Spanish & Portuguese Colloquium: Dr. Chris Eager, "Pursuing a Non-Academic Career after Grad School"

Event Type

Lecture

Sponsor

Department of Spanish and Portuguese

Location

Lucy Ellis Lounge, 1080 Foreign Languages Building, 707 S. Mathews Ave., Urbana

Date

Sep 5, 2019   4:00 pm  

Speaker

Dr. Chris Eager, UIUC PhD alumnus; currently Analytics Consultant at CNA Insurance in Chicago

Cost

Free and open to the public.

Contact

Carolyn Fornoff

E-Mail

cfornoff@illinois.edu

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Originating Calendar

School of Literatures, Cultures and Linguistics Calendar

Abstract: Navigating the corporate world requires many of the same skills graduate students use every day.  In this talk, I'll share my experiences working as a data scientist in the insurance industry after finishing my Ph.D. in Spanish Linguistics, and how I made the transition out of academia.