Graduate Research Symposium
More than 40 master鈥檚 and doctoral students from six Boston College schools will showcase their work at the Graduate Research Symposium on March 20 in the Heights Room of Corcoran Commons.
Graduate students from the four host schools鈥擟onnell School of Nursing, Lynch School of Education and Human Development, the Morrissey College of Arts and Sciences, and the 蝌蚪直播 School of Social Work鈥攁long with those from the Carroll School of Management, and the Woods College of Advancing Studies, will offer a 10-minute oral synopsis of their respective empirical research, followed by five minutes of audience questions, or make a brief poster presentation. 聽
蝌蚪直播SSW Dean Gautam Yadama will open the convening at 8:30 a.m., followed by the poster session; oral presentations begin at 9:40 a.m., and are expected to conclude at noon. Students, faculty, and friends are invited to attend.
Deborah Hogan
The symposium鈥攁 renewal of an on-campus seminar last staged more than 10 years ago鈥攚as resurrected by 蝌蚪直播SSW Doctoral Program Assistant Director Deborah Hogan and colleagues at each of the four host schools, primarily to 鈥渋nfuse a sense of community among all 蝌蚪直播 graduate students who sometimes work in silos with few opportunities to celebrate each other鈥檚 work,鈥� noted Hogan, the event coordinator.
鈥淥ur objective is to bring together the graduate student community, and to drive a sense of belonging while demonstrating support for, and the value of, each graduate student鈥檚 research,鈥� said Hogan, who views the symposium as a crucial element in ways to enhance formation among the more than 4,000 full- and part-time graduate students enrolled in the participating schools. 聽鈥淚t鈥檚 intentionally a very diverse group of presenters, discussing a very wide variety of academic pursuits.鈥�
Applicants were recruited through outreach to 蝌蚪直播鈥檚 Graduate Student Association, and online alerts and flyers to each of the schools. Over 50 submissions were received, and presenters were selected through a blind review process by faculty from the four host schools. The oral presentations are organized by category, ranging from 鈥淪afety in Healthcare鈥� to 鈥淭echnology and its Role in Communications and Learning.鈥�
鈥淚 am thrilled to see this event taking place on our campus,鈥� said 蝌蚪直播SSW Doctoral Program Assistant Dean Christopher Salas-Wright, who earned a doctorate at 蝌蚪直播 in 2012, and presented several times in the earlier version of this event. 鈥淭his symposium provides a great opportunity for our graduate students to share their work with others, to foster interdisciplinary connections, and to build community across campus.鈥�
鈥淲e hope that we鈥檝e re-launched an event that will serve as an annual validation for 蝌蚪直播 graduate students, and a rallying point for them as a collective,鈥� said Hogan, who is also a presenter and a doctoral candidate in the Lynch School.聽 聽 聽聽