These archived PFFP videos are available to support students in professional development for success as a graduate student and in planning for your career beyond your degree. A minimum of 3 new videos are added per semester, so check back periodically to view new content.
(Note: videos are listed in chronological order, newest to oldest).
The Ins and Outs of Shared Governance
Speakers: Lane Hall, Professor and Department Chair, Department of English; Zen Johnston, Chairperson of the Student Association Oversight and Appeals Commission and graduate student in the Joseph J. Zilber School of Public Health; Amillia Heredia, UWM Inclusive Excellence Center
By mapping power structures that regulate institutional governance we are more able to be effective advocates for the kinds of change we want to see. Lane Hall will share with you a bit of the map he has been able to discern in his many governance roles at UWM. This will include a brief history of governance in the UW System, top down hierarchies and nested cabinet structures, specifics of UWM’s shared governance, and access points for advocacy. Amillia Heredia and Zen Johnston will share inside information about the Student Association.
Recorded for Preparing Future Faculty and Professionals Series and Grad 801 Spring 2022.
Trauma-Informed and Inclusive Instruction
Speakers: Adam B. Jussel, Dean of Students; Sarah E. MacDonald, Teaching, Learning and Technology Consultant, Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning; Dimitri Topitzes, Professor, Helen Bader School of Social Welfare and Clinical Director, Institute for Child and Family Wellbeing, Children’s Wisconsin
Trauma experiences are widespread in our society –related to racism, pandemic experiences, interpersonal violence, food insecurity, and countless other stressors. Within higher education, there is increasing commitment to incorporating trauma-informed practices into instruction and mentoring to best support students. To support graduate students in development for future instructional roles, in this session, the panelists will address best practices in trauma-informed and inclusive instruction.
Recorded for Preparing Future Faculty and Professionals Series and Grad 801 Spring 2022.
Building Professional Connections
Panelists: Nan Kim, Associate Professor, Director of Public History; Ilya V Avdeev, Associate Professor Mechanical Engineering; Director of Innovation UWM’s Lubar Entrepreneurship Center; Ava J Udvadia, Associate Professor and Associate Chair, Biological Sciences
How do graduate students develop the professional networks they’ll need later in their careers? Many students find it daunting even to try, especially when they aren’t established in their own fields yet. This panel will help students understand the value of professional networking and the best ways to go about it. It turns out that being a graduate student can be beneficial! This panel of experts will talk us through some of the most common options, from organizing conference panels to recruiting outside advisors to making full use of online resources. They’ll also reflect on the long-term benefits of networking for their own careers.
Recorded for Preparing Future Faculty and Professionals Series and Grad 801 Fall 2021.
Women in Academia and Allies.
Presenters: Kathryn Olson, Communication; Rebecca Klaper, School of Freshwater Sciences; Wilkistar Otieno, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering; Jacques du Plessis, School of Information Studies.
Female academics sometimes face unique challenges to their entry and advancement in academia. Come listen to a panel of from across the disciplines speak about their experiences, challenges, successes, and strategies deployed as women in the academic profession, and how men can become allies.
Recorded for Preparing Future Faculty and Professionals series, Spring 2019.
Writing Teaching, Research, and Diversity Statements
Presenter: Jean Salzer, Director, Career Planning and Resource Center
The presentation discusses the importance of these statements in academic job applications, and campus resources to help you write your own statements for each job application.
Recorded for Preparing Future Faculty and Professionals series, Spring 2019.
The State of the Academic Job Market
A faculty panel with Elana Levine, Journalism, Advertising, and Media Studies; Dean Nardelli, BioMedical Sciences; Emily Middleton, Anthropology
The panel will provide advice on successfully navigating the rigorous and stressful academic job search process. By interacting with the panelists, graduate students will gain valuable insights on topics such as finishing their degree, managing a tight job market, the development of personal research agendas, weighing postdoctoral opportunities, and preparing for their first academic position.
Recorded for Preparing Future Faculty and Professionals series, Fall 2018.
Reproducing the Academy: Graduate Research and the Future of the Wisconsin Idea.
A panel with special guest speaker Susan B. Hyatt, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis (IUPUI) School of Liberal Arts, and UWM faculty Jasmine Alinder, History and Kirstin Sziarto, Geography.
What kinds of pressures must public universities contend with, and how do they affect the career development of students and faculty? This panel will address the implications of the transformations we see in Wisconsin and other state systems, and what it means to the next generations of scholars, researchers, and professors. How are institutional mandates, professional norms and ethics, and potential directions of research affected by ongoing academic restructuring? And how do we shape the university we want to be part of” This discussion is a rare opportunity to reflect on the “bigger picture” of graduate studies and the vision of the academy.
Recorded for Preparing Future Faculty and Professional Series, Fall 2018.
The Hidden World of Faculty
Presenters: Jasmine Alinder, Interim Associate Dean of the Humanities, History; Mike Brondino, Department of Social Work; John Reisel, Mechanical Engineering; Trudy Turner, Secretary of the University.
Service is the unseen labor that your professors accomplish on a daily basis. There are three aspects of service in a university setting; department service, university governance and professional service. Find out how the University keeps moving with this insightful panel discussion.
Recorded for Preparing Future Faculty and Professional Series and Grad 801, Spring 2018.
The Life of the Assistant Professor
Presenters: Julie Bowles, Geosciences; Christopher Cantwell, History; Tatiana Joseph, School of Education; Ermitte Saint Jacques, Africology.
The panel will discuss their experiences transitioning from graduate students to faculty member what their expectations for a tenure-track faculty were and how the realities of the tenure process has shaped their work. Panel members will talk about integrated into a new department or university and what the position entails in the day-to-day: for research, teaching, mentoring, and service.
Recorded for Preparing Future Faculty and Professionals Series and Grad 801, Spring 2018.
Managing Media for Professionalism
Panelists: Jean Salzer, Career Planning and Resource Center; Jason Puskar, English; Arijit Sen, SARUP; Ionel Popa, Physics.
The panel will begin with a presentation from Jean Salzer about creating your professional brand, followed by comments from Jason Puskar about the difference between academic and non-academic self-representation online (LinkedIn vs. Academia.edu). Two faculty members Arijit Sen and Ionel Popa) will speak about their personal experiences using various media as part of their academic career – how they use it, the challenges and successes, and their advice to graduate students.
Recorded for Preparing Future Faculty and Professional Series and Grad 801, Spring 2018.
Engaging in Interdisciplinary Work
Panel: Scott Graham, English; Bernie Perley, Anthropology; Marija Gajdardziska-Josifovska.
What is interdisciplinary work? This panel shares their own experiences, successes, challenges, and how they became engaged in interdisciplinary research. The panelists also reflect on their specific projects.
Recorded for Preparing Future Faculty and Professionals Series and Grad 801 Spring 2018.
The Changing Face of Higher Education.
Presenter: Nelida Cortes, Office of Equity and Diversity Services.
Colleges and universities are more divers than ever before, as record numbers of first-generation, international, female, and minority students show. Despite existing diversity and inclusion initiatives, many campuses (and their cities and states) continue to face barriers to enacting them. As student leaders and future faculty, graduate students can play a key role in shaping campus climate. In this presentation, Nelida Cortes explores how addressing implicit biases can help us create more diverse and inclusive campuses.
Recorded for Preparing Future Faculty and Professionals Series, Fall 2017.
Just Visiting: Evaluating Post-Doctoral Opportunities
Panelists: Erik Gulbranson, Geosciences; Alicia Thomas, Psychology; Rebecca Winarski, Math
There are many factors to consider when deciding whether to pursue a postdoc or visiting professor position after graduation. Come learn about what it means to hold one of these positions. Our panel of current visiting professors and post-doctoral researchers share their experiences as well as their journeys to their current positions.
Recorded for Preparing Future Faculty and Professionals series, Fall 2017.
Academic Entrepreneurship: Impacting Society from Inside the University.
Panelists: Carol Hirchmugl, Physics; Dave Clark, English; Ilya Avdeev, Engineering; Anne Basting, Theater.
Academics have long sought to engage the world outside the university. Academic entrepreneurship – converting academic research into new cures, technologies, and practices that have real consequences for people- is one such avenue for engagement. This interdisciplinary panel will share their won experiences, successes, challenges, strategies for, and reflections on becoming academic entrepreneurs and how such work shapes their understanding of what they do as academics.
Recorded for Preparing Future Faculty and Professionals Series, Fall 2017.
What’s the Big Deal About Academic Freedom? Issues of Academic Freedom.
Panelists: Rachel Buff, History; Paul Roebber, Atmospheric Science; Rebecca Klapper, Freshwater Sciences; Rob Smith, History.
A long-standing and critical underpinning of university research and teaching, academic freedom-its definition, application, protection, violations – is a concept that has often been controversial. In this event, a panel of faculty from the Humanities and STEM fields share what academic freedom means to them and their work. Following the panel, there will be time for discussion.
Recorded for Preparing Future Faculty and Professional Series, Fall 2016