Resources for Graduate Students

General Resources

Gibson Online is Tulane’s primary resource for all members of the community. Here students can access their billing account, academic records, employee records, safety plans, class registration etc.

Other resources include:

Jennifer O’Brien-Brown, MBA
Assistant Director for OGPS
Email: jobrien2@tulane.edu
Jennifer O’Brien-Brown oversees the Office of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies under Associate Provost Michael Cunningham. She is the key contact for the office and interacts directly with graduate students and postdoctoral fellows across the university. Jennifer works with the Director to provide strategic support for graduate and postdoctoral studies at Tulane, advises the Graduate Studies Student Association (GSSA), plans events for various populations, and supervises communications from the office.
Nha Nguyen
Administrative Program Coordinator
Email: nnguyen14@tulane.edu
Nha handles operations and administrative support for OGPS events and communications for graduate students and postdoctoral fellows. She coordinates routine events such as Donut Days, Community Co-working, and assists the Assistant Director with programming major events. Nha processes Concur reimbursements of travel awards for students and postdocs after it is approved by the Assistant Director and assists internal transfers. Regarding communications, she maintains the OGPS website, social media, and publishes weekly bulletins. For questions, you contact Nha via email.

Academic Resources

Lauren Lukkarila, PhD

Academic & Professional Development Support Specialist for OGPS
Senior Professor of Practice
Email: llukkarila@tulane.edu
Lauren develops and implements programs to help graduate students improve their academic speaking, reading, listening, and writing skills. She also has significant experience working with international and remote students to address the unique challenges those populations face. Students can email Lauren to schedule an appointment.

Career Resources

Ryan Stivers, MA
Senior Academic and Career Adviser for OGPS
Email: rstivers@tulane.edu
Ryan Stivers is the Senior Academic and Career Counselor for the Office of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies. Ryan is responsible for all facets of career services across 4 schools, 1300+ Master’s and PhD students, 100+ postdoctoral fellows, and 50+ departments. His responsibilities include overall systems design and management, one-on-one career services coaching, career services workshops, asynchronous career materials development, and managing career data outcomes, including OGPS’s first major graduate-level First Destination Survey. You can schedule an appointment online at ogpscareer.youcanbook.me

 

 

For career resources from OGPS such as workshops, relevant articles, and more: https://ogps.tulane.edu/career-resources

Versatile PhD (found in Tulane’s career resources page) is designed for non-academic career help. It allows you to look at real resumes and cover letters of PhDs that were recently hired, gives first-person stories of career development and details information on a wide range of PhD career paths. New members can just create a VPhD account and have access.

Health Resources

Student health resources can be found at the Campus Health website. Here you can schedule appointments at the student health center, find information on counseling services (CAPS), and find information on student health insurance (Insurance and Billing).

All full time students must have a Tulane approved health insurance plan. Students enrolled in the school insurance plan who are not PhD candidates yet, are required to pay the student health center fee each year. They may then have access to the student health center for visits without a copay.

For health insurance information related to international students, please visit the OISS website.