Career Development

Graduate Students and Post-docs

We have an annual workshop and an associated set of web resources for graduate students and post-docs who are preparing for an academic career in the geosciences. These resources focus on key topics of interest:

• the academic job search process,
• preparing to teach, and
• moving your research forward.

Resources for Early Career Faculty Members

We have an annual workshop and an associated set of web resources for early career faculty members in the geosciences. These resources focus on key topics of interest:

• balancing work and personal life,
• efficient, effective teaching,
• developing a thriving research program,
• getting tenure, and
• issues facing international faculty members.

Additional Workshops and Resources

2010 workshop on Pursuing an Academic Career

This one-day workshop will offer resources for and insights into designing effective courses, writing clear research and teaching statements, and other aspects of applying to and starting academic positions. It will be held at the March, 2010, combined Northeastern/Southeastern section meeting of the Geological Society of America, in Baltimore, MD.

2009 workshop on Pursuing an Academic Career

This one-day workshop offers resources for and insights into designing effective courses, writing clear research and teaching statements, and other aspects of applying to and starting academic positions.

2008 Pre-AGU workshop on Strategic Persuasion: A Seminar in Effective Negotiations, Problem Solving, and Conflict Resolution

This half-day workshop addressed the varying challenges and scenarios that academics face, either pre- or post-tenure. Workshop content included key concepts of negotiation and interest-based solution finding.

Selected bibliography of references on negotiation.

From the leaders of the 2008 workshop on strategic persuasion.