Imposterism and mental wellness

Balancing life with academic demands

Building mentorship relationships (e.g., advisor, colleagues, Friday Coffee Chats)

Defining and balancing graduate roles

Time management and scheduling (including tools, workback plans, etc.)

Planning a coherent dissertation and research trajectory

Teaching role responsibilities, opportunities, and professionalism

Developing a research portfolio and CV tailored to academia and industry

Career transitions and transferable skills

Academic discourse and developing scholarly voice/style

Critical thinking, analysis, and argument formation

Evidence use: types of sources and evaluating credibility

Structuring your writing for impact

Abstracts, theses, dissertations, peer-reviewed publications, technology reports

Writing process: draft to submission in 12 weeks

Writing to meet your audience where they are

Principles of ethical research and conduct

Understanding and working with IRBs

Ethical practices: consent, confidentiality, data privacy

Handling moral distress and dilemmas during studies

International and cross-cultural ethical standards

Special considerations in human-subjects research

Research considerations when working in tech

What is bias?

Human cognitive biases

Bias in data and algorithms

The absence of machine intelligence in conversational AI

Identification and debiasing efforts

Human-AI interaction

Ethics, Fairness, and Accountability