Panel - Diverse Careers: Inside and outside the professoriate
Jan 29, 2021 09:30 AM
to
11:00 AM
Online
Registration Deadline: Jan 28, 2021 03:00 PM
This event is intended for Master's and PhD students and postdoctoral fellows.
Attend this session to learn about the diversity of careers possible from panelists who have worked both within and beyond the professoriate.
Confirmed Panelists include:
- Dr. Abby Goodrum
Dr. Abby Goodrum is Professor and Program Coordinator for the User Experience Design degree at Wilfrid Laurier University's Brantford campus. Prior to her appointment at Laurier, Abby held the Rogers Research Chair in News, Media, and Technology at Ryerson University where she was also Associate Dean for Research in the Faculty of Communication and Design. She also held faculty positions at Syracuse and Drexel Universities. Abby also spent time working as a researcher at CNN, and in educational technology for IBM.
For more than 20 years, her research has focused on the study of how humans seek, use, share, manipulate, store, retrieve, and organize digital multimedia. She has served on a variety of research committees, management boards and boards of directors, and has extensive experience in peer review processes at all levels. She has served on the boards of Canada?s Technology Triangle, the Canadian Digital Media Network, the Accelerator Centre, SHARCNET, the Southern Ontario Water Consortium, and the Ontario Council on University Research.
- Dr. Jordana Garbati
Jordana Garbati has a PhD in Education (focus: Applied Linguistics, 2013) from Western University. She has an MBA from Wilfrid Laurier University (2018), an MEd from Queen?s University (2007), and a BA and BEd from York University (2003). In 2020, Jordana began as Assistant Professor at the Institute for the Study of University Pedagogy at University of Toronto Mississauga (UTM).
Jordana teaches Writing for University and Beyond: Writing About Writing. In addition, she consults with faculty across campus about writing pedagogy and writing in the disciplines.
Prior to joining UTM, Jordana was a Writing Consultant at Laurier where she provided in-class writing instruction, worked with faculty to develop discipline- and course-specific writing assignments, and mentored a team of undergraduate and graduate writing tutors.
- Dr. Pamela Malins
Dr. Pamela Malins, Assistant Professor, UNB, Education, explores early childhood curriculum, literacy, and identities. In particular, she is interested in the meaning-making opportunities afforded to young children to explore gender and sexual identities. Her most recent SSHRC supported research involved a critical discourse analysis of kindergarten curricula across Canada to investigate the ways that these documents discuss gender and sexuality. Currently, her research is engaging community in conversations about picture books that address gender and sexual identities.
A teacher of over twelve years, Pamela is qualified and has taught in all divisions from kindergarten through to graduate education. For several years, she worked in the Learning Team with the Canadian Centre for Diversity and Inclusion, situated in Toronto, Ontario.
- Dr. Robert McLeman
Robert specializes in research on the human dimensions of environmental change, with particular attention to the relationship between environment and human migration; community adaptation to climatic variability and change; and, fostering citizen participation in environmental science.
As a former Canadian foreign service officer, Robert worked at Canadian diplomatic missions in Belgrade, Hong Kong, New Delhi, Seattle and Vienna. In recent years he has advised UN agencies, the World Bank, and governments in Canada, the US, and Europe on issues related to climate change, migration, and security. He is currently a Coordinating Lead Author for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change?s working group on impacts, vulnerability and adaptation.
Dr. McLeman holds a PhD in Geography from the University of Guelph (2005), a Master of Science in Environmental Management from the University of Hong Kong (1995), and a Bachelor of Arts in Geography from the University of Western Ontario (1989).
Registration deadline is 3 p.m. the day before the workshop.
This session is a key component of Laurier's ASPIRE Professionalization Program and the Engagement and Employability Certificate.
Attend three workshops and participate in career development activities and events for graduate students offered at any Laurier campus, to earn your Engagement and Employability Certificate for Students in Graduate & Professional Programs. Your certificate will become a valuable part of your Laurier Experience Record and supplement your official transcripts.
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