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Get advice on everything from how to select an appropriate journal to best practices in exerimental design, manuscript preparation, and submission to help you get your papers published. The speaker will be Andrea Marat, PhD Senior Scientific and Reviews Editor, Journal of Cell Biology. Andrea did her PhD at McGill University and a postdocs in Berlin. Andrea joined the Rockefeller University Press in 2016 as a Scientific Editor at the Journal of Cell Biology. In addition to handling research manuscripts, Andrea is responsible for all Reviews and Perspectives published in the journal.

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Assistant Teaching Professor Alexander López and Associate Dean Evelyn Erenrich host an exhibitor booth for Rutgers University at the Society for the Advancement of Chicanos/Hispanics and Native Americans in Science (SACNAS) National Diversity in STEM Conference in Portland, Oregon this past week. They were joined by Associate Dean Kinna Perry, Deputy Director Christine Zardecki, and many current students. With over 6000 students, presenters, and exhibitors, the conference boasted the largest attendance for its 50th anniversary. Students and professionals from all stages, drawn by the iconic glider RU01, flocked to the Rutgers booth to hear about the exciting oceanographic research ongoing at RUCOOL & DMCS, as well as the many opportunities for undergraduate and graduate students to get involved.

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You can read more about The Department of Marine and Coastal Science who were in attendance here.

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Balancing a teaching load, course work, and research can present many difficulties for grad students. In this workshop, we will discuss strategies for managing your time as a Teaching Assistant among your other responsibilities as a student. The session will identify both short-term and long-term tools for time management.

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This workshop explores the purposes of a diversity statement for academic employment, reviews pedagogical practices for teaching diverse students, and examines how scholars can talk about diversity in their teaching and research. Armed with this information, participants review and critique sample diversity statements before work-shopping their own ideas and drafts of the diversity statement. Participants should bring any materials related to the diversity statement that they have already prepared.

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This interactive session will help you consider and design your Teaching Philosophy Statement which is an integral component of the job application for faculty positions.

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Summer classes present TAs with different challenges and opportunities, both in person and online. Because these courses have both a compressed time period and longer classes, instructors need to find different ways of presenting their material. This workshop will present ways to teach effectively during the summer, in a traditional classroom and in an online classroom

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Difficult Conversations can be challenging to have in classrooms. This presentation will model how to prepare your students for productive discussions. By enacting three strategies - norm setting, historical context, and sense-making, any topic can be discussed in a respectful and productive manner.