Seminar Series in Health and Human Services

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This is a doctoral-level course that features seminars given by faculty, staff, and guest speakers based on their research interest, expertise, and experience. The Graduate Program Coordinator of the PhD program will be the primary instructor for this course and will oversee the coursework and coordinate with relevant guest speakers on weekly topics. The course is intended to help facilitate the development of students’ dissertation research ideas and to contribute to the student's professional development focusing on skills or professional experience typically not provided in coursework. Examples include teaching, community engagement, and knowledge translation. Students will write a research reflection paper and give a research presentation. The course will be offered once every year, during Fall semester. To be exposed to the wide-ranging scope of research across the college, students in the HHS PhD program are required to enroll in this course for all four years in the program. Students will hear a broad array of research being conducted by faculty and scholars across CHHS and beyond. Invited speakers will describe current or past research, identify challenges involved in their work, and highlight research conceptualization, approaches, methods, data analysis, and/or translation to practice and policy. In addition to the research seminars, the first two years of this course will also center on optimizing the student's meaningful engagement in the program, orienting them to doctoral-level expectations and imparting a long-term career outlook. CHHS faculty and experts from relevant UNH offices (such as the library and Research Integrity Services) will present on topics ranging from framing one's dissertation, research ethics, human subject protections, publishing and career advancement. Students in the PhD Program will also present to the class and faculty during…