Approaching the Academic Job Market

Graduate students are consistently trying to determine how to be competitive for the academic job market. This session will include recent candidates for postdocs as well as R1, R2, and Liberal Arts College faculty. The goals of this session are to consult with a diverse panel of recently hired academics about their application process, as well as gain perspectives on different academic positions.

Speakers: Julian Scheffer, Penn State University; Clara Wilkins, Washington University in St. Louis; Xiaowen Xu, College of William & Mary; Ryan Lei, Haverford College; Bennett Callaghan, The Graduate Center, City University of New York