1. Advancing Your Confidence as an Educator (ACE
Advancing Your Confidence as an Educator (ACE!) in Geriatrics & Gerontology
November 2, 2017
Panel Discussion: Why I want to Teach
Moderated by Jessica Strong, PhD
This series is funded by the
Council of Professional Geropsychology Training Programs (CoPGTP)

2. Webinar Admin
If you haven’t taken our pre-series survey yet, here’s the link!
Be thinking about questions you may have for the panel – use your chat box at any time during the presentation and we will open up the discussion for your questions towards the end!

3. Daniel Paulson, PhD
Daniel Paulson, a native of W. Virginia, completed his PhD in Clinical Psychology at Wayne State University in He is currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of Central Florida. Dr. Paulson directs the Orlando Later-Life Developmental Research Lab (OLDeR Lab), and his primary areas of research include geriatric mental health (principally late-life depression) and dementia caregiving.
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4. Maggie Syme, PhD, MPH
Maggie Syme is currently an Assistant Professor and Associate Director of Research for the Center on Aging at Kansas State University. She teaches undergraduate and graduate gerontology classes and her research is focused on sexual health and wellness in late life. She is a counseling psychologist, trained at the University of Kansas and is an alumni of the postdoctoral training program at VA Boston.
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5. Christopher Beam, PhD
Christopher Beam is an incoming Assistant Professor of Psychology at the University of Southern California. He received his Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology at the University of Virginia in 2015, completed his clinical internship at the University of Washington School of Medicine, and his postdoctoral training in clinical geropsychology with Drs. Margaret Gatz and Eileen Crimmins at the University of Southern California. He is a former F31 NRSA fellow, a fellow in the International Max Planck Research School on the Life Course, and a current recipient of an Alzheimer's Association Research Fellowship. His current research focuses on the genetic and biological pathways through which psychosocial factors influence Alzheimer's disease risk.
Christopher Beam is an incoming assistant professor of psychology at the University of Southern California. He received his Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology at the University of Virginia in 2015, completed his clinical internship at the University of Washington School of Medicine in Seattle, and completed his postdoctoral training in clinical geropsychology with Drs. Margaret Gatz and Eileen Crimmins at the University of Southern California. He is a former F31 NRSA fellow, a fellow in the International Max Planck Research School on the Life Course, and a current recipient of an Alzheimer's Association Research Fellowship. His current research focuses on the genetic and biological pathways through which psychosocial factors influence Alzheimer's disease risk.
Contact Dr. Beam:

6. Bruna Martins, PhD
Bruna Martins will be starting in the Fall 2018 at Umass Amherst as an Assistant Professor of Clinical Neuroscience in the Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences. She is the Director of the UMass Vitality Lab, and her research explores emotion and cognition interactions that support vitality across the lifespan. She received her PhD with an emphasis in Clinical Geropsychology from the University of Southern California in She completed her clinical internship and is currently finishing a Post-Doctoral Clinical Fellowship in Geropsychology at VA Boston.
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7. Getting to know the audience!
Poll Question #1: What is your current career level? Poll Question #2: What is your discipline?
What is your current career level?
a. Pre-degree student
b. Post-degree trainee
c. Faculty/Staff in university setting
d. Faculty/staff in hospital setting
What is your discipline?
Administrator
Audiologist
Chaplain
Dentist
Dietician
Nurse
Occupational therapist
Pharmacist
Physical therapist
Physician
Physician’s assistant
Psychologist
Social Worker
Speech/Language pathologist

8. Part 2 Poll Question #3: What kind of teaching do you do?
Do you have any specialty training in aging?
What kind of teaching do you do? (choose all that apply)
College/university
Trainee didactics
Clinical supervision
Community presentations
Teaching assistant
Other
none
Do you have any specialty training in aging?
Yes No
Well, some

9. Trajectories and Moving towards an Academic Job
All: tell about your trajectory – fellowships? Have you always wanted an academic job? Why or Why not?
When/what made you lean clinical and when/what made you lean academic if eligible
Maggie: when did you decide to start looking at academic jobs and what encouraged you to do so?
Chris: what would you tell someone who is on the fence about applying for an academic job?

10. Stereotypes and Hesitations
Bruna/Daniel: one reason why you may have hesitated to start a job in academia and why that reason isn’t really valid to you anymore
Daniel/Maggie: do you think students or other professionals hold stereotypes about your job? If so, what kinds of stereotypes? What would you tell these people about breaking down the stereotype?

11. Applications and Interviews
Bruna/Chris: What was the most and least intimidating about the application and interview process?
Chris: how did you prepare for your interview? Any tips?
Bruna: How did you negotiate your offer? Any tips?

12. Rewards and Resources
Chris: What resources have been available as a new prof? Help developing coursework or improving your teaching skills? Or developing your research program? (like start up or seed money)
Daniel/Maggie: What’s been most rewarding so far?

13. Publish or Perish?
Maggie: Many have concerns about getting grants and publishing while in academia. In reality – what are pressures like at your institution? Are there metrics for tenure you need to meet in terms of funding? How are you addressing those?

14. Typical Week Integrating Work & Life
Daniel: talk about your typical week at work – how many hours are you required to be in your office? How does your time break down in terms of teaching, advising, committees, your own research, other?
All: Work/life integration – what do you enjoy doing outside of work and how do you manage this with your schedule? Parents?
Clinical work

15. Questions from the audience?
Please use your chat box and direct a question to one panel member or to all

16. Thank you! Next ACE webinar: Thursday, December 7 at 1pm EST
Dr. Amy Fiske: Course Preparation
Course preparation –
Designing objectives, choosing materials (text books and readings), other preparatory work, constructing assignments