Negotiating the Ideal Faculty Position
A Workshop for Women in Science & Engineering
October 5-8, 2008

Made possible by an ADVANCE Institutional Transformation Award to Rice University

www.advance.rice.edu/negotiatingtheidealfacultyposition

AGENDA

Sunday, October 5
Upon Arrival in Houston: Take taxi on your own to the Hilton Hotel located adjacent to the Rice campus at 6633 Travis Street, Phone: 713-313-4000. Check into room.
6:00 pm

Vans leave Hotel
Lissett Bickford and Joanna Papakonstantinou will meet attendees in hotel lobby

6:30 pm
Dinner/ Martel Lobby, Duncan Hall
Donna Dean, PhD, Senior Science Advisor, Lewis-Burke Associates LLC
"Random Collisions and Ordered Events on the Pathway to Academic Success"
8:30 pm

Vans Return to Hilton Hotel

Monday, October 6
Kyle Morrow Room, Fondren Library
7:45 am
Vans leave Hilton Hotel
Allison Heath meets attendees in hotel lobby
8:00 am
Continental Breakfast
8:30 am
What Is A Search Committee Looking For?
Putting Together A Successful Faculty Application
Seiichi Matsuda (Chemistry), Joff Silberg (BCB), Matteo Pasquali (CHBE)
9:30 am
How To Stand Out In The Interview
How to Maximize the Impact Of Your Interview Seminar
Sherry Woods (UT Austin), Rebecca Richards-Kortum (BIOE)
10:30 am
Coffee Break
11:00 am
Finding The Right Institutional Fit For You
How To (Safely) Find Out About The Culture Of The Department And College
Margaret Beier (PSY), Vicki Colvin (Chemistry), Jim Pomerantz (PSY), Laura Malisheski (Harvard)
Monday, October 6 Lunch
Duncan Hall, Room 3092
12:00 pm
Conserving Time while Teaching, and Other Hints for New Faculty
Sarah Keller, University of Washington
1:30 pm
How and When To Negotiate a Good Start Up Package
Behnaam Aazhang (ELEC), Jim Kinsey (Chem), Michael Diehl (BIOE), Junghae Suh (BIOE), Tatiana Schnur (Psychology)
2:30 pm
How to Obtain Funding
Rob Raphael (BIOE), Judith Greenberg (NIH), Farinaz Koushanfar (ELEC)
3:30 pm
Coffee Break
4:00 pm
Building Your Lab
Transitioning to Independence
Rebekah Drezek (BIOE), Maryrose Franko (HHMI)
5:00 pm
Coffee on your own/Time to review slides for Tuesday
6:15 pm
Dinner
Home of Paula Krisko & Michael Wolf, Professor & Chair of Mathematics, Will Rice Masters.
8:00 pm
Vans Return to Hilton Hotel

Tuesday, October 7
Kyle Morrow Room, Fondren Library
7:30 am
Vans leave Hilton Hotel
Kimberly Heck meets attendees in hotel lobby
Continental Breakfast
8:30 am
Teaching Your First Course
Balancing Teaching and Research
Mike Gustin (BCB), Yousif Shamoo (BCB)
9:30 am
Understanding The Tenure Process
Jennifer West (BIOE), Kathy Matthews (BCB), Jason Hafner (Physics)
10:30 am
Coffee Break
11:00 am
Balancing Your Life Janet Braam (BCB), Jess Logan (PSY), John Olson (BCB)
Tuesday, October 7 Lunch
Anderson Commons, McNair Hall
12:00 pm
Fear of Failure, Fear of Success Mikki Hebl (Psychology)
1:15 pm
Meet with Department Chairs and Key Senior Faculty for individual meetings
See "Schedule for Individual Meetings and Practice Talks" for locations
(Note: After your individual meeting, please go to your Practice Talk room)
2:30 pm
Deliver Practice Talks See "Schedule for Individual Meetings and Practice Talks" for locations
4:30 pm
Reception with the Deans of Engineering and Science and Faculty Farnsworth Pavillion
6:00 pm
Vans return to Hilton Hotel
Dinner On Your Own
Wednesday, October 8
Depart for airport on your own


During the conference, should you have a non-technical problem or get lost on campus, please call Dr. Rebecca Richards-Kortum at 713-492-7609. For technical problems, please contact Kathryn O’Brien on her cell phone at 713-876-8816.

Workshop supported by an NSF ADVANCE Institutional Transformation Grant to Rice University.

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