Career Options: Tenure Track Teaching

You may hear academics throwing around terms like “hard money” and “soft money” when talking about salaries. What do these terms mean, anyway? This blog post explains the difference.  … Read More

The CFT has several positions available for graduate students for the 2022-2023 academic year:  Graduate Teaching Fellows (GTFs) engage in a variety of activities focused on the development of graduate students as teachers, including facilitation of the CFT’s Certificate in College Teaching (CiCT) Program and graduate student consultations. This is a 12-month position… Read More

  Our September PhD Career Stories session will feature Sarah C. Petersen, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Neuroscience at Kenyon College.Dr. Petersen received her Ph.D. from Vanderbilt, and joined the faculty of Kenyon College in 2016. Come hear about her career in College Teaching. September 10, 2021 2pm Registration is… Read More

Job Opportunity: Assistant, Associate, or Full Professor, Center for Health Equity Transformation, University of Kentucky College of Medicine, Lexington, KY Introduction We are seeking Assistant, Associate, or Full Professors for tenure track, Regular Title Series, full-time (12 month) positions in the Center for Health Equity Transformation (CHET) in the College… Read More

Job Opportunity: Assistant/Associate Professor, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Western Michigan University School of Medicine, Kalamazoo, MI Overview The Department of Biomedical Sciences of Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine invites applications for a full-time faculty position at the rank of Assistant or Associate Professor with primary responsibilities… Read More

Fisk University is seeking a tenure track Assistant Professor in Computational Biology/Informatics/Data Science who would enthusiastically embrace teaching and engaging undergraduates in faculty-mentored research in the context of a liberal arts institution whose mission includes advancing African American and under-represented leaders in STEM.  The optimal candidate will have post-doctoral research experience and will be… Read More

Vanderbilt Center of Teaching (CFT) has several types of positions available for graduate students for the 2020-2021 academic year! Please see below for specific position information: Graduate Teaching Fellows (GTFs) engage in a variety of activities focused on the development of graduate students as teachers, including facilitation of the CFT’s… Read More

The ASPIRE program provides many opportunities for career and professional development, but there are numerous other terrific opportunities at Vanderbilt and in Nashville to test your interests and build your skills and network. This list of potential activities to enhance your career and professional development was originally compiled by VU… Read More

Graduate Student/Postdoc Workshop: Teaching 101 Have you been thrust into an instructional role for which you feel unprepared? Are you a multi-semester teacher who wants a refresher on some of the basics? Regardless of your teaching experience, this workshop will provide practical, concrete guidance on the mechanics of teaching and classroom… Read More

SLACs and You: Teaching at a Liberal Arts College Sponsored by the Graduate School Career Development Thursday, January 30th, 2020 4:30 pm – 5:30 pm Alumni Hall, Rm 201 Speaker: Lee M. Jefferson, PhD (Vanderbilt PhD alum, Religion), Nelson D. and Mary McDowell… Read More