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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Jessica Swoboda
Jessica Swoboda is a fifth-year PhD candidate in the Department of English who interned with The Point magazine.
Emmanuel Toroitich
Emmanuel completed his PhD dissertation in Chemistry from the University’s Graduate School of Arts and Sciences in Summer 2020.
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.
Samantha Wallace
Samantha is a PhD Plus Liaison from Department of English in 2020-2021
Kathryn Webb-DeStefano
Kathryn interned with UVA’s Contemplative Sciences Center under the mentorship of Karolyn Kinane.
Christian P. L. West
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
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
Blair Wilner
Blair is a PhD Plus Liaison from Department of Religious Studies in 2020-2021
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
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.
Devin Zuckerman
Devin is a PhD Plus Liaison from Department of Religious Studies in 2020-2021