Please Note: Bootcamp Sessions are open only to current Graduate Students and Alum of the Mills College English Department. Cirque du Work Panels on Saturday are FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. We invite you to join us for these!
Coffee will be provided for the morning Bootcamp Sessions.
CREATING AND BUILDING A CV
10:00 – 11:00 am, Mills Hall 135
Mills faculty Tarah Demant and Truong Tran will lead a presentation on creating and building your CV. Tarah Demant will discuss the basics of preparing a CV to apply for teaching positions in composition or literature classrooms, and Truong will cover the specifics of crafting a CV for creative writing positions, and grant and residency applications. Truong will also address the inclusion of visual work, gallery exhibits, etc.
THE TEACHING STATEMENT AND LETTER OF INTENT
11:15 am – 12:15 pm, Mills Hall 135
We’ll reconvene for a presentation on these two important pieces of your job (or grant, or residency) application. Tarah Demant will focus on crafting these materials for the composition or literature application, and Truong will address creative writing and visual art.
BYO BROWN BAG LUNCH
12:15-1:00
PRACTICING THE INTERVIEW
1:00 – 3:00, by appointment
Sign up for a valuable opportunity to practice your interview skills. Mills faculty Elmaz Abinader, Diane Cady, Tarah Demant, Kirsten Saxton, Cynthia Scheinberg, Truong Tran, and Kara Wittman will hold 20-minute “mock” interviews for positions in Composition, Literature, and Creative Writing classrooms. Interviews will be held by committee (students will participate in a group interview with at least 2 faculty members.)
If you are interested in signing up for a practice interview, contact Rex Leonowicz at, leonowitch@gmail.com, and indicate which area (composition, literature, or creative writing) you’re interested in. If you are requesting more than one interview slot, please rank your order of preference. Depending on space, we may be able to accommodate multiple interviews for those interested in practicing for different sorts of positions.
Once you sign up for an interview slot, Rex will send further instructions. Job descriptions/postings for each area will be posted on the English Department Blackboard site. You’ll be asked to send a practice CV and letter of intent in advance of the interview. It’s fine if your CV and letter are works in progress—this is a chance for you to create a first draft.
Cirque du Work! 