Date & Time
Friday, March 21, 2025
11:00 am - 2:00 pm ET
Location
CUNY Graduate Center, Segal Theatre
Join us for a lunchtime conversation with alumni working outside of tenure-track roles. Connect with alumni who’ve dealt with similar career questions and built engaging careers.
Participating alumni:
- Devora Geller (PhD, Music), Digital Preservation Project Manager @ YIVO Institute for Jewish Research (cancelled)
- Sarah Hildebrand (PhD, English), Career Adviser, Office of Career Planning & Professional Development
- Amy Martin (PhD French), Bloomsbury Academic
- Patrizia Nobbe (PhD Political Science),
- Lisa Tagliaferri (PhD English), Senior Director, Developer Enablement, Chainguard, Inc.
- Yevgeniya Traps (PhD English), Director of First-Year Experience & Associate Faculty, NYU Gallatin
- Sebastián Villamizar Santamaría (PhD Sociology), Associate Editor, Nature Portfolio (cancelled)
- Melissa Wansin Wong (PhD Theatre and Performance), Director of Individual Giving, Guttmacher Institute
Schedule:
11:00-11:15: Check in for students
11:15-11:45: Workshop: Networking and Building Your Connections
11:45-12:00: Check in for alumni
12:00-2:00: Lunch and conversation
Alumni group conversations will be informal and interactive, giving students a chance to ask lots of questions. We’ll do three sets of rotating group discussions lasting 20-25 minutes each, giving students the chance to chat with alumni from three different fields. The last 30 minutes will be an open networking session.
Please register in you’re interested in attending.
