CSUNpostdocs

Just one more week until our Q&A panel on the in-person interview (Feb 7). To register, visit tiny.cc/apply_faculty_…. Attendance is free and includes lunch! If you can't make it (don't live in LA), you can register for the live webinar. We will have an ASL interpreter present.

The CSUN Postdoc Association is looking for new leadership! The previous president @KhadLily and vice president @SarahTraiger have either left CSUN or are about to, for new jobs. Know anyone that would be great for the job?

Academic colleagues: please share our new paper on postdoc training widely (incl. current/future postdocs, mentors, admins). Supporting postdocs secures research communities that tackle emerging threats (e.g. pandemics). nature.com/articles/s4155…

I am pleased to announce our new paper published last week in Limnology and Oceanography: Methods! In this paper we describe a new system to manipulate physical conditions on coral reefs to test the effects of Ocean Acidification! @aslo_org aslopubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.100…

On fortune, luck, success, and becoming a professor by @acgerstein link.medium.com/n5E3cMupN3

In person registration closes Monday (to give us time to plan enough food). Webinar registration closes on the day of the event. Topics include: - general tips for in-person interviews - job talks - chalk talks - teaching demos - negotiation

Just one more week until our Q&A panel on the in-person interview (Feb 7). To register, visit tiny.cc/apply_faculty_…. Attendance is free and includes lunch! If you can't make it (don't live in LA), you can register for the live webinar. We will have an ASL interpreter present.

@AcademicChatter @FuturePI_Slack

If you're not in the LA area but still want to take part, you can do it in a few ways: 1. We will have a LIVE WEBINAR, where we will take your real-time questions for the panel 2. You can ask your questions here (or DM us) and we will compile them beforehand, to ask the panel

📢📢February 7! The final session of the "How to apply for faculty positions" workshop series. We're gathering five professors to sit on a panel to discuss and answer your questions about the on-campus interview and beyond. If you're in LA, register here: tiny.cc/on-site-interv…

A few more details: -A group will meet on campus at CSUN and also video with remote participants. -Feel free to jump in and out of the group at any time.

We got a few responses so we're moving forward with organizing a postdocs writing group! Fill out this survey to help us pick a time for a weekly 90 min meeting: whenisgood.net/h75drbq

New paper by @Amber_D_Stubler and myself shows that Unprofessional peer reviews disproportionately harm underrepresented groups in #STEM. Please help us remove the culture of toxic #peerreview. A thread on our key findings: doi.org/10.7717/peerj.… @thePeerJ #academicchatter

Would you be interested in joining a writing group in the spring semester? 1.5 hour session per week to sit together and work independently writing with a group to keep you accountable. Comments welcome! 💻💾🤓

This week we have a special article. Are you applying for academic positions this cycle or in the near future? Writer @KSadtler emerged on the other side (relatively) unscathed & has some potentially useful words of wisdom for #futurePI’s out there: scienceunderthesurface.wordpress.com/2019/10/01/spe…

This describes a rubric for hiring faculty based on interviews with faculty from 20 US institutions. biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

Backward designing your career can help you more quickly identify the fulfilling aspects of your work. Three steps: 1️⃣Identify desired results 2️⃣Determine acceptable evidence 3️⃣Plan learning experiences bit.ly/2O9ps5a

PI twitter, help/support a #postdoc by: (1) introducing us to people (2) writing proposals with us if interests overlap (3) inviting us to give talks at your unis (4) sending us papers to review (5) offering to review faculty application materials (6) giving moral support

But also thanks again to @JBYoder @NSilbiger, Jeanne Robertson, and Bobby Espinoza. All of you did an amazing job of giving the attendees valuable advice in a kind and thoughtful manner. Professors like you are a big part of the reason we're working to join the club. 🧡

Today was the final session of the "how to apply for faculty positions" workshop series (for the fall, we have more planned in the spring). Thank you to @EcoEvoLab and @kj_nickols for their valuable insight today.