GRADUATE ASSISTANT RESOURCES
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Graduate Assistant (GA) Guide: Tips for Effective Professional Communication with Supervisors and Peers |
Professional Interaction: Communication is one of the most often listed skills in job postings across all fields. During graduate assistantships, communication is important for conveying your work and gaining interest in your work. It’s worth investing time in improving. For a student, the benefits of effective communication skills can be seen everywhere from interpersonal relationships to research progress.
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Effective, Audience-Aware Communication
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- Know the audience, adjust language and detail level with supervisors and peers
- Plan communication with intent, prepare agendas, outlines, or materials before meetings to ensure clarity and efficiency
- Communicate across roles, apply strong communication skills in both instructional duties and professional tasks
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Professional Growth, Relationships, and Self-Advocacy
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Develop communication as a professional skill, practice speaking, writing, and presenting
- Build productive supervisory and mentoring relationships, learn your supervisor’s expectations and communication style, and maintain regular updates
- Advocate for needs and success, ask questions, request resources, guidance, and feedback as needed
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Quick GA Checklist:
Audience-Aware Communication
Enhanced Professional Relationships
Self-Advocacy
Reference Resources:
Massachusetts Institute of Technology EECS Communications Lab, How to Communicate in Grad School highlights aspects such as audience, skill development, planning for research work, supervisor relationships, and self-advocacy.
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