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2013 MLA Convention Sessions of Interest to Graduate Student Members
A lounge where graduate students can meet for discussion or relaxation will be located in the Sheraton Boston (Exeter, 3rd floor).
The Job Information Service will operate a center at the Westin Copley Place (American Ballroom, 4th floor). The Association of Departments of English and the Association of Departments of Foreign Languages will arrange times for experienced faculty members to offer one-on-one counseling to job seekers in the center.
The CSGSP encourages graduate student members attending the convention to comment on Twitter about sessions of interest to graduate students. Please use the hashtag #mla13 for all 2013 convention tweets and add tags such as #mlagrads and session numbers (e.g., #S394).
Officers and experienced editors who are members of the Council of Editors of Learned Journals (CELJ) will be available on 4 and 5 January from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. in Jamaica Pond, Sheraton, to provide informal information and private consultations about what to expect in journal submission, peer review, and publishing processes. Beginning scholars (graduate students and entry-level professors) are particularly welcome.
Sessions of particular interest to graduate students include the following:
- 4. Preconvention Workshop for Academic Job Seekers in Foreign Languages
Thursday, 3 January, 11:45 a.m.–1:15 p.m., St. George A-C, Westin Copley Place
- 6. Preconvention Workshop for Job Seekers in English
Thursday, 3 January, 11:45 a.m.–1:15 p.m., Essex North Center and North West, Westin Copley Place
- 21. Avenues of Access for Recent PhDs
Thursday, 3 January, 12:00 noon–1:15 p.m., Fairfax B, Sheraton
- 85. Career Opportunities in Two-Year Colleges
Thursday, 3 January, 3:30–4:45 p.m., Independence West, Sheraton
- 86. Owing: On Student (and Other) Debt
Thursday, 3 January, 3:30–4:45 p.m., Fairfax A, Sheraton
- 108. Redefining Mentorship, Redefining the Professional
Thursday, 3 January, 3:30–4:45 p.m., Back Bay A, Sheraton
- 110. The Categories We Live By: Departments, Job Seekers, and the Organization of Knowledge
Thursday, 3 January, 3:30–4:45 p.m., Back Bay D, Sheraton
- 112. The Presidential Forum: Avenues of Access: Non-Tenure-Track Faculty Members and American Higher Education
Thursday, 3 January, 5:15–7:00 p.m., Constitution Ballroom, Sheraton
- 114. Marketing Your PhD in Literature and Languages: Languages for Special Purposes
Thursday, 3 January, 5:15–6:30 p.m., 202, Hynes
- 149. Demonstration Interviews for Job Seekers in Foreign Languages
Thursday, 3 January, 7:00–8:15 p.m., 203, Hynes
- 209. Humanities in the Twenty-First Century: Innovation in Research and Practice
Friday, 4 January, 8:30–9:45 a.m., Commonwealth, Sheraton
- 213. Mentoring: Its Significance and Impact on Degree Completion and Tenure Attainment
Friday, 4 January, 8:30–9:45 a.m., Independence West, Sheraton
- 214. Terminal: Examining Master's Degrees
Friday, 4 January, 8:30–9:45 a.m., Republic Ballroom, Sheraton
- 215. Myth-Busting the Job Search
Friday, 4 January, 8:30–9:45 a.m., Gardner, Sheraton
- 222. The Twenty-First-Century MLA: Reimagining the Order of Things
Friday, 4 January, 10:15 a.m.–12:00 noon, Republic Ballroom, Sheraton
- 251. Open Hearing of the MLA Delegate Assembly
Friday, 4 January, 10:15–11:30 a.m., Fairfax B, Sheraton
- 270. How Did I Get Here? Our “Altac” Jobs
Friday, 4 January, 12:00 noon–1:15 p.m., Back Bay B, Sheraton
- 295. Getting Funded in the Humanities: An NEH Workshop
Friday, 4 January, 1:30–3:30 p.m., 210, Hynes
- 319. The Future of the PhD in Postsecondary Teaching
Friday, 4 January, 1:45–3:00 p.m., 203, Hynes
- 332. The Experience of Class in the Academy
Friday, 4 January, 1:45–3:00 p.m., 201, Hynes
- 353. Avenues of Access: Digital Humanities and the Future of Scholarly Communication
Friday, 4 January, 3:30–4:45 p.m., Republic Ballroom, Sheraton
- 354. Gender and Contingent Labor
Friday, 4 January, 3:30–4:45 p.m., The Fens, Sheraton
- 394. Reforming Doctoral Study
Friday, 4 January, 5:15–6:30 p.m., Back Bay D, Sheraton
- 408. The Presidential Address
Friday, 4 January, 6:45 p.m., Constitution Ballroom, Sheraton
- 438. Non-Tenure-Track Faculty Members in the Modern Languages: Issues and Directions
Saturday, 5 January, 8:30–9:45 a.m., Liberty A, Sheraton
- 469. Leaders on the Right Track in the Academy
Saturday, 5 January, 10:15–11:30 a.m., Fairfax A, Sheraton
- 472. LGBTQI Graduate Students and Academia
Saturday, 5 January, 10:15–11:30 a.m., Beacon D, Sheraton
- 524. Thinking Success outside the Classroom: The PhD as Preparation for Diverse Career Opportunities
Saturday, 5 January, 12:00 noon–1:15 p.m., 209, Hynes
- 534. Using Your Language Proficiency and Cultural Expertise in a Federal Government Career
Saturday, 5 January, 1:30–3:30 p.m., 210, Hynes
- 540. The Third Degree: Joint Programs in Languages, Literature, and Libraries
Saturday, 5 January, 1:45–3:00 p.m., Back Bay D, Sheraton
- 544. Labor Negotiations: Family Medical Leave across the Life Course
Saturday, 5 January, 1:45–3:00 p.m., Back Bay A, Sheraton
- 570. Avenues of Access: The State of Disability Studies
Saturday, 5 January, 1:45–3:00 p.m., Republic Ballroom, Sheraton
- 578. Private-Sector Careers and the Language and Literature PhD
Saturday, 5 January, 3:30–4:45 p.m., 208, Hynes
- 619. Program Discontinuance on the Rise?
Saturday, 5 January, 5:15–6:30 p.m., Jefferson, Sheraton
- 626. How to Get Published in PMLA: Any Language, Any Period, Any Tradition
Saturday, 5 January, 5:15–6:30 p.m., 306, Hynes
- 627. Professional Responsibility in the Era of Privatization
Saturday, 5 January, 5:15–6:30 p.m., Fairfax A, Sheraton
- 645. MLA Awards Ceremony
Saturday, 5 January, 6:45 p.m., Constitution Ballroom, Sheraton
- 694. "This Is Not the Ivy Tower": Scholarship at Community Colleges
Sunday, 6 January, 8:30–9:45 a.m., Liberty B, Sheraton
- 749. Rebooting Graduate Training: Collaboration, Computing, and the New Thesis
Sunday, 6 January, 12:00 noon–1:15 p.m., Hampton, Sheraton
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