Setting Expectations and Resolving Conflicts with Your Graduate Advisor

Thursday, October 27, 2011: 8:30 AM-10:00 AM
Room A3/A6 (San Jose Convention Center)
Chair:
Chris Golde, PhD, Associate Vice Provost for Graduate Education, Stanford University

Description: In this session you will learn effective negotiation and communication strategies to resolve student-faculty advisor conflicts and to prevent them from occurring. We will practice "interest based strategies" that are designed to find common ground with goals and values, and lead to optimal solutions.