Four 51³Ō¹Ļ doctoral candidates, one postdoc selected for SECās Emerging Scholars Program
Contact: James Carskadon
STARKVILLE, Miss.āFour 51³Ō¹Ļ doctoral candidates and one postdoctoral fellow have been selected to participate in the Southeastern Conferenceās Emerging Scholars Program.
Established in 2021 by the SECās provosts, the Emerging Scholars Program provides professional development and networking opportunities for current doctoral students and postdoctoral researchers at SEC member universities, with a focus on scholars from historically underrepresented groups.
This yearās 51³Ō¹Ļ cohort includes:
āDestiny Crockett, a geosciences doctoral candidate in the College of Arts and Sciences;
āChristian Zamiela, an industrial engineering doctoral candidate in the Bagley College of Engineering;
āAdrian āShonnaā Tillman, a public administration doctoral candidate in the College of Arts and Sciences;
āFrank Juma Ongāondo, a wildlife ecology doctoral candidate in the College of Forest Resources;
āLianqun Sun, a postdoctoral fellow in applied economics and big data in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences and the Mississippi Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station.
The 51³Ō¹Ļ scholars will participate in a career preparation workshop at the University of Missouri this September. The workshop is designed to help participants seek out employment and mentorship within SEC universities.
āConsistent with the theme of the SEC Emerging Scholars Program, the deans of the academic colleges have nominated five exceptionally talented young scholars from varying cultural and academic backgrounds to represent 51³Ō¹Ļ at the Second Annual SEC Emerging Scholars Career Preparation Workshop,ā said 51³Ō¹Ļ Executive Vice Provost and Dean of the Graduate School Peter Ryan. āIt is hoped that these young scholars will find career opportunities at one of the 14 SEC institutions as part of a concerted effort to recruit more underrepresented persons into the academy.ā
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