Path of Professorship Workshop @ MIT

October 23 - 24, 2009

Registration is now closed.

For questions contact pathofprofessorship@gmail.com

The speakers in this workshop were all so great. It is even difficult to simply describe how inspiring it is for me when these great people I look up to shared their experience and wisdom of how they handle different problems in appropriate ways. It was also just very encouraging to find out that so many people are having similar struggles and questions and there are so many supports out there.

- Workshop participant

This workshop is for graduate and postdoctoral women at MIT who are considering a tenure-track position in the fields of science, engineering, and technology. The one-and-a-half day workshop focuses on skills, strategies, and "insider information" necessary to obtain a tenure-track position, to succeed in one, and advance to other positions of leadership. This is also an opportunity to network and meet peers. See the 2009 program and suggested reading resources.

Attendees will learn:

• Key strategies for applying and interviewing for academic positions
• The importance of networking and how to manage networking with peers and superiors
• Insights from deans and department chairs about what to negotiate for once you have the offer
• Advice from faculty on things you can do now and during your hire to make your tenure-track years as smooth and successful as possible
• Characteristics of different types of universities
• Advice on balancing work and life in the 24/7 world of academia

This workshop grew out of the 2005 Forward-to-Professorship workshop at MIT, which was organized by an NSF-funded team led by Catherine Mavriplis ’89 (PhD, Aeronautics and Astronautics) in cooperation with the Office of the Dean for Graduate Education.