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Academic Job Search Workshops

The Application Process for an Academic Job

  • Presenter: Christine Holmes, Director of Postdoctoral Studies
  • Offered in the summer

Writing a Teaching Statement

  • Presenters: Colleen McLinn, Associate Dean for Professional Development
  • Offered in the summer

Writing a Diversity Statement

  • Offered in the summer

Designing Your Research Statement

  • Presenter: Jeffrey Werner, Associate Professor of Chemistry, SUNY Cortland
  • Offered in the summer

Getting a Faculty Position: Lessons Learned During the Academic Job Search

  • Panel discussion featuring postdoctoral scholars and graduate students who were offered faculty positions
  • Offered in the spring semester

Job Search Discussion Group

  • Offered during fall and spring semester
  • Discussion leaders: Christine Holmes, Director of Postdoctoral Studies, and Colleen McLinn, Associate Dean for Professional Development

Interviewing and Negotiation for Academic Positions

  • Offered during fall and spring semester
  • Presenters: Yael Levitte, Associate Vice Provost for Faculty Development and Diversity, and Christine Holmes, Director of Postdoctoral Studies

Past Events

Presentations and Handouts from most past events are available below, those will include the following presentations

  • The Application Process for an Academic Job
  • Writing a Teaching Statement
  • How to Submit Grants at Cornell: A Primer
  • How to Approach the Research Plan in a Job Application (for a Research-Intensive University)
  • Designing Your Research Statement Around Undergraduate Research

 

Archived slides and handouts on Box (requires Cornell Net ID)

Archived recordings on Cornell Video on Demand (requires Cornell Net ID)