Career/Researcher Development Workshops

Dr Hugh Crumley

Hugh Crumley, PhD, SFHEALink opens in a new window, is Assistant Dean for Academic Affairs and Director of College Teaching Programs at the Duke University Graduate School. His work focuses on supporting PGRs and ECRs in their development as university teachers and academics, with particular interests in reflective practice, interdisciplinary peer learning, and preparation for academic careers.

This workshop is jointly supported by three PhD candidates from Duke University, which offers rich networking opportunities with like-minded PGRs and ECRs from the US. They are

Anna-Paden Carson is a sixth-year PhD candidate in Duke University’s Department of Romance Studies, specialising in Hispanic and Latin American cultural studies. Before beginning graduate school, she taught English and Spanish in K-12 education and has continued her work in the classroom leading modules in both the Spanish and academic writing programs at Duke.

Jing Hao Liong is a PhD candidate in the Department of Cultural Anthropology at Duke University. His research and teaching interests sit at the intersection of migration studies, the anthropology of labour, and global governance.

Siobhan Duffy is a fifth-year PhD candidate in the Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, where her research focuses on understanding how the fungal pathogen Cryptococcus neoformans responds to alkaline stress. Her thesis research involves identifying kinases important for the alkaline stress response and investigating their molecular mechanisms and downstream targets. She also enjoys applying her research to mentoring and introducing undergraduate students to the research process, helping them develop their scientific skills and curiosity.

What is the workshop about?

How can encounters with colleagues from other disciplines become a source of inquiry into our own academic practice? This 90-minute interactive workshop draws on the peer-observation component of Duke University’s Certificate in College TeachingLink opens in a new window to explore how non-evaluative peer observation, dialogue, and reflection can support interdisciplinary thinking among postgraduate researchers and early-career academics. Dr Hugh Crumley will introduce the model and the research behind it, while three Duke doctoral co-facilitators share what they learned from observing teaching beyond their own disciplines. Warwick participants, including those new to teaching, will then consider how similar structured encounters might strengthen reflective practice, professional development, and interdisciplinary research culture across disciplinary, linguistic, and institutional boundaries.