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The Student and Emerging Professionals Committee is comprised of CAA members who are students, recent graduates, and experienced arts professionals dedicated to better representing students and emerging professionals within the larger CAA and academic framework.

The Student and Emerging Professionals Committee designates a space every year for constituents to convene and converse. In addition, special programming is offered, just for you so that you can practice your interviewing skills, talk candidly about completing your thesis or dissertation, or get some advice on what's next after you earn your degree in the arts. Come in and enjoy some stress-less time and a slower pace from the hustle and bustle of the conference.

Welcome Breakfast and Meet and Greet
American Folk Art Museum, 45 West 53rd Street
Thursday, February 10, 8:30–9:30 AM

Come together for a relaxed welcome breakfast with the members of the Student and Emerging Professionals Committee at the American Folk Art Museum. Find out who's who on the committee and ask us questions about the conference, the Student and Emerging Professionals Lounge, or just about anything! We are excited to meet you and give you a great start to your conference day.

STUDENT AND EMERGING PROFESSIONALS LOUNGE

Wednesday–Friday, 9:00 AM–8:00 PM
Saturday, 9:00 AM–5:00 PM
Concourse B, Concourse Level, Hilton New York

Mock Interview Session
Thursday, February 10–Friday, February 11, 10:00 AM–12:00 PM
Moderators: Niku Kashef and Daniel Larkin

Conference attendees will have the opportunity to sign up for a fifteen-minute mock interview with a professional at the conference. As Aristotle once remarked, “We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.” Practicing your elevator speech and keeping your listening skills sharp during a face-to-face session is a valuable experience. Sign-up sheets for the interviews will be posted in the SEP Lounge.

Mock Interviews can only be scheduled in the SEP Lounge and not via email.

I've Graduated, Now What?!
Friday, February 11, 3:00–5:00 PM
Moderator: Mark Harris

Panel discussion with mentors; Q and A to follow.

Publishing from the Dissertation: Advice for the Tenure Track and the Job Market
Saturday, February 12, 12:30–1:30 PM
Moderator: Julia Sienkewicz, Auburn University at Montgomery

Kristin Schwain, University of Missouri at Columbia

John Ott, James Madison University