Register HERE (free for DSA Student Members, $10/workshop for Non-Members)

• Workshop 1: Publishing - Saturday April 23rd, 11am CDT with Sarah Wilbur
• Workshop 2: Dissertation Writing - Saturday May 21st, 12pm CDT with Amanda Reid
• Workshop 3: Teaching as Grads - Saturday June 18th, 11am CDT with Jade Power Sotomayor
• Workshop 4: DEI and Academic Jobs - Saturday July 9th, 11am CDT with Meiver De la Cruz
• Panel: Academia and Neoliberal Labor Practices - Saturday July 16th, 11am CDT with Priya Srinivasan, Elizabeth Bergman, and Lizzie Leopold

Grad Writing Workshop 1 
Focus: Publishing

This workshop makes space for demystifying the ins and outs of academic publishing for grads.

Saturday, April 23rd, 11 am CDT
*First Part (11 am - 12:30 pm CDT): Offerings by the speaker, Sarah Wilbur, followed by discussion/Q&A.
*Second Part (12:30 pm - 1:30 pm CDT): Peer feedback in small groups. 

Writing sample, SUBMIT HERE

DUE: Friday, April 8th (11:59 pm CDT)

• Please submit something you intend to publish (such as an article, book review, book proposal) or something you might consider reworking for publication in the future (such as a literature review, dissertation chapter, and so on). 
• Please provide a brief note of direction for your peers in terms of how they should offer feedback/what you’d like to receive feedback on.
• Submissions in languages other than English are welcome, we ask that you please be in touch with a Grad Rep in advance so that we can do our best to support.

Grad Writing Workshop 2
Focus: Dissertation Writing

Postdoctoral scholar Amanda Reid reflects on her recent dissertation experiences.

Saturday,  May 21st, 12 pm CDT
*First Part (12 pm - 1:30 pm CDT): Offerings by the speaker, Amanda Reid, followed by discussion/Q&A
*Second Part (1:30 pm -2:30 pm CDT): Peer feedback in small groups. 

Writing sample, SUBMIT HERE

DUE: Friday, May 6th (11:59 pm CDT)

• Please submit a writing sample that is part of a long-term research project (dissertation or otherwise).  
• We suggest a length of 25 pages max (you might submit an excerpt from a longer chapter) but can be flexible on this. Please include an ABSTRACT of 300 words max. We also welcome submissions in other forms, such as an outline or even an image that you would like peer feedback on. For all submissions, please provide a brief note of direction for your peers in terms of how they should offer feedback/what you’d like to receive feedback on.
• Submissions in languages other than English are welcome, we ask that you please be in touch with a Grad Rep in advance so that we can do our best to support.

Grad Writing Workshop 3
Focus: Teaching as Grads

Together, we reflect on strategies for developing anti-racist orientations to pedagogy.

Saturday,  June 18th, 11 am CDT
*First Part (11 am - 12:30 pm CDT): Offerings by the speaker, Jade Power Sotomayor, followed by discussion/Q&A
*Second Part (12:30 pm -1:30 pm CDT): Peer feedback in small groups. 

Writing sample, SUBMIT HERE

DUE: Friday, June 3rd (11:59 pm CDT)

• Please submit pedagogy-focused material, such as a course proposal, teaching philosophy statement, or course syllabus. 
• Please provide a brief note of direction for your peers in terms of how they should offer feedback/what you’d like to receive feedback on.
• Submissions in languages other than English are welcome, we ask that you please be in touch with a Grad Rep in advance so that we can do our best to support.

Grad Writing Workshop 4
Focus: DEI and Academic Jobs

Meiver De la Cruz discusses how a DEI statement included in an applicant’s portfolio might illustrate how they put DEI to practice in both their classroom and their approach to scholarship.

Saturday,  July 9th, 11 am CDT
*First Part (11 am - 12:30 pm CDT): Offerings by the speaker, Meiver De la Cruz followed by discussion/Q&A
*Second Part (12:30 pm -1:30 pm CDT): Peer feedback in small groups. 

Writing sample, SUBMIT HERE

DUE: Friday, June 24th (11:59 pm CDT)

• Please submit material related to job applications or funding (grants/fellowships) applications, such as a DEI statement, cover letter, CV, resume, statement of purpose, teaching philosophy statement, or artist statement.  
• Please provide a brief note of direction for your peers in terms of how they should offer feedback/what you’d like to receive feedback on.
• Submissions in languages other than English are welcome, we ask that you please be in touch with a Grad Rep in advance so that we can do our best to support.

Panel: Academia and Neoliberal Labor Practices
Speakers: Priya Srinivasan, Elizabeth Bergman, and Lizzie Leopold

There is an urgent need and limited opportunity for grads to find spaces where we can be transparent and vulnerable about our concerns regarding the increasingly precarious job markets and working conditions we are facing and/or are about to enter. This event invites reflections from speakers who might offer a spectrum of experiences and help us reimagine career possibilities in and outside of academia, with and without tenure. The desire is to generate transnational conversations that are attuned and responsive to the politics of labor, mobility, and access.   

Today, grads are unable to ignore the COVID-19 and market-related cuts to university funding around the globe alongside the devaluation of the arts and humanities. At the same time, we are witnessing the development of more robust thinking and planning around the “360 PhD”/alt-ac options. What are the possibilities after completing a PhD in dance/performance studies today for those who aspire to TT positions and those who seek other options? How do we recognize lived experiences of both scarcity and abundance? How might we work together to combat exploitative labor practices, from shifting positions of both privilege and precarity? How do we put our education to work?  

Saturday,  July 16th, 11am CDT

Registration closes on July 15th.