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Adelante HSI: Preparing Future Faculty

The Adelante HSI: Preparing Future Faculty Bootcamp is funded through a grant from the University of California Office of the President and aims to prepare first generation early career researchers (ECRs) and ECRs from minoritized communities to be competitive applicants for the academic job market. This will be our third cohort for the initiative.

Adelante Hispanic Serving Institutions (HSI) Future Faculty Bootcamp

For 2024, the Adelante Bootcamp will have three programmatic components:

  1. One-day Bootcamp with faculty led workshops on Friday, October 11, 9am-4:30pm. Open to Graduate Students and Postdocs who are applying to academic job market in 2024.

  2. Feedback on Draft Application Materials. Bootcamp participants will receive individualized feedback on their draft application materials from UC Merced faculty.

  3. Job Talk/Presentation Feedback Session (for participants that gain interviews). For any Bootcamp participant who has applied and gained an interview, we will have a team of 2-3 faculty reviewers to observe their job talk and provide individualized feedback.

Below is a sample of topics that will be covered during the Bootcamp:

  • Overview of Faculty Career Pathways
  • Fine Tuning Your Vita and Cover Letter for Faculty Jobs
  • Perfecting Your Pitch for the Faculty Interview
  • Writing a Successful Research Statement
  • Navigating Academic Job Offers
  • Writing a Successful Diversity Statement
  • Thriving as Faculty from First Generation and Minoritized Communities
  • Writing a Successful Teaching Statement

This opportunity is available to UC Merced PhD Candidates and Postdoctoral Scholars from any academic discipline. Priority will be given to individuals who are applying for academic jobs in Fall 2024, and who demonstrate a potential to contribute to diversity in the professoriate. The application cycle for our AY 2024-25 cohort has ended; please check back again in early Fall 2025 for more information.

Adelante Success and Participant Summary

Total Participants = 26

  • Graduate Students = 17
  • Postdoctoral Scholars = 9

Disciplines Represented = 11

  • EECS = 1
  • Environmental Systems = 4
  • Interdisciplinary Humanities = 5
  • Materials and Biomaterials Science & Engineering = 1
  • Mechanical Engineering = 3
  • Physics = 5
  • Political Science = 1
  • Psychological Sciences = 1
  • Public Health = 2
  • Quantitative & Systems Biology = 2
  • Sociology = 1

Career Placements

83% of participants have gained full-time employment (not including students who are currently enrolled)

  • Currently Enrolled Students = 8
  • Employed - Academic Jobs = 13
    • Assistant Professor = 6
    • Postdoctoral Scholar = 6
    • Assistant Project Scientist = 1
  • Employed - Non-Academic Jobs = 2
    • Engineering = 2
  • Currently Searching Jobs = 3