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1、A.MalcolmCampbellBiologyDepartmentDavidsonCollegeTheAmericanSocietyforCellBiologyPublishedby:TheAmericanSocietyforCellBiology,1996HowtoGetaTeachingJobataPrimarilyUndergraduateInstitutionIntroductionRecently,Iwashiredasatenure-trackfacultymemberinthebi
2、ologydepartmentofanundergraduateinstitution.Pre-viously,whileseekingasiteforthesecondyearofaPewTeacher-ScholarPostdoctoralFellowship,Ihadtherareoppor-tunitytovisitandinterviewateightcollegesintheMidwest.SinceIwasnotbeingconsideredforatenure-trackposit
3、ionatthetime,Iwasabletogetafeelfortheinterviewprocesswithoutallthepressuresofarealjobinterview.Thisexpe-riencegavemeafeelfortheinterviewprocessandinsightsintothespecialqualitiessoughtbyundergraduateinstitu-tions.TosharewhatIlearnedduringmytimeonthesec
4、ampuses,IpublishedanarticleintheCouncilonUndergraduateResearch(CUR)Newsletter(1).Therehavebeenseveralpublicationswrittenforcandidatesinterviewingatresearchinstitutions(2,3,4),butnoneforprospectivefacultymembersatprimarilyundergraduateinstitutions(PUIs
5、).Unfor-tunately,mostPhDcandidatesandpostdocsarechastisedforanyinteresttheyhaveinteaching(sometimesreferredtoasthe“T-word”),andwegetlittlesupportfromresearchmentorsforourcareerchoice.Therehasbeenincreasingaware-ness,however,thatnoteveryonewhogetsaPhDw
6、antstoestablisharesearchlabatauniversity.Inanattempttoassistthoseseeking“alternative”careers,IhaveexpandedmyoriginalCURNewsletterarticletogivesomesuggestionsthatmaybehelpfulforthosewishingtogetajobataPUI.CareerTracksIfyouknowthatteachingataPUIiswhyyou
7、aregettingaPhDinthefirstplace,thenyouwanttothinkabouttheimplicationsofchoosingaparticularlabforyourthesiswork.IfyouchoosealabthatdoesonlyonetechniqueandyourprojectrequiresyoutoworkwithliveEbolavirus,thenyouarenotsettingyourselfupforateachingjob.MostPUI
8、swantapersonwhoisversatileandcanconductstudent-basedresearch.Proficiencywithasingletechniqueistoolim-itedarepertoire,andEbolaisnotconducivetoinexpensiveandshort-termresearchprojects.Ifyouarestillkeentochoosethisproject,thenaccepttherealityofapo
