During this informational session, staff from the Petey Greene Program will talk about the kind of projects a Rackham Doctoral Intern Fellow would be involved with at the organization, as well as their roles and career paths to the program with a Ph.D. There will be opportunities to ask questions and learn about the organization's […]
Join us for Designing Blackness, a unique Black History Month workshop that bridges the worlds of gaming and diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI). Led by Kishonna Gray, professor in the U-M School of Information and expert in digital culture and DEI representation in gaming, this session will dive into how Blackness is in gaming spaces. […]
The topic for this session is informational interviewing, which can be a powerful tool to aid in your career exploration as well as networking and job search efforts. We’ll talk about the purpose of an informational interview, how to identify people to interview, how to request an informational interview, and how to prepare for a […]
How do you assess whether organizations are committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI)? Join us to learn about how to assess various aspects of an organization’s culture during the job and internship search process through a DEI lens. During this session, you’ll have the opportunity to discuss the challenges of navigating this process and […]
Many of us are committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion and accept the extensive evidence from scholarly studies in psychology and neuroscience demonstrating that we all have unconscious biases that affect our interactions with others. The question then becomes, how do we not only become aware of our biases, but also work to overcome them? […]
This workshop is open to all graduate students seeking guidance around interviewing for positions beyond tenure track roles, which can differ greatly from the academic job search process. It also meets the needs of those applying to internships, including those applying to the Rackham Doctoral Intern Fellowship Program. The workshop will focus on preparing graduate […]
This workshop will focus on resources you can leverage to explore career options, as well as strategies to best position yourself for a variety of career trajectories. We will cover approaches to networking, transferable skills, and key resources designed to support your exploration. This workshop is open to students at all points in their graduate […]
Institutions of higher learning are more diverse than ever before, and many educators are eager to understand how to best support the wide variety of backgrounds, needs, and preferences that will be present in their future classrooms. This training will focus on universal design for learning (UDL) as a framework for accessibility and inclusion—a fluid, […]
In this interactive workshop, the Rackham embedded University Career Center Ph.D. coaching team will guide you through converting your academic CV to an industry resume. Brief best practices will be shared, but most of the time will be spent actively working on your resume, so bring a laptop or a few printed copies of your […]
Are you an international graduate student Interested in pursuing an internship? We’re here to help! This informal information session will feature international graduate students who’ve gone through the Rackham Doctoral Intern Fellowships Program as well as staff from the International Center, University Career Center, and Rackham. We’ll cover general information for applying for internships as […]