PhD Career Stories

  Our September PhD Career Stories session will feature Sarah C. Petersen, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Neuroscience at Kenyon College.Dr. Petersen received her Ph.D. from Vanderbilt, and joined the faculty of Kenyon College in 2016. Come hear about her career in College Teaching. September 10, 2021 2pm Registration is… Read More

The VU Career Center recently announced that it is providing VU students, faculty, and staff with complete access to Versatile PhD. This online resource helps students explore career possibilities, view job postings appropriate for PhDs, network with 85,000+ members, prepare to build a professional career, and more! VPhD is the largest online community dedicated to non-academic… Read More

Join us for the final PhD Career Stories session of the season! We will be virtually hosting Vanderbilt Alumnus Tim Shaver, PhD. He serves as Senior Computational Scientist at Inscripta, Inc. Come hear is story! Friday, April 23, 2021 10am, via Zoom Registration required  … Read More

For our PhD Career Stories March session, we will be featuring a panel of Medical Science Liaisons. Don’t miss this opportunity to hear from Alumni who are working in this career area. Have your questions and coffee ready to join us on Zoom! Friday March 26, 2021, 10am via… Read More

Join us for February’s PhD Career Stories event with Dr. Sylvie Raver, Associate Director at the Milken Institute Center for Strategic Philanthropy. Friday February 12, 2021 10:00AM This session will be offered via Zoom. Be sure to register in order to receive the Zoom login information https://vanderbilt.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJAkf-urpzkiGtfz6rclxJNSu9tC9tNZo9Hv Sylvie Raver is… Read More

Start 2021 off with our January ASPIRE PhD Career Stories session, featuring William Johnson, PhD, Territory Manager II, NC/TN, Takara Bio USA, Inc. Friday January 15 10:00 AM This session will be offered via Zoom. Be sure to register in order to receive the Zoom login information… Read More

August 14th, 2020 at 10:00 am   Be sure to attend virtually our first ASPIRE PhD Career Stories session of the 2020-21 academic year with Dr. Rachel Skelton. Dr. Skelton is a Vanderbilt alumnus who is using her PhD in business development. Come hear how she navigated… Read More

Dr. Jennifer Sparks will be our featured ASPIRE PhD Career Stories Speaker for the month of February.  We asked her a few questions prior to her visit. See what she had to say below, and be sure to attend her talk on February 7th! Registration requested.  … Read More

Come hear more about a career in defense/intelligence. Find out  from Dr. Jennifer Sparks about what her role entails and how you can use your PhD in this area. Check out Dr. Sparks bio below and be sure to register for this event. Registration is requested Dr. Jennifer… Read More

Dr. Janice Ascano is our first featured speaker in 2020 for the ASPIRE PhD Career Stories seminar. We asked her a few questions prior to her talk. See her answers below. Be sure to attend her talk in January 24th! Registration is requested A Breakdown of a Typical Day… Read More