Independent Scholars Networking Event
Co-organized by: Ronin Institute and IGDORE

Who should come? Ronin Scholars, IGDORE Scholars, and anyone else who wants to come network!

Why should you come? Are you interested in getting to know other independent scholars? We might be “independent”, but that doesn’t mean that we want to work alone. In this networking session, we’ll have a chance to have 1:1 conversations with each other. The goals of the session are to:

• Get to know each other
• Share lessons learned about how we overcome challenges doing scholarship
• Voice our concerns and questions about scholarship
• Create more community with other independent scholars

Session 1: 
Date: Nov 4, 2021
Time: 8:00-9:00 PM US Eastern Time / 00:00-01:00 UTC
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Session 2: 
Date: Nov 5, 2021
Time: 10:00-11:00 AM US Eastern Time / 14:00-15:00 UTC
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Community meetings this week

These meetings are open and welcome for any Research Scholar to attend. Working Groups (WGs) focus on key elements of the Ronin Institute. Interest Groups (IGs) are self-organized groups of Scholars that focus on topics of interest; their goal is to stimulate discussion and enhance collaboration. 

TUESDAY
Post-Scholarship Values Summit meeting
Scope: Working on the post-event products from this event 
Date/Time: Nov 2nd at 12:00 PM–1:00 PM US ET /  16:00-17:00 UTC (Add to your calendar)
Location: www.kumospace.com/ronin_institute

#watercooler chat 
Scope: Catch up with your colleagues in an informal Slack chat by the "watercooler". Sign up to host!
Date/Time: 
- Every Tuesday at 12:00-1:00 PM US ET / 17:00-18:00 UTC (local time) 
- Every Wednesday at 8:00-9:00 AM US ET / 12:00-13:00 UTC (local time)
Location: #watercooler slack channel. If you can't make the specified time, you can always contribute to the chat conversation at anytime in the Slack channel. 

Center for Advancing Mathematics and Physics (CAMP) IG+
Scope: Come join the conversation about Math and Physics, where the group shares information about research, educates each other, and provides advice. 
Date/Time: Every Tuesday at 12:30-1:30 PM US ET / 16:30-17:30 UTC (local time) Add to your calendar
Location: www.kumospace.com/ronin_institute (co-located with Coffee Chat, so feel free to explore other rooms afterwards!)

WEDNESDAY
Infrastructure WG (Slack channel #wg-infrastructure)
Scope: Coordinates and makes recommendations about the technical aspects of Ronin
Date/Time: Nov 3 at 12:30-1:30 PM US ET / 16:30-17:30 UTC (local time) Add to your calendar
Location: Join the Zoom meeting (pswd: RONIN)  

Governance WG (Slack channel #wg-governance)
Scope: Coordinates across all Working Groups & creates decision-making structure for the Ronin Community. It's the best meeting to attend, if you want an overview of what the Institute is up to. 
Date/Time: Nov 3 at 2:00-3:30 PM US ET / 18:00-19:30 UTC (local time)  Add to your calendar
Location: Join the Zoom meeting (pswd: RONIN) 

THURSDAY
Office hours with Jon & Arika
Scope: Answer any questions you have related to the Ronin Institute. 
Date/Time: Every Thursday at 10:30 AM -11:00 PM US ET / 14:30-15:30 UTC (local time) Add to your calendar
Location: Join the Zoom meeting (pswd: RONIN)

If you want to know more about Ronin WGs, email or join us at "Office hours with Jon & Arika"

Here are some of our upcoming events that you have to look forward to. 
 

Ronin Lightning Talks
Date: Nov 23, 2021
Time: 10:00 AM - 10:40 AM US ET / 14:00-14:40 UTC Check your time zone  Add to your calendar
Location: Zoom
Host: John LaRocco
Speakers and topic: 
Cheryl Sundberg: "Virtual Teaching in Pandemic"
Kristin Parker: "Preserving Cultural Heritage in Times of Crisis: The Role of Social Media"
 

Gooble Gobble

Please join me in welcoming the latest additions to our community of Research Scholars.
 

[South Park: Gooble Gobble One of Us]

Alisa Zhila - Natural Language Processing (Computer Science)

Amy Teffer

Arnav Mukhopadhyay - Microwave Photonics, Optical Communication, VLC

Benjamin Stewart

Bryan Quoc Le - Food Science and Technology

Cynthia Turner

Damon Tyerman - Intuition

Daniel Mietchen

Harold Cowherd - Experimental Music Composition

James Dalton

Jeni Hunniecutt - Veteran Studies, Culture, Identity, Communication

Jude Wait

Kate Melody Burmon

Mark Turner

Maryam Funmilayo - Faith-Based Public Health Nutrition

Miloš Todorović - Transdisciplinary - Social Sciences and Humanities

Raffaella Bianucci - Paleopathography, Mummy Studies, Paleopathology

Robert Rovetto - Concept(ual) Engineering, and Spaceflight

Ruby Jane Agullana - Microwave Photonics, Optical Communication, VLC

Sachiko Koyama

Scarleth Herrera

Vladimir Lebedev