ABSTRACT

How confident and comfortable are you talking about your skills with a non-academic audience?  Join us to develop strategies for identifying relevant skills gained during your graduate program and effectively communicating how the skills from your master’s or PhD are valuable to organizations in different industries/fields.

BIOGRAPHY

Erin Brown is the Interim Assistant Director for UCLA’s Graduate Career Services, providing career exploration and professional development programming, as well as individual career coaching, to UCLA graduate students and post-doctoral scholars.  Having completed her PhD in History at UCLA, she has a deep connection to UCLA’s graduate communities and is committed to helping graduate students successfully pursue their career goals.  Erin brings a wealth of industry experience to this position by having worked at two multi-national corporations (including Toyota), as well as having founded and operated a preservation consulting firm in northern California.  While at UCLA, she taught in multiple departments and was a writing consultant for UCLA’s Gradate Writing Center.  She has previously taught at CSU Chico, where she holds a master’s degree in Construction Management.  An ardent advocate of thinking outside the box and testing limits, Erin enthusiastically supports students who want to use their graduate training in innovative and unexpected ways.