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Departmental Support for Assistant Professors. Kathryn S McKinley The University of Texas at Austin. Outline. J Moore Remarks Discussion points General Research Teaching Service Family What is the best thing your department has done to help you?. General Beyond your startup package.
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Departmental Support for Assistant Professors Kathryn S McKinley The University of Texas at Austin
Outline • J Moore Remarks • Discussion points • General • Research • Teaching • Service • Family • What is the best thing your department has done to help you?
GeneralBeyond your startup package • Department assigns you (and pick your own) department and UT mentors for • Research, Teaching, & Service • Administrative support • who will help you fill out paper work!? • Peter & Bill’s Excellent CS Adventure • explains how UT and CS work • Assistant professor financial planning • Spend ahead
Research • Night time reading year 1 • recent successful tenure cases at your institution • recent successful Career grants in your area and from your institution • Every year • keep detailed records • review your progress with your department chair and some other senior faculty mentor • What are the research criteria? • Papers in top conferences, journals, funding, etc. • Meet and greet • Introductions to NSF/Darpa program managers • Introductions to industrial contacts • Collaborate • your colleagues have trained students
Teaching • Appropriate course choices • undergraduate course you can teach repeatedly • graduate course you can use to screen and train students • seminars for advanced training • TA support and good TAs • Invest in being a decent teacher • “the right thing” • get it right quickly and both you and the students will find it more rewarding • Department & University seminars • Teaching software & remote question systems • Mentor evaluations
Service • Department Service • not too hot, not too cold, but just right • teaches you how the department works • active member of department life • External Service • what to do?
Family • Teaching release for babies • End department meetings no later than 5 and start no earlier than 9 • Miminize after 5 obligations • how many faculty candidates do you need to eat dinner with?