Programs

The BAF Fellows Workshops are designed for and in collaboration with the BAF Fellows. They are the basis of the BAF’s work to facilitate a successful peer network and professional training experience. Held three times a year, they promote professional development and completion of graduate programs, through special focus on specific benchmarks that have proven to be potential stumbling blocks for students pursuing advanced degrees. This includes presentations by academics and practitioners that provide guidance on such topics as:

• Comprehensive exams preparation
• Dissertation preparation and defense
• Development of grant and dissertation proposals
• Committee selection
• Preparation for publishing academic and grey literature
• Networking and academic collaboration
• Career/salary negotiations

These workshops are essential bonding and educational opportunities in which students can broaden their perspectives, learn of new and emerging research, assess their own progress and intellectual growth within the field, and identify potential employers or post‐doctoral mentors. At these workshops, the Fellows have opportunities to present their research and practice key skills. As with the webinars, there are several workshop sessions that are student-led, providing an opportunity for them to fine-tune and demonstrate their organizing, planning and research skills as well as exhibiting their skills to leaders in the fields of hazards and disaster research, policy, and practice, their mentors and potential employers.