PhD Plus Highlights
Stories highlighting professional development experience and leadership of PhD students and PhD alums in following categories:
- PhD Plus grads: PhD students who completed PhD+ skills series
- PhD Plus liaisons: PhD students who participated in PhD+ liaison program
- PhD Plus interns: PhD students who participated in project based learning and internship program
- PhD careers: alums in diverse careers
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Sarah Rabke
Sarah was a PhD Plus intern for Gazelle International from summer 2020 to May 2021, under the mentorship of Nancy Ruther.
Erin Robartes
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
Evan Sandsmark
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.
Lu Shi
Lu Shi is a fifth year PhD candidate in the Department of Chemistry who was a data analyst intern at Gazelle International.
Heidi Siegrist
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.
Matthew Slaats
Matthew is a 5th year PhD candidate and was a Summer 2021 intern working with the Highlander Education and Research Center.
Jeremy Sorgen
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.
Rami Stucky
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.
Jessica Swoboda
Jessica Swoboda is a fifth-year PhD candidate in the Department of English who interned with The Point magazine.
Kathryn Webb-DeStefano
Kathryn interned with UVA’s Contemplative Sciences Center under the mentorship of Karolyn Kinane.
Laura White
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.
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
Kevin Woram
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.
Hannah Young
Hannah interned with the UVA Scholars’ Lab and managed the Digital Humanities Certificate Program under the mentorship of Alison Booth.
Roger Zhu
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