Future Faculty and Academic Careers

Academic Job Search Series: Developing a Narrative For Your Teaching Statement
2022-07-13 12:00 - 13:30 (America/New_York) | Zoom
Through presentation and discussion, we will explore essential elements of a teaching statement for an academic job application. You’ll leave prepared to start your first draft Teaching Statement or to revise an existing one to make sure it accurately reflects your beliefs and experience.
Presenters: Derina Samuel, Associate Director for Graduate Student Development, Center for Teaching Innovation and Colleen McLinn, Executive Director for Future Faculty and Academic Careers, Cornell Graduate School
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Co-sponsored by the Office of Postdoctoral Studies and Future Faculty and Academic Careers, as part of the Graduate School’s Academic Job Search Series.

Academic Job Search Series: Writing a Statement of Contributions to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
2022-07-20 12:00 - 13:30
Come discuss how to approach writing the diversity statement sometimes requested as part of academic faculty or postdoctoral job applications. We will share examples and guidance from Cornell and other colleges and universities and prompt you to think about ways in which you do, or could, contribute to a university’s mission
Facilitators: Christine Holmes, Director of Postdoctoral Studies; Colleen McLinn, Executive Director for Future Faculty and Academic Careers, Cornell Graduate School; Derina Samuel, Associate Director for Graduate Student Development, Center for Teaching Innovation
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Co-sponsored by the Office of Postdoctoral Studies and Future Faculty and Academic Careers, as part of the Graduate School’s Academic Job Search Series.

POSTPONED: Academic Job Search Series: Writing a Research Statement for a Primarily Undergraduate Institution
2022-07-27 12:00 - 13:30
Through an interactive online discussion, presenter Dr. Jeffrey Werner (Professor of Chemistry at SUNY Cortland) will help job-seekers interested in faculty positions at four-year colleges and universities (e.g., primarily undergraduate institutions, or PUIs) outline a research statement that highlights plans to mentor undergraduate students in research.
Presenter: Jeffrey Werner, Associate Professor of Chemistry, SUNY Cortland
July 27 Announcement: We have had to postpone the event on short notice due to illness. Please stay tuned for informations about any future rescheduling. A video of the 2021 presentation is available through Cornell Video on Demand here.
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Co-sponsored by the Office of Postdoctoral Studies and Future Faculty and Academic Careers, as part of the Graduate School’s Academic Job Search Series.
