This workshop pulls back the curtain on the academic hiring process to help postdocs transition into tenure-track faculty roles. By viewing the hiring process through the eyes of a search committee, participants will learn exactly how their application materials are screened, scored, and short-listed. Attendees will gain actionable insights into committee processes and practices and learn how to strategically align their CVs, cover letters, and research statements with institutional expectations. By the end of this workshop, participants will be able to:

• Identify search committee processes and practices that are unique to tenure-track faculty searches
• Identify strategies to strengthen their application materials for tenure-track faculty positions
• Anticipate institutional rubrics used by committees to evaluate departmental fit and future funding potential
• Diagnose and correct common application red flags that lead to early elimination during the initial screening phase.

Instructors

Robin Macaluso, University of Texas at Arlington

Schedule

This one-session online event meets on Wednesday, September 23rd at 8-9pm Gulf / 12-1pm Eastern / 11am-12pm Central / 9-10am Pacific/Arizona.

Audience

This session is open to graduate students and postdocs from any discipline who are curious about the tenure-track faculty application process. Examples and language in the session will be geared towards STEM disciplines and postdoctoral experiences.

Registration

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This workshop has no cap, and registration opens on Monday, August 17th at 10am CT. Once registration opens, it will remain open until the day of the event.

Accessibility

If you have access needs, please let us know what they are. Contact Zoe Zuleger (zmzuleger@wisc.edu), who is supporting this event, to let us know how we can help you have a successful experience. In addition to meeting individualized needs, we will also take measures throughout the event to support accessibility for all our students:

• Enabling live captioning in synchronous sessions
• Incorporating multiple modes of interaction into synchronous sessions

About CIRTL Programming

CIRTL Network programming is designed to develop future faculty committed to implementing and advancing evidence-based teaching practices to create undergraduate educational experiences that are accessible to all learners. Participants can explore our programming in any order, and to whatever extent supports your own teaching development needs and interests. To help participants understand what they can expect across all our programming, all CIRTL programming aligns with four broad learning goals; within those goals, programming might provide participants improving evidence-based teaching.

This event supports the following CIRTL learning goals:

• Goal 1: Develop evidence-based teaching knowledge. See more Goal 1 programming.
• Goal 3: Cultivate teaching skills through reflective improvement. See more Goal 3 programming.