Friday, November 16, 2018
| 1:00-2:00 | Registration |
Afternoon session: Finding your place in the academy
| 2:00-2:25 | Opening Remarks and Workshop Overview Dean Blanche Staton, Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| 2:30-3:25 | Finding the Time to Do it All Panel discussion: advice on maintaining a balanced life, in light of the rigors of an academic career Rebecca Carrier, Radhika Nagpal, Rebecca Saxe |
| 3:25-3:45 | Coffee break |
| 3:50-4:45 | What type of institution is right for you? Panel discussion: the cultures, benefits, and drawbacks of different types of universities Dora Carrico-Moniz, Malika Jeffries-EL, Desiree Plata |
| 4:50-5:45 | Building Professional Relationships Panel discussion Janet Conrad, Jing Kong, Radhika Nagpal |
| 5:45-6:00 | Closing Remarks |
| 6:15-7:30 | Cocktail Reception and Remarks Blanche Staton, Interim Dean for Graduate Education Keynote Speaker: Christine Ortiz, Professor, MIT Department of Materials Science and Engineering |
Saturday, November 17, 2018
| 8:00-8:30 | Breakfast |
Morning session: Getting the position you want
| 8:30-9:25 | Applying Panel discussion: what application packages include, what the key features of teaching and research statements are, what search committees are looking for Susan Ernst, Manya Ghobadi, Xi Ling, Anita Shukla, |
| 9:30-10:15 | The Interview Process Lecture: a practical guide to interviewing, and considering offers when you get them Penny Beuning |
| 10:15-10:30 | Coffee break |
| 10:35-11:30 | Negotiating the Offer Panel discussion: what can be negotiated and how to ask Farnaz Niroui, Madeleine Oudin, Cynthia Sung, Evelyn Wang |
| 11:35-12:30 | Guiding Principles: How to be a “Quick-Start” Professor Panel discussion: getting support from your university and department, negotiating for a quick-start lab, and the skills you can hone now that will help you be an effective and successful lab leader, mentor, and principle investigator Angela DePace, Galit Lahav, Julia Ortony, Kristin Bergmann |
| 12:30-1:25 | Lunch |
Afternoon session: Surviving Your First Year as Junior Faculty
| 1:30-1:45 | Introductory remarks |
| 1:45-2:40 | Funding Panel Discussion: Find Grants to apply to, define your fundable research goals, sell your proposal, and manage your budget. Leslie Kolodziejski, Sandra Petersen, Muriel Medard, Misha Kilmer |
| 2:45-3:40 | The Tenure Process Panel discussion: Managing the teaching load, publication requirement and work-life balance. Building a CV, teaching statement, and list of letter writers. Joey Mead, Heidi Nepf, Megan Núñez |
| 3:40-3:55 Coffee break | |
| 3:55-4:50 | Speeches, Presentations and Performing Workshop Jennifer Madden, Brown University |
| 4:50-5:05 | Closing Remarks Dean Blanche Staton, Massachusetts Institute of Technology |