The Art and Science of Professional Relationships: The Art of Awareness
Yan Li, Psy.D., Associate Dean for Graduate Programs, and Maria LaMonaca Wisdom, Ph.D., Assistant Vice Provost for Faculty Development
What is a healthy “relationship with self” and why is it a critical foundation for building relationships with others? We will discuss practices and tools to enhance self-awareness, including personal values clarification, aligning values and strengths with professional goals, and articulating relevant needs and growth areas.
This workshop is the first in a series, The Art and Science of Professional Relationships: Evidence-Based Practices for Graduate Student Success.
Professional relationships are as important as ideas in graduate education, contributing to student learning, research development, personal wellbeing, and career success. This workshop series offers students a reflective, collegial space and evidence-based tools for building productive relationships with mentors, graduate faculty, research collaborators, and peers. The series fulfills Responsible Conduct of Research (RCR) training and also integrates frameworks from the relationship-based helping professions of therapy and professional coaching.
Learning outcomes. Participants will:
- Gain an appreciation for professional relationship-building as an essential learned practice;
- Understand the attributes of healthy professional relationships, including reciprocity, mutual positive regard, and trust;
- Develop effective practices to support relationship-building, including self-reflection, initiating connection, and active listening;
- Acquire a range of tested frameworks and tools to support-relationship building;
- Emerge feeling more confident and competent about building professional relationships
Each in-person session will be two hours long, and lunch will be provided. Facilitators: Yan Li, Associate Dean for Graduate Programs; and Maria Wisdom, Assistant Vice Provost for Faculty Advancement.
Attending this workshop earns participants 2 hours of RCR credit. You must arrive on time and stay through the entire workshop. For questions regarding RCR credit, please contact the RCR team at grad-rcr@duke.edu.
Additional Location Information
Directions : If you are coming from the Bryan Center Plaza/Bookstore area, walk past both Penn Pavilion and the Campus Pharmacy. On your right, you will see the entrance to the Duke Student Wellness Center (there is a sign above the entrance).
Once you enter the building, turn left and go through the double doors labeled “Campus Smiles, Student Health, Counseling and Psychological Services.”
After passing through those doors, you will see an elevator bay on your right. Near the elevators, look for a door labeled “144” with an arrow. Go through that door and follow the posted arrows to your destination.
Art and Science of Professional Relationships, Communication, Professional Development, Professionalism and Scholarly Integrity, Responsible Conduct of Research (RCR), Self Awareness, Teaching and Mentoring