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Office of the Provost

Professional Development Guest Speakers

Our institute Director, Dr. Janice Bially Mattern frequently serves as a guest speaker in various PhD professional development courses on campus. Please feel free to contact us at virs@villanova.edu if you are a PhD student interested in a session on one of the topics below; or if you are a faculty member interested in having VIRS contribute your PhD students' professional development  by leading a seminar one of the following areas:

  • Research Pipelining
  • Creating a Dissertation Plan
  • Authorship and the Peer Review Process
  • Revision Strategies: Making the Best of Critical Feedback
  • Working with your Dissertation Committee