I. Opening Go-Around: How are you with your semester/achievable goal?​  What has changed?

II. Overview of Final Project (click here for PDF)

Your Bio Statement (Drafting in Class)​ 

• What are your scholarly and/or activist interests?  Why?  How did you come to that?
• Why TCU? (Give your status update here--- year, exam situation, etc)
• What have been salient, professional experiences for you?  Why?
• What public projects have you pursued?  Why? (Or, describe future projects here)
• What are the most important take-aways from your publications? (If none, describe publication plans)
• For those in later years: What are your research plans post-dissertation?  Writ large?
• For those in earlier years: What are you writing/researching now?  How does that connect to your diss plans?  What layer does this writing add to your interests?
• What have you taught?  Or, what will you teach? How are those courses related to your research?
• What community engagement projects have you worked on?  How are those projects related to your research?
• What images, sound, video will you include on this webpage?  

Things to read/think about:

• ​Graduate School Advice Series: 7 Habits Of Highly Visible PhD Students 
• Digital Resumes/Websites of Graduate Students at the University of Michigan
• Assistant Prof in Communication Studies and Her Inclusion of Methods on Website 

Crystal Lopez (MA in Library Studies)

Sheng (Post Bachelors Degree in CS)

Johnson (Assistant Prof in Science)

Cruze (A Professional Copy Writer)

Quinton Harris (Carmen's Fav Resume)

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III. Sharing Your Writing

1. Read your Bio Statement.... ALOUD!  
2. As a listener: Describe what impacts you most.  Why?  How?  Do you have questions or confusions about anything that you heard? Or, was there a part where you wanted/needed to hear more?  If so, explain.  What advice or suggestion, if any, do you have?
   

IV. Closing Questions and Comments