Monthly Archives: February 2021
Skills for Success in Graduate School
FOR STUDENTS WITH A LEARNING DIFFERENCE
This skill-building group was created to help graduate students with learning differences meet their academic and creative potential.
By the end of our 5 weeks together, we hope that you can better understand how to achieve academic success using a holistic approach that includes the topics below. Meetings will be held online via Zoom.
Meeting Every Thursday from3:30-5:00pm PT
- February 25th
- March 4th
- March 11th
- March 18th
March 25th
This group will be limited in size so a screener will be required.
Please contact
sforry@usc.edu
if you are interested.
TOPICS:
Online Learning Strategies
Communication Skills
Time Management
Studying Skills
Stress Management
Campus Resources
Special Sessions for USC Diversity Equity & Inclusion Week 2021
Flyer – Bryant Mark; Flyer – Anna Yeakley
On behalf of Darline P. Robles, Associate Dean, Office of Equity and Inclusion.
A reminder USC Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Week is March 8-12. The schedule of events that will be released shortly.
In addition to the week of events I want to share information on three special sessions. The announcements are attached and you can register now for the sessions.
The three sessions are:
Monday March 8, 5-7 p.m.: Intergroup Dialogue, with Anna Yeakley, Ph.D
Tuesday, March 9, 5-6:30 p.m.: Understanding Implicit Bias, with Bryant Marks, Ph.D
Thursday, March 11, 5 to 6:30 p.m.: Understanding Implicit Bias, with Bryant Marks, Ph.D
TAships Available in Gender and Sexuality Studies for 2021-2022
Dear Graduate Students,
The Department of Gender and Sexuality Studies invites applications for the following TAships during the 2021-2022 academic year.
FALL 2021
• Three 50% TAships are available for the course, SWMS 210, Social Analysis of Gender, which will be taught by Prof. Christina Belcher.
• Three 50% TAships are available for the course, SWMS 219, Introduction to Feminist Theory, which will be taught by Prof. Diana Blaine.
SPRING 2022
• Three 50% TAships are available for the course, SWMS 212, Introduction to Gender and Sexuality: American Perspectives, which will be taught by Prof. Diana Blaine.
• Three 50% TAships are available for the course, SWMS 221, Introduction to Queer Theory, which will be taught by Prof. Jeanne Vaccaro.
Ideally, six students would be hired for full-year appointments.
Interested graduate students (PhD candidates only) should email the following materials in PDF format to Jeanne Weiss in Gender and Sexuality Studies (jeannew@usc.edu).
–Cover letter
–CV
–Two letters of recommendation
Deadline for submission of materials is 12:00 p.m. on Friday, March 19, 2021.
Questions? Please contact Jeanne Weiss in the USC Dornsife Department of Gender and Sexuality Studies: jeannew@usc.edu