{"id":32,"date":"2018-02-17T19:33:14","date_gmt":"2018-02-17T19:33:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/integrations.pressbooks.network\/oersourcebook\/chapter\/grad-programs\/"},"modified":"2019-12-03T15:09:53","modified_gmt":"2019-12-03T15:09:53","slug":"grad-programs","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/integrations.pressbooks.network\/oersourcebook\/chapter\/grad-programs\/","title":{"raw":"Resources for Graduate Programs","rendered":"Resources for Graduate Programs"},"content":{"raw":"<div class=\"textbox shaded\">\n\nOften, graduate students\u00a0learn about their field's expectations through informal networks of colleagues. A Pressbook could provide an organized set of department-specific resources intended to help graduate students understand disciplinary conventions, access field-specific resources, or navigate the job market. [footnote]Graduate students in the UW-Madison English Department are in the process of piloting a crowd-sourced guide of this type. At the end of this pilot project, we will update this page with more information about lessons learned in this process.[\/footnote]\n\nThe following list includes some of the materials that may be useful to include in a graduate student resource guide.\n\n<\/div>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\">Field-Specific Knowledge<\/h1>\nMany departments are composed of and connected to multiple sub-disciplines that each have their own institutional knowledge. Graduate students and professors interested in supporting entering students and attracting future applicants might find it useful to provide a centralized resource for succeeding within a sub-discipline.\n<ul>\n \t<li class=\"p1\">Overview of key journals<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul class=\"ul1\">\n \t<li class=\"li1\">Guidelines for IRB approval<\/li>\n \t<li class=\"li1\">Conference info and characteristics\n<ul>\n \t<li><em>Ex. which conferences have a reputation for being particularly welcoming to graduate students?<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n \t<li class=\"li1\">Specific research fellowships\n<ul>\n \t<li><em>Do any major journals offer research support or paper prizes within a particular subfield? When are the deadlines for these applications?<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n&nbsp;\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\">Prelims Logistics<\/h1>\n<ul>\n \t<li>Timelines: When should examinees contact potential committee members?<\/li>\n \t<li>An overview of the range of note-taking templates and study strategies that past graduate students have found productive<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\">Conferences<\/h1>\n<h2>Department Funding<\/h2>\n<ul>\n \t<li>Links to travel support funding rules and required forms<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Guidance<\/h2>\n<ul>\n \t<li>Examples of successful conference abstracts in the field<\/li>\n \t<li>Information about presentation preparation:\n<ul>\n \t<li><em>If your field has a convention of reading papers aloud at conferences, you might provide common wisdom about how many pages of writing to prepare for a 15-minute presentation or provide links to this\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.speechinminutes.com\/\">words-to-minutes speech calculator<\/a>.<\/em><\/li>\n \t<li><em>Are there conventions about using images in presentations in your field? How should images be described or credited during a presentation?<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\">Publications<\/h1>\n<ul>\n \t<li><span>Useful writing guides relevant to your field-- (for example,\u00a0Wendy Laura Belcher's\u00a0<\/span><em>Writing Your Journal Article in Twelve Weeks)<\/em><\/li>\n \t<li>Links to UW-Madison resources-- (for example, the Writing Center's list of publication workshops for graduate students or the English department's Proofreaders and Editors list)<\/li>\n \t<li>Advice or archived department presentations detailing strategies for addressing \"Revise and Resubmit\" feedback<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\">Dissertation Resource Guide<\/h1>\n<h2>Proposal Conference<\/h2>\n<ul>\n \t<li>How to set up a dissertation proposal defense conference:\n<ul>\n \t<li>For example,\u00a0who should students contact to schedule a conference room?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Grant Applications<\/h2>\n<ul>\n \t<li>Which institutions are most likely to provide funding for research travel or writing support?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Writing Resources<\/h2>\n<ul>\n \t<li>A list of recommended guides to writing dissertation projects in your field. For example:\n<ul>\n \t<li>Eric Hayot's\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/cup.columbia.edu\/book\/the-elements-of-academic-style\/9780231168014\"><em>Elements of Academic Style: Writing for the Humanities<\/em><\/a>\u00a0(2014)<\/li>\n \t<li><span>Irene L. Clark's\u00a0<\/span><em>Writing the Successful Thesis and Dissertation: Entering the Conversation<span>\u00a0(<\/span><\/em><span>2006)<\/span><\/li>\n \t<li>Joan Bolker's <em>Writing Your Dissertation in Fifteen Minutes a Day: A Guide to Starting, Revising, and Finishing Your Doctoral Thesis (1998)<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Dissertation Defense Conference<\/h2>\n<ul>\n \t<li>What should candidates bring to the meeting? How early should committee members receive copies of the finished product?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Depositing<\/h2>\n<ul>\n \t<li>Are there any special considerations for depositing that are particularly relevant in your field?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\">Job Market Support<\/h1>\n<ul class=\"ul1\">\n \t<li class=\"li1\">Sample job materials, dissertation and project proposals, and grant applications (password-protected, if desired)<\/li>\n \t<li>Application timelines<\/li>\n \t<li>Field-specific advice from experienced applicants<\/li>\n \t<li>A direct link to department BOX folder containing department letterhead file<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><\/h2>\n&nbsp;\n<div class=\"textbox shaded\">\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\">OER Sourcebook Hypothes.is Discussion<\/h1>\n<ul>\n \t<li>What other resources might departments consider including in a guide for graduate students?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n&nbsp;","rendered":"<div class=\"textbox shaded\">\n<p>Often, graduate students\u00a0learn about their field&#8217;s expectations through informal networks of colleagues. A Pressbook could provide an organized set of department-specific resources intended to help graduate students understand disciplinary conventions, access field-specific resources, or navigate the job market. <a class=\"footnote\" title=\"Graduate students in the UW-Madison English Department are in the process of piloting a crowd-sourced guide of this type. At the end of this pilot project, we will update this page with more information about lessons learned in this process.\" id=\"return-footnote-32-1\" href=\"#footnote-32-1\" aria-label=\"Footnote 1\"><sup class=\"footnote\">[1]<\/sup><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The following list includes some of the materials that may be useful to include in a graduate student resource guide.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\">Field-Specific Knowledge<\/h1>\n<p>Many departments are composed of and connected to multiple sub-disciplines that each have their own institutional knowledge. Graduate students and professors interested in supporting entering students and attracting future applicants might find it useful to provide a centralized resource for succeeding within a sub-discipline.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"p1\">Overview of key journals<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul class=\"ul1\">\n<li class=\"li1\">Guidelines for IRB approval<\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\">Conference info and characteristics\n<ul>\n<li><em>Ex. which conferences have a reputation for being particularly welcoming to graduate students?<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\">Specific research fellowships\n<ul>\n<li><em>Do any major journals offer research support or paper prizes within a particular subfield? When are the deadlines for these applications?<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\">Prelims Logistics<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li>Timelines: When should examinees contact potential committee members?<\/li>\n<li>An overview of the range of note-taking templates and study strategies that past graduate students have found productive<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\">Conferences<\/h1>\n<h2>Department Funding<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Links to travel support funding rules and required forms<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Guidance<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Examples of successful conference abstracts in the field<\/li>\n<li>Information about presentation preparation:\n<ul>\n<li><em>If your field has a convention of reading papers aloud at conferences, you might provide common wisdom about how many pages of writing to prepare for a 15-minute presentation or provide links to this\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.speechinminutes.com\/\">words-to-minutes speech calculator<\/a>.<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Are there conventions about using images in presentations in your field? How should images be described or credited during a presentation?<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\">Publications<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><span>Useful writing guides relevant to your field&#8211; (for example,\u00a0Wendy Laura Belcher&#8217;s\u00a0<\/span><em>Writing Your Journal Article in Twelve Weeks)<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Links to UW-Madison resources&#8211; (for example, the Writing Center&#8217;s list of publication workshops for graduate students or the English department&#8217;s Proofreaders and Editors list)<\/li>\n<li>Advice or archived department presentations detailing strategies for addressing &#8220;Revise and Resubmit&#8221; feedback<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\">Dissertation Resource Guide<\/h1>\n<h2>Proposal Conference<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>How to set up a dissertation proposal defense conference:\n<ul>\n<li>For example,\u00a0who should students contact to schedule a conference room?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Grant Applications<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Which institutions are most likely to provide funding for research travel or writing support?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Writing Resources<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>A list of recommended guides to writing dissertation projects in your field. For example:\n<ul>\n<li>Eric Hayot&#8217;s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/cup.columbia.edu\/book\/the-elements-of-academic-style\/9780231168014\"><em>Elements of Academic Style: Writing for the Humanities<\/em><\/a>\u00a0(2014)<\/li>\n<li><span>Irene L. Clark&#8217;s\u00a0<\/span><em>Writing the Successful Thesis and Dissertation: Entering the Conversation<span>\u00a0(<\/span><\/em><span>2006)<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Joan Bolker&#8217;s <em>Writing Your Dissertation in Fifteen Minutes a Day: A Guide to Starting, Revising, and Finishing Your Doctoral Thesis (1998)<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Dissertation Defense Conference<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>What should candidates bring to the meeting? How early should committee members receive copies of the finished product?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Depositing<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Are there any special considerations for depositing that are particularly relevant in your field?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\">Job Market Support<\/h1>\n<ul class=\"ul1\">\n<li class=\"li1\">Sample job materials, dissertation and project proposals, and grant applications (password-protected, if desired)<\/li>\n<li>Application timelines<\/li>\n<li>Field-specific advice from experienced applicants<\/li>\n<li>A direct link to department BOX folder containing department letterhead file<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"textbox shaded\">\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\">OER Sourcebook Hypothes.is Discussion<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li>What other resources might departments consider including in a guide for graduate students?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr class=\"before-footnotes clear\" \/><div class=\"footnotes\"><ol><li id=\"footnote-32-1\">Graduate students in the UW-Madison English Department are in the process of piloting a crowd-sourced guide of this type. 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