Events
2018-2019
Fall 2018
November 27: What’s in a syllabus? Led by Christopher Dickman, PhD, and Kristlyn Thomas, MS, instructional designers from Loyola’s Office of Online Learning.
November 13: Collaboration and Career Pathways, led by Lindsey Martin, PhD, Assistant Director of Postdoctoral Affairs at Northwestern University.
October 30: Assignments, Assessment, and Feedback, led by Jessica Mansbach, PhD, Teaching and Learning Development Coordinator at Loyola’s Center for Ignatian Pedagogy.
October 16: Communication Skills and Career Pathways, led by Lindsey Martin, PhD, Assistant Director of Postdoctoral Affairs at Northwestern University.
October 2: Teaching Philosophies and Approaches: What Kind of Teacher Are You? Led by Loyola history faculty members Edin Hajdarpasic, Suzanne Kaufman, and Marek Suszko.
September 25: Introduction to Career Pathways: Self-Assessments and IDPs. Led by Pat Mooney-Melvin, PhD, Associate Professor of History and Loyola History Graduate Program Director, and Hope Shannon, AHA Career Diversity Fellow.
September 18: An Introduction to Integrated Course Design, led by Jessica Mansbach, PhD, Teaching and Learning Development Coordinator at Loyola’s Center for Ignatian Pedagogy.
Spring 2019
April 23, Tuesday, 10 AM, CC 200 West: The Dissertation Process, led by Dr. Mooney-Melvin, Loyola History Department
April 9, Tuesday, 4 PM, Cuneo Hall 312: Where Historians Teach: Talking about Teaching Careers in Secondary Ed, Higher Ed, and Public History
April 3, Wednesday, 3 PM, CC 528: Teaching Statements and Portfolios, led by Justin Nordin, PhD candidate in philosophy at Loyola.
March 19, Tuesday, 4 PM, CC 528: Digital Literacy for Humanists
March 11, Monday, 2:30 PM. CC 503: Individual Development Plans Work Session
February 26, Tuesday, 4 PM, CC 528: Introduction to Online Teaching, led by Christopher Dickman, PhD, and Kristlyn Thomas, MS, instructional designers from Loyola’s Office of Online Learning.
February 19, Tuesday, 4 PM, CC 528: Intellectual Self-Confidence and Career Pathways, led by Lindsey Martin, PhD, Assistant Director of Postdoctoral Affairs at Northwestern University
February 5, Tuesday, 4 PM, CC 528: Ethics in the Classroom and Beyond
2019-2020
Fall 2019
August 20, Tuesday, 3 PM, Crown Center 528:
Orientation for New Graduate Students
August 21, Wednesday, 10:30 AM to 4 PM, Crown Center 528:
Teaching Assistant Orientation
September 9, Monday, 4 PM to 5:30 PM, Crown Center 530:
Introduction to Project Management, led by Rachel Boyle, PhD
October 11, Friday, 2 to 4:30 PM, Crown Center 530:
Teaching Primary Source Analysis in the History Classroom, with Professor Catherine Denial, Knox College
October 17, Thursday, 2 PM to 3:30 PM, Crown Center 528:
Internships as Professional Development: How to Get the Most Out of Your Internship Experience, roundtable of graduate students, led by Hope Shannon, AHA Career Diversity Fellow.
October 31:
Experiencing History, a new digital resource, led by Dr. Emil Kerenji, Historian, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
November 15:
Introduction to Career Assessments & Individual Development Plans (IDPs), led by Hope Shannon, Professional Development Graduate Assistant & AHA Career Diversity Fellow.
Spring 2020
February 13, Thursday, 11 AM, Damen Center 214: Pedagogy Brown Bag for History Graduate Students
February 27, Thursday, 3 PM, room TBD:
Transitioning Out of Graduate School
April 9, Thursday, 2 PM, Zoom:
Pedagogy Brown Bag for History Graduate Students
April 27, Monday, 10 AM & April 30, Thursday, 3 PM, Zoom:
End-of-semester coffee hours, via Zoom
2020 - 2021
Fall 2020
Friday, September 18, 2:00 PM to 3:30 PM
Introduction to Project Management, led by Rachel Boyle, PhD, of Omnia History.
Friday, September 25, 2:00 PM to 3:30 pm
Research and Writing Brown Bag for History Graduate Students
Friday, October 16, 2:00 PM to 3:30 PM
Social Media for the Real World: Preparing to Curate Your Online Presence
After years spent online whether on social media platforms like Facebook or Twitter or included in our employer’s or school’s web sites, most of us have established an online presence. Understanding the impact of our presence online and developing the tools to manage it are important professional skills. Jane Currie, 🟩Instagram账号 | 智利 | 注册1-3个月 | 邮箱已验证 | 已设置2FA reference librarian and subject specialist for history will lead this virtual workshop about preparing to curate your online presence as you proceed through your graduate school career and beyond.
Friday, October 23, 4:00 PM to 5:30 PM
“Digication” Workshop
Despite its name, “Digication” is not a nightmarish Zoom vacation scenario. It is a sophisticated E-portfolio platform adopted by the LUC history department and offered to Loyola Graduate students. On Friday October 23 from 4:00-5:30 pm the HGSA and Career Pathways will be hosting a workshop on the Digication platform. Essentially, this will be a lightly structured workspace where you can learn to use the “Digication” tool from Brody Tate, the Learning Portfolio manager here at Loyola and our fellow graduate students who have some expertise in its use. We hope to see you there!
Friday, November 6, 1:00 PM – 3:30 PM (CT)
“How to Make the Most of Your Internship Experience”
HGSA and Career Pathways will be hosting this double event to help you to make the most of your graduate internship experience. The first half will be a graduate student- only event to discuss internship searches, aspirations, pitfalls, hoops to jump through, and past experiences ranging from excellent to awful. The second half of our program will be a more formal discussion led by Dr. Karamanski and Dr. Mooney-Melvin which will feature a panel of last year’s LUC history department interns. The panel will reflect on how internship experiences inform professional interests and career opportunities and they will offer tips for how make the most of your upcoming internship experience. Special note: There will be a short break between sessions, at approximately 2:00 pm so that those of us who need to can get a mid-afternoon snack!
Friday, November 20, 1:00 PM – 2:15 PM (CT)
Career and Job Search Event
On Friday, November 20th from 1:00 -3: 30 pm, HGSA and Career Pathways will host a double event to help you to navigate your career and job search experience! The first session will feature a Career Pathways led panel discussion among four recent graduates of the Loyola history graduate program who have had notable and successful job search experiences. Dylan Ruediger, the coordinator of AHA’s Career Diversity for Historians and Institutional Research will also be joining us to discuss data and statistical analysis that he has gathered about job searches and career trajectories for history PhDs and MAs. Dr. Brad Hunt will also be joining us for this event to offer his own insights and experiences. After a break, the second session will be a workshop led by the HGSA which will provide practical tools and suggestions for graduate students as they prepare cover letters, CVs, and resumes for their coming job and internship searches.
Spring 2021
Friday, January 29, 3:00 PM to 4:00 PM (CT)
Transitioning Out of Graduate School, a panel of Loyola faculty and
Friday, March 26, 3:00 PM to 4:00 PM (CT)
Thriving in Uncertain Times, led by Jessica Gould, a licensed clinical social worker from the LUC Wellness Center
2021-2022
The Loyola Career Pathways Series are open to all graduate students in the humanities. Certain workshops may also be of interest to faculty and undergraduates. These events are dedicated to equipping people with the following (based on the AHA’s 5 Skills in Career Diversity):
- developing communication techniques
- learning how to collaborate work to complement skill sets
- knowing how to perform both quantitative and qualitative research
- boosting intellectual self-confidence, including exercising self-care
- becoming comfortable using digital tools
Event descriptions are listed below. If you have any questions, please reach out to the Career Diversity Assistant, Sean Jacobson, at sjacobson1@luc.edu.
Fall 2021
Getting the Most Out of Graduate School
Monday, September 13, 2-3 PM, Crown Center 200E (Zoom recording here)
Graduate school is challenging not only in terms of courses and degree requirements but also in deciding how to use your time outside the classroom. How should I plan for the job market? What kinds of skills am I developing? What experiences am I creating? What kind of person am I becoming in the process? Whether you’re entering graduate school straight from undergrad or from years of work experience, this workshop will walk you through the different resources available to you. We’ll also set goals using ImaginePhD’s Individual Development Plan (IDP).
Led by Sean Jacobson, PhD Candidate and Graduate Career Pathways Assistant
“Curating an Online Presence” w/ Digication Workshop
Monday, October 4, 2-3 PM, workshop following, Crown Center 200E (Zoom option available this link)
Led by Jane Currie, Library Subject Specialist, and Kenleigh Howard, HGSA Media Coordinator
After years spent online whether on social media platforms like Facebook or Twitter or included in our employer’s web sites or those of our academic institutions, most of us have established an online presence. Understanding the impact of your presence online and developing the skills to manage it are important professional skills. Jane Currie, 🟩Instagram账号 | 智利 | 注册1-3个月 | 邮箱已验证 | 已设置2FA reference librarian and subject specialist for history will lead this virtual workshop about preparing to curate your online presence as you proceed through your graduate career and beyond. This seminar will be followed by a Digication workshop led by Kenleigh Howard, where we will set up our Digication portfolios for the department website!
Demystifying Networking
Tuesday, October 5, 1-2 PM; Q&A Session 2-2:30 PM, Crown Center, room TBA (Zoom option available this link)
Led by Meg Sieberg, Career Development Advisor and Joe Vukov, Assistant Professor of Philosophy
“I have a LinkedIn, but how do I use it more effectively?” “How do I network if I’m an introvert?” “Does in-person networking matter anymore in a digital age?” This workshop will address these kinds of questions and much more. In the process, we’ll put to bed common myths about networking that will help you boost your confidence when approaching potential colleagues and employers. This workshop is open to all graduate humanities students and faculty.
Lessons from Pandemic Pedagogy: Perusall as an e-tool for classroom discussion
Monday, October 25, 1:30-2:30, Crown Center 200E (Zoom option available)
Led by Dr. Elizabeth Shermer, Associate Professor of History and Sean Jacobson, PhD Candidate and Career Pathways Assistant
Whether you are seasoned faculty or have never taught a class before, this tutorial workshop will introduce you to an pedagogical tool that fosters student accountability for reading assignments and makes classroom discussion more engaging. Perusall has proven effective both for in-person and online instruction. The event is open to all faculty and graduate students in the humanities.
Jumping off the Ivory Tower: How to Switch Careers
Tuesday, November 2, 12:30-1:30 PM, Crown Center 200E (Zoom option available)
Paige Halpin-Smith (MA in Public History, 2011), Development Manager at Lexington Public Library
Jason Myers (PhD in History, 2010), Technical Marketing Writer at InfluxData
Daniel Ott (PhD in History, 2015), Cultural Resource Program Manager, National Park Service
Come learn about the diverse career pathways taken by successful Loyola alumni. This brown-bag event is for anyone thinking about transitioning careers, what the job culture is like in academia versus outside the academy, and general career advice!
Demystifying Publishing: Roundtable for Navigating the Publication Process
Monday, November 8, 1:30-2:30 PM, Crown Center 200E (Zoom option available)
Dr. Michelle Nickerson, Associate Professor of History
Dr. Tikia Hamilton, Assistant Professor of History
Dr. Timothy Gilfoyle, Professor of History
Have a seminar paper you’d like to turn into a journal article? Thinking about writing an op-ed? How do I turn a dissertation into a book? What about writing for non-academic audiences? We’ll address these questions and much more at this Career Pathways event. Hear from the experiences of three faculty at different stages in their careers talk about the publishing process. Come ready to share your own ideas and questions!
Spring 2022
Demystifying Conference Posters: How to Create Compelling Visualizations of Your Research
Wednesday, January 26, 1:30-2:30 PM, on Zoom
Led by Sean Jacobson and Cate LiaBraaten, PhD Candidates in History
Posters are a great and low-stakes way to share your research with others, especially if you are a first-time conference presenter. This workshop will provide an overview of how to best organize content, how to format in programs like PowerPoint and Canva, how to print, as well as how best to prepare for presenting your poster at a conference. These skills are applicable for a variety of professions that require you to present reports and visual data for your peers and supervisors.
The Historian as Entrepreneur: Exploring Opportunities in Historical Consulting
Saturday, February 19, 3:00 – 4:15 PM, on Zoom (part of 2022 HGSA Virtual Conference)
Join PhD candidate Sean Jacobson in conversation with Rachel Boyle, Kyle Mathers, Bethany Fleming, and Lara Ramsey as they share their insights on the field. This panel is made possible by the Loyola Career Pathways Program and Sean Jacobson.
- Rachel Boyle, PhD is a historian, consultant, and co-founder of Omnia History, a public history collaborative dedicated to using the past to promote social change. She currently leads adult education seminars on Chicago history, researches labor history, and collaborates on digital history projects. She also teaches at DePaul University and currently serves on the Board of Directors for the National Council on Public History.
- Bethany Fleming, MA, founder of Fleming Museum Consulting, is a museum professional with over 20 years of experience in museum, exhibit and interpretive development. Previously, Bethany was the Director of Museum Experience at the National Hellenic Museum, the Director of Collections and Exhibitions at the Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center, and Curator of Collections at the Geneva History Center. She has worked with many organizations to create engaging museums and exhibitions, including the Federal Reserve Bank’s Money Museums, Blue Bunny Ice Cream, Rotary International, and the Chicago Bears Football Club.
- Lara Ramsey is co-founder and principal of Ramsey Historic Consultants, a historic preservation planning firm that provides a variety of preservation-related services including National Register listing/local landmark designation, historic resources survey, and assistance with historic preservation tax incentive programs. A graduate of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago’s graduate program in Historic Preservation, Ms. Ramsey has over 20 years of experience in the field.
- Kyle Mathers, an alum of Loyola’s Public History MA program, recently started as the Exhibits and Curatorial Lead at the Harley Davidson Museum, before which he was the Director of Curatorial Affairs for the First Division Museum at Cantigny Park. Through his consulting business, Third Coast Creation, Kyle offers exhibit design, project management, and research services.
Making an Accessible Classroom: a refresher seminar for both new and seasoned instructors
Monday, February 28, 4:00 – 5:00 PM, on Zoom
Led by Betsi Burns, Director of Learning and Student Services, Student Accessibility Center
This Zoom seminar is a perfect opportunity to familiarize yourself with best practices and ethics for making your instruction, whether teaching in-person or online, accessible to all students. We will also provide a baseline definition for what “accessibility” means in an instructional context. The seminar will also feature opportunities for discussion, Q&A, and problem-solving through a variety of scenarios to help you in your course design. No pre-registration required.
Microsoft Word/Google Docs Formatting Workshop
Wednesday, March 16, 1:30 – 2:30 PM, on Zoom
Led by Danielle Richards, PhD Candidate in English, Graduate Formatting Assistant, the Graduate School
Working on a big project and struggling to format? Looking to just improve your skills on a word processor? This workshop is for you! Please bring along documents and questions you have for this event. Areas include: thesis/dissertation, applications, cover letters, header/body styles, inserting a table of contents, and page and section breaks.
Using Microsoft Excel for Work Projects and Small Business
Tuesday, March 29, 2:00 – 3:00 PM, on Zoom
Led by Kaitlyn Hoffman (MBA), Clincial Instructor at Quinlan School of Business. Topics include:
- Managing Research and Project Data
- Creating a Budget for Non-Profit Business
- Organizing Inventories and Contact Lists
- Keeping a Gradebook
- Exporting Data into Graphs
Transitioning Out of Graduate School: Lunchtime Q&A with Loyola History Recent Alumni
Tuesday, April 19, 12:30 – 1:30 PM, Crown Center 530 and on Zoom
Each panelist with share her experiences finishing grad school and will provide tips and perspective on finding the right job, transitioning between jobs in the 1-2 years after grad school, and how to best present your skills and experiences to employers. Panelists include:
- Chelsea Denault, PhD, Michigan Digital Preservation Network Coordinator, Midwest Collaborative for Library Sciences, Ann Arbor, Michigan
- Angela Rothman, MA, Architectural Historian, HNTB, Seattle, Washington
- Liz Schmidt, MA, Museum Library Manager, Goodhue County Historical Society, Red Wing, Minnesota
What to Do with Your Research
Monday, April 25, 6:00 – 8:30 PM on Zoom
What’s next for your research?
Getting Research Off Campus 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm
Going Digital – Elizabeth Hopwood, LUC (English & CTSDH)
Podcasting – Benjamin Sawyer, Road to Now Podcast & MTSU
Writing Op-Eds – Brian Rosenwald, WashPost’s Made by History & UPenn
Putting Research to Work Inside the Academy 7:15 pm – 8:15 pm
From Research Paper to Dissertation Chapter – Ruby Oram, TSU (Loyola Alum)
From Paper to Poster & Other Conference Presentations – Sean Jacobson LUC (on his way to UNA)
Explaining Research in Job Letters – Emily Davis, Belmont Abbey College (Loyola PhD Candidate)
Contact Dr. Shermer with questions – eshermer@luc.edu.
2022-2023
The Loyola Career Pathways Series are open to all graduate students in the humanities, however some workshops may also be of interest to faculty and undergraduates. Event descriptions are listed below. Contact the History Department Career Pathways Graduate Assistant, Hannah Lahti [hlahti@luc.edu] with any questions.
Fall 2022
Monday, 3 October 2022, 1:00 – 2:00 PM
Informational Interviews: Exploring Career Pathways Outside of Academia
Learning more about career pathways outside of academia requires a little research. Speaking with professionals in those fields can give graduate students the opportunity to learn more about the daily responsibilities of those positions. This panel features three graduate students who have organized informational interviews with professionals in different fields, and share their experiences and advice for graduate students who are interested in exploring career paths outside of the academy.
Monday, 17 October 2022, 1:00 – 2:00 PM
How to: Conferences
Professional and academic conferences are great ways to share your work, meet other professionals, and learn about the current topics and debates in your field. This panel features four historians who speak to their experiences presenting, volunteering, and coordinating history conferences. Topics such as funding conference travel, registration, presentations, panels, moderators, volunteer positions, and so much more will be unpacked by our panelists. Remember — registering to present and / or volunteer at the Loyola History Department’s HGSA Conference 2023 is a great way to get started with conferences!
Monday, 7 November 2022, 1:00 – 2:00 PM
Transferrable Skills: What We Bring to the Table
This discussion offers the opportunity for current history graduate students to reflect not only on the skills that they are developing in their graduate programs, but also to consider the skills and experience that they currently maintain. The discussion allows graduate students to reflect on their own experience while also learning more about their colleagues and their academic and professional goals.
Wednesday, 16 November 2022, 4:00 – 5:00 PM
How to: Internships
This panel features current graduate students and public history alumni in conversation about public history internships. Internships offer opportunities to dive into the public history work that happens in a variety of institutions and encourages graduate students to apply the skills that they are learning in their programs. Panelists will discuss the many things that they learned while doing their public history internships and offer advice for soon-to-be interns on how to get started and have a successful internship experience.
Wednesday, 30 November 22, 1:00 – 2:00 PM
Teaching and Learning with Perusall
This event explores the social learning platform Perusall. Dr. Shermer of the History Department will introduce the site and present on how she integrates the platform into her in-class and online learning. This event is especially helpful for all current and future instructors of record, as well as any History Department faculty interested in learning more about Perusall and how to manage classroom engagement using this tool.
Spring 2023
Tuesday, 24 January 2023, 3:30 – 4:30 PM
How to: Conference Posters
Participating in academic and professional conferences is an important part of graduate student professional development. In this event, HGSA Conference 2023 co-chairs Caroline Lauber and Caroline Handley will explain on how to create and present posters for conference poster sessions. The event is helpful for all graduate students interested in presenting at professional and humanities conferences — especially for undergraduate presenters at the HGSA Conference 2023.
Thursday, 9 February 2023, 3:00 – 4:00 PM
Social Media for the Real World: Preparing to Curate Your Online Presence
🟩Instagram账号 | 智利 | 注册1-3个月 | 邮箱已验证 | 已设置2FA’s history subject librarian, Jane Currie, joins us to present a workshop on planning and implementing a digital presence for graduate students. This workshop asks graduate students to consider their current online activity and how they might professionalize their digital brand, from deciding useful platforms to scheduling posts and engagement.
Tuesday, 28 February 2023, 1:00 – 2:00 PM
Creating Individual Development Plans (IDPs)
This workshop introduces the concept of Individual Development Plans (IDPs) for graduate students’ academic self reflection and professional goal-setting. The event aims to support graduate students as they prepare for their chart a plan for their next professional and academic goals. All History Department PhD Students are required to prepare an IDP for their advising meetings, and MA and MA / MLIS Students are also encouraged to prepare IDPs.
2025-2026
Fall 2025
Research Tools Demos/Gearing Up for Graduate School - August
Collaborators: Eleanor Carter
Description/Format: A crash course on some the best tools graduate students can use to help them in courses, research, and the field at large. Format of this event I’m imagining as an info sheet with resources on everything that’s out there and some live demos of a few programs from people that work with them a lot, then opening the floor for people to mess around with them on their own. Imagining this as a demo of Zotero/Tropy (I can handle this one), Eleanor presenting on Srcivner, and Marin presenting on Canva. I think this would be a good way to start the semester to open space for people to start the program with things that can help them, save them time, and give them marketable skills, rather than trying to adjust their system later.
Federal Jobs Workshop - September
Collaborator: Eleanor Carter and/or Connor Barnes
Description/Format: Walkthrough and information about applying for federal summer jobs before applications go live in mid-October. Presentation with practical information on searching the system, preparing and formatting the resume and applications for all the specs that come with federal applications. Potentially integrating some time to workshop resumes or start poking around on the federal jobs website as well.
Ethics, Uses, and Perspectives on AI in the Field - October
Collaborator: Dr. Ben Johnson
Description/Format: An open conversation on AI and its impact on the fields of history and public history—what do we think about it as a tool? Should we be wary? Embrace it? How can we make use of it, or should we remain resistant to that? For those of us that teach how do we handle or discuss it in the classroom? Sort of just checking the pulse of where people are at and how it fits into a larger conversation on the vitality of incorporating digital literacy and skills into the field as it evolves (and catches up with) modern tech.
Academic Publishing for Graduate Students - November
Collaborators: Dr. Ben Johnson, Dr. Timothy Gilfoyle
Description/Format: An open discussion/panel on all things publishing—how should graduate students approach it, how to find the right place to publish, etiquette for communication with journals and staff, crafting the cover letter, any other insights to the process, recommendations.