Getting Ready for an Academic Career (PFF) Conference
Planning a career in academe? This half-day conference is designed to help graduate students and postdoctoral scholars prepare for the transition to faculty jobs. The plenary and concurrent sessions will offer materials and strategies to learn about what it means to pursue an academic career and how to prepare for the job search process. Lunch will be provided. Enrollment is limited.
Sponsored by Rackham Graduate School, The Career Center, International Center and CRLT
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Featured Conference Session: What's It Like To Be a Postdoctoral Scholar?
Thinking about a postdoc after graduation? This interdisciplinary panel will offer strategies for getting a postdoctoral position, as well as working productively at one.
Mary Wright, Director of Assessment and Associate Research Scientist, CRLT (Moderator)
Kris Gorman, Postdoctoral Research Associate, CRLT (Co-Moderator)
Jennifer Emery-Peck, Visiting Professor/Postdoctoral Fellow in English, Oberlin College
Donald Lopez, Chair of the Michigan Society of Fellows; Department Chair and A.E. Link Distinguished University Professor of Buddhist Studies, Asian Languages and Cultures
Luanna Prevost, Postdoctoral Research Associate, Center for Engineering Education Research (CEER), Michigan State University
Michele Swanson, Director, Office of Postdoctoral Studies, Medical School, U-M; Professor, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, U-M Medical School
