Mentor and Mentee Honored with 2025 Eleanor Main Awards
Congratulations to the 2025 Eleanor Main Graduate Faculty Mentor Award winner Patricia Brennan, PhD, Samuel Candler Dobbs Professor of Psychology and Chaela Nutor, PhD the recipient of the 2025 Eleanor Main Graduate Student Mentor Award.
It is especially meaningful that Brennan and Nutor were both selected for these honors, given their relationship as mentor and mentee. Their dual nomination and selection are powerful testaments to the impact of exceptional guidance and inspired learning.
The Eleanor Main Graduate Faculty and Student Mentor Awards were established to honor the legacy of Eleanor Main, PhD, a beloved Emory faculty member and champion of graduate education. These annual awards recognize outstanding mentorship at faculty and student levels and celebrate those who go above and beyond to guide, support, and inspire others.
Click here to read more about Brennan and Nutor.
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Student Union Collective Bargaining Update
Emory University and SEIU Workers United, Southern Region Local 29, held productive collective bargaining sessions on April 3, April 17, May 8 and May 22.
The Union presented amended proposals on non-discrimination, harassment, and retaliation; intellectual property; workload and work hours; the English language support program; funds; grievance and arbitration; and workplace safety.
The University presented amended proposals on intellectual property; grievance and arbitration; non-discrimination, harassment, and retaliation; workplace safety; the English language support program; and workspace. The University also presented a new proposal on force majeure and an amended economic package.
During these sessions, the parties also continued their discussion of the Teaching Assistant Training and Teaching Opportunity (TATTO) program and its relationship to teaching assistant job assignments.
The next session will take place on June 5. Updates will be provided in the Grad Report as negotiations progress.
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Alumni Spotlight | Marcia Ash
Marcia Ash’s journey through Emory University has been a full-circle moment in more ways than one. Growing up just around the corner from campus, her academic path began with a high school research assistantship on an Emory study examining the effects of a compassion-based meditation program. That early exposure sparked a deep curiosity about the mind-body connection and laid the groundwork for a career committed to the intersection of compassion, public health, and behavioral science.
After completing her bachelor’s degree at Washington University in St. Louis, Marcia returned to Emory to work at the Emory-Tibet Partnership, currently known as the Emory Center for Contemplative Science and Compassion-Based Ethics, a unique collaboration with His Holiness the Dalai Lama. That experience—and the recognition of how interdependence underpins both personal and public wellbeing—led her to pursue an MPH at Rollins School of Public Health, and eventually, a PhD at the James T. Laney School of Graduate Studies.
Click here to read more about Marcia’s journey.
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Laney Graduate Student captures national championship title for Emory track and field
Nikki Boon captured a national championship title during the 2025 NCAA Division III outdoor track and field championship in Geneva, Ohio, May 22-24.
Boon, a neuroscience PhD student, claimed the outdoor heptathlon title, her second national championship after winning the indoor pentathlon earlier this season.
With her two national titles, Boon became the third individual to win multiple titles in their Emory career and is the first person in Emory history to win the heptathlon. Boon was the lone competitor to reach 5,000 points in the NCAA Outdoor Championship and won with 5,435 points — 447 more than her next closest competitor.
Read more about Boon in the Emory Report.
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The Beyond the Professoriate and Beyond Graduate School platforms offer free professional support to Laney graduate students through a catalogue of videos and workshops.
By logging in with their Emory credentials, students can explore a wide range of resources, designed to support career development within, and beyond academia. Check out the June workshop schedule, which include job search strategies, resume building, networking and more.
Beyond the Professoriate
Three Ways to Improve Your Online Professional Presence Register here
Researching the Academic Job Market in Your Field Register here
Pre-recorded
What PhDs Need to Know About the Academic Job Market | Access here
Using AI in Your Job Search | Access here
PhD Career Conference | Access here
Beyond Grad School
Pre-recorded
How to Prepare for Your First 90 Days on the Job | Access here
Maintaining and Growing Your Network | Access here
International Students Job Searching in the US | Access here
How to Write a Resume | Access here
How to Build an Exceptional LinkedIn Profile | Access here
How to Prepare for your Interview | Access here
How to Negotiate a Job Offer | Access here
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Build your teaching toolkit with the Center for the Integration of Research, Teaching and Learning (CIRTL)
Laney PhD students are encouraged to strengthen their teaching skills by attending the Center for the Integration of Research, Teaching and Learning (CIRTL) workshops and courses this summer.
Each workshop is designed to help participants build the skills needed to stand out as candidates for teaching-focused positions .
Planning Your Teaching-as-Research Project
Wednesday, June 18 - Wednesday, July 23|Register here
Relating Poetic Inquiry as a Bridge Between the Arts and Sciences
11am-12:30 pm, Tuesday, June 24 and Tuesday, July 8|Register here
Preparing Your Teaching Demo for a Job Interview
12-1:30 pm, Wednesday, June 25 |Register here
Check out the full list of Professional Development and Career Planning summer workshops and events.
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Job Opportunity - Student Intervention Services Responder
Campus Life’s Student Intervention Services is seeking new responders to join the SIS team. Students who are second-year graduate students and beyond are encouraged to apply.
The SIS Crisis On-Call Team is staffed 24/7 and responds to students’ active crises. Compensation is provided and SIS Team Responders receive ongoing training and support.
Questions? Contact Kimberly McNeal
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Academic Success Resources
Are you looking for some help related to procrastination, imposter syndrome, test anxiety, perfectionism, or attention and concentration challenges? Check out the resources available on CAPS website.
In addition, the LGS Student Affairs Team is here to support every phase of your educational journey, so reach out any time! They can connect you to resources, answer questions you might have, or discuss concerns.
Explore these topics and other student affairs-related topics by contacting an LGS Student Affairs team member:
Jennifer M. Cason, EdD, assistant dean of student affairs and deputy Title IX coordinator
Emily Neutens, associate director of student affairs
Shannon Marsh, student affairs program coordinator
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Emory Student Telehealth
24/7 Medical and Mental Health
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Are You Concerned about a Student?
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Emory Flexible Teaching Toolkit
The toolkit is a collection of resources
designed to support the development of
flexible courses from CFDE, TLT, ATS,
and Library Services. Resources are
helpful to graduate students involved in
teaching at every level.
Read here.
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Attention Laney Community:
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