Professional Development activities occur at both ISA's Annual Convention and at ISA regional meetings. Please see PROFESSIONALIZATION AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT RESOURCES for additional professionalization resources.
ISA Annual Convention Professional Development Activities
Past conference papers presented on issues of professional development may be accessed via the ISA Paper Archive.
2012 | 2011 | 2010 | 2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 20062012, San Diego
- To Foreign Lands and Hostile Institutions with Laptop and Research Agenda: Developing and Applying Post Graduate and Post-Post Graduate Skills for Research and Study in Unfamiliar Settings
- Panel Discussion on Mentoring: Mentoring From the Margins: Building Relationships That Matter
- Achieving Success in Publishing and the Tenure/Promotion Process
- Surviving the Leaky Pipeline? Women Succeeding in IR's Man's World
2012, BISA-ISA, Edinburgh Panel Photo (JPG)
- Multilateralism and the EU in the Contemporary Global Order: Mark Aspinwall, University of Edinburgh Presentation (PDF)
- Roundtable on International Networking and Research: Kristian Skrede Gleditsch, University of Essex and PRIO Presentation (PDF)
- ESRC Support for International Networking and Research Collaboration in Europe: Michael Bright, British Economic & Social Research Council Presentation (PDF)
2011, Montreal
2010, New Orleans
- Panel Discussion on Publishing: Finding Appropriate Outlets and Learning the Rules of the Road
- Panel Discussion on Academic and Non‐Academic Careers in Challenging Economic Times
2009, New York
- Panel Discussion on Publishing: Finding Appropriate Outlets and Learning the Rules of the Road
- Panel Discussion on Academic and Non‐Academic Careers in Challenging Economic Times
2008, San Francisco
- Academic and Non-Academic Careers: From Survival Skills to Ultimate Goals
- Publishing Discussion: Finding Appropriate Outlets and Learning the Rules of the Road
2007, Chicago
- Don't Ask Don't Tell: ISA Editors' Discussion of the Peer-Reviewed Publication Process
- Academic and Non-Academic Careers: From Survival Skills to Ultimate Goals
- Publishing: Finding Appropriate Outlets and Learning the Rules of the Road
2006, San Diego
- Academic and Non-Academic Careers: From Survival Skills to Ultimate Goals
- Publishing: Finding Appropriate Outlets and Learning the Rules of the Road
ISA Regional Conferences Professional Development Activities
| ISA-ASIA PACIFIC |
ISA-NORTHEAST |
| ISA-CANADA | ISA-SOUTH |
| ISA-MIDWEST | ISA-WEST |
ISA-Asia Pacific
2011
- Roundtable: The Republic of IR – Roundtable on Publishing and Professionalisation in our Discipline(s)
ISA-Canada
2011
- Workshop1: The Future of Peacebuilding: Haiti, Afghanistan, and Beyond
(included three panels and roundtables, to combine the opportunity for doctoral candidates and junior scholars to participate on a formal panel relevant to their research while also opening the opportunity for mentorship from senior scholars in the field) - Workshop 2: Canada’s Northern Policy: Themes, Tensions, and Contradictions
(included two panels, to combine the opportunity for doctoral candidates and junior scholars to participate on a formal panel relevant to their research while also opening the opportunity for mentorship from senior scholars in the field)
ISA-Midwest
2011
- Panel: Hiring Non-Academics: Or What a Former Spy and G-Man Can Do for Your Department & Institution
(discussing experiences in the policy community to address the practitioner/academic divide)
2010
- Roundtable: Establishing effective strategies for job searching at both large and small institutions
- Rountable: Engaged learning in undergraduate research
(featured undergraduates from Hendrix College presenting material from their research trip to Rwanda with their faculty member, Daniel Whelan) - Roundtable: Strategies for success in scholarship and publication
- Workshop: The development of a teaching philosophy and the crafting and revising of a syllabus
ISA-Northeast
2011
- Roundtable: Peace and Conflict Studies (P-Con) at Colgate University: Notes from Teaching an Interdiscipline
(a roundtable on the utility, potential, and challenges of peace and conflict studies) - Paper and Multimedia Presentation panel: Stylizing the Profession: Enfashioning the IR Scholar
(discussing the potential contributions of fashion studies to International Relations) - Roundtable: Performative Pedagogies in IR: Exploring Embodied Learning Practices
(a roundtable and question and answer session on performative pedagogical techniques) - ISA-Northeast Methodology Workshop: Question-and-Answer
(where graduate student participants had opportunities to discuss their work with the faculty participants) - ISA-Northeast Methodology Workshop Podcast: Fred Schaffer
- ISA-Northeast Methodology Workshop Podcast: Alex Montgomery
- ISA-Northeast Methodology Workshop Podcast: LHM Ling
- ISA-Northeast Methodology Workshop Podcast: Sherrill Stroschein
2010
- Roundtable: The utility, potential, and challenges of experiential learning
- Paper and Multimedia Presentation Panel: Teaching
(covering topics such as the challenges and rewards of teaching to foreign students, the pros and cons of data-driven teaching, performance in the IR classroom, integrating map, border, and demographic analysis, and taking advantage of multimedia tools) - Roundtable and Question-and-Answer Session: How to publish in the discipline from a broad variety of perspectives
(with journal editors and senior faculty) - Panel: Exploring the directions and potentialities of the future of the field
(including the relationship between creativity and responsibility in research, the practice of IR at the modern university, and the rediscovery of geography in the field) - Methodology Workshop: Question-and-Answer
(where graduate student participants had opportunities to discuss their work with the faculty participants)
ISA-West
2011
- Two Pedagogy Panels, focusing on developing the teaching skills of new graduate students and junior faculty
- One panel on publications
- One panel linking academics with practitioners in human rights
(and included were participants who practice law) - An author meets critics panel, focusing on cutting edge research in international relations
- One undergraduate panel
2010
- Luncheon and guest speaker Peter W. Singer, Brookings
(based on his book, Wired for War, which addresses the rapid advancement of technology and how this is impacting contemporary warfare)
ISA-South
2011
- Workshop: From Getting a Job to Getting Published: Balancing Life and Work in the Early Stages of Academia
(topics covered included career advice focused on securing a first job, gaining tenure and promotion, publishing, and how to effectively balance teaching, scholarship, and service) - Professional Development Workshop - Establishing a Place in the International Studies Field: Understanding Competing Demands On and Opportunities For Graduate Students and Junior Faculty – an International Perspective (Download PDF)
2010
- Panel: Reflections on an Academic Career from the Long View
(panelists shared insights and lessons learned about such topics as: the academic hiring process, the tenure and promotion, non-academic career opportunities, work-life balance, the importance of service to one's university and department as well as to ISA and ISA-South, the challenges and progress women have made in academia in the past few decades, the value of interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary approaches in International Studies, and the importance of developing outside interests and hobbies during one's career)
