The Office of Postdoctoral Education (OPE) and the Office of Professional Studies and Experiential Learning (OPSEL) facilitate workshops, seminars, writing groups, journal club series, and other offerings to foster academic, professional, leadership, and career development. Participants will be provided with resources and best practices to support:
- Career path identification, job search navigation, including crafting job market materials, and negotiating job offers
- Leadership, mentoring, and networking skill development
- Regular writing group engagement to foster scholarship, persistence towards degree completion, and collegial accountability
Join others in the UAB communities as we learn, share, and support each other to expand abilities and actualize potential. We look forward to seeing you soon.
Do you have an idea for a workshop, seminar, or networking opportunity, share your suggestions here. Do you, or do youknow of a colleague who has expertise that you think could enhance these offerings, please let us know. For more information, please email OPSEL@uab.edu.
Events
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Academic Advising Journal Club
The academic advising journal club provides the opportunity to discuss current topics in academic advising. Each monthly meeting is guided by a scholarly article and facilitated by an academic advising professional. The journal club is open to everyone interested in academic advising.
MARCH 1 | 12:10 to 1:00 p.m.
Join us for the second in a series of discussions on advisor self-care. We will be reading two articles from Thought Catalog that focus on what self-care actually is.
Zoom ID: 838 0424 1887
APRIL 5 | 12:10 to 1:00 p.m.
Join us for the last in a series of discussions on advisor self-care. We will be reading "Emotional labor and professional burnout: Advisory self-care in the age of COVID" from NACADA's Academic Advising Today.
Zoom ID: 827 9998 8382
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CIRTL Local Learning Community
The CIRTL Local Learning Community series is designed to provide opportunities to share updates and results from Teaching as Research projects. Join us for conversations that investigate, report, and celebrate the ways that faculty, instructors, teaching assistants, and other community members apply best practices in teaching and engage in research designed to support student learning and success.
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LEADership Lunch and Learn
The LEADership Lunch and Learn series serves to facilitate conversations related to contemporary topics, concerns, and best practices in leadership development. If you are interested in learning from and contributing to collegial conversations focused on supporting and challenging yourself and others to enhance your leadership knowledge and skills, grab your lunch and join us. Currently all LEADership Lunch and Learn discussions will take place via Zoom only. We hope to return to in-person opportunities soon.
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Research Communication Journal Club
The research communication journal club meets each month to provide opportunities to discuss current topics or trends in research communication. Each session is guided by a scholarly article and is led by a professional in the field of research communication. The research communication journal club is open to everyone who would like to attend.
MARCH 8 | 12:00 to 1:00 p.m.
Join us for the second discussion in the Research Communication Journal Club series discussing social media and research dissemination. This week, participants will be reading and discussing "Optimizing the use of twitter for research dissemination: The 'Three Facts and a Story' randomized-controlled trial" from the Journal of Hepatology.
Meeting ID: 837 9642 0600
APRIL 12 | 12:00 to 1:00 p.m.
Join us for the third discussion in the Research Communication Journal Club series discussing social media and research dissemination. This week, participants will be reading and discussing "Static vs. dynamic methods of delivery for science communication: A critical analysis of user engagement with science on social media" from PLOS ONE.
Meeting ID: 883 2348 9419