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Academic Jobs

Nir Menachemi, PhD, MPH Professor and Department Chair Health Policy and Management Scientist, Center for Biomedical Informatics

RICHARD M. FAIRBANKS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH

INDIANA UNIVERSITY - IUPUI

Data from the NSF Survey of Earned Doctorates 2003 – 2015

Brown‐Podgorski, Holmes, Golembiewski, Jackson, and Menachemi (2018) Forthcoming AJPH

Agenda

• Overview of the hiring process in academia
• Work‐life in academia
• Basic fundamentals of negotiating a salary
• Tips for a good job talk
• Tenure vs. non‐tenure positions

The Process

• Search committee (4‐5 folks)
• “Charge” by Dean/Chair based on need
• Job announcement developed and disseminated (words matter!)
• Applications received (takes time) are screened (takes more time)
• Committee scores and discusses (for “fit”) top applicants
• Phone/Skype interviews ~5‐7 individuals
• Campus visits ~2‐3 individuals
• Robust itinerary (meetings: faculty, students, administrators,
• ther stakeholders)– dinner meeting(s)
• Input from stakeholders to search committee
• Search committee recommendation to Chair/Dean
• Decision  Negotiations

Work‐life in Academia*

Funding Expectation Preferred Publishing Outlets Teaching Expectation Service Expectation Schools of Medicine High Clinical & health journals Relatively low: Medical student? Residents? Postdocs? Less university, more professional service Schools of Public Health Moderate Health journals Moderate: Can include undergrad, masters, & HSR doctoral University service and professional service Schools of Health Professions Lower Health & clinical journals High teaching load: Can include undergrad, masters, & non‐HSR doctoral More university service, less professional service Schools of Business None Business journals Lower if publishing in “A+” journals, otherwise moderate to high More professional service if publishing in “A+” journals, otherwise more university service Other Schools exists (e.g., Nursing, Public Administration, etc.) Variable Variable Variable Variable * These are Nir’s opinions based on his limited, biased, and incomplete observations. Disagreement is invited.

Introduce yourself. Who are you?

Previous experiences, career aspirations

Traditional format: Intro, motivation/importance,

methods, results, discussion

Encourage questions

–indicator of audience interest/engagement

Show case your: methods acumen, Comm. skills,

answ er questions, discuss implications, future agenda

Practice before a live audience

• ask for guidance from Search Chair

Negotiating a salary

• Nerve‐racking for those lacking experience
• Be informed
• Review salaries survey
• Public universities typically have publically available salaries
• $alaries vary by:
• School (e.g., Medicine, Public Health, Business)
• Expertise/specialty (Outcomes research, qualitative methods, economics)
• Job expectations (course load, funding expectations)
• Money matters, but less so than other important

aspects in a first academic job

• Protected time
• Mentorship availability and commitments
• Organizational culture and norms are a “fit”
• Trust of supervisor, leadership

Tenure vs. Non‐tenure Track

• Tenure‐track
• Research
• Teaching
• Service
• Non‐tenure track
• Vary widely but typically have a more

specific focus on either research (higher funding expectations) or teaching (heavier teaching load)

• University type: Carnegie Classification
• R1: Doctoral Universities – Highest research activity
• R2: Doctoral Universities – Higher research activity
• R3: Doctoral Universities – Moderate research activity
• Master's Colleges and Universities (M1, M2, M3)
• Baccalaureate Colleges

Somet Sometimes referred mes referred to as to as “Clinical” or “Research” track “Clinical” or “Research” track