive Science, University of California, Merced
- Shane Wilkins, PhD, member of the APA Committee on Non-Academic Careers
- Kevin J.S. Zollman, Professor of Philosophy and Social and Decision Sciences, Carnegie Mellon University
To participate, register on the APA website. Registration will be available until 10 a.m. Eastern time / 7 a.m. Pacific time on the day of the webinar, and access information will be provided to registrants at least one hour prior to the start of the webinar. Registration is limited to current APA members.
Interested readers can register for the event here. However, if you can't make it, a live recording of the event will be made available to APA members afterward.
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