What are Academic Conferences (And Why Should You Care)?
By Dr. Kristen Willmott

What are Academic Conferences (And Why Should You Care)?

The beginning of a new school year also marks the start of the academic conference season. Some colleges and career offices do a great job relaying the importance of attending professional and academic conferences. Others don’t get to it.

ACADEMIC CONFERENCES: UNDERGRADUATES

Did you know there’s a professional association that allows undergraduate student members in nearly every field—from construction management to French literature, from neuroscience to East Asian studies, from anthropology to entrepreneurship? ?

Did you also know that many colleges offer conference presentation funding to their undergraduates? And that faculty are expected to workshop their research at academic conferences annually??

ACADEMIC CONFERENCES: GRADUATE SCHOOL

If you’re a working professional, see if your employer will fund research conference attendance for you. It’s resume building for you, engagement with top faculty, scholars, practitioners and leaders in your field, plus a potential PR push for them as well as some employee retention points.

Let’s say your field is psychology, a popular field for Top Tier Admissions students. Here are some sample academic conferences this upcoming year that would be worth exploring:

  • National Alliance on Mental Illness: Aug. 23-25, 2023 annual conference in Sacramento, CA. This year’s sessions are on mental health performance, helping underserved communities, and increasing access to mental health services. Check back for 2024 dates!


  • California Psychological Association Annual Conference: Sept. 7-10 in San Diego, CA. As their site notes: Join us for engaging workshops, meaningful discussions, and networking with your colleagues. Face-to-face meetings provide a unique opportunity to build relationships and learn from thought leaders in psychology and from each other.




  • International Convention of Psychological Science Annual Meeting: May 23-26, 2024 in San Francisco. The association that sponsors this conference, called the Association for Psychological Science also has special student programing at each of their annual conferences. Hosted by the?APS Student Caucus, these student-friendly sessions (for high school, college and graduate school attendees) include panels on the field, graduate school pathways, networking opportunities, speakers from assorted disciplines and more.

If you’re seeking to boost the research section of your resume or CV, pursuing an academic conference this year would be a great goal. With a research grant, it’s a win-win: lower travel expenses, conference experience, and a research award for your resume.

We’d love to help research conferences (or publication outlets!) in YOUR field that you could attend, present at and perhaps even win a research grant award for. Believe it or not, that’s PART of the graduate school admissions process. Reach out to us!


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These conferences are so great for our students to attend and get a lot of attention.

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