Making Connections Committee Programming

Making Connections Committee

Year-round programming · Making Connections Committee

Making Connections Committee programming

The Making Connections Committee runs year-round programs that help members feel at home in the OB community, welcome newcomers, and connect scholars across the field. Explore the current programs below.

These programs run throughout the calendar year, alongside the committee's work at the AOM Annual Meeting. Most are open to the whole OB community; some are tailored to a particular stage or audience. Recordings are shared where a session has already been held.

Halfway There PDW poster

Halfway There

A virtual PDW for pre-dissertation doctoral students, helping mid-program PhD students begin establishing themselves as independent scholars, with sessions tailored to three global time zones.

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Outside the Ivory Tower PDW poster

Outside the Ivory Tower

An off-cycle PDW series where we interview leading scholars on their experiences sharing research with public audiences through books, columns, podcasts, and other media.

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Shaping the future of the OB Division event poster

Shaping the future of the OB Division

A live, behind-the-scenes conversation between the Making Connections Committee and the Executive Committee on how the Division works and how members can help shape its future.

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Welcome-a-Member program poster

Welcome-a-Member

A peer welcome program for new OB Division members, matching newcomers with an existing member to meet ahead of the annual meeting and get guidance on navigating the conference.

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Committee leadership

Anna Lennard

Anna Lennard

Committee Chair

Nitya Chawla

Nitya Chawla

Committee Co-Chair

Lauren Locklear

Lauren Locklear

Committee Co-Chair

About the committee

Learn how the Making Connections Committee works, who leads it, and how to get involved.

Meet the Making Connections Committee