University of New Mexico Postdoctoral Association
I am currently servicing as the elected Vice President of the University of New Mexico's PDA. We represent and organize on behalf of approximately 150 early career researchers across the UNM main and health campuses. Cornell Atkinson Center for Sustainability I was one of two graduate student coordinators responsible for organizing interdisciplinary workshops and training opportunities for graduate students and postdoctoral schools associated with the interdisciplinary Cornell Atkinson Center for Sustainability. My tenure in this leadership positions was 4 years. Departmental Equity Committee Together with another elected graduate leader I represented Ecology and Evolutionary Biology graduate student interests in a mixed faculty/student committee to address equity and inclusion. Diversity Preview Weekend Dreamt up and initially led by Drs. Suzanne Pierre and Coby McDonald, this novel program was designed to help diverse prospective graduate students develop their materials ahead of graduate applications. I participated as a co-organizer for multiple activities and events during the first couple of years in which the full weekend-long event was led by graduate students. It has since expanded to include more departments across campus, and is now an institutionalized program at Cornell University called 'Consider Cornell'. I encourage folks curious about graduate school to take advantage of that resource, which can help demystify the application process to any graduate program! |