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What do I stand to gain as a Black female graduate student or postdoctoral fellow?
Are you searching for strategies to strengthen your competitiveness for the academic job market after grad/postdoctoral studies? If yes, then you may be aware that the current job market for tenure-track faculty positions is very competitive. In fact, it has been predicted to be even more competitive for women of color due to: (1) lack of honest mentorship; (2) inability to access hidden curriculum; and (3) limited strategic interviewing and hiring skills when bargaining for an academic position at different phases of the academic journey. The goal of this workshop is to foster thoughtful discussions among scholars and a UC Davis senior faculty member who has faced these challenges in her own career. Participants at the workshop will not only be exposed toreal-life faculty job search experiences, but also to strategic skills required for preparing competitive application materials intended for successful interview call-ups and potential hiring. 

Guest speaker: Professor Moradewun Adejunmobi, a Professor of African literature and African popular culture with the Department of African American and African Studies at UC Davis. Over the course of more than 30 years of university teaching in the United States and on the African continent, Professor Adejunmobi has published several high impact factor research papers and books, mentored several students and served on various hiring committees for faculty members for several departments and has also served as search committee chair for several searches. 

Interested or have questions? Email Josephine Ampofo (Ph.D.), Professors for the Future Fellow, at jampofo@ucdavis.edu. 

Sponsored by Professors for the Future and the GradPathways Institute for Professional Development (Graduate Studies) event