Professional Development Workshop

Graduate School Application and Experience in North America:

Perspectives from Graduate Students

Every year, the LSA organizes a session on graduate school application and experience featuring Nigerian graduate students studying in North America. As always, the session promises to demystify the application process to make applicants more competitive. Topics for discussion include but are not limited to:

• Preparing for the Graduate Record Examination • Taking the Test of English as Foreign Language/Navigating waiver • Choosing a graduate program, writing a Statement of Purpose, and application fee waiver

• What is a good writing sample? • Coursework, qualifying exam and reading concentration • Adjusting to a new academic culture • Conducting fieldwork and sourcing for external funding • Writing your dissertation and preparing for the job market

Chair

Maria Martin (University of California-Merced)

Discussants

Odunayo Adeojo (West Virginia University)

Elizabeth Adeyemo (University of Notre Dame)

Susan Iseyen (Princeton University)

Funmilola Olorunfemi (University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee)