Getting Off to a Great Start in Academia: Advice from the Other Side of the Tenure Track
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Abstract
Feeling overwhelmed in your new role as faculty member? Wondering how to effectively balance research, teaching, and service as well as work with life? This panel provides frank advice from successful, recently promoted associate professors, who have a unique perspective on making a successful transition from graduate student to leading a research program and teaching in a university or college that requires research scholarship.
Panelists
- Marie desJardins, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
- Cristina Nita-Rotaru, Purdue University
- Kelly Shaw, University of Richmond
- Laurie Williams, North Carolina State University
- Moderator: Sara Sprenkle, Washington and Lee University
Session Focus and Format
Making the transition from graduate student to faculty member can be overwhelming. There are many demands on a faculty member’s time and you no longer have the luxury of focusing on one research problem as in graduate school. Successful junior faculty need to balance research, teaching, and service and find ways to be efficient and effective in all three areas.
The panelists will discuss challenges they faced and advice for succeeding as a faculty member. The panelists have successfully achieved tenure and represent a variety of research areas and institutions. All have applied for and been awarded external funding, have excellent teaching records, and have a history of mentoring women in computer science. They have different backgrounds and have taken different paths to reach their current positions. The panelists are excellent role models who have faced different obstacles and can provide advice to up and coming junior faculty.
The panelists will provide advice about topics, including starting your own research lab, becoming an effective teacher, when to say yes to service requests, work/life balance, and their biggest mistakes. There will be about 25 minutes for audience questions.
Slides
Resources
- Advice from Margo Seltzer about advising graduate students
