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Academic Job Search Series: Part 1 of 3: What it’s like to be a Postdoc/Assistant Prof: I.e., what I wish I knew before I took the job

by Graduate School

Learning Graduate/Professional

Mon, Nov 3, 2025

3:30 PM – 5 PM CST (GMT-6)

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This series of zoom panels is for those near the end of their doctorate (or other terminal degree) who are considering a faculty career. It will be most useful for those currently on the academic job market, or who plan to be on the academic job market in the next year. Each of the panelists in these zoom sessions completed their degree at Mizzou and are now postdoctoral scholars or faculty at Mizzou or elsewhere in the US. In each session, they will share their experiences of the academic job market and their current roles, and answer attendees’ questions. This session will focus on what the panelists wish they knew about academic jobs before they got one.

Nov 3, 3:30-5 CST

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**Shawn Chen (MU-Grad ‘24)**, Assistant Professor, Computer Science, Hamilton College

**Yu Bin Kim (MU-Grad ‘24)**, Assistant Professor, Political Science & International Relations, Knox College

**Ronnie Myers (MU-Grad ‘24)**, Postdoctoral Scholar, Plant Sciences, University of Missouri-Columbia

**Nabin Giri (MU-Grad ‘25)**, Postdoctoral Scholar, Data & Computer Science, Berkeley Lab

**Matthew Ogan (MU-Grad ‘24)**, Assistant Professor, Counseling, Human Development, & Family Science, University of Tennessee

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Enid Schatz

Associate Dean of the Mizzou Graduate School

Dr. Enid Schatz has served as Associate Dean of the Mizzou Graduate School since 2023 and is a Professor of Public Health. A sociologist and demographer, she has been at Mizzou since 2006 and focuses her research on critical public health issues. She is deeply committed to strengthening mentoring practices: she leads faculty development through Mentoring at Mizzou and also coaches faculty and graduate students individually and in groups through the National Center for Faculty Development and Diversity (NCFDD). Her work reflects a strong investment in high-quality mentorship, as well as fostering belonging and success for both faculty and graduate students.

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