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« on: December 04, 2007, 12:03:55 AM » |
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I'm submitting (my first) paper proposal for a small regional conference in my field. The conference also requires submitting a CV.
What do I put on a CV as a grad student who has yet to present or publish? I completed a master's thesis, but that's about it (I'm not in the sciences where co-authorship and presentations seem more common). The CV looks pretty blank with just my education on it. I don't want to add useless filler, but I'm stuck as to what I can/should add.
Any help would be much appreciated. Thank you.
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hollow_man
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« Reply #1 on: December 04, 2007, 01:18:37 AM » |
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I'm ABD. Here are the subheadings on my CV that don't involve publications:
Education
Teaching Experience
Papers Presented
Awards and Honors
Languages
Professional Affiliations and Service
Other Experience (i.e. past jobs)
References
Do you have anything to go under any one of those?
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imawakenow
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« Reply #2 on: December 04, 2007, 08:58:33 AM » |
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My guess is that they'll use the CVs as a way to type up short bios. Leopard is a doctoral student at XYZ University. He/she completed an M.A. in blah, blah, blah. So, it won't need to be very long anyway.
If putting the things together that wasteland suggests doesn't get you to the bottom of page one/onto page two, I think it would be appropriate to add a section on works in progress. You want to avoid CV padding, but in your case, you'd be fine.
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leopard
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« Reply #3 on: December 04, 2007, 12:14:32 PM » |
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Thanks. Wasteland's categories seem doable.
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miss_m
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« Reply #4 on: December 04, 2007, 10:11:30 PM » |
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They don't use them to write bios--they expect you to show up with one. Conference organizers use CVs to 1) determine panel make-up (e.g. grad student, prof, independent scholar) and 2) to determine who should chair based on whatever criteria they have (needs to chair, experienced chair, etc.). I have also heard of organizers using them to weed out "flakes" but I don't know what was meant when I heard this.
MM
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« Reply #5 on: December 04, 2007, 10:28:14 PM » |
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I have also heard of organizers using them to weed out "flakes" but I don't know what was meant when I heard this.
I've seen several flakes present conference papers - I wish the program committee had weeded them out. I'm not sure that their flakiness would be evident in a CV, but I understand the impulse. OP - don't worry. Everyone starts with a blank CV. There's nothing wrong with that - a small regional conference will have plenty of presenters in similar boats. |
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miss_m
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« Reply #6 on: December 04, 2007, 10:50:06 PM » |
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Indeed, OP, bar offers excellent truth--all CVs start out blank--or virtually so--and they aren't using them to say you have no experience and, hence, deny you. I have even been to smaller conferences where the organizers asked for CVs particularly to choose panel chairs from folks who had never done such duty--with an eye to give them that experience to add to the CV! :-)
Good luck with the abstract/CV bundle and the conference presentation that is sure to follow!!
MM
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« Reply #7 on: December 04, 2007, 11:45:17 PM » |
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Thanks for all of the advice and encouragement. This might be the only time when the abstract was easier to write than the CV!
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margarete
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« Reply #8 on: December 12, 2007, 09:54:45 PM » |
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If you make an appointment at your campus's career services center, they might be able to help you with this. My campus's office is very undergrad-oriented, but they still helped me with the layout of my CV, and now its sparse contents look a lot more professional, which is comforting and probably will go further than it should.
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« Reply #9 on: December 12, 2007, 09:59:55 PM » |
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I'm in a similar boat, presenting at my first regional conference in a couple months. I have no real advice to offer, but I wish you good luck.
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leopard
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« Reply #10 on: December 12, 2007, 11:02:31 PM » |
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I'm in a similar boat, presenting at my first regional conference in a couple months. I have no real advice to offer, but I wish you good luck.
Thanks prephd! I've now submitted everything and will just wait to hear back. And with a few final papers to finish for the semester, I have plenty to keep busy with, at least for now. |
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imawakenow
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« Reply #11 on: December 13, 2007, 02:33:21 PM » |
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They don't use them to write bios--they expect you to show up with one. Conference organizers use CVs to 1) determine panel make-up (e.g. grad student, prof, independent scholar) and 2) to determine who should chair based on whatever criteria they have (needs to chair, experienced chair, etc.). I have also heard of organizers using them to weed out "flakes" but I don't know what was meant when I heard this.
MM
I should have been clearer. That's how we used them at the regional conference I helped organize two years ago--that is, we had a short bio section in the program because the number of presenters was limited. At the regional conferences I've attended, overwhelmingly the host school and the academics from the related divisions (or their advanced grad students) chaired sessions and/or served as discussants. Anyway, like much in academia, YMMV. Imagine that. |
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