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Postdoc Academic Chats 2015-16

This event is part of series:

September 22, 2015 (All day)

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Negotiating Strategies to Get the Resources You Need as a New Faculty Member - September 2015

Suzanne Pfeffer, Professor, BioChemistry
Stephanie K. Eberle, Director, SOM Career Center

Negotiating the right start-up package is not like buying a house or car where you don't expect to have a long-term relationship with the seller. It is about getting the resources you need to be successful in an environment with what could well be life-time colleagues. Some great tips on how to do this will be discussed with two professional guests who have been on both sides of the negotiating table.

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Generating Research Ideas Most Likely to Lead to Funding - October 2015

Matthew Porteus, Associate Professor, Pediatrics

Identifying a compelling and doable problem is the key to generating the funding you need. Two professional guests with considerable experience doing just that will discuss their ideas and suggestions.

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Managing A Research Program - Insights For Beginners- November 2015

Christopher Lowe, Associate Professor, Biology
Marco Pavone, Assistant Professor, Aeronautics and Astronautics

Managing your own research program is a huge step for beginning professors. What can you learn and do now as a postdoc that will help you start out right in your first academic position? Insights from our two professional guests will be very helpful in this regard.

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Designing Your First New Course - January 2016

Rita Popat, Clinical Assistant Professor, Health and Research Policy - Epidemiology
Russell Fernald, Professor, Human Biology

There are time-tested processes that can help you most effectively design a new course and we will look at several of these with two professional guests that have done it themselves many times and who have also taught workshops on the important lessons they have learned.

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Blended Learning - What's all the Hype About? -February 2016

Candace Thille, Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Education
Mariatte C. Denman, Associate Director, Center for Teaching & Learning

Blended learning courses are those in which a significant amount of seat time, that is, time spent in the classroom, is replaced with online activities that involve students in meeting course objectives. We will discuss this important new trend and its implications for you as a beginning professor.

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Keys to Effective Online Learning - March 2016

John Mitchell, Mary and Gordon Crary Family Professor, School of Engineering; Vice Provost for Teaching and Learning; Professor, by courtesy, of Electrical Engineering, and of Education
Tiffany Lieuw, Academic Technology Specialist, Stanford Introductory Studies

Online teaching is something most professors now do or will do so shortly. What are the keys to doing this effectively and what are the pitfalls to avoid? Our two guests with considerable experiences in this area will help us examine the keys to effective online teaching.

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Teaching at a Community College - April 2016

Bernadine Fong, Director of Leadership Initiatives & Special Projects, Office of the Vice Provost for Graduate Education
Mallory Barkdull, PhD Student, Civil and Environmental Engineering

Traditionally Ph.D.s and postdocs have not considered community college positions because of the perceived lower prestige, little or no research opportunities, higher teaching commitments, less selective students, and so on. However, for some Ph.D.s and postdocs, teaching at a community college may just be the right ticket to a satisfying and rewarding faculty career.

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Teaching in the CSU (California State University) System - May 2016

Ron Rogers, Associate Dean, College of Social Sciences at SJSU
Tim Wiser, PhD Student, PFP Program

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Teaching at a Liberal Arts College or University - June 2016

Dariush Rafinejad, Professor, Presidio Graduate School, SF
Joy Fairfield, PhD Student and future Faculty Member at Rhodes College

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