Stanford's Enhancing Diversity in Graduate Education (EDGE) Doctoral Fellowship Program aims to recruit and retain outstanding doctoral students who have the potential to contribute to the diversity of their academic fields and departments. In EDGE Insights videos, EDGE Mentors and Fellows share their Stanford graduate experience. From finding a supportive community to selecting a PhD advisor, these videos offer unique insights from your peers and cover a wide range of topics relevant to graduate students.
Stanford's Linnea Williams discusses some simple tools that you can use to make sure that you're working on the right things at the right time. Because there will always be more than you can do.. Follow the video with the session's slides and explore more resources below. (recorded March 2018)
Stanford's Dave Evans discusses the art of informational interviews in this Quick Bytes preview of the popular d.school course, Designing the Professional. Follow the video with the session's slides and explore more resources below. (recorded October 2016)
Learn how to work with people of diverse backgrounds, how to be welcoming and inclusive in your language and behavior, and how to combat your own feelings of exclusion in this Fellows Forum workshop presented by Stanford School of Medicine's Terrance R. Mayes. Follow the video with the session's slides and explore more resources below. (recorded July 2016)
Hume's Sarah Peterson Pittock provides just-in-time advice on preparing your fellowship applications in this Quick Bytes. Follow the video with the session's slides and find more resources below. (recorded October 2015)