On Saturday, June 7th, 2025, the Claremont Colleges will host a one-day symposium for graduate students and postdoctoral fellows from institutions in southern California.
The Associate Deans for Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Faculty development at the Claremont Colleges invite your participation and welcome you to Claremont to explore faculty life at small liberal arts colleges. We will host workshops, clinics, and facilitated discussions about the transition from graduate school to the professoriate, the job search process, and teaching, researching, and thriving at small liberal arts colleges. You will also have an opportunity to showcase your research at the poster conference which will be held throughout the day.
The Claremont Colleges are committed to recruiting and retaining an excellent and diverse faculty. Clinics and panel discussions will cover these topics:
- Applying for jobs at small liberal arts colleges (SLACs)—what is different about the CV, Cover Letter, Interviewing, Research and Teaching Statements?
- Writing Inclusive Excellence Statements—what is inclusive excellence and what you should include.
- The first years in the tenure-track as a new faculty member at a SLAC—the good and the challenging.
- Inclusive pedagogy
- Research and publishing at a SLAC
There will be a poster session so that you may present research while building ties with faculty across the Claremont Colleges.
Onsite Registration
Information coming soon. Stay tuned!
In the meantime, if you have any questions please contact Amir Soliman. 👋🏼
Draft agenda and useful links for the Emerging Scholars Symposium
| Time | Program Title |
|---|---|
| 8:30 – 9:30 a.m. | Registration & Breakfast Learn more about Registration for the Emerging Scholars Symposium |
| 9:30 – 10:00 a.m. | Welcome and Opening Remarks |
| 10:15 – 11:30 a.m. | Please note that the three panels below will be taking place simultaneously Panel/Discussion: Panel/Discussion: Panel/Discussion: |
| 11:45 a.m. – 1:45 p.m. | Lunch A delicious variety of food and drinks catering to your dietary needs! |
| 12:30 – 1:30 p.m. | Rapid Fire Consults: Cover Letters, Teaching Statements, Research Statements, Etc. Bring your cover letters, teaching statements, research statements, and other material for quick consultations during lunchtime |
| 1:45 – 2:45 p.m. | Poster Presentations |
| 3:00 – 4:15 p.m. | Please note that the workshops below will be taking place simultaneously Workshop A: The Research Talk in a Liberal Arts Setting
Workshop B: The Classroom Demonstration for Liberal Arts Students
Workshop C: Writing the Teaching Statement: From Ideas to Practice
Workshop D: Writing Cover Letters for Jobs at SLACs |
| 4:15 – 6:00 p.m. | 🎉 Despedida! 🎊 |