CRA Career Mentoring Workshop
The Computing Research Association holds a biennial Career Mentoring Workshop in Washington, DC. The last workshop was held February 24-25, 2022.
This workshop provides career advice and mentoring activities for junior assistant professors in computer science and engineering.
The workshop, consisting of a series of panels, is interspersed with opportunities to network with senior researchers and representatives from government agencies.
Click here to read a participant’s perspective in the CRA Bulletin.
Workshops for additional groups:
CRA-E offers workshops informing graduate students and post-docs about academic teaching career options as well as professional development workshops for teaching track faculty in Ph.D. granting departments.
CRA-WP offers Career Mentoring Workshops for women at various career stages.
Workshop Agendas:
Career Mentoring Workshop 2020
Career Mentoring Workshop 2018
Career Mentoring Workshop 2016
Career Mentoring Workshop 2014
Career Mentoring Workshop 2012
Sessions typically include:
Planning Your Research Career;
Career Networking;
Teaching, Mentoring and Managing Students;
Preparing a Tenure Package;
Time Management and Family Life;
Advice from Early Career Faculty; and
Writing Grant Proposals.
