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edX Course: The Postdoc Academy: Succeeding as a Postdoc

The Postdoc Academy develops professionalism and skills for postdocs. Using inclusive, active-learning approaches, participants in this course will build skills to (1) find success as a postdoc, (2) draft an actionable career plan, (3) work in an effective intercultural environment, and (4) develop resilience. 

What you will learn:

  • Explore identities and roles you hold and how they impact your work environment, identify strategies to transition into a new community, and align your expectations with those of your mentor
  • Identify and apply strategies to use career planning tools effectively and build an actionable plan that can both guide and be integrated into day-to-day practice
  • Build an awareness of your own professional and personal identities and explore strategies to create and support an inclusive research environment
  • Develop, implement, and reflect on an action plan to support progress on personal or professional goals that effectively build and sustain work-life resilience

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Instructors:

Henry (Rique) Campa, Associate Dean, Graduate School, Michigan State University

Olivia Chesniak, Postdoctoral Fellow, Northwestern University

Sarah Chobot Hokansonm Assistant Provost of Professional Development and Postdoctoral Affairs, Boston University

Denise Drane, Director of Research and Evaluation at the Searle Center for Advancing Learning and Teaching, Northwestern University

Bennett Goldberg, Director of the Searle Center for Advancing Learning and Teaching, Northwestern University

Noah Green, President, Green Scientific and Educational Consulting

Robin Greenler, Assistant Director, Center for the Integration of Research, Teaching, and Learning, University of Wisconsin - Madison

Jessica Maher, Associate Director, Delta Program, University of Wisconsin - Madison

Rick McGee, Associate Dean for Faculty Recruitment and Professional Development, Northwestern University

Antonio Nunez, Associate Dean, Graduate School, Michigan State University

Celine Young, Program Director, Boston University