Dual Career Issues and Faculty Worklife Balance
Moderated by Cynthia Hudgins, NSF ADVANCE Project
This panel discussion is composed of faculty and administrative staff representing diverse academic disciplines.  The panelists have partners with academic or professional careers, and children.  All panelists are managing the demands, challenges, and joys of two-career families, academic careers, and parenting.  Each panelist will speak briefly about the experiences of balancing the multiple aspects of their lives, and time will be provided for the audience to ask questions.

Getting Started with Your C.V.
Lynne Sebille-White, Senior Assistant Director, The Career Center
Your written materials are usually the first chance a search committee has to assess your candidacy. Find out how to make the most of your documents and make a strong first impression. This session will be geared to those who are beginning to craft their C.V.s, or who are turning a previous resume into a C.V.

Negotiating an Academic Job Offer
Cynthia Finelli, Coordinator of Engineering Education, CRLT
Cathy Bach, Eastern Michigan University
Laura Morgan Roberts, Harvard University
You’ve been offered the job – now what?  This session will offer different disciplinary and institutional perspectives on strategies for arranging a work environment that is conducive to your success as a faculty member. The discussants in the “Life After the Ph.D.” session will participate on a panel, moderated by a former engineering professor at Kettering University.

Practicing Interviews
Facilitated by Mary Wright , Coordinator of Graduate Student Instructor (GSI) initiatives, CRLT
Colin Roust, Oberlin College
Jess Roberts, Albion College
Harriet Lindsay, Associate Professor, Chemistry Department, Eastern Michigan University
This highly-interactive workshop gives you a unique opportunity to fine-tune your interviewing skills. Participants will engage in a series of mock interviews that focus in on three key moments during the interview process: (1) an introduction and rationale for why you would like the position, (2) a discussion of your research, and (3) a conversation about your teaching. Attendees will voluntarily have the opportunity to try out different strategies for answering and asking questions during this key part of the job search process. (For those just beginning to think about the interviewing process, “Interviewing for the Academy” provides more of an overview.)

Developing Your Teaching Philosophy
Deborah Meizlish, Coordinator of Social Science Initiatives, CRLT
Many academic employers are now requiring a teaching philosophy statement as part of the application process.  In this interactive session we will discuss the benefits of writing a teaching philosophy, examine sample philosophies, and work through activities designed to help participants start writing their own philosophy.  We will also focus on other ways that participants can represent their teaching experiences in addition to the philosophy statement. This session will be offered again at 2:45.

Tenure and Faculty Worklife
Edie Goldenberg, Professor of Political Science, LSA, and School of Public Policy
Constance Cook, CRLT
Jess Roberts, Assistant Professor of English, Albion College
Are you thinking about an academic career but are unsure about what's entailed?  In this workshop, participants will learn about the aspects of the higher education enterprise most relevant to the lives of future faculty members: an overview of professors' responsibilities, differences in culture and expectations among types of colleges and universities, and a description of the tenure timeline and criteria.

Starting and Running a Research Lab
Moderated by Chad Hershock, CRLT
Jack Hu, Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Education, College of Engineering, University of Michigan
Harriet Lindsay, Associate Professor, Chemistry Department, Eastern Michigan University
Patricia Wittkopp, Assistant Professor, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Michigan
In order to "hit the round running," new faculty in the sciences and engineering need to be savvy about initiating their research agenda. This workshop features a panel discussion on how to effectively start, maintain and mentor a research lab from different disciplinary and institutional perspectives.

Interviewing for the Academy
Tom Lehker, Assistant Director, The Career Center
Academic interviewing is a rigorous process that requires several different types of interaction.  This session will provide an overview of that process, as well as strategies for success at each step. This session will be offered again at 4:05.

Developing Your Teaching Philosophy
Deborah Meizlish, CRLT
Many academic employers are now requiring a teaching philosophy statement as part of the application process.  In this interactive session we will discuss the benefits of writing a teaching philosophy, examine sample philosophies, and work through activities designed to help participants start writing their own philosophy.  We will also focus on other ways that participants can represent their teaching experiences in addition to the philosophy statement.

Interviewing for the Academy
Tom Lehker, Assistant Director, The Career Center
Academic interviewing is a rigorous process that requires several different types of interaction.  This session will provide an overview of that process, as well as strategies for success at each step. This session will be offered again at 4:05.

Enhancing Your C.V. and Writing Effective Cover Letters
Lynne Sebille-White, The Career Center
C.V.s and cover letters are important components of nearly every academic job search.  This session will be oriented to those who already have a first draft of their C.V. and are seeking to refine it further. The session also will address how to write effective cover letters.  Please bring a draft of your C.V. to the session.

Managing Anxiety at Your Interviews
Jeffrey Steiger, Artistic Director of the CRLT Theatre Program
The interview process involves multiple speaking opportunities, including a job talk, conversations with faculty ad administrators, and sometimes, a teaching demonstration.  This workshop focuses on how you can use your voice well and manage anxiety during your job search.  We will discuss how our voices change under stress, practice strategies for communicating effectively, and learn techniques for reducing anxiety.
                 
Academic Job Search Strategies for International Graduate Students
Louise Baldwin, Assistant Director, International Center
Linda Huff-Brinkman, International Student/Scholar Advisor, International Center
Beth Hoffman-Lopez, Faculty/Staff Immigration Advisor, International Center
In this workshop, International Center staff members will present information relating to legal, immigration, and cross-cultural issues in the academic job search.  Participants will hear advice on the academic job search from the perspective of a recently hired international member of the U-M faculty. This workshop will end at 5:35 p.m.