THE GRADUATE SCHOOL

From the Lab to the Nation's Capital: A Conversation with PhD Alumni in Science Policy

Jessica Creery '15 MA, '19 PhD
AAAS Science & Technology Policy Fellow, Office of Science Policy
National Institutes of Health

Victoria Gunderson '12 PhD
Deputy Director, Office of Investment, Energy, and Infrastructure
U.S. Department of the Treasury

Joseph Tiano '12 PhD
Health Science Policy Analyst, Office of Evaluation, Performance, and Reporting
National Institutes of Health

Confessions of a Leaper

How It Started and How It’s Going: A Conversation with Biomedical Science Postdocs

Chelsey Spriggs ’17 PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
University of Michigan Medical School

Nisan Hubbard ’20 PhD
SPIRE Postdoctoral Fellow
University of North Carolina

Jessica Queen ’13 PhD, ’15 MD
Infectious Disease Fellow
Johns Hopkins Hospital

Integral to Academia: Careers in Higher Education Administration*

Stephanie Brehm '13 MA, '17 PhD
Assistant Director, Academic and Strategic Initiatives
The Graduate School, Northwestern University

D’Anne Duncan ’11 PhD
Assistant Dean, Diversity and Learner Success
University of California, San Francisco

Stacy Ochoa Mikrut ’14 PhD
Interim Director of Advising
College of Sciences, San Diego State University

Todd Nordgren ’13 MA, ’18 PhD
Director of LGBTQ Services
Dickinson College

*This recording only includes the main session. Breakout Room discussions were not recorded. 

Find What You Want, Work With What You Have: Determining Your Priorities During Grad School and Preparing for a Career Path That Works for You

Ira S. Murfin ’12 MA, ’17 PhD
Program Manager
Neighborhood Partnerships
2019–21 Mellon/ACLS Public Fellow
Chicago Humanities Festival

Demystifying Data Science

Jennifer Hobbs '08, '11 MS, '15 PhD
Director of Machine Learning
IntelinAir

Academia Around the World

Yusuf Pisan ’92, ’98 PhD
Associate Teaching Professor
University of Washington Bothell

Preparing Now for a Future Fulbright

Nathan Wolek ’05 PhD
Professor
Stetson University

Mission Tenure: A Guide to Managing the Expected and the Unexpected as Junior Faculty

Shina Aladé ’18 PhD
Assistant Professor of Advertising + Public Relations
Michigan State University

Amanda Kleintop ’13 MA, ’18 PhD
Assistant Professor of History
Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts

Ryan Lei ’15 MS, ’17 PhD
Assistant Professor of Psychology
Haverford College

Sell Yourself Without Selling Out: A Case Study of a Scholar Turned CEO

Aaron Greenberg ’17 PhD
Co-Founder
bioGraph

Big Tech With Purpose: Working with Integrity in Technology

Earl Wagner ’10 PhD
Senior Software Engineer
Google

Teaching, Research, and Service: An Inside Look at the Tenure Process at Primarily Undergraduate Institutions

Aaron Schirmer ’09 PhD
Associate Professor
Northeastern Illinois University

The PhD Pivot: Preparing for a Career Outside of Academia and Inside Industry

Kimberly Alecia Singletary ’13 PhD
Instructional Designer II
Everspring Inc.

What a Character! Atypical Advice for Becoming the Dynamic and Round Protagonist of Your Professional Narrative 

Alec Biehl ’19 PhD
Postdoctoral Researcher
Oak Ridge National Laboratory