Agenda

Negotiating the Ideal Faculty Position Workshop September 19-21, 2010

Made possible by an ADVANCE Institutional Transformation Award to Rice University

List of presentations and corresponding resource

Sunday evening keynote speaker

• Stepping Stones: I Got By With A Little Help From My Friends

  Cindy Farach-Carson
  Associate Vice Provost for Research
  Professor of Biochemistry, Cell Biology and Bioengineering

Monday morning panel discussions

• What Is A Search Committee Looking For? Putting Together A Successful Faculty Application: Research Statements, CVs, Cover Letters, Letters of Recommendation, and More

  Seiichi Matsuda (CHEM)
  Jennifer West (BIOE)
  Randi Martin(PSYC)

• How To Stand Out In The Interview

  David Scott (STAT)

• How to Maximize the Impact of Your Interview Seminar

  Emilia Morosan (PHYA)

• Finding the Right Institutional Fit For You: How to (Safely) Find Out About the Culture of the Department and College

  Amina Qutub (BIOE)
  Ilinca Stanciulescu (CEVE)
  James McLurkin (CS)

Monday lunch speaker

• Fear of Failure, Fear of Success

  Mikki Hebl – Professor of Psychology

Monday afternoon panel discussions

• Understanding the Tenure Process

  Jennifer West (BIOE)
  Kathy Matthews (BCB)

• How to Obtain Funding

  Theresa Good (NSF/UMBC)

• Balancing Work and Life
• Handout: Work – Life Balance

  Carrie Masiello (ESCI)
  Joff Silberg (BCB)
  Hadley Wickham (STAT)
  Junghae Suh (BIOE)

• Technical Presentation Skills

  Tracy Volz (School of Engineering)

Tuesday morning panel discussions

• Building Your Research Group: Non-Experimental Transitioning to Independence

  Jamie Padgett (CEVE)
  Danijela Damjanovic (MATH)
  Tatiana Schnur (PSYC)

• Building Your Lab – Experimental: Transitioning to Independence

  Bonnie Bartel (BCB)
  Rob Griffin (CEVE)

• Teaching Your First Course: Balancing Teaching and Research

  Jane Grande-Allen (BIOE)
  Yousif Shamoo (BCB)
  Fred Oswald (PSYC)

• How and When To Negotiate a Good Start Up Package

  Brendan Hassett (MATH)
  Janet Braam (BCB)

• Managing a Research Group: Lessons Learned

  Vicki Colvin, Kenneth S. Pitzer-Schlumberger Professor of Chemistry and Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering