@conference {704976, title = {Empowering First-Year Computer Science Ph.D. Students to Create a Culture that Values Community and Mental Health}, booktitle = {SIGCSE 2023}, year = {2023}, address = {SIGCSE {\textquoteright}23, March 15{\textendash}18, 2023, Toronto, ON, Canada}, abstract = { Doctoral programs often have high rates of depression, anxiety, isolation, and imposter phenomenon. Consequently, graduating students may feel inadequately prepared for research-focused ca- reers, contributing to an attrition of talent. Prior work identifies an important contributing factor to maladjustment: even with prior exposure to research, entering Ph.D. students often have problemat- ically idealized views of science. These preconceptions can become obstacles for students in their own professional growth. Unfor- tunately, existing curricular and extracurricular programming in many doctoral programs fail to include mechanisms to systemati- cally address students{\textquoteright} misconceptions of their profession. In this work, we describe a new initiative at our institution that aims to address Ph.D. mental health via a mandatory seminar for entering doctoral students. The seminar is designed to build professional resilience in students by (1) increasing self-regulatory competence, and (2) teaching students to proactively examine academic cultural values and to participate in shaping them. Our evaluation indicates that students improved in both areas after completing the seminar. }, author = {Yacoby, Yaniv and John Girash and David C. Parkes} } @inbook {102471, title = {Metacognition and Instruction}, booktitle = {Applying the Science of Learning in Education: Infusing psychological science into the curriculum}, year = {2014}, pages = {152-168}, publisher = {Society for the Teaching of Psychology (American Psychological Association, Division 2)}, organization = {Society for the Teaching of Psychology (American Psychological Association, Division 2)}, author = {Girash, J.}, editor = {Benassi, V. A. and Overson, C. E. and Hakala, C. M.} } @inbook {38729, title = {Reflections on Old, New, and Renewed Centers for Teaching and Learning}, booktitle = {Inovações Curriculares 2011, Experiências no Ensino Superior}, year = {2011}, pages = {37-57}, publisher = {Universidade Estadual de Campinas}, organization = {Universidade Estadual de Campinas}, address = {Sao Paulo, Brazil}, url = {http://www.prg.unicamp.br/inovacoes/2011/}, author = {John Girash}, editor = {Elizabete Monteiro de Aguiar Pereira and Dora Maria Grassi-Kassisse and Gabriela Celani} } @article {38673, title = {Talking with Faculty About Cognitive Science and Learning}, journal = {Essays on Teaching Excellence}, volume = {22}, number = {3}, year = {2011}, url = {http://podnetwork.org/publications/2010-2011-essays/}, author = {John Girash} } @mastersthesis {38726, title = {A Fokker-Planck Model of Dense Rotating Stellar Clusters}, year = {2009}, type = {Ph.D. thesis}, address = {Cambridge}, author = {John Girash} } @conference {38725, title = {A Fokker-Planck Model of Rotating Stellar Clusters}, booktitle = {The 12th {\textquoteleft}Kingston Meeting{\textquoteright} on Theoretical Astrophysics: Computational Astrophysics}, year = {1997}, publisher = {Astronomical Society of the Pacific}, organization = {Astronomical Society of the Pacific}, address = {Halifax, NS}, author = {John Girash} }