The Graduate School has awarded seven Professional Development Grants to support discipline-specific programming for graduate students in 2018. The grants, established in 2014, award up to $2,000 to help graduate students and their departments create discipline-specific professional development programming and resources for exploring both academic and broad career options. Such programming complements the offerings from The Graduate School, which focus on topics that are applicable across disciplines.

This year, The Graduate School has funded a professional development program known as Media Engagement Development In Academics: MEDIA training program. The 4-part seminar series is being led by Melissa Batchelor-Murphy and will be held this spring for Duke University and UNC Chapel Hill Schools of Nursing doctoral and post-doctoral students. Click here for an overview of the program. 

Seminar Topics and Faculty Presenters Include:

Seminar 1: Communicating Your Science Using Social Media and Technology       

Presenters:

• John Beilenson, Founder and President of Strategic Communications and Planning
• Melissa Batchelor-Murphy, PhD, RN-BC, FNP-BC, FAAN, Associate Professor, Duke University School of Nursing

Seminar 2: Developing Your Professional Brand and Branding Your Science

Presenters:

• Jen Dalton, CEO and founder of BrandMirror
• Ryan Shaw, PhD, RN, Associate Professor, Duke University School of Nursing

Seminar 3: Leveraging Social Media to Build a Professional Network

Presenters:

• Ab Brody, PhD, RN, FAAN, Associate Professor at New York University Rory Meyers College of Nursing
• Ashley Bryant, PhD, RN, OCN, Assistant Professor,  University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Nursing

Seminar 4: Reaching Others and Measuring Impact

Presenters:

• Adriana Perez, PhD, RN, FAAN, Assistant Professor of Nursing at the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing
• Melissa Batchelor-Murphy, PhD, RN-BC, FNP-BC, FAAN, Associate Professor, Duke University School of Nursing