Beruflich Dokumente
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Speaker Bios
Conference hosts: Jennifer Polk and Maren Wood
Jennifer Polk works as an academic, career, and life coach. Her clients include graduate students
working on dissertations and PhDs figuring out life and work beyond the tenure track. Jen speaks on
campus and at conferences on issues related to graduate education and career outcomes for PhDs, and her
writing has appeared in the Globe and Mail, University Affairs, Vitae, and Academic Matters. Find Jen
online at FromPhDtoLife.com, at her University Affairs blog, and follow her on Twitter and Facebook.
Join her twice a month for #withaPhD chat and at the monthly Versatile PhD meetup in Toronto. Jen
earned her PhD in history from the University of Toronto in 2012. She lives in Toronto with her cat, Izzy.
Maren Wood (Founder, Lilli Research Group) is a research consultant and professional development
specialist, working exclusively with graduate students and PhDs. In addition to one-on-one coaching
services, she is a research consultant to the American Historical Association and the Chronicle of Higher
Education/Vitae, studying academic employment trends and tracking PhD career outcomes. She earned a
PhD in history from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and knows firsthand the challenges
of being an adjunct, having worked as a Visiting Lecturer in the Department of History at UNC Chapel
Hill teaching courses in American History and the History of Sexuality. A proud Canadian, she currently
resides in Denver.
from Washington University in St. Louis in 2014. Her work on coming of age in early nineteenth-century
New England has been published by History of Education Quarterly and Wayne State University Press.
Kristy Lamb is the STEM Career Advisor for juniors, seniors, and graduate students at St. John's
University in Queens, NY, where she also teaches a science course about disease outbreaks for nonscience majors. She earned her PhD in Genetics from Yale University and conducted postdoc research at
Weill Cornell Medical College. From her early scientific days as a first-generation college student at NC
State University, she held a deep commitment to mentoring and advocacy for the benefit of future
scientists and has helped run women in STEM mentoring programs and discussion round tables. As a
postdoc she served as chair of ASBMB's graduate student and postdoctoral advocacy committee, and she
continues to hold a strong interest in science policy. She is active on Twitter (@KLambPhD) and her
website (www.kristylamb.com) has complete social media and blog links.
Anna Marie Trester is an associate on the Learning team at the FrameWorks Institute. Prior to joining
FrameWorks, she served as the Director of the MA in Language and Communication (MLC) Program in
the Department of Linguistics at Georgetown University, where she worked with students to apply their
sociolinguistic training professionally. She has taught courses at Georgetown University, Howard
University, and University of Maryland, University College on topics including cross-cultural
communication, language and social media, and the ethnography of communication. She is the co-editor
(with Deborah Tannen) of Discourse 2.0, published in 2013 by Georgetown University Press. She
received her MA from NYU and PhD in linguistics from Georgetown. An applied sociolinguist, Dr.
Trester is particularly interested in exploring performance, narrative, intertextuality, language and identity
and language and social media in the contexts of professional self-presentation and the language of
business. She shares career resources for linguists on her blog Career Linguist and on Twitter
@CareerLinguist.
2:45 P.M. 3:45 P.M. (EDT): Going in Confident: Keys to a Successful Interview
Chair: Jennifer Polk
Presenter: Heidi Scott Giusto
Heidi Scott Giusto, PhD, is a consultant, editor, writer, and speaker who owns Career Path Writing
Solutions, a business dedicated to helping individuals and businesses with their professional writing and
career development needs. Heidi earned her PhD in History from Duke University in 2012 and launched
Career Path shortly thereafter. Heidi has been featured in US News & World Report, PhD Career Guide,
What Are All the PhDs?, and Integrative Academic Solutions. She is a Certified Professional Rsum
Writer, a Certified Employment Interview Professional, a member of the Professional Association of
Rsum Writers & Career Coaches, and a Career Thought Leaders Associate. Follow her on Twitter
@HeidiGiustoCPWS and on Facebook at Career Path Writing Solutions.
4:00 P.M. 5:00 P.M. (EDT): Going Out on Your Own: Starting a Small Business
Chair: Maren Wood
Presenter: Martin Leppitsch
Martin Leppitsch is a Senior Manager at Denver-based Rebound Solutions, a management consultancy,
and a volunteer certified business mentor with SCORE.org. He is a thought-leader with a proven track
record of generating measurable improvements for businesses, across multiple industries. Their areas of
specialization include continuous business process improvement, organizational change management and
project management with the goal of implementing innovative, information technology-enabled business
processes, to increase profitability and organizational efficiency. Martin is an effective leader,
collaborator, communicator, and mentor, grounded in personal integrity.
5:15 P.M. 6:15 P.M. (EDT): The Power of Connecting
Chair: Jennifer Polk
Presenter: Tracy Shroyer
Tracy Shroyer completed her PhD in Organization and Management with a Leadership specialization
from Capella University in January, 2013. She has 19 years experience in the financial services industry
across the areas of operations, risk management, project management, analytics, leadership, and customer
service. Tracy currently works full-time as an Account Executive for a Fortune 500 company and founded
Beyond the Stone Wall, an individual development coaching and small business consulting company in
June, 2014. In addition, she has 3+ years experience as an adjunct business professor, and recently
decided to leave that position due to the growth of her coaching business. You can connect with Tracy
Shroyer via her website at www.beyondthestonewall.com, her Facebook Page Beyond the Stone Wall, FB
Group, and on Twitter at @tshroyer2 and @lifebtsw.