Friday, November 6, 2020
| 1:00-1:25 PM | Opening Remarks and Workshop Overview
Dean Blanche Staton, Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| 1:30-2:25 PM | Work-life Balance in Academia
Panelists: Rebecca Carrier, Debbie Chachra, Radhika Nagpal, and Kris Prather |
| 2:30-3:25 PM | What Type of Institution is Right for You? Panel discussion: the cultures, benefits, and drawbacks of different types of universities Panelist: Desire Whitmore, Malika Jeffries-EL, Frances Ross, and Susan Rundell Singer |
| 3:25-3:45 PM | Coffee networking break |
| 3:50-4:45 PM | Networking workshop
“Building Your Professional Network: A Controlled Chain Reaction” Speaker: Cheryl Vaughan |
Saturday, November 7, 2020
| 1:00-1:55 PM | Applying What application packages include, what the key features of teaching and research statements are, what search committees are looking for Panelist: Farnaz Niroui, Amy Keating, and Karin Ardon-Dryer |
| 2:00-2:55 PM | The Interview Process A practical guide to interviewing, and considering offers when you get them Presenter: Penny Beuning |
| 3:00-3:20 PM | Coffee networking break |
| 3:35-4:20 PM | Negotiating the Offer Panel discussion: what can be negotiated and how to ask Panelists: Madeleine Oudin, Evelyn Wang, and Abigail Koppes |
| 4:25-5:20 PM | How to be a Quick-Start Professor 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 Panelist: Kristin Bergmann, Elena Glassman, and Anita Shukla |
| 5:20-5:30 PM | Short Break
Relax/stretch/breath session Host: Susanna (Zan) Barry |
| 5:30-6:30 PM | Social Hour and Keynote Speech
Speaker: Galit Lahav |
Sunday, November 8, 2020
| 1:00-1:55 PM | Diversity Initiatives
Panelist: Robbin Chapman, Christine Ortiz, and Leslie Kolodziejski |
| 2:00-2:55 PM | Funding Panel Discussion: Find Grants to apply to, define your fundable research goals, sell your proposal, and manage your budget. Panelists: Angela Koehler, Maribel Vazquez, and Julianne Chung |
| 3:00-3:20 PM | Coffee networking break |
| 3:25-4:20 PM | 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. Panelists: Janet Conrad, Megan Núñez, and Anjelica Gonzalez |
| 4:25-5:20 PM | Science Communication Workshop
“Introduction to Science Storytelling” Speaker: Sara ElShafie |
| 5:20-5:30 PM | Closing Remarks |