Stories from the Other Side of the Blurry Tunnel: It Gets Better after All

Friday, October 17, 2014: 8:30 AM-10:00 AM
LACC 505 (Los Angeles Convention Center)
Chairs:
Kermin Martínez-Hernández, PhD, Assistant Professor, St. John Fisher College , Mary García-Cazarín, PhD, AAAS S&T Policy Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science/National Institutes of Health , Mónica Feliú-Mójer, PhD, Manager of Outreach Programs, University of Washington , Nahyr Rovira-Figueroa, PhD, Adjunct Faculty, St. John Fisher College , Teresa Ramirez, PhD, Post-doctoral Fellow, Intramural Research Training Award, National Institutes of Health and Yaihara Fortis-Santiago, PhD, AAAS S&T Policy Fellow, AAAS Science and Technology Policy Fellow at National Science Foundation
Presenters:
Peter K. Dorhout, PhD, Dean, Kansas State University , Mónica Feliú-Mójer, PhD, Manager of Outreach Programs, University of Washington , Nahyr Rovira-Figueroa, PhD, Adjunct Faculty, St. John Fisher College , Ron Hunter, PhD, Analytical Chemist, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Atlanta, GA ORISE Fellow , Teresa Ramirez, PhD, Postdoctoral Fellow, Intramural Research Training Award, National Institutes of Health , Nancy Hurtado-Ziola, PhD, Professor, El Camino College and Yaihara Fortis-Santiago, PhD, AAAS S&T Policy Fellow, AAAS Science and Technology Policy Fellow at National Science Foundation

Description: The graduate school journey can have some bumps in the road with challenges and successes;some describe this path as being like “a blurry tunnel.” If you can identify with this phrase, you should attend this workshop to learn more about graduate school experiences.