Last Wednesday, C&I held its final Pro-Seminar of the year, “What is/are Data?” The purpose of this event was to provide graduate students with the opportunity to learn about how senior scholars think about and take up basic assumptions and orientations in their research.

C&I Professor, Tim Lensmire moderated the event. Professors Nicola Alexander (OLPD), Michael Harwell (Ed Psych), and Cynthia Lewis (C&I) prepared and shared short answers to the question “what is/are data?” followed by responses from Professors Bic Ngo (C&I) and Michael Rodriguez (Ed Psych).

After the initial presentation and responses, the audience (which numbered well over 50 attendees) and the panel engaged in a lively question and answer period. The panel did a wonderful job of sharing evocative and thoughtful answers to the session’s guiding question and to the important questions asked by the audience.

C&I Pro-seminars are short, content-rich seminars that our faculty have developed to help graduate students navigate the sometimes murky ocean of academia (e.g. conference-going, dissertations, job searches, etc.). To see videos of our recent Pro-Seminar events, please visit our Current Ph.D. Students Resource page. To stay abreast of upcoming C&I events, please see the C&I events page.