Launching an Academic Career: On the Cutting Edge Resources for Geoscience Graduate Students, Post-doctoral Fellows, and Early Career Faculty Randy Richardson, University of Arizona Carol Ormand, SERC, Carleton College Heather Macdonald, College of William & Mary Robyn Dunbar, CTL, Stanford University Richelle Allen-King, University at Buffalo Cathryn Manduca, SERC, Carleton College

On the Cutting Edge Professional Development Program  For graduate students, post- doctoral fellows, and faculty members (including early career faculty)  Complementary workshops and web resources  Focus on teaching, research, and career management  Tailored for each group’s needs

Preparing for an Academic Career in the Geosciences  Annual workshop for graduate students and post-doctoral fellows, since 2003  ~ 550 participants over the years

Preparing for an Academic Career in the Geosciences  Workshops mix presentations and activities. Participants  Ask questions of a panel on academic careers in a variety of institutional settings  Critique teaching and research statements  Practice presenting themselves to others  Design teaching activities, incorporating effective methods from research on learning  Role-play moving their research to a setting with limited resources  And much, much more….

Preparing for an Academic Career: The Job Search

Preparing for an Academic Career: Teaching

Preparing for an Academic Career: Research

Early Career Geoscience Faculty: Teaching, Research, and Managing Your Career  Annual workshops for early career faculty members, since 1999  >400 participants over the years

Early Career Geoscience Faculty: Teaching, Research, and Managing Your Career  Workshops offer presentations and activities including  Teaching strategies & course design  Developing a strategic plan for research  Discussing faculty expectations for student researchers  Critiquing research proposal ideas  Time & task management  Action planning during the workshop  Optional 1-day trip to NSF

Early Career Faculty: Teaching

Early Career Faculty: Research

Early Career Faculty: Career Management

Results  Workshop participants report  Overwhelming satisfaction (> 9/10)  Prepared to move forward, with specific teaching activities and research plans  Plans to use the website  These two sets of web pages receive more than 7,000 visitors each month  Google “geoscience career workshops” to find us    