Tenure-Track and Giving Back
How do you prepare a syllabus? How do you decide which experiments to include in your laboratory courses? What are the advantages of teaching at a predominately undergraduate institution(PUI)? These are just a few questions that were asked during a panel discussion entitled "Academic Careers at Predominately Undergraduate Institutions (PUIs)," held in the Department of Chemistry at The Ohio State University (OSU) in Columbus, Ohio. My colleague, Professor Catherine Oertel (Oberlin College) and I each gave a brief powerpoint presentation describing our educational background and offered some "tools and tips" on careers at PUIs. (Let me just say that Professor Oertel was just awesome!) There were approximately 20 graduate students and postdocs in attendance with tons of questions for us. Needless to say, we were absolutely thrilled! Reflecting back on my own career as a graduate student, I didn't have an opportunity to talk with a faculty member from a PUI abou