Career & Tools

There is an art to transforming classwork into conference scholarship and it deals with catering to your audience, making your work sound exciting, and presenting your research in an engaging fashion. This workshop on February 27 will teach participants how to transform the work they are already doing in the classroom into a conference-worthy presentation.

Tuesday, February 12th, 2019 - 1:10pm




One of the best places for aspiring scholars to develop a professional C.V. is the classroom. Think about it: any time you have to write a paper or give a presentation, you have the potential to submit that work to a conference. This is also a smart use of time because it means reusing work that is largely completed. That said, showing up to a conference with your class paper in hand is not going to impress your audience. There is an art to transforming classwork into conference scholarship and it deals with catering to your audience, making your work sound exciting, and presenting your research in an engaging fashion. This workshop will teach participants how to transform the work they are already doing in the classroom into a conference-worthy presentation.

​When: Wednesday,​ ​February 27th, 1-2:30pm
Where: SRB 2154
RSVP here but drop-ins are welcome!