Post Grad (Center): Putting Your Graduate Skills and Training to Work

Graduate Center, Segal Theatre

Friday, December 4,, 2015, 11:00-5:00 p.m.

To see full speaker bios and to register, click here: https://careerplan.commons.gc.cuny.edu/events/post-grad-center0-putting-your-graduate-skills-and-training-to-work/

 

Our inaugural day-long conference on December 4th will give you the chance to meet, learn from, and network with Graduate Center alumni from a range of professional backgrounds.

 

Maggie Debelius, co-author of So What are You Going to Do with That: Finding Careers Outside Academia, will be our keynote speaker.

 

To see full speaker bios and to register, click here: https://careerplan.commons.gc.cuny.edu/events/post-grad-center0-putting-your-graduate-skills-and-training-to-work/

 

Scheduled speakers include:

Andrew Bast (Political Science; 60 Minutes/CBS)

Brooke Bryant (Music; Hospital for Special Surgery)

Christelle Cazabat (Social Sciences; United Nations)

PeiYao Chen (Psychology; Global Fund for Women)

Jaime Cleland (English; Houghton Mifflin Harcourt)

Megan Coryat (Music; Doggedly Devoted)

Eliza Jane Darling (Anthropology; Historian for Hamilton County, NY)

David Gary (History; Yale University)

Jackie Glasthal (MALS; Scholastic)

Lori Heninger (Social Welfare; Plan International)

Sean Kelly (French; Deloitte LLP)

Lynda Kennedy (Urban Education; Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum)

Helen Koh (East Asian Languages & Civilizations; Graduate Center)

JT Kostman (Organizational Psychology; Time Inc.)

Gwynneth Malin (History; NYU Center for the Humanities)

Lisa Mazzola (MALS; Museum of Modern Art)

Tiffany Perkins-Munn (Psychology; J.P. Morgan)

John Reuland (English; Taft and Partners)

Astrid Rodriguez (Educational Psychology; Baruch College)

Whitney Rutter (MALS; Patron Technology)

Gretchen Susi (Environmental Psychology; Aspen Institute Roundtable on Community Change)

Brea Tremblay (MALS; Tribeca Shortlist)

Greg Wessner (Art History; Open House New York)

Robert Wood (Music; Brooklyn Academy of Music)

 

Schedule of events:

 

11:00 am: Registration begins (Segal Theatre)

 

11:30 am-12:45 pm: Lunch and keynote address by Maggie Debelius

 

1:00-2:15 pm: Breakout session 1

Leadership (moderator Tessa Maffucci, MALS)

Lori Heninger (Social Welfare; Plan International)

Lynda Kennedy (Urban Education; Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum)

Gretchen Susi (Environmental Psychology; Aspen Institute Roundtable on Community Change)

Greg Wessner (Art History; Open House New York)

 

Relationship Building (moderator Jackie Kelly, Political Science)

Brooke Bryant (Music; Hospital for Special Surgery)

Megan Coryat (Music; Doggedly Devoted)

Gwynneth Malin (History; NYU Center for the Humanities)

Tiffany Perkins-Munn (Psychology; J.P. Morgan)

Whitney Rutter (MALS; Patron Technology)

 

Research and Analysis (moderator Jiaqi Wang, Linguistics)

Christelle Cazabat (Social Sciences; United Nations)

PeiYao Chen (Psychology; Global Fund for Women)
Sean Kelly (French; Deloitte LLP)
JT Kostman (Organizational Psychology; Time Inc.)

Astrid Rodriguez (Educational Psychology; Baruch College)

 

Writing and Editing (moderator Jared Keel)

Andrew Bast (Political Science; 60 Minutes/CBS)
Jaime Cleland (English; Houghton Mifflin Harcourt)

Jackie Glasthal (MALS; Scholastic)

John Reuland (English; Taft and Partners)

Brea Tremblay (MALS; Tribeca Shortlist)

Robert Wood (Music; Brooklyn Academy of Music)

 

2:30-3:45 pm: Breakout session 2

Business: Media, Finance, Consulting

Sean Kelly (French; Deloitte LLP)

JT Kostman (Organizational Psychology; Time Inc.)

Tiffany Perkins-Munn (Psychology; J.P. Morgan)

John Reuland (English; Taft and Partners)

Brea Tremblay (MALS; Tribeca Shortlist)

 

Journalism, Policy, and Social Change

Andrew Bast (Political Science; 60 Minutes/CBS)

Christelle Cazabat (Social Sciences; United Nations)

PeiYao Chen (Psychology; Global Fund for Women)

Lori Heninger (Social Welfare; Plan International)

Gretchen Susi (Environmental Psychology; Aspen Institute Roundtable on Community Change)

 

Museums and Cultural Nonprofits

Eliza Jane Darling (Anthropology; Historian for Hamilton County, NY)

Lynda Kennedy (Urban Education; Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum)

Lisa Mazzola (MALS; Museum of Modern Art)

Whitney Rutter (MALS; Patron Technology)

Greg Wessner (Art History; Open House New York)

Robert Wood (Music; Brooklyn Academy of Music)

 

University and Alt-Ac Careers

David Gary (History; Yale University)

Helen Koh (East Asian Languages & Civilizations; Graduate Center)

Gwynneth Malin (History; NYU Center for the Humanities)

Astrid Rodriguez (Educational Psychology; Baruch College)

 

4:00-5:00 pm: Reception