Division C Fireside Chat: The Journey From Doctoral Student to a Tenure-Track Job

Session Type: Invited Speaker Session

Abstract

Many graduate students believe that navigating the job market consists of following a precise flow chart with little room to stray from the course. However, there are many different roads that may be traveled when seeking tenure line employment. Not all are immediately following a dissertation defense or the completion of a post doc. This Fireside Chat will introduce a collection of professors, each with a unique tale of how they traveled the sometimes frustrating, but rewarding road from doc student to professor. The session will begin with an introduction of each panel member, followed by a 60-minute session where our panelists will answer questions posed from attendees. Graduate students of all stages are encouraged to attend.

Sub Unit

• Graduate Student Council

Cosponsor

• Division C - Learning and Instruction

Chair

• Thom Michael Suhy, Southern Methodist University

Speakers

• Andrew T. Kemp, Augusta University

• Debbie Sonu, Hunter College - CUNY

• Nel Noddings, Stanford University

• Steven Page, Georgia Regents University

• Joseph E. Flynn, Northern Illinois University

• Alexander Means, SUNY - Buffalo State

• William White, Buffalo State College

• Joel H. Spring, Queens College - CUNY

• Sabrina Nicole Ross-Griffin, Georgia Southern University

• Antonia Darder, Loyola Marymount University

• Seungho Moon, Loyola University Chicago

• Molly Quinn, Georgia Regents University