In this interactive workshop presented by CIRCLE and CTLI designed for a graduate student audience, you’ll hear advice from CIRCLE leaders and MSU faculty about their experiences with interdisciplinary collaboration, research, and teaching, and leave with a personalized plan to identify, frame, and communicate your interdisciplinary skills and goals. 

This workshop will provide tools to identify and communicate your interdisciplinary skills and share practices that contribute to strong interdisciplinary collaboration. We will discuss personal experiences and the challenges of navigating academic institutions as an interdisciplinarian, and provide worksheets to guide participants’ own projects. Participants will also have access to frameworks and scaffolding for thinking through communicating your interdisciplinary research and collaboration strengths and goals. There will be a facilitated QnA where you can get advice for your situation. Participants will have the opportunity to reflect on their own interdisciplinary strengths and work on individualized plans for framing and communicating your experiences within your work and to your institution, colleagues, or on the job market.

Coffee and light snacks will be provided. Participants are welcome to bring a brown bag lunch for informal networking in the last hour of the workshop.

This workshop is suggested for anyone interested in applying for the 2026-27 CIRCLE grad fellowship and the CIRCLE graduate affiliates program.