Sarah Ku

GSU RCB PhD Fellows

Welcome!

This is an unofficial platform for the Georgia State University Robinson College of Business PhD Fellows.
Please use this page for information about events and resources!

All active students within Robinson’s PhD program automatically become members of the Robinson PhD Fellows student organization. Robinson PhD Fellows fosters a sense of community between doctoral students and facilitates as well as maintains valuable relationships with their peers and faculty. The organization aims to support students in their academic and professional development.

"Robinson Ph.D. Fellows is established for the expressed purpose of fostering a sense of community within the RCB PhD Program and facilitating as well as maintaining valuable relationships both with peers and faculty within the J. Mack Robinson College of Business as well as the wider community of Georgia State University."

We want to hear from you!

Help us decide what topics you want for events this year! We’re also composing a newsletter to highlight professional achievements and personal activities to share every semester so we would love to hear from you! Please take the survey here.

2020-2021 Board Members

Jung Min “Jeremy” Lee
President
Third year, Computer Information Systems

Rongen “Sophia” Zhang
Vice President
Third year, Computer Information Systems

Sarah Ku
Secretary
Fourth year, International Business

Will Olivera Serrano
Treasurer
Second year, Center for Digital Innovation

Events

Accountability Sessions

Anyone who needs some help with self discipline can join in on virtual accountability work sessions. Here are the rules:

  • Phones off/silent and out of reach

  • Cameras on to enforce accountability

  • Microphones muted except to call out someone for being on their phone!

  • Write your goals for the session in the chat

We extend the Pomodoro Technique by cycling through working for 50 minutes and taking a break for 10 minutes. At the end of the session, we will share our progress and whether we reached our goals. This gives us a chance to catch up and socialize a bit as a reward for our hard work!

Virtual Skype meeting link:
https://join.skype.com/ryhFflCQXZWg

Mental Health

  • Sleep

  • Exercise

  • Diet

Presentations

Productivity

  • External storage
    Dropbox | OneDrive | Google Drive | iCloud

  • Reference / Citation programs
    Mendeley | EndNote

  • Tablets
    Google Surface | iPad

  • Task management
    Monday

2021

04/05/2021 - Website Tutorial

Sarah Ku presented a workshop on how to create a website via Squarespace.

03/01/2021 - Stress Management

Doctoral intern Heather Cygan shared a presentation on stress management for the RCB PhD Fellows.

01/20/2021 - Perspectives on the PhD Journey

Learn from fellow PhD students about different stages of the program and how to navigate challenges along the journey!

Speakers

2020

12/17/2020 - Virtual social

Happy holidays, everyone! :-D

09/25/2020 - Virtual Social

Great turnout, everyone! So nice to meet new faces and see familiar ones too! Don’t forget to lean on your fellow Fellows :) Looking forward to our next social!

Tips from Elena Poliakova (5th yr, IB)

  • Read the book "The Professor is In" by Karen Kelsky and her blog: This helped me a lot to navigate the job market (interviews, negotiation, etc.); I wish I had read her book earlier in my PhD journey

  • Focus on methods: Master at least 1 method that is important for your research because new topics appear and you can become interested in new topics / ideas

  • Go to conferences in your field and other fields, just to listen to new ideas and network. Now, many conferences are online, which is very convenient

  • Present, present, present: take any chance to present and get feedback

  • Be aware of local opportunities: Courses at Emory and Georgia Tech, professional community in Atlanta

  • Look at CVs of scholars you admire / colleagues in their 5th year to see what activities you can participate in to have a strong record

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