This is a less formal interview during your visit with faculty, during which you can offer detailed information about
the direction of your future research.
What is a ""chalk talk""?"
100
Most academic positions are advertised during this time of year.
What is the fall?
100
The title of the first chapter from "Making the Right Moves".
What is "Obtaining and Negotiating a Faculty
Position?"
100
ASU's Sparky mascot was designed by this media conglomerate.
What is Walt Disney Studios?
100
The opening scene from this Hitchcock classic was filmed in downtown Phoenix.
What is "Psycho"?
200
At ASU, professors employed in these colleges are very likely to earn six figure salaries.
What are W.P. Carey School of Business or Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering?
200
This is the nucleus of the faculty job application.
What is a research proposal?
200
According to "Making the Right Moves", this is the preferred location to highlight special circumstances.
What is the cover letter?
200
ASU Alumnus Reggie Jackson was recruited to ASU for this sport.
What is football?
200
Every U.S. president between Herbert Hoover and George W. Bush has spent a night at this Phoenix hotel.
What is the Arizona Biltmore?
300
Committees and other projects that he/she are involved with make up this component of a faculty member's job responsibilities.
What is service?
300
Fake searches, bad fits, inappropriate questions, scheduling challenges, and interview snafus.
What are some things that can go wrong during the academic job search?
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300
Guaranteed funds that you receive from the university where you are employed.
What is hard money?
300
You may find human remains in this downtown campus building.
What is University Center (UCENT)?
300
The original London Bridge was shipped stone-by-stone and reconstructed in in this Arizona locale.
What is Lake Havasu City?
400
This author wrote the book "Big Fat Lies: The Truth About Your Weight and Health", which was first published in 1996.
Who is Glenn Gaesser?
400
For a new hire, its relative quantity can decrease when it feels as though the candidate is trying to squeeze the department dry.
What is enthusiasm?
400
By obtaining additional funding for your department, it is possible to be released from some clinical or teaching duties
What is "buying out"?
400
It begins "Where The Bold Saguaros..."
What is ASU's Alma Mater?
400
The age of a saguaro cactus is determined by this.
What is height?
500
When working with the search committee, ask for a copy of their faculty handbook and any other personnel policy manuals. Read them over thoroughly, check them against the recommended standards of this academic organization.
What is the American Association of University Professors (AAUP)?
500
According to Cheeky Scientist, the number one question you should ask yourself during any job search.
What is "How can I differentiate myself"?
500
"Making the Right Moves" is based on a scientific management course developed by these two non-profit organizations.
What are the Burroughs Wellcome Fund (BWF) and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute
(HHMI)?
500
ASU Scientists have discovered that caffeine improves this in a honeybee.
What is memory?
500
The Arizona's five C's commemorated in our state seal.
What are Copper, Cotton, Cattle, Citrus, and Climate?