✨ 2026 AMA Winter Conference is less than 4 weeks away! ✨
And we’re excited to start announcing the AMA DocSIG programming we have lined up for you.
🎓 PhD Journey & the Job Market
A Virtual Session designed for PhD students and junior faculty navigating academic careers—from surviving the PhD to thriving after it.
This session draws from The PhD Journey Slides—a comprehensive guide to the academic career—and takes a candid, interactive look at what lies ahead.
💡 What we’ll cover:
Publication strategy & building a strong pipeline
Conferences, networking, and visibility
The functioning of the job market
Institutions, expectations, and career paths
Work–life balance: the good, the hard, and the real
Session Speakers:
Anatoli Colicev, University of Liverpool
Andreas U. Lanz, University of Basel
This highly interactive session is designed to expose participants to all stages of the academic journey, set clear expectations, and openly discuss both the opportunities and challenges of an academic career.
📅 Monday, Feb 9
⏰ 10:00–11:15 AM CST
💻 Zoom
📌 Open to all doctoral students and junior faculty.
🔗Though the session is open to attend by everyone registered for Virtual or in person Winter AMA, we strongly encourage signing up here to submit your questions in advance so our speakers can tailor the discussion to you: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSciVt7jPPW-mA48GIV-_TWu98U_IylygRV_IdtTokzJMSzGHw/viewform
If you’re on (or considering) the academic job market—this is a session you don’t want to miss.
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