Academic Job Market Preparation Workshop Series (2021 Summer)

A workshop series for graduate students and postdoctoral trainees on the academic job market.

About this event

The Graduate School, in conjunction with the Searle Center for Advancing Learning and Teaching, the Office of Fellowships, the Graduate Writing Place, and Northwestern Career Advancement (NCA) will host a workshop series for graduate students and postdoctoral trainees on the academic job market.

The Academic Job Market Preparation Workshop aims to create a collaborative working group in which each participant will develop materials required for their academic job market search.

Participants will attend morning workshops that are designed to demystify application materials and facilitated by the Graduate Writing Place, Northwestern Career Advancement (NCA), the Searle Center for Advancing Teaching and Learning, and the Office of Fellowships.

In the afternoons, participants will meet in smaller groups to workshop drafts. This workshop is structured to prioritize drafting academic job market materials in a supportive and collaborative setting. Seats in the afternoon writing groups are limited. If you want to apply for an afternoon writing group, you must register for all five sessions and submit an application here:

https://forms.tgs.northwestern.edu/view.php?id=307095.

Applications for writing groups are due by Thursday, August 12.

Students and postdocs from all disciplines are welcome.

This workshop series will take place over Zoom and the link to the meeting or webinar will be emailed to attendees who registered. Please email Beth Healey, PhD, assistant director of postdoctoral affairs, with any questions at [email protected].

SCHEDULE FOR MORNING WORKSHOPS (9:30 - 11):

Led by: Kate Flom Derrick, senior program coordinator for graduate and postdoctoral learning (Searle Center for Advancing Teaching and Learning) and Katie Pierson, postdoctoral fellow for graduate and postdoc learning (Searle Center for Advancing Teaching and Learning)

• Tuesday, August 24: Grant Writing

Led by: Stephen Hill, senior associate director for operations (Office of Fellowships)

• Wednesday, August 25: Diversity Statements

Meaghan Fritz, assistant professor of instruction (Cook Family Writing Program)

• Thursday, August 26: CV's

Elysse Longiotti, assistant director, student career advising (NCA)

• Friday, August 27: Cover Letters

Elizabeth Lenaghan, assistant director (Graduate Writing Place)

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