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Pathways Career Symposium 2008
Negotiating Your First Faculty Position
Time: 1:40-2:40pm
Room: 126 Wellman
In the excitement of being offered that first faculty position it is easy to overlook the important negotiations that must take place before you accept the position! Our panelists will discuss the process of initial negotiations, strategic planning for career advancement and coping with the politics of negotiating your first position.
Panelists:
Kevan Shafizadeh, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, California State University, Sacramento
Dr. Kevan Shafizadeh is an assistant professor of Civil Engineering at California State University, Sacramento (“Sacramento State”) where he has headed the transportation engineering area since 2004. Dr. Shafizadeh holds bachelors and masters degrees from UC Davis and a doctoral degree from the University of Washington in Seattle – all in civil & environmental engineering. He teaches courses in transportation engineering and planning as well as courses in engineering statistics and computer applications. His research involves the application of statistics and econometrics to various issues in transportation engineering and planning including: traffic engineering, pavement management, emissions mitigation, and non-motorized and sustainable transportation infrastructure systems.
Before arriving at Sacramento State, he worked at UC Davis as a post-doctoral research engineer and was the instructor for Civil & Environmental Engineering 162 (Transportation Engineering).
Dr. Shafizadeh is board-registered Professional Engineer (PE) in the State of California and a licensed Professional Traffic Operations Engineer (PTOE). He serves as a private consultant and subject matter expert to various engineering consulting firms and public agencies.
Beth Ober, Ph.D., Chair and Professor, Human & Community Development, UC Davis
Beth A. Ober received her Ph.D. in psychology from UC Berkeley in 1982. Dr. Ober’s research specializes in memory processes in normal adults; memory, language, and attentional processes in normal vs. abnormal aging; brain-cognition relationships in normal vs. abnormal aging; Alzheimer's disease; sematic memory in schizophrenia. Dr. Ober teaches courses on adulthood and aging, cognition and aging and development in adulthood among others.
Beth Ober joined the faculty at UC Davis in 1990 and is both a professor and psychologist. She is the department chair for Human and Community Development and is affiliated with the UC Davis Center for the Mind and Brain.