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Pathways Career Symposium 2008
The Academic Job Talk
Time: 12:30-1:30pm
Room: 126 Wellman
The academic job talk or presentation is one of the most crucial parts of the interview for a faculty position. The job talk gives the applicant an opportunity to make a favorable impression not only on the search committee, but on the department as a whole. Join our faculty panelists as they explain the do's and don't's of the academic job talk and give you pointers on how to make the best impression with your presentation.
Panelists:
Gitta Coaker, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Plant Pathology
Dr. Gitta Coaker joined the UC Davis campus earlier this year as an Assistant Professor in the Plant Pathology Department. She received a Bachelor’s degree from the University of Arizona in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and a Ph.D. in genetics and plant pathology from the Horticulture Department at Ohio State University. Dr. Coaker’s research focuses on the molecular genetics of plant innate immunity using a combination of molecular biology, genetics, biochemistry and high-throughput proteomics to elucidate the signaling mechanisms associated with plant disease resistance following pathogen perception. She currently uses the Arabidopsis-Pseudomonas syringae model system to (1) investigate the host targets and activation mechanisms of bacterial effectors and (2) decipher the early signaling events that occur during plant resistance gene activation.
Mark Jerng, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, English
Mark Jerng joined the UC Davis Faculty in 2006. He completed his Ph.D. in English at Harvard University in 2006 and his B.A. in English at Princeton University in 1998. His research interests include kinship studies, critical race theory, theories of multiculturalism, narrative and the novel, intersections between psychoanalysis and literature. He is completing a book manuscript that traces a genealogy of transracial adoption stories in American literature from the 1820's to the present, and working on a second project on a narrativity of need and human rights. He teaches courses on Asian American literature, critical multiculturalism, kinship and family, and human rights narratives.