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Report of the Students’ Committee
The Students’ Committee planned an array of activities, both professional and recreational, for the Washington conference. The Committee will host two breakfast workshops (one on mentoring in American Studies and one on publishing in this interdisciplinary field) and expects the breakfast sessions will be useful. Each session will have four or five panelists (professors and editors), who will make brief presentations to the graduate student audience, and then open the floor up to discussion. The Committee reported with gratitude the financial support they have received from numerous American Studies programs. The annual fundraising drive raised over $800 from ten (10) departments across the nation. As a result, the Committee will be able to offer complimentary bagels and coffee to all graduate students who attend the morning workshops. In addition to the breakfast workshops, the Committee will sponsor “For Fun and Profit: Is American Studies Vocational?“ Intended as part one of a two-year series, the panel will survey the current academic job market and evaluate how well programs prepare graduate students for future careers.
In addition, the Committee, along with the Chesapeake ASA, is co-sponsoring a new event: the Future Scholars’ Network Reception. This will give graduate students a chance to meet and mingle with ASA officers, Council members, and Committee Chairs. The Committee looks forward to planning future events like this one, especially those that provide practical professional development advice in an informal social setting.
The Committee has also added a Students’ Committee web page to the Crossroads site. Currently visitors can access information on upcoming workshops and sessions, send messages directly to Committee members, and read past annual reports on the Committee’s activities. After the Washington conference, summaries of sessions and workshops will also be posted. The Committee sees the web page as a resource for students who do and do not attend the ASA meetings. This running record of workshops and panels will allow students to access the information panelists and audience members provided long after the conference sessions have ended. A valuable tool for future members, the web page will offer access to past programs, and the opportunity to repeat successful workshops, improve other workshops, and learn from past ones. This should continually improve Students’ Committee events.
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