From Associate to Full Going up the Ladder After You've Reached the First Rung

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From Associate to Full --Going up the Ladder
After You've Reached the First Rung

• Fran Berman, U.C. San Diego
• Susan Davidson, U. Penn
• Barbara Ryder, Rutgers

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Questions Posed to the Panel

• What was the procedure for advancing from
  Associate to Full at your university?
• What would a good strategy be to achieve Full
  Professor at your university? What can you do to
  make your case stronger? What weakens your case?
• What are the challenges and benefits of being a
  Full Professor?
• What are the career options beyond Full
  Professor?
• Are there special challenges for women at this
  level?
• Is there a glass ceiling?

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Frans Timeline

• Ph.D.. from University of Washington in 1979
  research in theory
• Assistant Professor at Purdue University
  1979-1984
• Assistant Professor at U.C. San Diego 1984-1987
• Had Emily in 1986
• Promoted to Associate Professor 1987research in
  parallel processing
• Had Nicholas in 1988
• Promoted to Full Professor in 1993research in
  metacomputing/grid computing

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Advancing from Associate to Full at U.C.S.D.

• Merit promotions at U.C.S.D. Associate I, II,
  III, IV/Full Professor
• merit promotion should happen every 2 years
• Associate to Full similar to tenure process
• complete documentation of research, university,
  teaching activities
• outside letters
• vote of faculty senior to you, approval by
  university committee, vice-chancellor, chancellor

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Full Professor vs. Tenure

• Full professor file should have more of
  everything than tenure file
• Full professor should have evidence of leadership
  role
• demonstrated leadership in professional community
• published work
• service
• mature research program
• funding
• students
• leadership in department or at university level

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Being a Full Professor

• You are there -- there are no more hoops to jump
  through unless you want to
• Full professor usually implies
• increased leadership and service in department,
  at university level, in research community
• more responsibility, more work
• opportunities for impact, funding

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Beyond Full Professor

• Full Professor can also be a stepping stone
• department chair, university administration
• funding program manager, institute leadership
• senior industry research positions
• Achieving Full Professor is often a good time for
  reflection
• What are your career goals?
• Do you want to ramp up? Downsize? Do something
  different?
• What are your options?

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The Glass Ceiling

• Women often find a glass ceiling at the Full
  Professor ranks
• M.I.T. report
• Is it sexism or just the demands of the fast
  track?
• Is it worth it?
• Breaking through the glass ceiling demands
• intense level of dedication and persistence
• willingness to be where the action is
• perseverence
• Rewards are considerable professional recognition
  and ability to influence direction of science in
  your area

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Food for Thought

• Its your career, what do you want to do with it?
• What am I seeking to achieve professionally?
• What do I want my steady state professional life
  to be like?
• How do my professional and personal goals fit
  together?
• Is this what I want my life to be like?

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Introduction / Thanks

• Thanks to Kim Peaks
• Thanks to Anne Condon, Nancy Leveson, Joann
  Ordille, Ann Redelfs
• Thanks to NSF and SGB Mary Lou Soffa
• Thanks to CRA, CRA-W, FCRC Jan, Leah, Bill A.,
  David Johnson, Donna Baglio
• Thanks to panelists, moderators, participants
• Knowledge is power