Through a series of interactive online sessions led by the NPA, the summit aims to identify barriers – and find paths forward – in the broader postdoctoral community that significantly and/or disproportionately affect social sciences & humanities postdoctoral scholars. Roundtable discussions are currently planned on a variety of topics of interest to the postdoctoral communities featuring postdoctoral researchers and invited representatives from government, industry, nonprofits, and academia.

Panel 1: Social Sciences & Humanities Postdocs Around Us
1:00 p.m. - 1:55 p.m. ET, Friday, November 14

Details to come. 

Moderator: Victoria Hallinan, Ph.D., program director for professional development, Yale University

Speakers: Cynthia Berg, Ph.D., distinguished professor, development psychology, health psychology, Department of Psychology, University of Utah; Mark Lawson, Ph.D., director, President's Postdoctoral Fellowship Program, UC Berkeley Chancellor's Postdoctoral Fellowship Program, Division of Equity & Inclusion, University of California, Berkeley; Erica Machulak, Ph.D., founder, Hikma Collective, author; Caleb McKinney, Ph.D., M.P.S., associate dean, graduate and postdoctoral training & development for Biomedical Graduate Education, assistant vice president of master’s program administration and development, Georgetown University Medical Center, NPA Board member

Panel 2: Diving Deeper into Social Sciences & Humanities Postdoc Needs
2:00 p.m. - 2:55 p.m. ET, Friday, November 14

Details to come. 

Moderator: Robin Sugiura, M.A., director of postdoctoral training, Office of Postdoctoral Affairs, Stanford University; NPA Board member

Speakers: Blessing Enekwe, Ph.D., program director, Office of Postdoctoral Affairs, The Graduate School, University of Maryland; Jewel Pereyra, Ph.D., postdoc in African American & Black Diaspora Studies, Boston University; Claire Perrot, Ph.D., professional development postdoctoral fellow, Syracuse University; Alexandria Yen, Ph.D., program director, postdoctoral career & professional development, MIT

Panel 3: Skills Session: Transferable Skills for Multiple Career Choices
3:00 p.m. - 3:55 p.m. ET, Friday, November 14

Details to come. 

Moderator: Angela Crumdy, Ph.D., Provost postdoctoral fellow, University of Pennsylvania, NPA IMPACT alum

Speakers: Fatimah Castro, Ph.D., Professional Pathways; Paola Cépeda, Ph.D., assistant vice chancellor for postdoctoral affairs; director, Office of Postdoctoral Affairs, Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine; Ilana HorwItz, Ph.D., assistant professor, Department of Jewish Studies, Tulane University

Panel 4: Building Community
4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. ET, Friday, November 14

Details to come. 

Moderators: Kati Kish Bar-On, Ph.D., Marie Skłodowska-Curie postdoctoral fellow, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, NPA IMPACT Fellow

Speakers: Chequeta Allen, Ed.D., MBA, FACMPE, assistant dean of postdoctoral affairs, Graduate Education and Postdoctoral Affairs, University of California, San Francisco; Dina M. Asfaha, Ph.D., postdoctoral associate, MIT; Anne-Charlotte Mecklenburg, Ph.D., assistant director for research communication, PhD Plus, University of Virginia