What's It Like...

Sponsored by CRLT and Rackham, this new series spotlights faculty worklife at different kinds of colleges and universities to help you explore career possibilities.

Questions? Please contact Mary Wright (mwcright@umich.edu).

What's It Like to Work at a Community College?

Friday, September 25, 3:30-5:00 p.m.
CRLT Seminar Room, 1013 Palmer Commons

About a third of full-time and two-thirds of part-time faculty teach at community colleges. What’s it like to teach at a two-year institution? This panel features full-time faculty and administrators who work or have worked at three community colleges. Panelists will discuss typical salaries, work portfolios and job search strategies.

Panelists:

Geri Jacobs – Link to a recording of this talk (12.4 MB).
Professor, Department of Language, Literature and the Arts, Jackson Community College

Roger Palay - Link to a recording of this talk (18.3 MB).
Vice President for Instruction, Washtenaw Community College

Andre Cavalcante - Link to a recording of this talk (19.2 MB).
Ph.D. Candidate, Communication Studies, (Previously, a full-time instructor at Suffolk County Community College and adjunct at Nassau Community College, New York

Navigate to resources on community colleges and job searches.

What's It Like to Work Where There's a Teaching-Research Balance?

Wednesday, October 7, 2:30-3:40 p.m.
Michigan Room, Michigan League

This panel spotlights faculty worklife at master's institutions, where work expectations include a relatively even mix of teaching and research. Faculty will discuss faculty worklife at their institutions, strategies for getting hired at a master's institution, and tenure expectations.

Panelists:

Samhita Rhodes - Link to a recording of this talk (12.4 MB).
Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering, Grand Valley State University

John Staudenmaier, s.j. - Link to a recording of this talk (24.5 MB).
Professor of History, The University of Detroit Mercy

Navigate to resources on master’s institutions and job searches

What's It Like To Work at a Liberal Arts College?

January 28, 2010, 3:30 – 5:00 p.m.
Assembly Hall, Rackham

Interested in teaching at a liberal arts college? A faculty panel from liberal arts colleges will discuss job search strategies and faculty worklife. In addition, participants will learn about the Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowships at Oberlin and
Kalamazoo Colleges for University of Michigan Ph.D.s
(http://www.rackham.umich.edu/postdoctoral/exchange_program/).

Panelists: TBA

What's It Like To Work at a Postsecondary Minority Institution?

February 12, 2010, 3:30 – 5:00 p.m.
Assembly Hall, Rackham

What’s it like to work at a college or university with a high proportion of underrepresented students? Panelists from Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) and other diverse contexts will discuss their worklife and hiring advice, from different disciplinary and institutional perspectives.