Workshop: Panel on Research and Working at Primarily Undergraduate Institutions
January 5, 2020, Noon - 1:30 PM, Room 402
Organizers: Lisa Whitenack, Bill Ryerson, Katie Staab, Michael Middlebrooks, and Natalia Taft
The workshop will consist of a panel of faculty members, all of whom are currently at a Primarily Undergraduate Institution (PUI). We will discuss how research at PUIs is conducted, what opportunities are available, applying for those opportunities, and what the challenges are for faculty at PUIs. The moderator of the panel will be Adam Summers, a senior faculty member at the University of Washington and PUI alumnus (Swarthmore College). There will be a brief question and answer session for the panel members, before broadening the workshop to the entire group. We will have breakout stations where small groups of participants can interact individually with one of the panelists, to discuss different aspects of being at a PUI: teaching, research, service, and expectations. Breakout stations will rotate so that each group will have an opportunity to discuss each facet of a PUI.