Optimizing the Advisor-Advisee Relationship

In this workshop, you will learn how to navigate your relationship with your research advisor. We will concentrate on setting mutual expectations and maintaining effective communications during your time working together on your research projects. In other words, how to “Mentor Up” so that you can be more productive and avoid the communication pitfalls that many graduate students experience.

About Jana Stone

Jana Stone is director of Professional Development and Postdoctoral Services within the Office of the Vice Provost for Graduate Education and Faculty Development at Georgia Tech. Stone manages a team that includes graduate career advising, the Graduate Co-op and internship program, and postdoctoral services. She has been at Georgia Tech since 2013, when she was hired to establish the Office of Postdoctoral Services. She has served on the Board of Directors of the National Postdoctoral Association and is a member of a Graduate Career Consortium's benchmarking and career outcomes committees. Stone earned a Ph.D. in genetics and molecular biology from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and a bachelor’s of science in microbiology from Indiana University. As a postdoctoral fellow at the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, her research focused on DNA replication and mutagenesis.