This page supports the Johns Hopkins University PhD Leadership Education and Development workshop series (PHD-LEAD), funded by a grant under the PhD Professional Development Innovation Initiative (PPDII).
Past and Upcoming Professional Development Programming
Topic | Date/Time |
Instructor |
Personal Finance for PhDs: Insure People and Property |
September 21, 2022, noon to 1:30pm | Prof. Yuval Bar-Or |
Personal Finance for PhDs: Plan for Retirement |
May 25, 2022, noon to 1:30pm | Prof. Yuval Bar-Or |
Personal Finance for PhDs: Understand Investing Basics |
April 20, 2022, noon to 1:30pm | Prof. Yuval Bar-Or |
Contract and Salary Negotiation |
March 23, 2022, noon to 1:30pm | Prof. Yuval Bar-Or |
Developing Effective Communication Skills for PhDs |
February 23, 2022, noon to 1:30pm | Prof Steven Cohen |
Cryptocurrencies and Blockchain for PhDs |
January 26, 2022, noon to 1:30pm | Prof. Jim Liew |
Digital Marketing & Personal Branding |
November 17, 2021, noon to 1:30pm | Prof. Chris Harris |
Leading Teams |
October 20, 2021, noon to 1:30pm | Prof. Chris Myers |
Project Management Basics Part 1 |
September 29, 2021, noon to 1:30pm | Prof. Yuval Bar-Or |
Design Thinking | June 16, 2021, noon to 1:30pm | Adj. Prof. Danielle Piccinini Black |
Finance for the Non-Financially-Inclined Manager |
May 19, 2021, noon to 1:30pm | Prof. Yuval Bar-Or |
Contract and Salary Negotiation |
April 21, 2021, noon to 1:30pm | Prof. Yuval Bar-Or |
Fundamentals of Contract Law |
March 24, 2021, noon to 1:30pm | Prof. Stacey Lee |
Entrepreneurship: An Introduction to the Business Model Canvas |
February 24, 2021, noon to 2:00pm | Prof. Supriya Munshaw |
Accounting for the Non-Accountant: Manage Your Organization Better |
January 20, 2021, noon to 1:30pm |
Prof. Jordan Rippy |
Personal Financial Planning - Introduction (content is similar to prior session offered on June 10, 2020). | Dec. 4, 2020, noon to 1:00pm | Prof. Yuval Bar-Or |
Mentoring for Professional Success | Nov. 4, 2020, noon to 2pm | Vice-Dean Kevin Frick |
Leading Teams | Oct. 7 2020, noon to 1:30pm | Prof. Chris Myers |
Developing Effective Communication Skills | Sep. 18 2020, noon to 2pm | Prof. Steven Cohen |
Digital Marketing & Personal Branding | Aug. 5, 2020, noon to 1:30pm | Prof. Chris Harris |
Negotiation Strategies for Professional Success | July 9, 2020, noon to 1:30pm | Prof. Brian Gunia |
Personal Finance for Ph.D. Students | June 10, 2020, noon to 1:30pm | Prof. Yuval Bar-Or |
Contract and Salary Negotiation | May 13, 2020, noon to 1:30pm | Prof. Yuval Bar-Or |
If you're a PhD student or equivalent at one of the 7 Johns Hopkins Schools,* you may add yourself to the mailing list to be informed of upcoming professional development workshops.
* The JHU Schools involved in this initiative are:
Business Essentials Certificate of Completion
Attending seven unique sessions offered in this program along with a professional development session offered by your school's career office makes you automatically eligible for a Business Essentials Certificate of Completion from the Carey Executive Education office. We track attendance at each session so we'll be able to confirm your eligibility. Once your attendance is confirmed the certificate will be processed and an electronic version will be sent to you. Please contact Dr. Yuval Bar-Or at the Carey Business School with any questions.
Upcoming Personal Finance Programming
Resources permitting, the plan is to offer the following sequence of webinars (calendar is tentative)
Topic |
Date / Time (Fridays) |
Personal Financial Planning - Introduction |
December 4, 2020 / Noon to 1pm |
Know Your Net Worth, Assets, and Liabilities |
December 11, 2020 / Noon to 1pm |
Manage & Minimize Debt |
December 18, 2020 / Noon to 1pm |
Accumulate Assets |
January 8, 2021 / Noon to 1pm |
Budget to Live Within Your Means |
January 15, 2021 / Noon to 1pm |
Understand Investing Basics |
January 22, 2021 / Noon to 1pm |
Plan for Retirement |
January 29, 2021 / Noon to 1pm |
Insure People and Property |
February 12, 2021 / Noon to 1pm |
Deal with Financial Advisors |
February 19, 2021 / Noon to 1pm |
Decision Making Biases |
February 26, 2021 / Noon to 1pm |
You may use the Contact Us page on this site to reach out with any questions or suggestions. Please indicate clearly in the subject line that your comment is related to the PPDII.
Disclaimer: Johns Hopkins University is not involved in the Pillars of Wealth initiative. This page simply serves as a temporary location for eligible JHU graduate students to sign up for information regarding professional development workshops to be delivered online or on the JHU campus.