2014 Annual PhD Career Colloquium - September 2, 2014
Date and time
Location
International House-Chevron Auditorium
2299 Piedmont Ave Berkeley, CA 94704Description
University of California, Berkeley
Fourth Annual PhD Colloquium 2014
Expanded Pathways to Teaching Careers Series
Organized by: The Visiting Scholar and Postdoc Affairs Program, The Career Center, The Humanities and Social Sciences Association
Do you want to know what it takes to be a successful candidate for a teaching position at liberal arts colleges, community colleges, and California State Universities? In California alone, there are 112 community colleges, 23 Cal States, and 21 liberal arts colleges versus only 10 UCs and a handful of other research universities. Do you want to get inside knowledge about 25 upcoming tenure-track positions at Cal State East Bay? Do you want to learn about the structure of the American higher education system? If you answered yes to any of these questions, then you should attend the first session of our annual UC Berkeley PhD Colloquium Series on September 2! This year’s colloquium is on Expanded Pathways to Teaching Careers. Session one covers all fields and featured speakers from St Mary’s College, Berkeley City College, and California State University, East Bay. Free pizza and soft beverages will be served at lunchtime while you can network with Cal State representatives. Additional sessions are scheduled for October and November and will cover teaching opportunities beyond the faculty position and in corporate settings.
Join us for the first session of this exiting series!
DATE
SCHEDULE
9:30-10:30 The Landscape of Higher Education in the US
10:30-12:00 A Panel Discussion: Faculty Life and Searches at Cal States, Liberal Arts & Community Colleges
12:00-1:30 Lunch and Q&A w/Cal State-East Bay Faculty from Multiple Disciplines
Berkeley, CA
Below is the program of the first session in more detail. Stay tuned for the upcoming two sessions.
PROGRAM
9:30-9:35am
Welcome
by Andrew Green, PhD, Associate Director, Career Center, UC Berkeley
9:40-10:30am
Part I. Introduction to the US Higher Education System
This part provides an overview of the American higher education system. You will learn about its history, its institutional landscape, and the different teaching pathways within that landscape. Find out everything you have always wanted to know about American Higher Education, but did not dare to ask!
Speaker: Carlos Cortez, PhD, Dean of Academic Pathways, Workforce Development, and Student Success, Berkeley City College Office of Instruction.
10:30am-12pm
Part II. How to Get a Job at a Liberal Arts College, a Community College, and a California State University: A Panel Discussion
Applying for a tenure-track position at a 4-year research university, such as UC Berkeley, differs from applying to other types of higher education institutions. In this panel discussion, recently hired professors who have experience as members of search committees will give advice on how to make yourself as attractive as possible for the type of schools they are representing: a liberal arts college, a community college, and a California State University. Each panelist will speak for 10-15 minutes on what job applicants should think about when applying to their type of institution, followed by a panel discussion and Q&A.
Panelists:
Jennie Guzman, Assistant Professor, Department of Physics, California State University, East Bay
Makiko Imamura, Assistant Professor, Department of Communication, St Mary’s College of California
Sarah Taylor, Assistant Professor, Department of Social Work, California State University, East Bay
Patrick Zulkowski, Professor, Department of Mathematics, Berkeley City College
12pm-1pm
Lunch (Pizza and soft beverages will be served).
1pm-3pm
Part III: Learn About California State University East Bay’s 25 Tenure Track Positions
Cal State East Bay will be hiring 25 tenure-track professors in 2014 and 2015 (see below for the full list of positions sought). Dianne Woods, University Diversity Officer at Cal State East Bay, will briefly describe these job opportunities. The remainder of this part will be interactive. Kim Geron, Equity Liaison Officer, and 10 faculty representatives from the four Colleges of Cal State East Bay (Letters, Arts and Social Sciences; Business and Economics; Education and Allied Studies; Science) will sit at field-assigned tables, where you will be welcome to join them. They will answer any question you might have about Cal State East Bay, not least what you should think about if you intend to apply for one of the upcoming 25 jobs!
Participants:
Dr. Dianne Woods, Social Work Department and University Diversity Officer
Dr. Kim Geron, Political Science Department and Equity Liaison Officer
Dr. Howard Lei, Engineering Department
Dr. Dorsey Mitch Butler, Music Department
Dr. Leann Christianson, Computer Science Department
Dr. Elizabeth Bergman, Political Science Department
Dr. Sharon Radcliff, University Library Faculty
Dr. Ryan Lampe, Economics Department
Dr. Jason Smith, Health Sciences
Linda Dobb, Associate Provost, Academic Affairs
Dr. Jennie Guzman, Physics Department- Panel Presenter for the morning
Dr. Dianne Rush Woods, Office of University Diversity
Dr. Glen Taylor, Management Department
Dr. Kim Geron, Political Science Department & Diversity & Equity Liaison Officer
Dr. Carl Stempel, Sociology and Social Services Department
Dr. ZaNean McClain, Kinesiology Department
Dr. Sarah Taylor, Social Work Department
List of open positions at California State University, East Bay
Accounting/Finance- Taxation and Accounting
Economics- Econometrics
Management- Strategic Management
Marketing- Marketing and Entrepreneurship
Educational Leadership- Social Justice, Evaluation and Assessment
Kinesiology-Exercise Physiology and Wellness
Teacher Education- Science Education
Hospitality and Recreation- Hospitality, Research
Archeology
Social Work – Child Welfare
Public Administration- Theory and EThics
Political Science – American Government Inst.
Art- Art History
Sociology- Education, Social Justice, Sustainability
Philosophy- Science, Environmental Ethics
Ethnic Studies- African American Social Justice, Sustainability, Environmental Racism,
Restorative Justice
Communicative Science- Speech and Language Pathology
History-Globalization
Music- Key board Studies and Music Theory
Biology- Microbiology
Computer Science- Big Data to Cloud Computing
Engineering- Computer Engineering
Health Science- Pre-clinical and Administration and Management
Nursing- Medical/Surgical/Gerontology
Physics- Astrophysics and STEM Education
Psychology- Industrial/Organizational
Engineering- Civil, Construction
Library Sciences- Nursing