Author, women’s studies professor to give job market talk March 23

Karen Cardozo, assistant professor of interdisciplinary studies and coordinator of the women’s studies and leadership studies programs at the Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts, will present “Behaving Badly, Balancing Gladly: Women, Work and Life in the Wild New World” Thursday at 7 p.m. in the Mountainlair’s Rhododendron Room.

The talk is the inaugural presentation in the Seehra Lecture Series, coordinated by the Center for Women’s and Gender Studies.

Cardozo’s lecture will discuss the current state of the job market and the decision-making process for female graduate students and researchers who may feel pressured to stay in a job that they are unhappy with.

Two workshops will follow Cardozo’s lecture. The first, “Keeping Your Options Open: Exploring Both Academic and Alternative Careers,” will be Friday at noon in the Mountainlair’s Mountaineer Room, and will discuss how to approach making holistic career choices and how diverse experiences can make women researchers stand out to potential employers.

The second, “The Versatile Humanities PhD: Launching a Cross-Sector Job Search,” will discuss the same and will be at 4 p.m. on Friday. This workshop is reserved for English and history majors.

For more information, contact Cari Carpenter at Cari.Carpenter@mail.wvu.edu or 304.293.9709 to be placed on a waitlist for a workshop.