Experience Videos
Posted by Administrator (admin) on Nov 24 2008
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The videos included in this section (most less than 10 minutes) provide insights from researchers ranging from current grad students to seasoned faculty members to panels on common experiences.  Topics range from undertaking a job search to finding funding to attending conferences. These videos, often shown in sets of two or three, work well as starting points for group discussions.

Claris Castillo

Name: Claris Castillo
Title: Ph.D. candidate
Affiliation: North Carolina State University
Prior affiliations: University of Panama (MSI)
Race/ethnicity/gender: Hispanic female
Primary keywords: industry, research lab, academia
Secondary keywords: undergrad research
Date: Jan 25, 2008
Length: 1:45
Update: In May 2008, Dr. Castillo accepted a Research Staff Member position in the Middleware Virtualization Management group at IBM's T.J. Watson Research Center.
clariscastillo-postgrad.wmv

Name: Felicia Doswell
Title: Assistant Professor of Computer Science
Affiliation: Norfolk State University (HBCU)
Prior affiliations: Virginia Tech, Georgia Tech, Norfolk State University, AT&T Bell Labs, Nortel
Race/ethnicity/gender: African American female
Primary keywords: academia, HBCU
Secondary keywords: industry
Date: March 28, 2008
Length: 6:13
felicia_doswell.wmv

Name: Shaun Gittens
Title: Postdoctoral Fellow
Affiliation: Auburn University
Prior affiliations: University of Maryland, SUNY Binghamton, University of Rochester, Naval Research Lab, IBM
Race/ethnicity/gender: African American male
Primary keywords: postdocs
Secondary keywords: academia, fellowships, internships
Date: March 28, 2008
Length: 8:54
shaun_gittens.wmv

Name: Dr. Headen
Title: Ph.D. candidate
Affiliation: Virginia Tech
Prior affiliations:
Race/ethnicity/gender: African American female
Primary keywords: academia
Secondary keywords: assistantships, fellowships
Update: In August 2008, Dr. Headen accepted an Assistant Professor position at the University of Wisconsin, Madison.
Date: January 25, 2008
Length: 6:14
headen-postgrad.wmv

Name: Kayenda Johnson
Title: Ph.D. candidate
Affiliation: Virginia Tech
Prior affiliations: Morgan State University (HBCU)
Race/ethnicity/gender: African American female
Primary keywords: funding, fellowships, scholarships, assistantships
Secondary keywords: postdocs
Date: February 28, 2008
Length: 6:32
johnson-funding.wmv

Name: Jason Lee
Title: Ph.D. candidate
Affiliation: Virginia Tech
Prior affiliations: University of Virginia
Race/ethnicity/gender: Asian American male
Primary keywords: industry, funding
Secondary keywords:
Date: March 3, 2008
Length: 3:35
jason-funding.wmv

Name: Jason Lee
Title: Ph.D. candidate
Affiliation: Virginia Tech
Prior affiliations: University of Virginia
Race/ethnicity/gender: Asian American male
Primary keywords: industry
Secondary keywords:
Date: January 27, 2008
Length: 2:39
jasonlee-postgrad.wmv

Name: Cynthia Lester
Title: Assistant Professor of Computer Science
Affiliation: Tuskegee University (HBCU)
Prior affiliations: IBM, University of Alabama, Prairie View A&M (HBCU)
Primary keywords: internships, fellowships
Secondary keywords: academia, industry
Race/ethnicity/gender: African American female
Date: March 28, 2008
Length: 3:48
cynthia_lester.wmv

Name: Clayton Lewis
Title: Professor of Computer Science
Affiliation: University of Colorado
Prior affiliations: IBM, University of Michigan, MIT, Princeton
Race/ethnicity/gender: white male
Primary keywords: industry, academia
Secondary keywords: undergrad research
Date: March 27, 2008
Length: 14:44
clayton-industry.wmv

Name: Manuel A. Perez-Quinones
Title: Associate Professor of Computer Science
Affiliation: Virginia Tech
Prior affiliations: University of Puerto Rico Mayaguez (MSI), The George
Washington University, Ball State University, Naval Research Lab
Race/ethnicity/gender: Hispanic male
Primary keywords: academia, teaching, research
Secondary keywords:
Date: March 17, 2008
Length: 26:10
perez-dayinthelife.ppt
perez-dayinthelife.wmv

Name: Pardha Pyla
Title: Postdoctoral associate
Affiliation: Virginia Tech
Race/ethnicity/gender: Indian male
Primary keywords: postdocs, academia
Secondary keywords: conferences
Date: January 25, 2008
Length: 6:04
ppyla-postgrad.wmv

Name: Ashley Robinson
Title: Ph.D. candidate
Affiliation: Virginia Tech
Prior affiliations: Norfolk State University (HBCU)
Race/ethnicity/gender: African American female
Primary keywords: fellowships
Secondary keywords: research
Date: February 29, 2008
Length: 5:12
arobinson-funding.wmv

Name: Cheryl Seals
Title: Assistant Professor of Computer Science
Affiliation: Auburn University
Prior affiliations: Virginia Tech, North Carolina A&T (HBCU), Grambling State University (HBCU)
Race/ethnicity/gender: African American female
Primary keywords: industry, academia
Secondary keywords: funding
Date: March 28, 2008
Length: 7:29
cheryl_seals.wmv

Name: Earl Smith
Title: Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Affiliation: Tuskegee University (HBCU)
Prior affiliations: Sandia National Lab, Georgia Tech, Texas A&M, Prairie View A&M (HBCU)
Race/ethnicity/gender: African American male
Primary keywords: academia, industry, HBCU
Secondary keywords:
Date: March 28, 2008
Length: 4:40
earl_smith.wmv

Name: panel on professional conferences and meetings
Title: graduate students
Affiliation: Virginia Tech
Race/ethnicity/gender: female, Hispanic, white, Indian
Primary keywords: conferences
Secondary keywords:
Date: March 24, 2008
Length: 32:43
conf-grad.wmv

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