Position Professional Development Associate 2022 Website LinkedIn Profile Bio/Description Shannon is a graduate student in the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering. Her research lies at the intersection of sustainability and biology, with a key focus on producing proteins that we typically source from animals using engineered yeast instead. She's originally from Ohio and earned her Bachelors of Chemical Engineering from the University of Dayton. "The alumni mentorship program and events put on by GradFUTURES have been transformative for my understanding of career opportunities post-PhD, as well as sense of empowerment on how to get there. Now as a Professional Development Associate, I aim to help other grad students gain the same level of clarity and meet people in cool careers they never realized existed. In particular, I enjoy exploring and sharing the diverse (and often unexpected!) ways that PhDs from all backgrounds can have a hand in addressing climate change. Thanks to GradFUTURES, I have the opportunity, resources, and mentorship to pursue this! Coming into graduate school, I saw the only two destinations after this journey as 'academia' or 'industry', with 'industry' being a vague entity of whatever most related to my research. Forming a diverse group of mentors, attending events, and building the skills and courage to reach out to people beyond my network has opened my eyes to the broad and inspiring variety of what a PhD can pursue." Upcoming Professional Development Events Dec 5 Managing Active Research Data Dec 7 Writing to Influence: How Academia Inspires Action with Christopher Paul Harris Dec 7 LaTeX Drop-in Consultations Dec 7 Cynthia Dwork: It’s in Your Phone. It’s in Your Browser. It’s in Your Redistricting Data! … It’s Differential Privacy. Dec 8 30 Minutes Towards Better Bibliographies and Footnotes! (online) Dec 8 Introduction to Environmental Studies Library Research: Water Use and Availability Dec 11 Office Hours for Humanities and Social Sciences Graduate Students (In Person) Dec 11 Office Hours with Leonard Cassuto Dec 11 American Higher Ed Learning Cohort Session 6: International Perspectives (Europe, Asia) Dec 13 Shake It Off: Taylor Swift Friendship Bracelet Making Party (Drop in!) Dec 13 Entrepreneurship, Venture Capital, and Startups Learning Cohort: Capstone Presentations Dec 14 Writing to Influence: Academia and Social Advancement as Modeled by HBCUs with Jelani Favors