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Description
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Several years ago, the University of Southern California
School of International Relations faculty polled its
graduate degree recipients (both MA and Ph.D.) for a prior
ten year period and asked them to evaluate our training and
placement efforts and recommend ways in which we could
improve our efforts. As the result of this survey along with
our own awareness and interest in improving the graduate
programs, we devised "Pieces of the Craft" - or how to excel
in graduate studies at the School of International
Relations. The School of International Relations at the
University of Southern California and the Burkle Center for
International Studies at UCLA collaborate through their
joint National Resource Center in International Studies (A
Title VI Designation from the U.S. Department of Education)
to host "Pieces of the Craft", a program designed to help
doctoral students in the social sciences get the best advice
and guidance for successful completion of the degree program
and placement in academia or degree relevant positions in
the public, non profit or private sector. A coordinator is
appointed on each campus to schedule meetings such as:
developing a time line for completing the Ph.D., how to
write a winning grant, how to write a publishable paper, how
to craft a dissertation proposal, the academic job market
from the employer's perspective to the job talk, how to
prepare for faculty interviews, off campus funding
resources. This year we introduced three new workshops:
putting together a teaching portfolio, interactive and case
teaching methods training workshops, and alternatives to a
career in academia. We are hosting a reception with chairs
of academic departments in Southern California 2- and 4-year
colleges to hear their recommendations to our Ph.D. students
and candidates about finding tenure track positions, one and
two year teaching assignments, and one course teaching
opportunities in their programs.
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Contact
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At USC contact:
Linda Cole
University of Southern California
School of International Relations
3518 Trousdale Parkway, Von KleinSmid Center 330
Los Angeles , CA90089-0043
Email: lcole@usc.edu
At UCLA contact:
Becky Carrera
Burkle Center for International Relations
11383 Bunche Hall
UCLA
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1486
Phone: 310-825-0604
Fax: 310-206-2582
Email: bcarrera@isop.ucla.edu
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