Community

Consulting

To learn about Consulting careers, PhD students and Postdocs should cultivate a professional community by connecting with professionals in these fields.

Learn more about the PhD Plus framework of career education and professional development.

To build a professional community in Consulting, connect with:

  • Peers with shared interests
  • Mentors and alums you can learn from
  • Professionals at the University and in the Greater Charlottesville area 
  • Potential employers

Connect with these groups, and learn about their work and lives through informational interviews, social and networking events, programs and activities. 

PROFESSIONAL COMMUNITY RESOURCES

Peers

Alum

University Partners

Catalina Vallejo
Research, consulting and policy career post-PhD in Sociology
Catalina Vallejo graduated with a PhD in Sociology from University of Virginia’s Graduate School of Arts & Sciences in August 2019.
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Kelly Drews
From Biomedical PhD to Consulting
Kelly Drews graduated with a PhD in Experimental Pathology from University of Virginia’s School of Medicine in April 2019.
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Alexa Jeffress
Alexa was a PhD Plus intern at Gazelle International as a Virtual Learning Liaison in Fall of 2019, and Spring and Summer of 2020 under the mentorship of Nancy L. Ruther, EdD.
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Eric Willis
Eric was a PhD Plus intern in Elder Research Institute (ERI) in Spring of 2020 under the mentorship of William (Will) Goodrum and Sam Ballerini. After completing PhD dissertation, Eric joined Elder Research Institute in Arlington, VA, as a Data Scientist
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Neal Curtis
Neal is a 6th year PhD candidate in the English Department at the University’s Graduate School of Arts & Sciences. His dissertation examines forgery's relationship to the development of bibliographical techniques of detection in the eighteenth century.
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Carter Head
Carter is a second-year Medical student at the University of Virginia School of Medicine. He participated in PhD Plus Consulting module in 2019-2020
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Zhongwen Luo
After earning PhD in Chemistry, Zhongwen is a CMC Consultant at Data Revive LLC. 
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Emmanuel Toroitich
Emmanuel completed his PhD dissertation in Chemistry from the University’s Graduate School of Arts and Sciences in Summer 2020.
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Roger Zhu
Roger is a 6th year PhD candidate in the Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department at the University’s School of Engineering and Applied Sciences.
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Sadegh Eghdami
Sadegh is a 5th year PhD candidate in the Engineering Systems and Environment Department at the University's School of Engineering and Applied Sciences.
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Caleb
Human Capital Consulting with PhD in English
Caleb Agnew graduated with a PhD in English from University of Virginia’s Graduate School of Arts & Sciences in December 2019. He currently works as a Human Capital consultant at Deloitte in Arlington, VA.
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Alex Keller
From biomedical PhD to strategy consulting
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Ashtyn Wiltbank
Ashtyn is a graduate of PhD Plus Consulting Series.  
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Roger
Roger was a PhD Plus intern in the Economic and Policy studies unit of the University’s Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service under mentorship of Prof. William Shobe
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Sarah Rabke (headshot)
Sarah was a PhD Plus intern for Gazelle International from summer 2020 to May 2021, under the mentorship of Nancy Ruther.
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Diana Elizabeth Burden
Diana is a rising 4th year PhD Student in the Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering department. She is a graduate of both the Business in Society series and the Consulting series.
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