Liberal arts recruiting visit to GT

Faculty and administrators from Bates College, Dickinson College, and Williams College will be at Georgia Tech on the morning of October 27, 2014, to recruit potential faculty across a wide variety of disciplines from several metro-Atlanta area universities. These three institutions are part of a larger consortium of more than 20 liberal arts colleges (known as LADO: Liberal Arts Colleges with Diversity Officers) with an interest in recruiting talented new faculty. Across this consortium of schools, there were ~ 115 tenure track faculty openings last year, and there are ~125 tenure track openings currently being advertised for the 2015-16 academic year (along with roughly two dozen fellowship and post-doctoral opportunities). We encourage graduate students and post-docs, even if they are not yet on the job market, to attend. This is an opportunity to learn about careers at liberal arts colleges generally, and to get specific advice about how to prepare for the application process in advance as well as when you are actually ready to enter the job market.

Bates representatives:

Pallavi Jayawant Associate Professor of Mathematics

Crystal Williams Associate Vice President and Chief Diversity

Officer, Professor of English

Dickinson representatives:

Lynn Johnson Associate Professor of African Studies

Mike Reed Vice President for Institutional Initiatives

Williams representatives:

Jeannie Albrecht Associate Professor of Computer Science

Leslie Brown Associate Professor of History

Protik Majumder Director of the Bronfman Science Center, Professor of Physics

Lee Park Associate Dean of Faculty, Professor of Chemistry

Karen Swann Associate Dean for Institutional Diversity, Professor of English

Life at a Liberal Arts College

Agenda for October 27, 2014

Location: Georgia Tech Student Center Theater

Time: 8:30 AM -12:00 PM

8:30-8:45 Welcome

8:45- 9:00 Introduction to LADO

9:00-10:30 Building a Career at a Liberal Arts College (a panel discussion with faculty and administrators from LADO institutions)

 What’s it like to teach at a Liberal Arts College?

 Can I develop a strong research agenda?

 What would be my relation to the institution?

 What kind of life could I have?

10:30-12:00 Breakout Discussions by Disciplinary Areas

Including: Humanities, Mathematics and Computer Science, Physical and Life Sciences, Social Sciences, and Other Disciplines