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Taking Charge of Your Career
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My career path
Assistant, Associate, Full Professor at Univ. of Pittsburgh –research pl and then se
Graduate Dean, University of Pittsburgh for 5 years
Full Professor Owen R. Cheatham Professor and
Chair, University of Virginia
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Did I plan this?
NO I took advantage of opportunities Got bored at some points in my
life Got discouraged at some points Always kept up my research! Always had graduate students
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Being an administrator
Dean Why was I recruited
Served on University committees and spoke out but was reasonable
Did my homework on any committee I served on
Respected for research, teaching, and service
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What I liked about dean
Make an impact At center of university life Meet a lot of different people
from different disciplines Different responsible
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Negatives about being dean
Too many meetings that don’t do anything Reputation – is this an action
committee? Easy to just maintain – but if want to
change, it gets tiring after awhile Starting losing the edge in research Removed from the discipline
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Chair
Reputation Not everyone wants to do it
New challenge Have some things to do but
could not do it in my old department
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Pros and Negatives
Pros Make impact Like solving problems Enjoy being “the boss”
Con Lots of interruptions Lots of problems – personal, space,
funding
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Career Planning
Not passive – think about it Where do you want to be in X
years – Goals should reflect this Short term and long term goals
– research Steps to achieve the goals -
flexible Early career plans and later
career plans
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Career planning
Don’t close doors on yourself – try to keep all options open Professor – administrator –
professor
Recognize and take advantage of opportunities that come along
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Examples
Long term research project Shorter term results
Early career Develop research program and
teaching proficiency Focused research
Later Different research interests – risk
taking Service – professional organizations,
working for diversity Administration