i can make a difference!: yeah!!!

23 janvier 2006

yeah!!!

got a campus visit in canada with a school i'd LOVE to work for! feb. 10!! very very very exciting!!!

now i need to figure out what i'll do with my american visa, which is expiring in march... might create some serious problems!

ok ok people, what do i NEED to know for campus visits????

what mistake should i not make during a teaching demo? a research presentation? a meeting with the dean? a breakfast with the committee???

aahhh this is soooo cooooool!!!

Other than that, we're almost done entering the data. 37 questionnaires left to enter, then we need to compare our two entries, and then tadahhhh, big statistical analysis!! i'm meeting with the stats consultant tomorrow because what i WANT to do is still not clear to the consultant... it was clear until she spoke to the person who helped me last year and made all the mistakes with the first analyses... anyway, hopefully i'll manage to get the results i need before ... next christmas... ...

i'm also taking care of the NNEST caucus elections (chair and editor) right now, plus i have to make some changes to the article that was just accepted, plus my cat's not doing well at all and needs to have surgery, so i'm a bit busy these days!

6 commentaires:

At 1/23/2006 8:44 PM, Anonyme a dit:: Congrats!! Hope you land the job!
At 1/23/2006 8:45 PM, lucie a dit:: thanks aca, me too :)
At 1/24/2006 10:08 PM, Lady Eve a dit:: i am sure you will kick ass on this interview. or whatever the equivalent is in canadian! good luck!
At 1/25/2006 8:53 AM, Anonyme a dit:: Try getting a copy of the academic job search handbook by Heiberger and Vick. It should answer most of your questions. They usually have a copy in stock at Von's
At 1/27/2006 3:02 PM, Anonyme a dit:: So much has been said!

I attended several meetings with and talks given by campus visitors this year. So I reiterate several things that you already know.

1. Be aware of your audience when you give teaching demos and job talks, or meet with graduate students. I attended several talks and really had no clue what the job candidates were talking about. To be fair, they are not in my area and they mainly deal with theoretical issues. But … a consideration of the audience is definitely needed.

2. When meeting with individual graduate students, not only show your sincere interest in their projects, but also, when time allows, do a little bit engaging conversation. Discuss with the students their theoretical frameworks and their research designs without showing condescending air.

3. Relax and prepare some jokes, humorous comments, and thought-provoking analogies for your intellectual encounters in public. You know your scholarly work, so those things should come quite easily. A year after my MLA interview and my job talk, sometimes my PSU colleagues still bring up jokes and humorous comments I made on those occasions.

4. You can also think about the different purposes for the various campus-visit activities. So you don’t lose sight of the big picture of each activity when you are doing it.

5. After your campus visit, people who have met with you will be expected to report to the search committee 1) what they did with you and 2) what they think of you as a teacher, scholar, and a potential colleague.

Give me a call, if you have any questions. Also you should meet with Margie for your concerns too. She has a lot more perspective from being a search committee chair.

Best wishes.
At 1/27/2006 5:29 PM, lucie a dit:: thanks everyone :)