This workshop will focus on resources you can leverage to explore careers outside of the professoriate, as well as strategies to best position yourself for these types of careers. We will cover transferable skills, approaches to networking, and key resources designed to support your exploration. This workshop is open to students at all points in their graduate careers, and there will be time allotted for both hands on work and questions.

Dr. Elling is the University Career Center's Coordinator for Graduate Student Career Advancement, and is embedded in Rackham to ensure easy access for graduate students to both UCC and Rackham resources. She provides individual career counseling to Ph.D. students, programming for Rackham Master's and Ph.D. students, and consults and collaborates with U-M faculty in support of graduate student career development. Prior to joining UCC/Rackham, Dr. Elling served as the Associate Director at U-M's CEW+, Interim Assistant Dean & Director for Counseling Services at Albion College, and Training Director at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago's Counseling Services. A U-M alumna (Bachelor’s degree in Psychology), she received her Master’s degree and PhD in Clinical Psychology from Loyola University, Chicago. Dr. Elling has a longstanding interest in women's and diversity, equity and inclusion issues, and enjoys working with people at all stages of their careers and educational journeys.