Graduate Students
Graduate School & the Academic Job MARKET
As Graduate Professionalization and Placement Coordinator, I’ve collected tips, tricks, and advice for successfully navigating graduate school and the academic job market. Current UF PhD students should also review my Professionalization page and attend Professionalization Seminars throughout the academic year.
“Navigating the Post-Doc Job Market” - H. Alarian for APSA Political Science Now
“The ULTIMATE Academic Job Market Guide”-K.Anne Watson for Duck of Minerva
“Academic labour markets in Europe”-Alexandre Afonso for LSE Impact
Events
Departmental Professionalization Seminars
Spring 2024
February 23rd, 12:50-2:30pm: How to Publish
March 8th, 12:50-2:30pm: Academic Careers outside the Professorship
March 22nd, 12:50-2pm: Project and Time Management (Work Smarter, not Harder)
April 12th, 12:50-2:30pm: The Academic Job Market
Fall 2023
Friday, September 8 12:50-2pm: Building your Academic Footprint
Friday, October 27 12:50-2pm: Academic Conferences and Presentations
Wednesday, December 6 12:50-2pm: IRB, Grants, and Conducting Fieldwork
Undergraduate Students
Resources for Conducting Research
These resources are excellent venues to assist students in their research in citizenship, immigration, European politics, and political science broadly.
Requesting Letters of Recommendation
To request me as one of your letter writers, I expect you:
completed at least one of my courses, where you attended multiple office hours and actively participated in class discussion and/or;
worked with me independently on a research project.
Click below to fill out the request form at least three weeks in advance of the deadline date. Please fill out one form for each opportunity for which you wish to apply. After completing the form, students should email their CV and cover letter.
Application for Honors Advising
Potential advisees should review my guidelines. At a minimum, I expect you:
completed at least one of my courses, where you attended multiple office hours and actively participated in class discussion and;
have a clear research question & design for your proposed thesis.
Applicants may apply through the button below. Applications require a one-page proposal, due by April 15th for the following year. Please keep in mind that I take on a maximum of two students per year.
Undergraduate Publications and Presentations
Publications
Paulina Trujillo & Simone Lang. (2023). “Are Anti-Protesting Policies a Threat to our Democracy?” Florida Political Review.
Julia Willis. (2021). “Why DACA students deserve a path to citizenship.” Gainesville Sun.
Alexa Kivett, Austin Buholtz, & Carson Leigh Olson. (2021). “Who voted by mail in North Central Florida in 2020?” Gainesville Sun.
Tamar Madjar, Jaime Roy, & Garrett Veal. (2021). “Storming of the capitol caused some Republicans to leave party.” Gainesville Sun.
Justin Guerra, Sonia Vargas, & Alyssa Bretan. (2021). “Did Hispanic voters win Florida for Trump?” Gainesville Sun.
Adrian Oake. (2020). “Trump’s relief plan is moral catastrophe for immigrant families” Gainesville Sun.
Barbara Solis. (2020). “Focus on international travel hurt COVID-19 fight” Gainesville Sun.
Erin Wright. (2020). “To them, this is nothing new” Gainesville Sun.
Presentations
Simone Lang & Paulina Trujillo. “Protest and Repression: How Anti-Protesting Legislation Shapes Collective Action in the United States.” Midwest Political Science Association. 2024.
Alexis Alvis, Andy Jarrin, & Payton Lussier. Undergraduate Research Symposium. 2021.
Alyssa Bretan, Justin Guerra, & Sonia Vargas. Undergraduate Research Symposium. 2021.
