{"id":17501,"date":"2021-09-17T16:01:27","date_gmt":"2021-09-17T20:01:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/earth\/?page_id=17501"},"modified":"2025-01-06T10:40:55","modified_gmt":"2025-01-06T15:40:55","slug":"professional-development-resources","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/earth\/professional-development-resources\/","title":{"rendered":"Pro Dev Resources"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>These are just a few resources related to professional development. Students are encouraged to explore additional resources provided by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/pdpa\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">BU&#8217;s Office of Professional Development &amp; Postdoctoral Affairs<\/a>.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mymedia.bu.edu\/media\/t\/1_bjet3pjs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Non-Academic Career Panel<\/a>, November 2, 2021\n<ul>\n<li>Danielle Perry (Mass Audubon), Douglas Boston (Indigo Ag), Kira Sullivan-Wiley (Pew Charitable Trusts), Teri O&#8217;Meara (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>BU Resources\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/postdocs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">BU Professional Development &amp; Postdoc Affairs<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li><em>includes info for PhD students<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/vitaminphd\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">VitaminPhD<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li><em>BU podcast for all PhD students; also welcomes submissions<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/academicpositions.com\/career-advice\/professional-development-for-phd-students\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Quick tips from Academicpositions.com<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li><em>geared toward those interested in a career in academia but includes good ideas for any student <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/academicpositions.com\/career-advice\/professional-development-for-phd-students\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/academicpositions.com\/career-advice\/how-to-start-academic-networking\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">5 Easy Ways for PhD Students to Start Networking<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li><em>geared toward those interested in a career in academia but includes good ideas for any student <\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.insidehighered.com\/advice\/2017\/04\/03\/examining-various-jobs-ads-can-help-you-explore-your-career-essay\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u201cUsing Job Ads for Career Exploration\u201d<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.insidehighered.com\/blogs\/gradhacker\/informational-interview\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u201cThe Informational Interview\u201d<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.insidehighered.com\/blogs\/gradhacker\/informational-interview\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">UNC\u2019s Professional Development Guide<\/a><em><\/em><\/li>\n<li>Michigan\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/earth\/files\/2020\/09\/am09_StodrtCampa.pdf\">\u201cDesigning and Assessing Career and Professional Development Programs\u201d<\/a> overview [pdf]\n<ul>\n<li><em>includes early, mid, late stage planning matrix<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>National Communication Association\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/earth\/files\/2020\/09\/NCA_Career_Center_Professional_Development_During_Your_Doctoral_Education.pdf\">\u201cProfessional Development during Your Doctoral Education\u201d<\/a> booklet [pdf]<\/li>\n<li>Stanford University\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLjwFGCpXfsbcwkoYlMtonFbC7qmxqNovT\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u201cDesign Your Life\u201d<\/a> Youtube channel<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imaginephd.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ImaginePhD<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li><em>geared toward students in the social sciences<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.craftofscientificwriting.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Writing as an Engineer or Scientist<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li><em>free video tutorials on a range of topics from general writing advice to composing job application emails<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Figure Design Training\n<ul>\n<li>Recommended texts: <span>\u00a0<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.edwardtufte.com\/tufte\/books_vdqi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span>Edward Tufte, <i>The Visual Display of Quantitative Information<\/i><\/span><\/a>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.edwardtufte.com\/tufte\/books_vdqi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><\/a>Available at various BU libraries<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/clauswilke.com\/dataviz\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span>Claus O. Wilke, <em>Fundamentals of Data Visualization: A Primer on Making Informative and <\/em><\/span><span><em>Compelling Figures<\/em> <\/span><span><\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Media\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLYbd7iIaRtNTDYM7GU-PdhiAGMh-p63zi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mike Dietze\u2019s EE 375 presentations<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/earth\/files\/2022\/10\/Visualization_basics.pptx\">Mike Dietze&#8217;s slides from October 19, 2022<\/a> [pptx]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/earth\/student-resources\/phd-handbook\/\">Back<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>These are just a few resources related to professional development. Students are encouraged to explore additional resources provided by BU&#8217;s Office of Professional Development &amp; Postdoctoral Affairs. Non-Academic Career Panel, November 2, 2021 Danielle Perry (Mass Audubon), Douglas Boston (Indigo Ag), Kira Sullivan-Wiley (Pew Charitable Trusts), Teri O&#8217;Meara (Oak Ridge National Laboratory) BU Resources BU [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12328,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":50,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/earth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/17501"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/earth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/earth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/earth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12328"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/earth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17501"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/earth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/17501\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21341,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/earth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/17501\/revisions\/21341"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/earth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17501"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}