2021-2022 Year in Review



Published July 2022

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2021-2022 Year in Review


Message from the dean

Headshot of Dean Paula D. McClain, who is smiling.

In the 2021-2022 academic year, Duke began to emerge from the upheavals of the previous couple years. Amid a new landscape, new challenges, and new opportunities, The Graduate School continued to support our students and the university’s educational mission. This report takes a look at some of our highlights from the past year.This past year was also my 10th as dean of The Graduate School, and I will soon be returning to my role as a faculty member in the Department of Political Science. Reflecting on the last decade, I am proud of the tangible ways in which the school has helped enhance the graduate student experience, and I am immensely grateful to members of the Graduate School community for their instrumental partnership in all that we have accomplished.Thanks to my dedicated colleagues and the support of graduate students, faculty, staff, alumni, and campus partners, the next leader of The Graduate School will be well positioned to continue the crucial work of supporting graduate students and helping to propel Duke’s academic and research excellence to even greater heights. I am excited about the future of graduate education at Duke, and honored to have had the opportunity to help build that future.— Dean Paula D. McClain

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Leadership Transitions

Dean Paula D. McClain speaking at the 2021 Graduate and Professional Convocation.

Paula D. McClain speaks at the 2021 Graduate and Professional Convocation.

McClain Wraps Up 10-Year Service as Dean

Paula D. McClain will conclude her role as dean of The Graduate School and vice provost for graduate education at the end of the 2022 term. Initially appointed in 2012, McClain became the first Black dean of a school at Duke. She is an internationally recognized scholar of racial and ethnic identity in American politics.During her 10-year service, McClain oversaw notable increases in professional development and financial resources for graduate students. The Graduate School also increased its efforts to support diversity, equity, and inclusion in graduate education.Following the end of her term, McClain will return to her role as a faculty member in political science and public policy.Read more on McClain's service as dean

Suzanne Barbour, the new dean of The Graduate School and vice provost for Graduate education, smiles for a photo.

Suzanne Barbour will become dean of The Graduate School on September 15.

Barbour Named New Graduate School Dean

Suzanne Barbour, a biochemist and leader in graduate education, has been appointed the new dean of The Graduate School and vice provost for graduate education. Barbour will also hold a faculty appointment in the Duke University School of Medicine. She is set to succeed Dean Paula D. McClain on Sept. 15.Barbour will join Duke following the conclusion of her term as dean of the Graduate School of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.Prior to UNC, Barbour served as dean of the University of Georgia Graduate School. She has also held appointments as a program director at the National Science Foundation and as a faculty member and graduate program director at Virginia Commonwealth University.Read more on Barbour's appointment

Senior Associate Dean Jacqueline Looney hugging Ph.D. graduate Edgar Virgüez before the 2022 Ph.D. Hooding Ceremony.

Senior Associate Dean Jacqueline Looney hugs Ph.D. graduate Edgar Virgüez before the 2022 Ph.D. Hooding Ceremony.


Headshot of the new associate dean, Yan Li, who is smiling.

Yan Li, Psy.D., the new associate dean for graduate programs


Graduate Student Affairs Leadership Change

Jacqueline Looney Retires

Senior Associate Dean Jacqueline Looney retired in June after 30 years of serving The Graduate School. Looney first worked at Duke from 1987 to 1994 as assistant dean for graduate recruitment. She returned in 1999 to create the Office of Graduate Student Affairs (GSA), which she led until her retirement from her post as the senior associate dean for graduate programs and associate vice provost for academic diversity.During her time at Duke, Looney worked to develop many resources and programs to support and recognize graduate students, such as professional development offerings, mentoring workshops, financial resources, the Ph.D. hooding ceremony, and the Dean’s Award for Excellence in Mentoring. She also led the effort to create the Duke University Center of Exemplary Mentoring (Duke UCEM), which recruits and supports Ph.D. students from underrepresented minorities in 10 programs in the physical sciences and engineering. She served as the Duke UCEM director until her retirement.Read more on Looney's retirementRead more on Looney's career at Duke


Yan Li Named New Head of GSA

In July, Yan Li succeeded Looney as the new associate dean for graduate programs. Li recently concluded a three-year term as the associate dean of student affairs at Duke Kunshan. During her time at Duke Kunshan, she established and led Counseling and Psychological Service (CAPS), the Office of Case Management, and the Student Access Services Office. Prior, Li served over a decade at CAPS on the Duke campus, where she started as a staff psychologist and later became the assistant director of campus community engagement. She also served as the CAPS representative on the team that established Duke UCEM.Read more on Li's career and appointment

New Associate Dean for Admissions

Nicholas Alena joined The Graduate School as the associate dean for admission in December. Previously, he served as director of admissions and recruitment at the Graduate School at Northwestern University.Alena has experience in graduate admissions, recruitment/prospect tracking and communications, and database and systems management. He has brought an in-depth understanding of trends in graduate admissions and strategies to help The Graduate School's programs remain competitive.

Headshot of Nicholas Alena, the new associate dean for admissions, who is smiling.

Nicholas Alena, the new associate dean for admissions

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Comings and Goings

599

New Master's Students in Fall 2021

416

New Ph.D. Students in Fall 2021

549

Master's Graduates in 2021-2022

414

Ph.D. Graduates in 2021-2022

Two graduates celebrating after the 2022 Ph.D. Hooding Ceremony. Both are smiling as they move in to pose for a photo.

Graduates celebrating after the 2022 Ph.D. Hooding Ceremony

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Financial Support

The Graduate School awarded

$4.3 Million

in competitive fellowships to

297

incoming and continuing Ph.D. students for the 2021-2022 academic year

458

Summer Research Fellowships awarded for a total of

$5.75 million


including

14

for research on racism and systemic inequalities and

5

for research on women or girls of color

$97,267

provided in childcare subsidies

$47,191

provided in medical/hardship assistance

59

COVID funding extensions provided for a total of

$506K

The Graduate School continued its ongoing work to enhance financial support this past year:

· It worked with other schools and departments to prepare for the implementation of guaranteed 12-month stipends for all Ph.D. students in their first five years of study, an initiative that will take effect in 2022-2023.· It changed its conference travel funding from a reimbursement to an advance payment to help reduce the financial burden on students from having to pay out of pocket in advance.· It raised the Summer Research Fellowship stipends to the 2023 level a year ahead of schedule.· It helped roll out new dental insurance for students, working in conjunction with Student Health and the dental insurance provider.· It is working with campus partners to help address the financial stress students are facing from the rapidly rising cost of living.

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Professional Development

12

Professional Development Grants awarded, the largest number ever, for a total of

$12,200

1,100

students participated in programming sponsored by Graduate Student Affairs,

400

more than in the previous year

10

Graduate School students and

4

postdoctoral trainees participated in the Emerging Leaders Institute

An Emerging Leaders Institute participant stands in front of an audience to present her team's project.

An Emerging Leaders Institute participant presenting her team's project

24

Ph.D. students and

5

postdoctoral trainees completed the Preparing Future Faculty program

478

students enrolled in the Certificate in College Teaching, the largest certificate program at Duke

3,764

students participated in

70

events offered for Responsible Conduct of Research credit

Senior Leadership Insights

This new series launched with

9

events featuring Duke alumni in career conversations with graduate students and faculty

Alumni Panels

The Graduate School hosted two Journey After Duke events this past year, which featured panels of graduate alumni reflecting on their professional lives since departing Duke. The events were also accompanied by networking sessions between students and alumni.Panelists in the events included Alfonso Rodriguez, I-hung Shih, Erik Vogt, Charles Anamelechi, Deborah Chay, and Vijeth Iyengar. Ronald Temple served as the moderator for both events.

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English for International Students

460

students enrolled in

31

EIS courses during 2021-2022

English Placement Exam Quick Tips

EIS produced a short video to help inform incoming international students about the English placement exams and alleviate their anxieties about the tests.

In addition to supporting the language needs of Graduate School students, the English for International Students program also supports the constituents of various partners across Duke. Here is EIS's work with some of those collaborators in 2021-2022:


Duke Law School


EIS administered language exams to

12

incoming international J.D. students


Conducted

14

one-on-one writing consultations with international J.D. students


Held

31

small-group sessions with LL.M. students


Led

4

workshops at the Winter 2021 Summer Institute on Language, Law, and Culture


Groups sit at tables and listen to a speaker at the Summer English Conversations event hosted by the English for International Students program and International House

A Summer English Conversations event hosted by the English
for International Students program and International House

International House

EIS and the I-House held in-person English conversation sessions for postdocs, visiting scholars, and their spouses or partners in summer 2022. They offered six weekly events in May and June, and 30 participants from more than 10 countries took part.EIS staff also participated in the I-House's 2021 fall orientation sessions to discuss EIS resources.


Duke Pre-College Programs


EIS conducted

6

virtual interviews with international-student applicants and led training for faculty and teaching assistants in the program.

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Development

$3,067,686

received for graduate fellowships

$328,250

in new pledges for graduate fellowships

1,767

donors contributed to The Graduate School Annual Fund

Graduate School Annual Fund Challenge

$734,843

surpassing the goal of $500K

32

new leadership donors, surpassing the goal of 20

Fellowship Established in Honor of Dean Paula D. McClain

Friends and colleagues of Paula D. McClain established an endowed fellowship to honor her decade-long service as dean of The Graduate School. It was created to recognize her efforts to strengthen graduate student financial support and professional development, as well as her commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion and her service as the first Black dean of a school at Duke.The fellowship was unveiled as part of a surprise tribute to McClain during the Graduate School Board of Visitors meeting on March 4.Read more on the establishment of the fellowship

Dean Paula D. McClain points her hands to the crowd as she delivers an emotional speech during the Graduate School Board of Visitors meeting.

Dean Paula D. McClain gives an emotional speech after being
surprised with a fellowship established in her name.


50

donors committed

$198,750

to establish the fellowship

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Student Accomplishments

A sample of Graduate School student's accomplishments in 2021-2022:

Highlights


NSF Graduate Research Fellows

22 graduate students received NSF Graduate Research Fellowships. 18 other Duke Ph.D. students received honorable mentions.

A compilation of headshots of the recipients of NSF Graduate Research Fellowships.

A compilation of the Ph.D. recipients of Fulbright Scholarships: Tayzhaun Glover, Rachael Lau, Anna Truong, and Stephen Zaksewicz.

Ph.D. students who received Fulbright Scholarships (from left): Tayzhaun Glover, Rachael Lau, Anna Truong, and Stephen Zaksewicz

Fulbright Scholars

4 Ph.D. students received Fulbright Scholarships. They were among the 23 Duke recipients of Fulbright scholarships for the 2022-2023 academic year.


Kirschstein Fellow

M.D./Ph.D. student Austin Maduka received an F30 Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) Fellowship from the National Institutes of Health.

Austin Maduka, recipient of an F30 Ruth L. Kirschstein NRSA Fellowship, celebrates with colleagues from the Silva Lab.

Austin Maduka (center), recipient of an F30 Ruth L. Kirschstein NRSA Fellowship, celebrates with colleagues from the Silva Lab.


Ashley J. Williams, a Ph.D. candidate in biomedical engineering, smiles.

Biomedical Engineering Ph.D. Candidate Ashley J. Williams, recipient of a Congressional Fellowship

IEEE-USA Congressional Fellow

Ashley J. Williams received a Congressional Fellowship from the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). She will spend 2022-2023 advising policymakers on Capitol Hill.

Awards & Honors


Briana Davis (Molecular Genetics & Microbiology) received the Samuel DuBois Cook Society’s Graduate Student Award.4 Ph.D. students received Triangle Center for Evolutionary Medicine’s Graduate Student Awards.Meredith Schmehl (Neurobiology) was awarded first place in the Journalism Division of the first SciComm Contest held by the Science Communicators of North Carolina.Nancy Wiebelhaus (Chemistry) won the Best Poster Award at The Protein Society’s 35th Anniversary Symposium.Joseph Hiller (Cultural Anthropology) won the Essay Award in the Antiquarian Booseller’s Association’s National Collegiate Book Collecting Contest.Sophia Goodfriend (Cultural Anthropology) received the Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad (DDRA) Award.Zhi Chen (Computer Science) won the SPES+Q&P Student Paper Award.

Edgar Virgüez, recipient of the EESG Best Student Paper Award, smiles.

Edgar Virgüez, recipient of the EESG Best Student Paper Award

Edgar Virgüez (Environmental Sciences & Policy) received the EESG Best Student Paper Award.Pamela Zabala (Sociology) was named a Rising Graduate Scholar by Diverse: Issues in Higher Education.7 graduate students received Forever Duke Awards.5 graduate students received International House Awards for their academic excellence and leadership.

Grants, Funds & Fellowships


Ashutosh Raman, recipient of a Tau Beta Pi Fellowship, smiles.

Ashutosh Raman, recipient of a Tau Beta Pi Fellowship

Andrew Smith (Physics) received a Jefferson Science Associates Graduate Fellowship.Leann McLaren (Political Science) received an APSA research grant.Austin Maduka (Genetics and Genomics) received Graduate Diversity Enrichment Program support from the Burroughs Wellcome Fund.25 graduate students received Graduate Awards for Research & Training from the Duke University Center for International & Global Studies.Se Hee Min (Nursing) received the American Asian/Pacific Islander Nurses Association Scholarship.10 Ph.D. students received Graduate Student Training Enhancement Grants for summer 2022 from the Office of the Provost.6 Ph.D. students were named Bass Digital Education Fellows.

Amanda Rossillo (Evolutionary Anthropology) received an NSF INTERN grant.Ashutosh Raman (Biomedical Engineering) received a Tau Beta Pi Fellowship.Jieun Cho (Cultural Anthropology) and Martha L. Espinosa (History) received Mellon/ACLS Dissertation Completion Fellowships.Sinja Küppers (Classical Studies) received an NAEd/Spencer Dissertation Fellowship.Ashley J. Williams (Biomedical Engineering) received a Congressional Fellowship from the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE).Adrienne Jones (Public Policy & Sociology) and Maria Nagawa (Public Policy & Political Science) were named Equity & Inclusion Fellows by the Association for Public Policy Analysis & Management.

Jieun Cho (left) and Martha Espinosa, recipients of Mellon/ACLS Dissertation Completion Fellowships

Scholarship, Research & Other Writing


Meredith Schmehl (Neurobiology) co-authored a Scientific American op-ed on prioritizing justice and equity in science policy.Laura Givens (Marine Science & Conservation) was profiled by the Smithsonian on her work to catalog the environmental DNA of two important ecosystems.Edgar Virgüez (Environmental Sciences and Policy) wrote on Higher Ed Dive about how getting involved in university administration enriched his doctoral education.Danielle Vander Horst (Classical Studies) wrote about how Geer Cemetery is sparking new conversations about honoring the dead and telling American history.Katelyn Mehling Ice (Political Science) wrote about how her social science skillset helped her launch her own prepared-meal service.Renata Kamakura (Ecology) worked with Duke Landscape Services & undergraduate students to study how Duke’s trees contribute to sustainability.Mahgul Mansoor (Global Health) studied how a Duke collaboration helped families cope with COVID fears and isolation.Asher Lawson (Business) found that when women serve as CEOs or board members, language at a firm shifts and women are more likely to be associated with leadership traits typically associated with men.Sonali Biswas (Population Health Sciences & Medicine) worked on research to help provide better care for transgender teens.Alex Loomis (Biology) worked to conserve and reintroduce endangered native plant species to his home state of Hawaii.

Emily Levy smiles as she conducts field work in the Amboseli National Park in Southern Kenya, with a group of baboons in the background.

Emily Levy conducts field work in the Amboseli National Park in
Southern Kenya.

Alex Loomis smiles as he holds a plant that is in the ground.

Alex Loomis' research investigates the relationship between native plant populations and invasive species. (Photo courtesy of Loomis)

Jeff Letourneau (Molecular Genetics and Microbiology) searched for delicious edibles in the wild and answers to questions about high-fiber diets in the lab.Julia Bingham (Marine Science & Conservation) discussed her work on developing coastal management through inclusive, participatory, and community-driven research.Selena Lorrey (Immunology) and Jessica Waibl Polania (Pathology) looked for ways to use the body’s own immune system to target and treat glioblastoma, which kills 95 percent of brain cancer patients after five years.Nathan Hershberger (Religious Studies) researched how Christians dealing with profound suffering have been shaped by their interpretation of the Bible.Emily Levy (Biology) looked into how early-life adversity affects baboons that survive to adulthood.Leann McLaren (Political Science) investigated the effects of protests on public opinion, specifically how members of aggrieved groups respond to protests.Zoie Diana (Marine Science and Conservation) researched how governments, businesses, and scientists are trying to address plastic pollution.Vann Powell (Experimental and Documentary Arts) used his photography to investigate the link between Americans and the American Civil War.Shanti Narayanasamy (Global Health) studied how race influences medical professionals’ practices.Jaime Acosta Gonzalez (Literature) traced Duke's journey from tobacco-funded to tobacco-free.

Other Accomplishments


Brittany Green narrates her orchestral work, “Against/Sharp,” on stage with the Atlanta Symphony.

Brittany Green narrating her orchestral work, “Against/Sharp,” with the Atlanta Symphony. (Photo by Sarah Pershke Grant)

Biochemistry Ph.D. students worked with the Emily Krzyzewski Center to expand interest in STEM among high school students from underrepresented minorities.Nicolas Camacho (Psychology & Neuroscience) and Joseph Diehl (Psychology & Neuroscience) spearheaded a lunchtime talk series in the Duke Clinical Psychology Program to address racism, inequity, and injustice.Danae Diaz (Biology), Melodie Najarro (Biology) and Anita Simha (Biology) developed a course exploring the history of oppression in academic biology.Political Science graduate students provided crucial help for an Afghan family of eight settling in Durham after fleeing their homeland.Devang Thakkar (Computational Biology and Bioinformatics) built an open-source archive for Wordle that gives users unlimited access to past Wordle games.Sarah Nolan (Public Policy) and two undergraduates built a prototype dashboard that turned a large set of data into a visual exploration of the Ph.D. experience at Duke.

Meredith Schmehl (Neurobiology) was featured on the Vitamin PhD podcast episode about science communication.Lisa Gachara (Global Health) spoke with Duke Global Health Institute founding director and professor of global health, Michael Merson, M.D., on her podcast.Brittany J. Green (Music) built a computer program that explores the intersection of Black feminist theory and music, and she weaved the resulting sounds into a composition for an instrumental collective.Catherine Grodensky (Public Policy) was part of a Duke collaboration with the Durham DA's office to increase transparency into an important but under-studied part of the justice system.David Buch (Statistical Science) and Jennifer Kampe (Statistical Science) helped their team win The Data Open Championship.Edgar Virgüez (Environmental Sciences & Policy) was nominated as the next Graduate Young Trustee.

Political Science Ph.D. candidates Patrick Ramjug and Emily Myers at a picnic table with members of the Afghan family they are supporting.

Political Science Ph.D. candidates Patrick Ramjug (right) and Emily Myers (sixth from left) hang out with members of the Afghan family they are supporting. (Photo courtesy of Patrick Ramjug)

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Diversity and Inclusion

As part of the university’s ongoing efforts to grapple with systemic racism, The Graduate School continued its series of Race & Bias Conversations throughout this academic year.

These discussions aim to help the community better understand the facets of systemic racism and bias, as well as highlight these issues as The Graduate School continues to work to make Duke more inclusive and supportive. These conversations also highlight the important work community members are doing on issues of race and bias, including research, advocacy, support, and policy-making.


This academic year's second Race & Bias Conversation: Developing an Anti-Racist Graduate Curriculum for Scientists

5

Race & Bias Conversations held
in 2021-2022:

Structural Racism and Health: A New Theory-Driven Empirical Approach

Developing an Anti-Racist Graduate Curriculum for Scientists

Becoming an Upstander

Black Opinions on Black Lives Matter

Antiracism from within Art History

Duke University Center of Exemplary Mentoring


Duke UCEM director Jacqueline Looney watches as faculty champions and Duke UCEM staff sit in a circle talking.

Duke UCEM director Jacqueline Looney watches as faculty champions and Duke UCEM staff discuss ways to create a stronger environment of support for students during the Duke UCEM Spring Update.

Sloan UCEM Affiliates

The Duke UCEM launched the Sloan UCEM Affiliates, an initiative to extend the center's support and programming to more students. The initial cohort consisted of 8 Ph.D. students, selected from the UCEM-affiliated programs in consultation with their faculty champions.


Materials Science and Engineering became the Duke UCEM's 10th affiliated program.


Third Annual Duke UCEM Research Summit

In its third year, the 2022 Duke UCEM Research Summit gave 10 Sloan Scholars the opportunity to present their research early in their graduate school careers.Read more on this year's Duke UCEM Research Summit


Graduate Fellowship and Application Bootcamp

The Duke UCEM, the Pratt School of Engineering, the School of Medicine, and The Graduate School held the half-day online Graduate Fellowship and Application Boot Camp on October 14, 2021, for undergraduates interested in pursuing a STEM Ph.D.


98

undergraduates participated, including an increased number of attendees from HBCUs and other minority-serving institutions

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Awards

Dean's Awards


Excellence in Mentoring: Faculty


Excellence in Mentoring: Students


Excellence in Teaching


Inclusive Excellence in Graduate Education

Distinguished Alumni Award


Tomiko Brown-Nagin was named the 2022 recipient of The Graduate School’s Distinguished Alumni Award, and was recognized at the school’s Ph.D. Hooding Ceremony on May 7.Brown-Nagin completed her law degree from Yale in 1997 and her history Ph.D. from Duke in 2002. She has since combined her interests to become a leading legal scholar and historian.
She is also an award-winning author of books on civil rights, such as her most recent biography of the first Black woman to serve as a federal judge.
Brown-Nagin is Harvard’s Daniel P.S. Paul Professor of Constitutional Law, as well as a professor of history. She is also dean of the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study and the chair of the Presidential Committee on Harvard and the Legacy of Slavery.Read more on Brown-Nagin's career


Hooding Ceremony


Book Signing & Dinner in Her Honor

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Events

Orientation

The Graduate School held its annual orientation for new students on Tuesday, August 17. The online session included short presentations, as well as faculty and graduate student panels. These provided information on the academic community, policies, and resources for graduate students at Duke. New students were also invited to an in-person resource fair and the Graduate and Professional Convocation.

September 2021 Ph.D. Hooding Ceremonies

The Graduate School held two hooding ceremonies on September 25, 2021, to recognize its 2019-2020 and 2020-2021 Ph.D. graduates, whose regular hooding ceremonies could not be held due to the pandemic.

Graduate and Professional Student Appreciation Week

The Graduate School held its Graduate and Professional Student Appreciation Week from April 4 to April 8 this year. The week's festivities included the Duke GRADx Talks, a Women in STEM with Zen Succulent event, the Milestone Ceremony to celebrate Ph.D. students who passed their prelim exams in the past year, various other activities to help students connect and relax, as well as distributions of cookies, coupons, and coloring kits.

A screenshot of one of the videos used in the Theater Delta Workshop, in which two actors discuss a scenario that may occur during a mentorship.

Theater Delta Workshop

The Graduate School and Theater Delta hosted an interactive online mentoring workshop on March 24 for graduate students, faculty, and staff. It used performances by professional actors and scenarios from The Graduate School’s mentoring toolkit to help participants nurture mentoring skills and learn how to deal with common challenges facing graduate students.Read more about the workshop

May 2022 Commencement

The Graduate School held two hooding ceremonies on May 7 for its 2021-2022 Ph.D. graduates.

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Other Highlights

The Graduate School's staff managed COVID testing compliance for

3,100

students in the eligible pool every week until the end of mandatory weekly testing in March 2022

An unseen person's hand holding a COVID testing kit and scanning it using their phone to meet the testing compliance.

New Time-Off Policy

The Graduate School expanded its policy regarding time off for graduate students from their assistantship duties. The new policy covers research, teaching, and graduate assistants; more clearly spells out the minimum amount of time off they are entitled to; and emphasizes that they should also be off from their assistantship duties on university holidays. The new policy took effect in summer 2022.Read more on the new policy

Pink flowers in front of the Graduate School building's front door.

Home Sweet Home

In August 2021, The Graduate School returned to its permanent offices at 2127 Campus Drive. The school had temporarily moved into Old Chemistry in November 2019 while its Campus Drive offices underwent renovations.

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Presentations

Graduate School staff members' presentations during the 2021-2022 academic year

Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) Conference: Essentials of Pronunciation Teaching and Learning (Carolyn Quarterman, EIS lecturing fellow, with others, March 2022)Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) Conference: Effective Program Adaptations in a Postpandemic World (Brad Teague, EIS director, with others, March 2022)Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) Conference: Language Assessment for Placing Newly Matriculated Multilingual Students (Brad Teague, EIS director, Andrew Davis, EIS instructor, with others, March 2022)Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) Conference: Revising an In-House Writing Placement Exam for Graduate Students (Stacy Sabraw, EIS lecturing fellow, with Danny McCarthy, lecturing fellow at Fuqua School of Business, March 2022)Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) Conference: Keeping a Balance Between the Needs of Students and Faculty (Brad Teague, EIS director, with others, March 2022)American Association for Applied Linguistics (AAAL) Conference: Agentive reading practices of international graduate students using English as an additional language (Mahmoud Altalouli, EIS instructor, March 2022)Consortium on Graduate Communication Summer Institute: Conducting a Needs Assessment in an English Language Support Program (Brad Teague, EIS director, with Marta McCabe, EIS program coordinator, June 2022)American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine’s Early Career Development Course: Inclusive Mentoring (Melissa Bostrom and J. Alan Kendrick, September 2021)Modern Language Association Annual Meeting: Take Your Teaching Skills Anywhere: Communicating Teaching Experiences to Employers Beyond Academia (Melissa Bostrom, January 2022).

EIS Director Brad Teague, EIS Instructor Andrew Davis, and others presenting "Language Assessment for Placing Newly Matriculated Multilingual Students" in March 2022.

EIS Director Brad Teague (second from left), instructor Andrew Davis (left), and others presenting in March 2022

Modern Language Association Annual Meeting: Creating Career-Inclusive Ecosystems: A GCC-MLA Roundtable (Melissa Bostrom, January 2022).Consortium on Graduate Communication Summer Institute: Developing a Strategic Plan at the Program Level (Stacy Sabraw, EIS lecturing fellow, June 2021)Served on conference planning team for Community-Based Heritage Language Schools Conference, American University, Washington, DC (Marta McCabe, EIS program coordinator, October, 2021)Delivered keynote at German Language School Conference, German Consulate General, New York City: American Academy of Arts and Sciences — Investing in Language Education in the 21st Century – Welcome to the Guide (Marta McCabe, EIS program coordinator, November 2021)Future-proofing Heritage Language Education Conference: International Guidelines for Professional Practices in Community-Based Heritage Language Schools (Marta McCabe, EIS program coordinator, with J.K. Peyton, Center for Applied Linguistics, November 2021, ONLINE)Served as a panelist at Expanding Language Learning in North Carolina discussion sponsored by Duke-UNC Area Studies Centers and the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction (NCDPI): Supporting Less-Commonly Taught Language Teaching in North Carolina (Marta McCabe, EIS program coordinator, December 2021)

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Publications

Publications from Graduate School staff members in the 2021-2022 academic year

Co-edited the book An A-W of academic literacy: Key concepts and practices for graduate students, University of Michigan Press (Mahmoud Altalouli, EIS instructor, with others, 2021)Authored an article, "Agency and accountability in the academic reading of international graduate students using English as an additional language”, Journal of International Students, 11(4), 932-949 (Mahmoud Altalouli, EIS instructor, 2021)Co-authored a chapter "Integrating awareness of academic reading into teaching writing in an additional language" in a book edited by H. Mohebbi: Insights into Teaching and Learning and Writing: A Practical Guide for Early Career Teachers (Mahmoud Altalouli, EIS instructor, with M.J. Curry, 2022)Co-authored a study, “How heritage language schools offered grassroots community support through the pandemic”, The Conversation (Marta McCabe, EIS program coordinator, with others, May 2022)


Dean Paula D. McClain and Senior Associate Dean Jacqueline Looney smiling at the May 2022 Ph.D. Hooding Ceremony.