Career: Being Faculty at a Regional University Roundtable

Session Submission Type: Roundtable

Brief Overview

In today’s competitive job market, many academics will interview and/or land their first job at a different kind of institution from the one where they attended graduate school. Duties and responsibilities associate with the career of a political science professor can vary greatly depending on the type of institution, and some early-career academics may not be fully prepared for these differences. These roundtables aim to bring together a group of faculty members at particular types of institutions—community colleges, liberal arts colleges, regional universities, and national universities—to discuss the nature of their jobs and share insights that job seekers and early-career academics might find useful as they seek and gain employment at these institutions.

Section

• Professional Development / Professional Development

Chair

• Stephen Maynard Caliendo, North Central College

Participants

• Elizabeth A. Bennion, Indiana University-South Bend

• James A Newman, Southeast Missouri State University

• Timothy J. Schorn, University of South Dakota

• Xiaoye She, California State University-San Marcos

• Joseph Jon Kaminski, International University of Sarajevo