Careers Beyond Academia

Careers Beyond Academia Live Q&A
2021-12-02 12:00 - 13:00 (America/New_York) | Zoom, NY, United States
Live Q&A Session for any job search questions! Wondering about applications, interviews and job opportunities? Have a quick question about timing? Thinking about skill building or how to build experiences into your resume? Please pop in to ask a question, hear tips from colleagues and more.
All graduate students and postdocs from any field are welcome to attend. We welcome alumni, too!
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FGSS Careers Beyond the Professoriate
2021-12-02 16:30 - 18:00 | Zoom
Please join us for a panel discussion and workshop on pursuing careers beyond the professoriate in FGSS and the humanities. This event will feature a conversation with Liz M. Alexander, Stephen Kim, Lynne Stahl, and Cameron Scott about their journeys to their current careers, followed by a short workshop on identifying transferrable skills with Denise DiRienzo, the Experiential Program Director in the Graduate School’s Careers Beyond Academia program.
Panelist Bios:
Liz Murice Alexander is a doctoral candidate in Literatures in English, completing a dissertation titled Dirty Computers: Erotic Data Poetics. They serve as Digital Communications Grad Intern at the Cornell LGBT Resource Center, a season two producer with Change Agents the Podcast, and founder at SixtyFifthSt Media.
Stephen Kim completed his PhD in English at Cornell in 2020 with minor fields in FGSS and American Studies. During his time as a graduate student, he worked for Cornell’s Intergroup Dialogue Project (IDP). After graduating, he took a full-time position with IDP as their curriculum specialist. Though this is not the career path he imagined for himself when starting graduate school, his training in FGSS has prepared him well for his current position, which involves EDI work in both academic and student life spaces.
Lynne Stahl is the Humanities Librarian at West Virginia University. She earned her PhD in English from Cornell in 2015, and her research interest spans film, gender theory, popular culture, and critical information studies.
Cameron Scott received his PhD in Comparative Literature from Cornell in 2002 and an MA in Creative Writing (Poetry) from the University of Texas in 1999. He is currently a writer and editor at UCSF, the University of California’s all health-sciences campus. He has also worked as a science writer at Stanford University. He worked as a journalist for several years, focused on technology, health, and medicine. He lives in Oakland, CA.
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Small Group Discussion to Explore Career Options in Industry
2021-12-07 14:00 - 15:00 | Zoom, NY, United States
Starting to explore Careers in Industry? Careers Beyond Academia Information Session on Tuesday, December 7 @ 2 pm.
If you are interested in exploring your options and want to meet colleagues who are considering careers outside of a traditional tenure-track role, sign up for a small group session. Bring your questions, share your career aspirations and trepidations, receive guidance on how to get started on your career search, and specific advice on how to approach your advisor or make a career decision. We’ll exchange tips, tricks, and tools to efficiently explore your options, build your skills and take action to prepare for your future. To Register.

Thinking of a career in Academic Publishing?
2021-12-07 16:30 - 17:30 | Zoom, NY, United States
This webinar features two professionals from Cornell University Press.
Martyn Beeny is Marketing and Sales Director at Cornell University Press after holding the same role at University of Nebraska Press. Martyn entered publishing while completing his Ph.D. in history. He never intended to be a book marketer, but when a job opened at the South Dakota State Historical Society Press that combined his love of books and history it seemed a good idea. His apprenticeship with this small publisher changed his career path from academia to marketing and publishing. After eight years in South Dakota, he worked as Marketing and Sales Director at one of the largest university presses in Lincoln, NE, before moving to Cornell UP, where he has been for five years.
Bethany Wasik is an acquisitions editor at Cornell University Press, currently acquiring projects in the fields of Classics, Archaeology, Modern European History, and Military History. Prior to joining the acquisitions team at Cornell University Press six years ago, she completed a Ph.D. at Indiana University and two postdoctoral fellowships in molecular biology and genetics at Yale and Cornell Universities. In addition to her science background, she minored in anthropology with a focus on archaeology, and took a wide range of history courses as an undergraduate. Her transition from academics to publishing was fueled by a passion for editing and reviewing scholarly content and a desire to promote that content to a larger audience.
Advance Registration Required for Zoom Link.

Practical Tips to Prepare for a Job Search
2021-12-15 12:00 - 12:30 | Zoom
Please join Careers Beyond Academia for Three Practical Tips to start your Job Search over break. This thirty minute discussion will help you focus on exploring what matters to you, tips on how to spend a few minutes each day on introspection and exploration.
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