About Preparing Future Faculty
The Preparing Future Faculty program helps doctoral students and postdocs learn about faculty roles and job expectations--teaching, research, scholarship, external funding, and service. PFF participants have an opportunity to meet with faculty members from MU, regional universities, and community colleges. The PFF program includes the PFF seminar course and a series of PFF professional development workshops related to academic careers.
The aim of all PFF programming is to ensure that future faculty are prepared to meet the challenges of the 21st Century.
What Preparing Future Faculty Can Do For You
T.J. Tomlin, a 2009 Ph.D. history graduate, is currently an Assistant Professor at the University of Northern Colorado. While at MU, he participated in the Preparing Future Faculty program,
"This was a fabulous experience that gave me a much better sense of how universities work and how to succeed as a professor."
- Become more aware of faculty roles in different institutions
- Improve your teaching skills
- Clarify your career choices
- Develop a network of professional colleagues
- Establish a mentoring relationship
- Increase your self-confidence as an academic professional
- Learn techniques for getting the first job offer
- Prepare for your first academic job
Learn more about the 1-credit-hour, 2-semester seminar course
Graduate students might also be interested in enrolling in related courses such as The Professoriate (EL 9456) or College Teaching (EL 9448) for 3 credit hours.