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Monday, May 16, 2022

 
Watch the Commencement Video here!
 

Reminder: Emory University requires all students, faculty, and staff to be vaccinated and boosted against COVID-19, regardless of work or study location, with exceptions only for those with approved medical or religious exemptions. 

 

Get the latest updates on COVID-19 info for the Emory community at Emory Forward. 

 

 

Reminder: Emory University international travel policy requires all Emory-sponsored international travel to be approved by the student’s school of enrollment. For LGS students, all Emory-related international travel, regardless of funding source (e.g., PDS award, program funding, etc.) MUST be approved through the LGS International Travel Permission Form.

 

Review the Laney Graduate School’s International Travel Policy here.

 

Contents

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  1. Events
  2. Opportunities & Reminders 
  3. Fellowships
  4. Online Career and Professional Development Conferences
  5. Additional Resources
 
 

Emory Explores: Destigmatizing Mental Health

 

Join the Emory New York Network for a discussion on destigmatizing mental health in honor of Mental Health Awareness Month. This event will be presented by Fern Schanback 84C 20L, P17, LMHC, CASAC and moderated by Emory New York Network Board member Arielle Disick 15L.
 
Fern is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) and Credentialed Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Counselor (CASAC, Level 2), MAT certified.
 
This event is open to everyone.

  • When: May 18, 2022 12 p.m. - 1 p.m. 
  • (Registrants will receive a Zoom link in the confirmation email they receive.)

Learn more here!

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New! Call for Submissions: "Liberating Temporality and Spatiality" Conference

 

The Consortium for Graduate Studies in Gender, Culture, Women, and Sexuality (GCWS) is hosting our biannual graduate student conference “Liberating Temporality and Spatiality” in Spring 2023.

 

This free conference will be in-person with some flexibility for hybrid presenters. 

The GCWS conference “Liberating Temporality and Spatiality” welcomes graduate students in all areas of study to submit their abstracts or synopses of in-progress scholarly papers, dissertation or thesis chapters, article drafts, or in-progress film/mixed media works. Proposals may come in the form of papers, films, art, performance, visual art, or alternate forms not listed above.

Learn more about the conference
Submit a proposal
 

New!  Let’s get writing again!

 

Back by popular demand: The LGS Writing Group will continue through May and June, so join us for some focused writing time via pomodoros. 

 

(What’s a pomodoro? Find the answer here.) We hope you’ll join our community of LGS writers to make progress on your summer writing to-do list.

  • When: Thursdays 2-4 in May & June
  • Where: Via Zoom
Contact Heather Boldt
 

New! Join the SIS Advisory Board!

The Studies in Sexualities Advisory Board is calling for Expressions of Interest from faculty, staff, and graduate students who would like to serve an upcoming term (Fall 2022-Spring 2024) on the SIS Advisory Board. The Advisory Board meets 2-3 times a semester to organize programming and events.

Please send an Expression of Interest (around 250 words) to Stu Marvel (smarvel@emory.edu) by Friday, May 20 at 5pm. This EOI should give a brief description of your experience, academic interest, and ideas for future SIS events.

More information about the SIS Advisory Board
 

Call for Applications for EFOT

Emory Foundations for Online Teaching (EFOT) is a professional development opportunity for graduate students from any discipline offered through a partnership between the Emory Center for Digital Scholarship and the Laney Graduate School Office of Professional Development and Career Planning, with support from the Center for Faculty Development and Excellence.

In a 6-week intensive course (May 30th-July 8th), EFOT introduces best practices for online teaching and is designed for graduate students who are preparing to TA or teach partially or wholly in an online environment.

More information about EFOT Applications
Apply for EFOT by May 24th
 

Submit your EMERGE Application! 

 

EMERGE is supported by the Women of Emory Impact Circle and the Rollins School of Public Health of Emory University to empower early-career women for leadership in global health. 

 

Students are eligible to apply if they are enrolled full-time in a graduate program at Emory; are engaged in global-health research; self-identify as a woman; belong to a Historically Underrepresented Group (HUG)1 or come from a low- or middle-income country (LMIC); demonstrate leadership potential; and can be present for all in-person programming to maximize engagement with other EMERGE fellows.

Learn about the Application Process 
 

WriteNow Access

 

WriteNow Access is a 12-week program for graduate students and postdocs that offers everything you need to accomplish your writing goals. Participation includes:

 

  • Access to the WriteNow platform that tracks writing productivity as well as provides group engagement and accountability
  • Group accountability, discussion forums, and weekly emails.
  • When: May 16 - Aug 7
More information about WriteNow Access 
Questions? 
 

QUAL-WORKS Workshops - Open for Registration

 

All QUAL-WORKS workshops are now available online and open for registration. QUAL-WORKS offers a series of training workshops on qualitative research. Three types of workshops are offered: scheduled workshops, individual mentored sessions, and customized workshops.

 

Qualitative Data Analysis

May 16 - 20 1-4 p.m.

 

Mentored Qualitative Methods Session

May 23 1-4 p.m.

  

Mentored Qualitative Analysis Session

May 24, 2022. 1-4 p.m.

Register for the QUAL-WORKS Workshops
Email your questions 
 

CFDE University Course for Fall 2022 - Pandemic Reflections 

 

Often discussions of pandemics focus on infectious diseases, public health outreach and communication, and perhaps even vaccine development and roll out. But pandemics are also like mirrors. They offer a reflection of both who we are and who we can be as a global community. What can they teach us about ourselves, our society, and even our world?

 

This course will focus on the HIV/AIDS and Covid-19 pandemics as two (ongoing) events that have taught us about science and disease. But they have also brought a sharper focus on issues surrounding stigma, religion, communication, inequity, and politics. Drawing on these two pandemics, we will begin to ponder how they help explore our current context more deeply and shape our responses to future pandemics.   What were our lessons learned? How might we carry them forward?

  • When: Tuesdays 1 - 4 p.m. 
  • Covener: Jodie Guest
To apply for this course, fill out the form here
 

Graduate Student Assistant Needed: Emory Center for Digital Scholarship

 

The Emory Center for Digital Scholarship is hiring a graduate assistant to support the development the Apollo 15 Learning Hub, an online resource with the objective of assembling, preserving, and making available primary source records of Apollo for research, education, history, and as an example of a unique human endeavor. The graduate assistant may also support the creation and development of a website for an Apollo families project, based on research being conducted by Dr. Tracy L. Scott.  

  • Questions? Email jcmundy@emory.edu or ecds@emory.edu
 

EDGE Talk Time

 

Laney EDGE (Emory Diversifying Graduate Education) wants to connect with you about opportunities and challenges related to justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion in your program and at Laney. Set up some time to talk today!

  • Appointments for Laney Graduate School Students
  • When: See appointment calendar, linked below:
  • Dr. Amanda Marie James, Associate Dean, Diversity, Inclusion, and Community Engagement
 

LGS Student Affairs Appointments

 

The Laney Graduate School Student Affairs team wants you to know they're here for you and are happy to meet in person or virtually if you want to connect. They can help connect you to resources, answer questions you might have, or discuss concerns. Feel free to reach out any time.

  • Appointments for Laney Graduate School Students
  • When: See appointment calendars, linked below:
  • Dr. Jennifer Cason, Assistant Dean of Student Affairs
  • Claire Beaudro, Assistant Director of Student Affairs and Student Wellness
  • Emily Neutens, Assistant Director of Student Affairs for GDBBS
 

Let’s Talk

 

Let’s Talk is an informal, free, and confidential consultation service that allows students to speak with a clinician and receive support for any challenge they may be experiencing. Although Let’s Talk consultants are mental health professionals, these consultations are not mental health treatment but can be used to receive short-term support and resources. 

  • Appointments for Laney Graduate School Students Weekly on Wednesdays
  • Time: 2:30 - 4:30 p.m.
  • Schedule a HIPAA-compliant video appointment on Microsoft Bookings here.
 

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Emory Flexible Teaching Toolkit

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