Spring 2022 Speaker Series and Professionalization Seminars:
Friday, April 29, off-campus via Zoom, 1:00-2:00 p.m.
- "Polling Difficult to Reach Populations," hosted by New England AAPOR (assignment required for professionalization seminar credit)
Wednesday, April 20, via Zoom, 3:00 p.m. EST
- Conference paper presentation by Dr. Bill Franko: "Class Politics in the United States: Unions, Policy Attitudes, and Voting"
Thursday, April 14, off-campus via Zoom, 2:00 p.m. EST (12:00 p.m. MST)
- "From To Do to Done: Roadmap to Effective Project Planning for
Dissertation and Book-scale Undertakings Webinar," hosted by APSA
(assignment required for professionalization seminar credit)
Friday, April 7, via Zoom, 5:00 p.m.
- "The Job Market and One Year Later: the Real World," featuring recent program graduates with academic and non-academic positions, hosted by GSAPS
Friday, April 1, via Zoom, 1:00 p.m.
- Practice conference talks
Friday, February 25, via Zoom, 12:00 p.m.
- "Student Research and Navigating the IRB Process," hosted by the Office of Graduate Education and Life (assignment required for professionalization seminar credit)
Friday, February 18, via Zoom, 11:00-12:15 a.m.
- Writing seminar papers
Friday, January 21, via Zoom, 2:30 p.m.
- "Geography and Gerrymandering," hosted by the Department of Geology and Geography at WVU (assignment required for professionalization seminar credit)
Varying Dates, via Zoom
- WVU Library workshops. See the list of workshops here. Further information provided by email.
Friday, January 7, off-campus via Zoom, 1:00 p.m.
- "From To Do to Done: Roadmap to Effective Project Planning for Dissertation and Book-scale Undertakings Webinar," hosted by APSA (assignment required for professionalization seminar credit)
Fall 2021 Speaker Series and Professionalization Seminars:
Thursday, November 11, via Zoom, 10:00-11:00 a.m.
- Writing seminar papers
Thursday, October 14, via Zoom, 5:30-7:00 p.m.
- Careers in the Foreign Service/Talk on Afghanistan, hosted by the Eberly College of Arts and Science (assignment required for professionalization seminar credit)
Wednesday, October 13, off-campus via Zoom, 3:00-4:30 p.m
- Junior Americanists Workshop Series (JAWS) workshop (assignment required for professionalization seminar credit)
Wednesday September 15, Downtown Library, Room 136, 3:30-4:45 p.m.
- Introduction to Federal Policy and Legislative Resources, presented by
Matt Steele of WVU Libraries (assignment required for colloquium credit)
Friday, September 3, Department Seminar Room, 10:00-11:15 a.m.
- The academic job market
Thursday, August 26, Department Seminar Room, 2:30-3:30 p.m.
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"How to Grad School," presented by GSAPS
Spring 2021 Speaker Series and Professionalization Seminars:
Friday, April 30, via Zoom, 12:00-1:15 p.m.
- Job talk
Thursday, April 22, off-campus via Zoom, 1:30-3:30 p.m.
- USC Election Cybersecurity Initiative Regional Workshop (assignment required for professionalization seminar credit)
Friday, April 9, via Zoom, 11:00-12:30 p.m.
- Practice MPSA conference presentations
- Miller-Converse Roundtable: "Can Democracy Survive?" Hosted by ICPSR at the University of Michigan (assignment required for professionalization seminar credit)
Friday, March 26, via Zoom, 12:00-1:00 p.m.
- Advice on (Virtual) Conferences, presented by GSAPS and departmental faculty
- "U.S. Rejoining the Paris Climate Agreement" panel, hosted by the Eberly College of Arts and Science (assignment required for professionalization seminar credit)
Monday, March 1, via Zoom, 1:00 p.m.
- Practice Teaching Presentation (for Job Market)
Friday, January 29, via Zoom, 11:30-12:30 p.m.
- Experiences with the Job Market, presented by GSAPS and departmental faculty
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"Iran vs. Saudi Arabia: What Policy for the US?" Hosted by ICPSR by the University of Oklahoma (assignment required for professionalization seminar credit)
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"Content Analysis" Hosted by CARMA at Texas Tech University (assignment required for professionalization seminar credit)
Tuesday, January 19, off-campus via Zoom, 3:00 p.m.
- "Immigration Policy Ideas for the Biden Administration," co-organized by the Global Migration Center, the Berkeley Interdisciplinary Migration Initiative, and the Center for Comparative Immigration Studies (assignment required for professionalization seminar credit)
Tuesday, January 12, off-campus via Zoom, 4:00 p.m.
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"Women of Color and the Future of U.S. Democracy,"
organized by The Politics of Race, Class, & Ethnicity Initiative (assignment required for professionalization seminar credit)
Fall 2020 Speaker Series and Professionalization Seminars:
Tuesday, November 17, via Zoom, 4:30-5:30 p.m.
- Diversity Statement Workshop, presented by the Office of Graduate Education and Life (assignment required for professionalization seminar credit)
Friday, November 13, via Zoom, 11:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
- Data visualization with R and Stata
Friday, November 6, off-campus via Zoom, 12:00-1:00 p.m.
- "Religion and the 2020 U.S. Presidential Election: A Panel discussion," organized by the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion (assignment required for professionalization seminar credit)
Friday, November 6, via Zoom, 12:00-1:00 p.m.
- Teaching on-line, presented by GSAPS and departmental faculty
Friday, October 30, off-campus via Zoom, 3:00 p.m.
- "#StillWePersist: Organizing Resistance in the Streets and On the Hill," panel at Northeastern University symposium on gender and the 2020 elections (assignment required for professionalization seminar credit)
Thursday, October 15, off-campus via Zoom, 12:00 p.m.
- “White Supremacism and World Politics: Present at the Creation, Persistent to Today," a talk by Errol Henderson (assignment required for professionalization seminar credit)
Wednesday, October 14, off-campus via Zoom, 8:00 p.m.
- “More Consequential, Less Influential: The Conundrum of Latinos in the 2020 Election,” a talk by Gary Segura (assignment required for professionalization seminar credit)
Friday, October 9, via Zoom, 12:00-1:00 p.m.
- Writing and defending prospectuses, presented by GSAPS
Friday, August 28, via Zoom, 12:00-1:00 p.m.
- "How to Grad School," presented by GSAPS
Spring 2020 Speaker Series and Colloquia:
Thursday, April 23, via Zoom, 1:00-2:00 p.m.
- The use and interpretation of interaction terms
POSTPONED (previously scheduled for Friday, March 27)
- Practice conference presentations
Wednesday, February 5, Department Seminar Room, 12:00-1:00 p.m.
- Comparative Politics Working Group (reading required for colloquium credit)
Wednesday, January 29, Department Seminar Room, 2:00-3:00 p.m.
- Discussion regarding Public Policy job search
Monday, January 27, Monongahela Room, Mountainlair, 2:00-3:00 p.m.
- Job Talk: Public Policy
- Job Talk: Public Policy
- Job Talk: Public Policy
- Benedum Distinguished Scholars Showcase (assignment required for colloquium credit)
Fall 2019 Speaker Series and Colloquia:
Friday, December 6, Department Seminar Room, 11:00-12:15 p.m.
- Common problems in graduate and undergraduate writing
Thursday, November 21, Department Seminar Room, 11:00-12:15 p.m.
- Comprehensive exams
Friday, November 8, Chambers College of Business and Economics, B&E 264, 12:00-1:15 p.m. and 1:15-2:30 p.m.
- CARMA Webcasts: Big Data (assignment required for colloquium credit)
Friday, October 25, Department Seminar Room, 1:00-2:15 p.m.
- STATA tips, presented by GSAPS
Thursday, October 24, Department Seminar Room, 11:00-12:15 p.m.
- Writing high-quality seminar papers
Friday, October 18, Downtown Library, Room 136, 2:00-3:30 p.m.
- Data and Donuts: First Steps with Data Sources, presented by Matt Steele of WVU Libraries (assignment required for colloquium credit)
- Finding Funding for Faculty and Graduate Students, presented by Matt Steele of WVU Libraries (assignment required for colloquium credit)
Thursday, August 22, Department Seminar Room, 11:00-12:15 p.m.
- The academic job market
Spring 2019 Speaker Series and Colloquia:
Thursday, April 25, Department Seminar Room, 1:00-2:00 p.m.
- The book publication process
Tuesday, April 9, Department Seminar Room, 4:00-5:00 p.m.
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Preparing for comprehensive exams, presented by GSAPS
Friday, March 1, Department Seminar Room, 1:00-2:00 p.m.
- Practice teaching demonstration for job interview
Wednesday, February 27, Department Seminar Room, 1:00-2:00 p.m.
- More STATA tips, presented by GSAPS
- Data and Donuts: First Steps with SPSS, presented by Matt Steele of WVU Libraries (assignment required for colloquium credit)
Thursday, February 21, Department Seminar Room, 1:00-2:15 p.m.
- Teaching Online
Wednesday, February 13, Department Seminar Room, 12:00-1:00 p.m.
- Comparative Politics Working Group, Presentation by Dr. Krehbiel
Thursday, January 24 , Department Seminar Room, 1:00-2:00 p.m.
- Comparative Politics Working Group: Presentation by Dr. Herron