People
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Natalia is one of two PhD Plus Liaisons from Department of Chemical Engineering in 2020-2021.
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Vi is one of two PhD Plus Liaison from Biomedical Engineering Department in 2020-2021.
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Eniola was a PhD Plus intern at the Sorensen Institute for Political Leadership, a unit of the University’s Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service in summer 2021
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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.
Department of English
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Mary was a PhD Plus Intern in Office of the Vice Provost for Academic Outreach at the University of Virginia in 2018-2019 under the mentorship of Louis P. Nelson, Vice Provost for Academic Outreach.
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Assistant Director of STEM Education Initiatives , Assistant Professor, General Faculty, Center for Teaching Excellence
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Shalmi was an Acquisitions Intern for UVA Press. Prior to completing her internship, she also participated in the PhD Plus Career Design series.
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Deborah Barry, PhD leads the health and wellness sessions of PhD Plus Foundations skills series.
PhD Plus Foundations series, PhD Plus Program Assessment
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Kathryn Bennington is a 6th year PhD candidate in the Department of English at the University’s Graduate School of Arts and Sciences. She interned with the Institute for Shipboard Ed
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Merci N. Best is a fourth year PhD candidate in the School of Medicine’s Department of Pharmacology. Merci’s research focus is understanding the pathogenic mechanisms of Alzheimer’s disease.
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Rachana Bhave is a 5th year PhD student under the mentorship of Dr. Robert Cox in the Department of Biology. She is a graduate of the PhD Plus Career Design course.
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Vanessa is a fourth-year PhD student in the Chemistry Department. She has participated in Career Design and Communicating Research modules of the PhD Plus program.
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Brendan J. Boler, PhD is the lead instructor for PhD Plus Consulting skills series.
PhD Plus Consulting series
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Christina was PhD Plus intern at the University’s Center for Teaching Excellence in fall of 2020 and spring of 2021, to support pedagogical development programs for graduate students, under the mentorship of Adriana Streifer, PhD.
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Rebecca Bultman is a 7th year PhD Candidate in the Religious Studies department. She was an intern for the Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service in the Demographic Research Group for the past year.
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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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Jordan is a PhD Plus intern at Gazelle International, a young nonprofit based in Guilford, CT, through Summer and Fall of 2019, and Spring of 2020 under the mentorship of Nancy L. Ruther, the Principal and Founder of Gazelle.
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Johanna internship with the Office of the Executive Vice President and Provost for Academic Outreach. Prior to completing her internship, she participated in the PhD Plus Foundations, Career Design, and Data Literacy skills series.
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Sidney Christman Woram is a 6th year PhD candidate in the Classics Department and was a Communications Intern at the Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service.
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Michele Claibourn, PhD leads development of skills series' of PhD Plus Data Literacy. She serves as lead instructor of Data Literacy: R series.
PhD Plus Data Literacy
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Lucia is a third-year doctoral student in the McIntire Department of Art studying Art and Architectural History.
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Jasmine Crenshaw, PhD developed the diversity training skills series for PhD Plus Future Faculty core module.
DEI, PhD Plus Future Faculty
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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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Eliot interned with the American Institute for Indian Studies (AIIS) under the mentorship of Anandi Silva Knuppel.
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Kenn is a graduate of the PhD plus Foundations series, having successfully completed the series in his first year of PhD training
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Sarah Doran is instructor of Finance Management session of PhD Plus Foundations series.
PhD Plus Foundations series
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A native of Poland, Anna is a 4th-year PhD student in the Biology Department.
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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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Sadegh was a PhD Plus intern in Center for Coastal Resources Management (CCRM) division of Virginia Institute of Marine Sciences’(VIMS) in Summer of 2020 under mentorship of Dr. Kirk J. Havens, as part of Environment Resilience Summer Internship program.
ENGINEERING SYSTEMS AND ENVIRONMENT Department
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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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Hayley Elszasz is a fourth year PhD candidate in the Department of Politics at the University’s Graduate School of Arts and Sciences. She interned with the Weldon Cooper Center’s Sorensen Institute for Political Leadership.
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Elis and Signe Olsson Professor of Business Administration, Darden School of Business
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Attaining a Faculty Position during a Pandemic
Jose completed his post-doctoral research with the Center for Diabetes Technology (CDT) this past March, and is now an Assistant Professor at the CDT at UVA.
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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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Melissa is a PhD Plus intern at the Office of Undergraduate Research (OUR), University of Virginia during the academic year 2019-2020, under the mentorship of Brian Cullaty, Director of the Office.
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Program Officer at NASEM after earning PhD in Civil Engineering
After earning PhD in Civil Engineering from the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Courtney Hill is Associate Program Officer at The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
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Quinn was a Survey Research Intern in Summer 2021 and a Demographics Research Intern in Fall 2021 at the Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service.
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Camille is a postdoctoral research associate whose research focuses on using statistical methods to predict respiratory distress using data-capturing physical motion associated with respiration.
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Katherine Holcomb, PhD developed and leads instruction of Python skills series for PhD Plus Data Literacy core module every Fall semester.
PhD Plus Data Literacy in Python
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Kerwin participated in PhD Plus Python skills series in data literacy in Fall 2020
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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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Erin's internship was with Encyclopedia Virginia under the mentorship of Peter Hedlund. She previously completed the Career Design and Communicating Research PhD+ modules.
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Wenfan Ke is a 4th-year PhD student in the Biology Department. His dissertation research focuses on identifying genetic factors contributing to diet-induced obesity using roundworms as an animal model.
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Karolyn Kinane, PhD is instructor of Contemplative Pedagogy & Practice session of PhD Plus Foundations series.
PhD Plus Foundations series
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Janet Lawler is an alumnus of the Department of Politics at the University’s Graduate School of Arts and Sciences. Janet interned with UVA’s Center for Teaching Excellence under the mentorship of Adriana Streifer.
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Kate LeCroy is a 6th year PhD candidate in the Department of Environmental Sciences within the College of Arts and Sciences. Kate’s dissertation research focuses on the diversity and disease ecology of mason bees across the Mid-Atlantic US.
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Tayloe Murphy Professor of Business Administration, Senior Associate Dean and Chief Strategy Officer, Darden School of Business
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Emily was an intern with UVA’s Vice Provost's Office for Global Affairs and currently holds the position of communications assistant at this same office. She also previously completed the PhD Plus Digital Humanities module.
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Gopal was a PhD Plus intern at Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service at the University of Virginia through Summer and Fall of 2019, under the mentorship of Larry D. Terry, Executive Director of the Weldon Cooper Center.
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Megan is a PhD Plus intern at Center for Survey Research (CSR) at UVA through Summer and Fall of 2019, and Spring of 2020 under the mentorship of Kara Fitzgibbon and Thomas M. Guterbock, Directors of CSR.
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Louis P. Nelson collaborates to develop skills experience related to the PhD Plus Community Impact core module
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Blaise is one of two PhD Plus Liaisons from Department of Biomedical Engineering in 2020-2021.
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Sharon is a fourth-year PhD student in the Department of Physics working in the field of experimental condensed matter physics.
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From biomedical PhD to patent law
After earing PhD in Microbiology, Sarah is currently a Patent Agent at Ice Miller LLP in Philadelphia, PA.
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Eric serves as an instructor for PhD Plus Data Literacy in Python skill series offered every Fall semester.
Science and Engineering Librarian, UVA Library
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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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Sponsored by PhD Plus, Erin was selected from University of Virginia to participate in Commonwealth of Virginia Science & Engineering Policy Fellowship (COVES) in the summer of 2020
ENGINEERING SYSTEMS AND ENVIRONMENT Department
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Evan Sandsmark is alumni of the Department of Religious Studies at the University’s Graduate School of Arts and Sciences. Evan interned with the American Academy of Religion under the mentorship of Alice Hunt.
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Sana is a fifth-year PhD student in the Department of French of Graduate School of Arts & Sciences.
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Lu Shi is a fifth year PhD candidate in the Department of Chemistry who was a data analyst intern at Gazelle International.
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Heidi was a PhD Plus intern at the Virginia Quarterly Review (VQR) from summer 2020 to May 2021, under the mentorship of Allison Wright and Paul Reyes.
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Prof. Simko serves as instructor of the new PhD Plus Business in Society skills series.
Frank M. Sands Sr. Associate Professor of Business Administration, Darden School of Business
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Matthew is a 5th year PhD candidate and was a Summer 2021 intern working with the Highlander Education and Research Center.
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Yiqing is a 4th-year PhD student in the Astronomy Department. Her dissertation research is to study how stars form differently in colliding galaxies compared to normal galaxies like the Milky Way.
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Jeremy was a PhD Plus intern at the Franciscan Action Network in Washington, DC, through Summer and Fall of 2019 under mentorship of Executive Director, Patrick Carolan.
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Katelyn Stenger graduated from her PhD program in Engineering Systems Environment in 2022. While pursuing her PhD, Katelyn completed the PhD+ Business in Society module.
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Assistant Director & Assistant Professor, General Faculty, Center for Teaching Excellence
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Rami Toubia Stucky graduated with his PhD in 2022 from the Department of Music. Rami utilized the Propose Your Own option of the PhD+ Internship Program and interned with the American Spaces department of the US State Department.
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Jenna is a PhD Plus Liaisons from Department of Chemical Engineering in 2020-2021.
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Jessica Swoboda is a fifth-year PhD candidate in the Department of English who interned with The Point magazine.
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Emmanuel completed his PhD dissertation in Chemistry from the University’s Graduate School of Arts and Sciences in Summer 2020.
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Senior Director, Applied Innovations and New Ventures, Batten Institute, Darden School of Business
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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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Kathryn interned with UVA’s Contemplative Sciences Center under the mentorship of Karolyn Kinane.
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Christian is a third-year PhD student in the Curry School. His dissertation research is focused on the role of higher education's historical relationship with slavery and its relationship to racial climate for students o
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Laura was a PhD Plus intern in the Center for Survey Research at the University's Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service from summer 2020 to May 2021, under the mentorship of Kara Fitzgibbon.
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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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Kevin Woram is a 6th year PhD candidate in the Department of History at the University’s Graduate School of Arts and Sciences. He was an intern at the Center for Economic and Policy Studies in the Weldon Cooper Center for Public Policy.
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Hannah interned with the UVA Scholars’ Lab and managed the Digital Humanities Certificate Program under the mentorship of Alison Booth.
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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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Roger is a 6th year PhD candidate in the Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department at the University’s School of Engineering and Applied Sciences.
