A Workshop to Grow Your Network and Personal Brand
Join Dr. Joan Palmiter Bajorek, SLAT Alumna, in her workshop based on her new book Your AI Roadmap: Actions to Expand Your Career, Money, and Joy (Wiley 2025). This workshop is for SLAT community members, and is designed for those who want to consider jobs in the language/tech industry.
The workshop will cover:
Based on 2 billion data points, this workshop will have discussions on a data-driven, people-first approach. The hands-on session focuses on goal setting and LinkedIn curation to help you showcase your skills and connect with employers.
Entrepreneur, Investor, and AI Influencer, Dr. Joan Palmiter Bajorek is a global leader in AI with CEO, VP, advisory, and senior roles at AI startups and enterprises, including Clarity AI, Nuance, VERSA, and Edward Lifesciences. Joan is the Founder of Women in Voice, 501(c)(3) with 20+ chapters and social media that reaches 65,000+ globally. She is the CEO of Clarity AI, creating custom AI and data products for scaling SMB. She has been ranked the #4 Voice AI influencer by Voicebot. As podcast host of “Your AI Roadmap,” Joan interviews executives from Google, Microsoft, Adobe, Amazon, ViralMoment, and more about current AI projects and career trajectories.
Her first book “Your AI Roadmap: Actions to Expand Your Career, Money, and Joy” is published with Wiley and came out in early January 2025.
She is a CES and VentureBeat speaker and Harvard Business Review published author. She holds a PhD from the University of Arizona in Second Language Acquisition and Teaching (focus: Multimodal AI) and a MA from the University of California, Davis. She holds a BFA in Photomedia and a BA in French from the University of Washington. She lives in Seattle, WA.
Dr. Ofelia Zepeda, Dr. Sheilah Nicholas, and Dr. Aresta Tsosie-Paddock received a 5-year grant from the Department of Education to fund the new West Region Native American Language Resource Center. This center is one of only four designated by the U.S. Department of Education to lead a collective effort to empower tribal communities across the country to revitalize and maintain their languages. More information about the center can be found here: https://news.arizona.edu/news/new-center-help-lead-national-indigenous-…
Research poster session with GIDP students from all over campus
Join us for the annual GIDP Student Research Showcase, on Thursday, December 12th, 3:00 pm – 4:30 pm in the North Ballroom of the Student Union Memorial Center. For those who have never attended one of these showcases, this is a great event that includes student research poster presentations from each of the 19 GIDP programs. Two of SLAT's students, Yulia Mikheeva and Mukaddes Coban Postaci, will be presenting posters displaying each of their research projects/interests.
Please come and support our students and our GIDPs, and stay for as little or long as you’d like. The link to RSVP ahead of time is here: https://events.trellis.arizona.edu/en/f44lNu67/2024-graduate-interdisci…
