Year

Panel Title

Panelists

2022a

Graduate Student Professionalization I – Navigating Institutional Responsibility: Identifying Challenges

• Chadwick Allen, University of Washington
• Emily Lutenski, St. Louis University

2022b

Graduate Student Professionalization II – Navigating Institutional Responsibility: Exploring Solutions

• Zainab Abdali (grad student), Rice University
• Lydia Marie Heberling, California State Polytechnic University, San Luis Obispo
• Mary Kohn, Kansas State University

2021

No conference due to COVID-19

2020a

Graduate Student Professionalization I – Teaching Race: Identifying Challenges

• Kirby Brown, University of Oregon
• Mika Kennedy, Kalamazoo College
• Emily Lutenski, Saint Louis University

2020b

Graduate Student Professionalization II – Teaching Race: From Navigation to Implementation of Anti-Racist Pedagogy

• Lydia Heberling, University of Washington-Seattle
• Mike Lemon, Texas Tech University
• Lisa Tatonetti, Kansas State University

2019a

Grad Panel 1:
Best Interview Strategies

• Matt Burkhart, Case Western Reserve University
• Will Lombardi, Feather River College
• Priscilla Ybarra, University of North Texas
  
  

2019b

Grad Panel 2:
Publishing Advice for Grad Students

• Melody Graulich, Utah State University
• Susan Kollin, Montana State
• Rebecca Lush, California State University San Marcos
• Erin Murrah-Mandril, University of Texas at Arlington
• Melina Vizcaino-Aleman, University of New Mexico
  
  

2018a

Grad Student Panel 1:
The Best Advice I Received in Grad School/Gave to Grad Students

• Evelyn Funda, Utah State University
• Sylvan Goldberg, Colorado College
• Ashley Elaine Reis, SUNY Potsdam
• Sarah L. Spurgeon, Texas Tech University

2018b

Grad Student Panel 2:
Beyond Academia

• Jody Sowell, Curator of Exhibitions and Research, Missouri History Museum
• Jenny Price, Public Writer, Artist, Historian
• Eliza Sanders, Advancement Officer for Corporate and Foundation Relations at the emeritus of Missouri-St. Louis
  
  

2017a

Graduate Panel I:
Updating Approaches to the
Academic Job Market

• Susan Bernardin, Oregon State University
• Kerry Fine, Arizona State University
• Sylvan Goldberg, Colorado College
• Ashley Reis, State University of New York at Potsdam
  
  

2017b

Grad Student Session II:
WLA and the Public Humanities

• Aubrey Streit Krug, The Land Institute
• Audrey Goodman, Georgia State University
• Christine Bold, University of Guelph, Canada
• Krista Comer, Rice University
  
  

2016a

Graduate Student Professionalization I: Crafting a Teaching Statement

• Randi Tanglen, Austin College
• Nicholas Bradley, University of Victoria
• William Lombardi, Missouri Valley College
  
  

2016b

Graduate Student Professionalization II: Applying for Research and Dissertation Fellowships

• Susan Kollin, Montana State
• Morgan Frank (grad student), Stanford University
• Emily Lutenski, St Louis University
• Sara Spurgeon, Texas Tech University
  
  

2015a

Graduate Student Panel I:
Writing beyond the Traditional Academic Journal

• Michael P. Branch, University of Nevada-Reno
• Brady Harrison, University of Montana
• Tom Hillard, Boise State University
• Lisa Locascio (grad student), University of Southern California
  
  

2015b

Grad Luncheon Talk: Digital Market Materials (skype interviews, website, etc)

• Rebecca Lush, Cal State San Marcos
• Alex Young, University of Southern California
  
  

2014a

Graduate Student Professionalization I: Thoughts on Current Critical Dialogues

• Michael K. Johnson, University of Maine at Farmington)
• Krista Comer, Rice University
• William R. Handley, University of Southern California
  
  

2014b

Graduate Student Professionalization II: Managing and Maintaining a Writing Schedule

• Evelyn I. Funda, Utah State University
• Cheryll Glotfelty, University of Nevada-Reno
• Chadwick Allen, Ohio State University
  
  

2013a

Graduate Student Professionalization I: Publishing as a Graduate Student

• INFO MISSING

2013b

Graduate Student Professionalization II: Creating a Digital Presence

• Neil Campbell, University of Derby
• Matthew Lavin, St. Lawrence University
• Liz Stephens, Glendale College
  
  

2012

Graduate Student Professionalization:
The Changing Academic Job Market

• Cheryll Glotfelty, University of Nevada-Reno
• Matthew Lavin, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
• Amy Hamilton, Northern Michigan University
• Ashley Reis (grad student), University of North Texas
  
  

2011a

Graduate Student Professionalization I: Teaching, Writing about Teaching and Professional Development

• Nicholas Henson, University of Oregon
• Karen Ramirez, University of Colorado
• Tom J. Hillard, Boise State University
• Maria Madruga, Montana State University
  
  

2011b

Graduate Student Professionalization II: Seeking Out and Applying for Fellowships and Grants

• Charles Crow, Professor Emeritus, Bowling Green State University
• Nicolas Witschi, Western Michigan University
• Joy Passanante, University of Idaho
• Mary Clearman Blew, University of Idaho
• David Cremean, Black Hills State University
  
  

2010

Graduate Student Professionalization: Time Management as a Graduate Student and a Junior Faculty Member

• James Maguire, Emeritus, Boise State University
• Robert Thacker, St. Lawrence University
• Amy Hamilton, Northern Michigan University
• Thomas Hillard, Boise State University
  
  

2009a

Graduate Student Professionalization Forum I: Not Just an Afterthought: Why and How Graduate Students Should Publish

• Sara Spurgeon, Texas Tech University
• Cheryll Glotfelty, University of Nevada-Reno
• Mary Clearman Blew, University of Idaho
• Joanne O’Hare, Director, University of Nevada Press
• Kristen Elias Rowley, Humanities Acquisitions Editor, University of Nebraska Press
  
  

2009b

Graduate Student Professionalization Forum II: Forging Your Academic Identity: How to Prepare for Your Academic Future through Conference Presentations, Networking, and Publishing

• Nancy Cook, University of Montana
• P. Jane Hafen, University of Nevada-Las Vegas
• James Work, Professor Emeritus, Colorado State University
• Charles Crow, Professor Emeritus, Bowling Green State University
• Krista Comer, Rice University
  
  

2008

Graduate Student Professionalization:
The Best Advice I Received in Grad School

•  Victoria Lamont, University of Waterloo
• Judy Nolte Temple, University of Arizona
• Matthew J. Lavin, University of Iowa
• Evelyn Funda, Utah State University
  
  

2007

Workshop for Graduate Students / Your Future in Print: Advice for Graduate Students on Publication and Professionalization

• Melody Graulich, Utah State University
• Lisa Szabo, University of Alberta
• Evelyn Funda, Utah State University
• Laurie Ricou, University of British Columbia