Identity and Role as a Postdoc
open activity
To begin, you will reflect on what elements of your professional and personal identities are important to your current position.
Awareness of Multiple Identities
Identity Grid Activity
Discussion Prompts
- What came up for you when you filled out the grid with your most important identities?
- What was easy to choose, what was less easy, and why?
Listen to our colleagues reflect on the differences between the roles of graduate students and postdocs from their perspective. Then our colleagues share how their own transition from graduate student to postdoc was and what parts were particularly difficult. Next, you’ll reflect on the roles that you held as a graduate student and how those compare to your roles as a postdoc.