Symposium Program
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The Futures of the English PhD: A Symposium
Friday, May 14
12:30-12:45pm
12:45-2:15pm
2:15-2:30pm
2:30pm-3:30pm
3:30pm-3:45pm
4:00-5:30pm
6:30pm
Saturday, May 15
8:00-8:30am
8:30-10:00am
10:00-10:15am
10:15-11:15am
11:15-11:30am
11:30-1:00pm
1:00pm
12:30-12:45pm
12:45-2:15pm
2:15-2:30pm
2:30pm-3:30pm
3:30pm-3:45pm
4:00-5:30pm
6:30pm
Saturday, May 15
8:00-8:30am
8:30-10:00am
10:00-10:15am
10:15-11:15am
11:15-11:30am
11:30-1:00pm
1:00pm
Room 103 A/B, Kellogg Center
Welcome and Introductions
Karen Klomparens (Dean, The Graduate School, Michigan State University)
Karin Wurst (Dean, College of Arts and Letters, Michigan State University)
Breakout Discussion: The Shifting Academic and Non-Academic Job Markets
Session Leader: Nancy J. Peterson (Purdue University)
Break
Keynote Presentation: "An Agenda for the New Dissertation"
Sidonie Smith (President, MLA, Professor of English, University of Michigan)
Break
Breakout Discussion: The Future of the Dissertation and Other Credentializing Ventures
Session Leaders: Christopher Flint (Case Western University)
Frank Donoghue (Ohio State University)
Dinner at Dublin Square Irish Pub
Room 106, Kellogg Center
Coffee and Breakfast
Breakout Discussion: Curricular Strategies in a Crisis
Session Leader: Scott Juengel (Michigan State University)
Jen Hammond (University of Illinois, Chicago)
Break
Keynote Presentation: "Recruiting Prestige"
Evan Watkins (Professor of English, University of California, Davis)
Break
Breakout Discussion: The Wages of Graduate Recruitment
Session Leaders: Jesse Lander (Notre Dame University)
Anthony Pollock (University of Illinois)
Lunch at The State Room
Welcome and Introductions
Karen Klomparens (Dean, The Graduate School, Michigan State University)
Karin Wurst (Dean, College of Arts and Letters, Michigan State University)
Breakout Discussion: The Shifting Academic and Non-Academic Job Markets
Session Leader: Nancy J. Peterson (Purdue University)
Break
Keynote Presentation: "An Agenda for the New Dissertation"
Sidonie Smith (President, MLA, Professor of English, University of Michigan)
Break
Breakout Discussion: The Future of the Dissertation and Other Credentializing Ventures
Session Leaders: Christopher Flint (Case Western University)
Frank Donoghue (Ohio State University)
Dinner at Dublin Square Irish Pub
Room 106, Kellogg Center
Coffee and Breakfast
Breakout Discussion: Curricular Strategies in a Crisis
Session Leader: Scott Juengel (Michigan State University)
Jen Hammond (University of Illinois, Chicago)
Break
Keynote Presentation: "Recruiting Prestige"
Evan Watkins (Professor of English, University of California, Davis)
Break
Breakout Discussion: The Wages of Graduate Recruitment
Session Leaders: Jesse Lander (Notre Dame University)
Anthony Pollock (University of Illinois)
Lunch at The State Room
