Senior Graduate Research Seminar II

Catalog description

The Doctoral Seminar is conceptualized as a series of content modules that provide a breadth of foundational exposure and training to departmental doctoral students over their doctoral tenure. These modules are intended to complement and expand knowledge in areas of public health and professional development that students might not receive in their current course curricula. The doctoral seminar is required of all students during their program tenure. The Doctoral Seminar serves as a forum where students and faculty can meet regularly to exchange ideas, and discuss foundational areas of public health from multiple perspectives, including empirical, programmatic, systemic, and policy. 2-3 foundational content modules are covered each semester and include 3-5 related seminars offering multiple perspectives on the topic. At the end of the module, there is a session devoted to critical reflection on, and discussion of, the various seminars within the module. Students are required to write a 2-3 page reflection about what they learned across the seminars in the module, and thoughts that it triggered for them. These reflections are shared and discussed. The seminar will consist of several types of presentations: 1) faculty presentations on current research, 2) guest presentations on community-based, governmental, policy-driven, and/or systemic initiatives, 3) student presentations on literature supporting their research project, 4) student presentations on current research in progress, and (5) professional development seminars.