LERA 13th Annual PhD Student Consortium

"Work in Action:  Scholars without Borders"

What are the differing ways we as scholars in our field can and should serve as actors in labor and employment relations?  How can we transform our interdisciplinary science into interconnected practice?  We hope to use the 2011 LERA Ph.D. student consortium to explore these themes of putting scholarship in action in creative and effective ways in addressing contemporary problems in public policy, economy, management and activism.  This includes traversing boundaries between scholars, policy makers and practitioners and navigating a wide variety of potential career opportunities in both the academic and non-academic sectors.  Toward this end, the consortium will provide time for interaction with both scholars and practitioners, formally and informally.

Tentative Schedule

9:00 am to 9:30 am	Continental Breakfast and Introductions
9:30 am to 10:30 am	Crossing Borders, A Discussion with Recent PhDs
10:30 am to 10:45 am	Break
10:45 am to 11:45 am	University Consortium of Industrial Relations and Human Resources Programs (UCIRHRP) Student Paper Competition Roundtable
11:45 am to 12:00 pm	Break
12:00 pm to 1:00 pm	Lunch with UCIRHRP Deans and Program Heads
1:00 pm to 1:15 pm	Break
1:15 pm to 3:00 pm	Panel Discussion (in association with the LERA/URPE/LAWCHA “Labor Across the Boundaries” program): Where Do We Go from Here? How Should Scholars Talk in and across Disciplines and to Policy Makers, Progressive Employers, Movement Activists, and to the Public?"
3:00 pm to 3:30 pm	Break
3:30 pm to 4:30 pm	Panel Discussion: Scholarship in Action: Practitioner Perspectives
4:30 pm to 5:00 pm	Break
5:00 pm to 6:30 pm	Happy Hour Roundtable Discussion: Work in Action: Scholars without Borders
7:00 pm	Dinner and Evening Social Event

The 2011 Consortium is made possible by these valued Partners:

Cornell University
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Boston University
Rutgers University