NAGPS Southeast Regional Conference

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It is my pleasure to present to you this 2011 NAGPS Southeast Regional Conerence Program. As

you will see we have a load o very interesting presentations ahead o us in the coming two days. ForFriday we have a great social event planned. At this point I’d like to thank everyone who helped us inorganizing the conerence. I hope you’ll enjoy the conerence and have opportunities to meet peopleand exchange ideas.

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Fabian Bauwens – Director of Conference

Southeast Regional ConerenceApril 8-9 2011

Hosted by Johns Hokns Unvesty

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0:-0: m: Wm S - Glass Pavilion Manu Madhav: GRO ChairFabian Bauwens: ex ocio GRO/SER Chair

Alenette Opena: NAGPS SER ChairJon Kowalski: NAGPS President

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:0-:: S NAGPS A - Gilman 50by NAGPS President Jon Kowalski

:-: m: SER b m - Gilman 50chaired by Alenette Opena and SER board

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6:0-7:0: S - Levering LoungeIntroduction by Fabian BauwensVice Provost Jon BaggerDean Susan BoswellVice Dean Kellee saiVice Dean Ed ScheinermanClosing by Manu Mahdav

7:0-:0 m: Am Rb’ - - Levering Lounge

Adam’s book My Stupid Stupid Decision to go to Grad School will beavailable at a reduced rate o 5$ - Book signing aerwards!

:0-:00 m: NAGPS SER R mx - Levering Lounge(beer, music, ect.)

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Speaker: Ronald J. Daniels, President o Johns Hopkins University

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Friday, April 8th All meetings in Levering Hall

Saturday, April 9th All meetings in Charles Commons



Breakout Session 1: F 0: :00 - Lv H

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By developing an on-going relationship between graduate student organizations and graduate services oces, graduatestudents can be better served. Tis presentation will highlight examples rom the joint Graduate Aairs and AdmissionsOce o the Krieger School o Arts and Sciences and the Whiting School o Engineering, and how its relationship with

the Graduate Representative Organization has inspired new policies, procedures and services.S: Anna De Cheke Qualls: Director o Graduate Aairs, Krieger School o Arts and Sciences, Dan Horn: AssistantDean or Academic Aairs, Whiting School o Engineering, Rita Banz: Assistant Director o Graduate Aairs and Admis-sions, Krieger School o Arts and Sciences/Whiting School o EngineeringL: Glass Pavilion

I G S Sv PTis Panel is composed out o three senior International Student Services Directors and will ocus on issues pertaining todiculties and strategies in dealing with international graduate students. As this is a panel, interaction with, and ques-tions rom, the audience are very welcome.

S: Dr. Nicholas Arrindell JHU, Dr. Wergin, Director UMDC, and BA speaker

L: Great Hall

G S O A MvmGraduate students have a large stake in the uture o scholarly publishing and the dissemination o their research. Many scholarly journals, however, are prohibitively expensive or some academic institutions and unavailable or independentresearchers. Te Open Access movement oers an alternative means o dissemination that is open to all without regard toinstitutional aliation. Tis session will eature a video presentation by Nick Shockey, Director o the Right to ResearchCoalition, ollowed by a group discussion led by the Scholarly Communications Group o the Johns Hopkins University’sSheridan Libraries.

S: Mark Cyzyk, David Reynolds, Robin Sinn, Yuan Zeng o the Johns Hopkins University Scholarly Communica-tions Group

L: Sherwood Room

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Te presentation will ocus on the mission o the Baltimore Collegetown Network and how colleges and universities areworking together to raise the prole o Baltimore as a premier college town. Trough the presentation we will discuss thedierent initiatives the network oers that graduate students can take advantage o to enhance their academic and socialexperience in Baltimore. We will also share some survey data on what students like about Baltimore, why they stay, whatthey are looking or, and how Collegetown is working with sta across member institutions to address those needs

S: Ankur Ponda Senior Program Coordinator Baltimore Collegetown Network L: Conerence Room A

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Presentation will explore the specic challenges and advantages that graduate students have in the job search processspecically ocusing on opportunities in industry. Participants will gain an understanding o dierent job search methodsand how to apply them to their specic search. Te presentation will examine how to engage career services oces, thewider campus community, and college alumni to gather inormation about career options and to network or opportuni-ties. Participants will leave with an understanding how to be successul in a job search in industry as well as how to utilizedierent campus resources.

S: Mark Presnell, Ph.D.Director, Career Center Johns Hopkins University L: Arellano Teatre



Breakout Session 2: F : :0 - Lv H

G S O A MvmGraduate students have a large stake in the uture o scholarly publishing and the dissemination o their research. Many scholarly journals, however, are prohibitively expensive or some academic institutions and unavailable or independentresearchers. Te Open Access movement oers an alternative means o dissemination that is open to all without regard toinstitutional aliation. Tis session will eature a video presentation by Nick Shockey, Director o the Right to Research

Coalition, ollowed by a group discussion led by the Scholarly Communications Group o the Johns Hopkins University’sSheridan Libraries.

S: Mark Cyzyk, David Reynolds, Robin Sinn, Yuan Zeng o the Johns Hopkins University Scholarly Communica-tions GroupL: Sherwood Room

I G S Sv PTis Panel is composed out o three senior International Student Services Directors and will ocus on issues pertaining todiculties and strategies in dealing with international graduate students. As this is a panel, interaction with, and ques-tions rom, the audience are very welcome.

S: Dr. Nicholas Arrindell JHU, Dr. Wergin, Director UMDC, and BA speaker

L: Great Hall

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Presentation will explore the specic challenges and advantages that graduate students have in the job search processspecically ocusing on opportunities in industry. Participants will gain an understanding o dierent job search methodsand how to apply them to their specic search. Te presentation will examine how to engage career services oces, thewider campus community, and college alumni to gather inormation about career options and to network or opportuni-ties. Participants will leave with an understanding how to be successul in a job search in industry as well as how to utilizedierent campus resources.

S: Mark Presnell, Ph.D.Director, Career Center Johns Hopkins University

L: Arellano Teatre



Breakout Session 3: S 0: :00 - C Cmm

Bm L G S: Lv Y L Graduate school is supposed to be a time in your lie to gure out how to make your mark in a respective re-search eld and on the world. However, all too oen graduate students make the mistake o putting blinders on.Tis could lead to eelings o seclusion and the eeling that ruits o your hard work have little impact. Find outhow to hone your leadership to become a productive, valuable, and happy graduate student.

S: Carol Reiley is a PhD candidate in Computer Science at Johns Hopkins University. Check out www.creiley.com or more ino.L: Room 302

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As a student rom China, I have a dierent view o the products made in my own motherland. About threehundred years ago, China and America started the rst trade. Nowadays, China has become America’s secondlargest trade partner. Cheap and quality Chinese products are playing an important role in Americans’ daily lives. We are paying high costs or this, apparent through environmental issues, sweatshops, and a tough job

market. Tese problems have become increasingly serious, and threaten the healthy development o the Chi-nese economy and the stability o the global economy. Various countries have their own distinct cultures andtraditions, which creates diversity in the world. Tis is the reason society prospers. Te long history o Chinahas nurtured splendid culture and made outstanding contributions to the evolution o world civilization. Inorder to survive, China must develop its own distinct culture. Tat is the reason why we Chinese students cometo the America to study. Te developing China is bringing the world a lot o opportunities. In the uture, we willproduce our own high quality products to better serve the world.

S: Yi HuL: Room 304

T m Mm PLearn a simple system or increasing personal eectiveness in ime Management. We review the motivation,process, tools and barriers o ime Management. Tis talk is presented by Nick Repak, President and Foundero Grad Resources, an independent, aith-based service organization serving graduate students across the coun-try. Nick is also on the Advisory Board o NAGPS

S: Nick Repak, ormer President o NAGPS, President o Grad ResourcesL: Salon A

“U Dv”: S R’ W MSoutheast Region is a vibrant location o 11 states whose membership share racial, gender, linguistic and intel-

lectual diversity. Tis presentation aims to on one hand celebrate and strengthen that diversity by highlightingthe Outreach eorts o the Region in the rst quarter o SY 2011, and to advance the accomplishments o theprevious Southeast Chairs; on the other, it also aims to solicit ideas rom the members on their respective GSAprograms. Overall, “Unity in Diversity” is a working motto and strategic goal proposals or the Region romwhich the current and uture Board can use as a catalyst or advocating and empowering Graduate-Proessionalstudents.

S: Alenette Opena, NAGPS SER Chair, FIU Graduate StudentL: Salon B



Breakout Session 4: S : :00 - C Cmm

F v. B P. W M?Adjusting to lie in America or International students takes more than just cultural understanding and language mas-tery. One challenge requently comes rom how to make riends with Americans. Some general perceptions on Americanculture being exposed rom others’ experiences or media may not always be true, regarding the diversity aspects in theStates. One may experience ar dierent way o lie in the west part compared to the eastern part. At rst glance, it is al-

most always true that Americans are “riendly” and welcoming International people. But when it comes to real riendshipnot many International students nd it easy. One o things to consider is the argument that “Americans’ being riendly”means dierently rom “Americans’ being polite”. A very welcoming impression rom Americans when meeting Inter-national students or the rst time is oen perceived as openness to riendship, while the case is not necessarily true. Inmany cases, American riendliness is simply their politeness. Te paper will later describe some International students’experiences in their journey o making riends with Americans, how American students respond to this argument, andsome suggestions on how to deal with diculties in social lie or International students.

S: Entusiastik, Fulbright A or Indonesian Program at JHU SAISL: Room 302

R-z L G S Cmm High teaching load, classes, and strive or academic success, oen measured by number o publications and conerences,

results in lack o desire on the part o graduate students to be involved in any project, not related directly to their eld.Tis presentation will ocus on various ways o reenergizing local graduate student community: through more active col-laboration between Graduate Student Association and Graduate School Administration, student-appealing activities thattarget specic need o graduate students, enhanced graduate student social lie, etc.

S: Svetlana yutina PhD., FIU Graduate Student, President o Modern Languages Graduate Student Orga-nization, Member o Graduate Student Advisory BoardL: Room 304

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Tere are debates between the authors o multicultural literature or children and young adults. Should it be written by a

member o a particular ethnic group or authentic portrayal o story and message? Te response to this question variesin literary criticism. As “stories do matter” (Fox & Short, 2003) or young adult readers to understand cultural similari-ties and diversities, it is important to know who the author is and how s/he writes the literature. It is an undeniable actthat the literature written by ‘insiders’ gives true portrayal o a particular ethnic group. On the contrary, i the authors areable to perceive the world o the story through their own experience, intuition, and research, they can write the literature.Since children’s books that are multicultural are required to refect culturally specic experiences and universal themes onthe basis o skin color, action, dialogue, relationship and culture o any particular group, the authors should ask them-selves whether they have acquired the specic sense o reality through research beore they try to write about anotherculture.

S: Krishna BistaL: Salon A

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Abstract: Which school has the best math department? How do I know i my department is ‘healthy’? How do I identiy departments with problems? How can I accurately gauge the satisaction o grads? Tese questions are oen asked by cur-rent grads, prospective grads, and administrators. I will very inormally discuss my observations on perormance, rank-ing, ‘health’, and satisaction in graduate education. I will include thoughts on the current research, how these matters arepractically measured nationally and at Johns Hopkins, how they can be improved, and how grads can get involved in themeasuring.

S: Duncan Sinclair, JHU PhD. Candidate Mathematics Dept, Ex-ocio GRO ChairL: Salon B



Breakout Session 5: S :00 : - C Cmm

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Tis talk covers the publication o the most recent edition o GRO’s Guide to Living in Baltimore. I will discuss how wewere able to produce a physical book while bypassing the traditional publishing model by adopting the “wiki way”.

S: Eric Perlman, JHU PhD. Candidate Computer Science Dept, Ex-ocio GRO ChairL: Room 302

Lbb: A PmDoes the idea o approaching a member o congress, lawmaker, or campus ocial perplex you? How does one go aboutgetting an appointment, and i you get an appointment, what do you say? Tis presentation will cover the basics o lobby-ing, and the inormation presented will be applicable to both internal lobbying (your institution’s administration), as wellas external lobbying (lawmakers in your city, at your state capitol and in Washington, DC). We will also discuss NAGPS’semi-annual Legislative Action Days and opportunities that you have as a student to be involved in lobbying Congress.

S: Jon Kowalski, NAGPS President, Carnegie Mellon PhD CandidateL: Room 304

S SvAbstract: In recent years, a number o graduate student organizations have successully used surveys o their constituencyto advocate or an increase in stipends. Among the most successul o these movements was a 2007 report at the Univer-sity o Pennsylvania, which produced an immediate een percent increase in the stipend amounts or graduate studentsin the School o Arts and Sciences. Here at Hopkins, we attempted a similar project, which - though results are inconclu-sive - appears to be working out as well. In this presentation, I’ll talk through the strategies at work in the UPenn reportand our own, and oer some particular techniques that would hopeully be useul to students interested in carrying outsimilar projects at their home institutions.

S: Patrick FessenbeckerL: Salon A

S LLeadership requires strategies that are supported by thinking and planning. Universities are not exempt o these practices.My presentation will dene strategic leadership and list the initiatives that are required to implement it throughout an or-ganization. I am a candidate or Doctor o Strategic Leadership. For urther inormation call 757-761-4025, lillac@regentedu

S: L Deonne Facada, Regent University L: Salon B



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