In this presentation, I will share perspectives gained while hunting for an academic position, and during my successful adventures interviewing at a variety of institutions ranging from small four-year PUIs to large research universities. Similarities and differences between the interview processes at the various institutions will be highlighted, and insightful opinions will be offered to aid job-seekers in their pursuits.I will also report on my first-year experiences managing classroom instruction and establishing my research group at The University of Memphis, a learner-centered metropolitan research university which serves a diverse population of over 18,000 undergraduate and 4,000 graduate students. The Department of Chemistry at U of M currently consists of two dozen faculty, who serve over fifty graduate students (PhD and MS) and hundreds of undergraduates, graduating about two dozen chemistry majors per annum. I will delineate how my expectations coming into the position have shaped up with reality.

Adventures from the hunt, setting up camp, and forging a new trail: Postcards from the strange land of Academia

245th National Meeting (2013)

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