Online Events

  • Coffee Hours Spring 2024

    Friday, Feb 16 @ 12 pm (EST)
    Making the Most of Mentoring
    The coffee hour will include discussion & sharing of resources for building your mentoring map, aligning expectations, and developing mentoring compacts.

    Tuesday, March 5 @ 4 pm (EST)
    Celebrating Women’s History Month
    WiCS+ welcomes David Rosenbaum UC-Riverside for a brief dive into some individual histories in our field. Tentatively titled, "You shouldn't have to be a hero to be a scientist." the presentation will include Luisa Galvani, Charles Turner, and Margaret Wooster, among others. If your response to this list is "Who????," the talk and ensuing discussion should prove interesting.

    REQUEST ZOOM LINK

  • Spring 2024 Writing Groups

    Spring 2024 Drop-In Writing Groups will be held from mid-January to mid-May. The sessions will start week of January 15, 2024.

    Mondays: 1:00-3:00pm EST / 19:00-21:00 CEST
    Tuesdays: 9:00-11am EST / 15:00-17:00 CEST
    Thursdays: 10:00-12:00pm EST / 16:00-18:00 CEST

    Please register using the link below.

    SPOTLIGHT > Read how a writing group helped PhD student Melinda Sabo “Writing Together: A PhD’s Guide to Success”

    REGISTER HERE

Upcoming Events

Creating Connections:
An introduction to the Alda Method

Friday, March 29, 2024 | From 2:00pm (ET)
Live online version: 1-2 hours

Overview of event

Designed to introduce researchers to the principles of responsive listening & empathic communication, this interactive session allows participants to begin to experiment with techniques to build trust and engage others in science.

By the end of the program, participants will be able to:

  • Understand how the Alda Method. supports effective science communication

  • Identify strategies to make messages memorable

  • Recognize jargon and understand when to use it

  • Use a 3-step process to develop a message

  • Project an engaging presence online or in person

This event will be funded by Kristi Multhaup's Boswell Family Fellowship and hosted by Women in Cognitive Science (WiCS+).

No cost to participate. We kindly ask you only register if you can commit to attending. Thank you

More details & link to attend will be sent closer to the date

Career Paths in Industry

Thursday, March 7, 2024 | 1:00-2:00pm (ET)
Zoom

The Society for Human Sentence Processing (HSP) is excited to announce an on-line workshop on:
Industry Career Paths with a Cognitive Science or Linguistics PhD

Are you working on (or already have) your PhD, thinking that maybe you don’t actually want to be a professor, and are wondering what career options exist in industry for people with your background? Join Rachel Ostrand, staff research scientist at IBM Research, and Brendan Tomoschuk, senior data scientist at Cruise, to talk about various industry job roles that can be a good fit for cognitive scientists and linguists. We’ll discuss skills that are useful to develop and highlight in a job application, tips for crafting an industry-appropriate resume, and how to search for industry jobs in the first place. Bring your questions!

Registration and zoom link: 
Registration required. You will receive a confirmation with the zoom information. 

For questions, contact languageproc@gmail.com
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