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cial Science Faculty Position
Office of Population Researc
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Address
Z University
City. State Zip
Date
Uhair. Search Committee
Department of Sociology and
Anthropology
Large State University
City. State Zip
Dear (‘hair of the Search Com
mittee.
I am writing regarding the tenu
re-track position of Assistant
Professor of Sociology. I lear
about this position through Pro
ned
fessor Name at the University
completing a doctoral progra
of X, where I am currently
m in demography with the
sup
port of a Mellon fellowship
to fulfill all the degree require
. I expect
ments by August 2005.
In the description of the positio
n you indicate that you are
seeking a specialist in social
demography with the ability
to teach social statistics at the
graduate level. My training
researcher on international mig
as a
ration from Latin America
and the Caribbean to the United
under the direction of Professor
States
Name would contribute to
the research agenda of your
department. In addition, my
experience as a teaching assi
stant for quantitative research
under the direction of Profess
methods
ors Name and Name has pro
vided me with the knowledge
familiarity to teach graduate
and
courses on research methods
in the social sciences.
I am aware that research met
hods courses are required
in the Comparative Sociology
Ph.D. programs offered by
M.A
your department. As a social
statistics teacher, I will ensure . and
students learn statistical tools
that
and understand how valuable
they are in explaining complex
behaviors.
social
Although I have done research
on comparative international
the Dominican Republic to
the United States, and recently labor migration from Mexico and
from Colombia to the United
and Spain, my dissertation
explores a different area within
States
the consequences of forced
the field of migration. It investi
internal migration in Colombia,
gates
internally displaced person
with particular emphasis on
s who resettled in the outskir
ts of Bogota.
My study focuses on the effe
cts of internal forced migrati
on on gender and household
composition, socioeconomic
cha
designed research instruments racteristics, and labor trajectories. For this purpose. I hav
e
to collect quantitative and qua
migrants, and forced migran
litative data on non-migrants,
ts in three diverse areas of
the periphery of Bogota. This stud
allows me to explore literatu
y also
re on urban development,
social stratification, and assi
Given the research interest
milation.
s of your faculty members.
I will be a suitable candidate
‘ollaborating with them on
in
their research efforts.
nted my research at the Population Association of
As a professional demographer. I have prese
s Association Congress, and other academic
America meetings. the Latin American Studie
Costa Rica. and Colombia.
meetings in the U.S.. Mexico,
rm effects on ar-ridden countries and their
I am convinced that internal conflict has had long-te
risk ofreceitng large migration flows as a result
neighbors too. Allied countries are also at high
international and forced migration ilI allow me
of their intervention. My research experience on
development and international migration. In an
to explore een further the impact of conflict on
of civil conflict I organized two sessions
effort to enhance the academic dialogue on the effects
. in October 2004, one on internal and forced
at the Latin America Studies Association Congress
nal migration from Colombia. In addition, I am
migration in Colombia and the other on internatio
nal migration patterns from Guatemala. El
putting together a research agenda on internatio
ry of social unrest--to neighboring countries
a
es
Salvador. Haiti and Nicaragua--countri with histo
and the United States.
the next few weeks and to isiting your
I look forward to discussing the position with you in
application. My curriculum vitae is
my
pursue
to
e
department lbr an interview. if you decid
under separate cover. Please feel free to
enclosed: my letters of recommendation will follow
your consideration. I look forward to
contact me if you need more information. Thank you for
hearing from you.
Sincerely.
Dora Alicia Scholar
nutridrilues baculty Po
sition
Date
Dr. Name. (hair
Department of Fng)ish
•rhe Uni’ ersity of 7
(‘it>, Pros ince, Postal code. Can
ada
Dear professor Name and lcmber
s at the Search Committee:
I am riting to apply flr the tenu
re-track assistant professorship
in Renaissance Drama that you
advertised in the 1I.A Job Informa
tion List. I am currently at the Uni
versity of X. where I hold
one of’ the F.nglish Department’
s two Postdoctoral Fellowship
s. I reccied my Ph.D. from X
August of this year •ifler complet
in
ing my dissertation. Romancing
the Globe. Ro,nancc’. English
Epanaoii. cmcl the Ear
/i Voclt’in Stage. under the dire
ction of Professors Name, 1am
Name.
e, and
Romance has been given a lon
g and complex history in English
literature, but not as a dramat
genre. In Romanciimg the Globe,
ic
I trace this bias to the co-opting
of the term “romance” in
nineteenth-century studies of Sha
kespeare: first by Coleridge to
distinguish Shakespeare’s wor
t’rom those bound by classical stri
ks
ctures, and later by Edward
Duwden o designate the thu
last generic dtvision of Shakes
rth and
peare’s canon-—the “romances
” (for Dowden. Pericles, The
Tc’inpc’st. Cinthelbic’, and
The Winier ‘.c Tale). Critics and
editors to this day rely on Dow
“romance” as a classification of
den’s
Shakespeare’s ‘late plays,” and
thus sustain the notion that
romance is dominantly a Sha
kespearean genre, one issuing (to
use Dowden’s titular phrase) from
“Shakespeare’s Mind and Art
.” Rather, I argue. these plays
belong to a dramatic kind that
only pre-Coleridgean, but pre
is not
-Shakespearean. The “stage rom
ance,” as I have called it. is
that dates back to the earliest
a genre
years of the commercial theater
in sixteenth-century London.
Building on the work of earlier
bibliographers. I have identifie
d more than forty plays from
period, many now lost, that ada
the
pted popular prose romances,
pseudo-histories, and other
fantastical tales to the stage.
Yet due to the narrow application
of the term “romance” in dra
criticism, the generic kinship
matic
of these plays has gone unrema
rked.
In my account, the genre of stag
e romance develops as a resp
onse to England’s broadening
horizons in this period of exp
anding overseas commerce
and exploration. Plays such as
anonymous Clvomon and Cla
the
im des and Thomas Dekker’s
Old Forrimutus bear witness to
stage’s attempt to translate the
the
geographic and temporal leaps
of narrative romance into the
circumscribed space of the
stage. At the same time, the infl
ux at’ romance into English dra
challenged the foundations
ma
of traditional dramatic theory
and form, evinced by Sidney
influential Defense afPoes
’s
j, where he targets the “gross
absurdities” of plays that violate
unities of time and place. To
the
demonstrate the emergence of
“romance” out ofa global history
expansion rather than a dev
elopmental account of authoria
of
l biography. my chapters focus
specific formal elements: the
on
representation of time and spa
ce in The Tempest, the dramat
of narrative in old Fortunaus
ization
, the use of a Chorus in Henri
Vand Pericles, and the transfer
romance from commercial stag
of
e to court entertainment in Mil
ton’s Comus. Drawing on materia
from early modem cartograph
ls
y, literary theory, historiogra
phy, travel writing, and racial theo
these chapters relate the tran
ry.
sformations in dramatic form
to the social and historical issu
raised by England’s expansion
es
into new territories.
on
My research involves me in the vibrant current debates about the impact of overseas e
af the
on early modern culture. The first chapter of my dissertation, “AtYric of the one side.
dited
Other’: Sidney’s Unities and the Staging of Romance,” has been accepted in a collecti
by Valerie Wayne and Mary Ellen Lamb, Staging Early Modern Romance: Prose Fiction.
Dramatic Romance, and Shakespeare. I am currently at work revising my dissertation toward
publication, a process that will allow me to explore more fully a range of issues that were
incipient in the thesis: the interplay of history and romance in the period, the geography of the
eastern Mediterranean in romance, and the migration of stage romance to other genres in the
seventeenth century. Furthermore, I have recently discovered two little-known stage romances in
manuscript. Tom a Lincoln and The Fain’ Knight, which will be integrated into the book. I have
also done preliminary research for a second book-length project that will explore the travels of
various early modern books overseas: from a copy of Foxe’s .4cts and Monuments that Sir
Francis Drake carried with him during his circumnavigation to seventeenth-century
pertbrmances of Hunlet and Richurdli aboard an English ship on the coast of Sierra Leone.
In my experience as a graduate instructor, I taught a broad range of courses, from dramatic
representations of race to travel and adventure writing. In one course, Shakespeare; Yesterday
and Today. I emphasized the status of the period as both “early” and “modem,” a world at once
strange to us and enticingly contemporary. My students explored this paradox in units that paired
modern adaptations and appropriations of Shakespeare’s plays with a broader historical study of
the period’s social, theatrical, and print culture. My efforts as a teacher were recognized in 2003,
when I was one of nine graduate student instructors in the College of Arts and Sciences to
receive the Dean’s Award for Distinguished Teaching.
As a postdoctoral fellow in the University of X’s English Department, I have developed a series
of courses that grow out of my interests in romance, drama, travel narrative, and the literature of
empire in early modem England. I am currently teaching a survey course, New Worlds and Lost
Worlds u/the Renaissance, that works to complicate traditional conceptions of the
Renaissance” through readings of texts ranging from Shakespeare’s Richard 111 and Titus
.indronicus to More’s Utopia and Amerigo Vespucci’s New World epistles. These readings
prompt classroom discussions and writing assignments in which students evaluate traditional
farmulations of the historical period (the Renaissance, the Age of Discovery, the Reformation,
the Late Medieval), as we explore the competing (and sometimes contradictory) social and
historical energies that spurred cultural production. In an upper-level seminar I will teach this
spring, Imagined Empires. 1492-1800, we will study texts that present overseas conquest and
empire as an imaginary enterprise. Course readings will include romances, travel narratives,
utopias, novels and plays that, in many cases, deal only peripherally with Europe’s expansion
abroad. In the seminar, we will work to explore how these “imagined empires” are connected to
the period’s broadening of geographic space.
I have enclosed my curriculum vitae and book prospectus. Thank you for your consideration. I
hope to hear from you soon.
Sincerely.
Oliver Candidate
Accepted position at a mid-size
public Master’s institution
Monique R. Researcher
E-mail address
Department, University of X
Address
City, State, Zip code
Phone number
EDUCATION: University
of X. City, State
Ph.D. in Physics and Astron
omy
Master of Science Degree In
Expected May 2006
Physics and Astronomy, G.P
.A. 3.96
May 2004
Cornell University, College
of
Bachelor of Arts Degree In Phy Arts and Sciences, Ithaca, NY
sics, Magna cum Laude, G.P
.A. 3,83 May 2001
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE:
Department of Physics and
Astronomy, University of X,
Theoretical cosmology. Doc
City
toral thesis research conduc
May 2003-Present
ted with Ore. Name and Nam
• Demonstrated how stac
e.
king weak-lens4ng signals of
galaxy clusters, based on
decrement, can constrain clus
their Sunyaev-Zel’dovlch
ter physics.
• Chose, generalized, and
applied a nonparametrlc met
hod
power spectrum.
(the smoothing spline) to reco
nstruct the primordial
• Tested gravity at megape
rsec scales by deriving the
matter power spectrum and
deviations from the inverse
bisp
-square law, and comparing
with large-scale structure dataectrum for small
.
Department of Physics and
Theoretical cosmology. AdvisorAstronomy, University of X
s: Dra. Name and Name.
May-A ugusl 2002
• Derived light curves for gra
vitational mlcroiensing events
in the presence of weak exte
rnal shear.
NASA/New York Space Gra
nt
Fel
lowship, Cornell University
Theoretical astrophysics. Adv
, ithaca, NY
isor. Dr. Name.
June-August 2000
• Calculated hydrogen Ion
ization fraction for a neutron star
which there are no good electron
atmosphere, over a range
of magnetic fields for
quantum numbers.
Newman Laboratory for
Ele
High-energy theory. Advisor mentary Particle Physics, Cornell University
Dr. Name.
January-May 20(Y)
• Studied Plebanskl’s dem
onstration that the Bom-Inf
eld electromagnetic lagrang
covarlant lagrangian consistent
lan Is the
with causalIty, with the aim
to generalize the argument to onty Loren
higher dimensions.
NSF Research Experience
for
Und
erg
rad
uate
s
Fellowship, University of Chi
Theoretical condensed matter
cago June-August 1999
• Devised and applied new physics. Advisor Dr. Name.
method to demonstrate the frac
tal nature of late stages of min
eral growth.
Wilson Synchrotron Lab
oratory, Cornell University
High-energy experiment Adv
isor Dr. Name.
June-July 1997
• Performed feasibility
study for detectIng an exotic
B meson decay.
PUBUCAT1ONS:
R.sarchm, M., Name, and
Nam
Physics. Submitted to Astrop e (2006) StackIng Weak Lensing Signals of SZ Cluster
s to Constrain Cluster
hysical Journal. E-print: astr
o-ph/0601254.
Researcher, M,, Name,
and Name (2005) Smoothin
g spline primordial power spectru
Review 0, 72, 103520.
m reconstruction. Physical
Moruque R Researcher, 2
Researcher, M., Name. and Name (2005) Limits on deviations from the Inverse-square law on megaparsec
scales. Physical Review 0, 71, 083004.
UNIVERSITY TEACHING:
July 2005
Summer Science Academy, University of X, City, State
• Taught lectures on special relativity and quantum interference to advanced high-school students.
Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of X
February 2005
• Gave invited talk for undergraduate Physics Club on gravity research project.
• Taught recitation sections for engineering physics, mechanics and electromagnetism Sept. 2002-May 2003
January-May 2002
• Conducted labs for engineering physics electricity and magnetism course.
August 1998-May 2001
Center for Learning and Teaching, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
• Tutored all tracks of introductory physics courses. Held office hours for three hours a week.
K-12 AND COMMUNITY TEACHING:
October 2003-Present
Access Science Volunteership, City. State
• Co-taught professional development workshops for high-school physical science teachers.
Initiated after-school Science Fair Club to assist 4th and 5lh grade students with their projects.
•
• Assisted 6u1 grade teacher to plan and conduct engaging and accurate science lessons.
Science Museum, City, State
•
March 2002-June 2003
Explained exhibits to visitors as a volunteer in the interpretive services department.
Explore Our Solar System, Monroe Free Library, Monroe, NY
• Created and taught a week-long summer science program for children grades 4-6.
August 2001
Game of Science, Beverly J. Martin Elementary School, Ithaca, NY
Sept. 1999-May 2001
•
Initiated and ran weekly after-school science enrichment program for grades 3-5,
AWARDS AND HONORS:
•
•
•
•
•
•
Sponsored by the NSF to attend the Lindau Meeting of Nob.I Laureates and Students in Germany. 2004
Kieval Prize in Physics, awarded every year to an outstanding Cornell physics senior who shows unusual
promise for future contributions to physics research. 2001
Phi Beta Kappa, 2001
Roblnson-App.i Humanitarian Award, which recognizes three Cornell students annually who have had
significant involvement in community service, and provides support for their projects, which address a
community’s social needs. Awarded for Game of Science program (see above). 2000
Golden Key National Honors Society, 1999
College Scholar, Cornell University, 1998-2001
REFERENCES:
[The names and contact information of four references follow.J
INTERESTS AND ACTIVITIES:
Plays & Players Theater, Artistic Member and Actress, September 2003-Present.
Swing Dance Club. Co-President, January 2005-Present.
University of X ChoIr, January 2002-May 2005. Soloist, December 2003.
Work In France, Council Exchanges, Assistant High-School English Teacher, October-December 2001.
Cornell University Chorus, 1997-2001. International Tour Manager, 2000.
Society of Physics Students, Cornell University, President. 1999.
V iLd
Accepted position at a large
public research university
Mark David Researcher
The Research Institute
The Lniersity of X
Address
City. State Zip code
E-mail
Home Address
City, State Zip code
Home phone
Work phone
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EDUCATION
The University of State, City
, State
Ph.D. in Immunology. August
2000
Thesis Title: Role of the
Interferon gammaInterfero
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Transduction
plex in Signal
Sponsor Name. Ph.D.
The University of Florida
, Gainesville. Florida
B.S. in Microbiology. May
I9)6
Minor in Chemistry
Cumulative G.P.A.: 3.71/4
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RESEARCH EXPERIEN
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Research Fellow, Laboratory
of Dr. Name, Ph.D.. 2006-P
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The Research Institute & The
University of X
City. State
The Significance of Regulat
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We are currently examining
the role 0fCD4fCD25+
regulatory T cells during the
influenza infection using a
course of an
combination of regulatory
T cell depletion and adoptiv
eperimcnts.
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Postdoctoral Fellow, Lab
oratory of Dr. Name, Ph.
D., 2000-2006
The Research Institute &
The University of X
City. State
Factors Governing Regulat
ory T Cell Activation and
Function
Showed that regulatory T
cell suppressor function can
be mediated through a partial
signal. Regulatory T eel)
T cell receptor
suppressor function can med
iate the suppression of T cell
cytokine production, and
proliferation,
memory B cell antibody pro
duction.
• Generated regulatory and
conventional CD4 T cell prim
ary cell lines from TCR tran
• Maintained colony of TC
sgenic mice
R transgenic mice- respons
ible for mating decisions
• Analyzed the capacity
of regulatory T cells to bec
ome skewed to THI/TH2 phe
cytokine ELISAS and intr
notypes using
acellular staining
• Characterized the phenot
ype of’ regulatory T cells thro
ugh flow cytometry
• Measured the capacity
of Altered Pcptide ligands
(API.) to activate CD4 T cell
thymidine incorporation and
s by 3K
CFSE analysis
• Analyzed the capacity
ofAPL activated regulatory
T cells to inhibit T cell prolife
• Showed that regulatory
ration in vitro
T cells can inhibit memory
B cell responses by in vivo tran
fr.lloed by ELISA and
sfer
ELISPOT analysis
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assay
• Performed nuclear import
interferon gamma
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prim
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biological function
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The Unhershy of X
t.)ndcrgraduare Residence House.
students in a student
seminar instructor to undergraduate
and
tor
Senior Fellow, serve as men
ent.
residence house capacity. 2003-pres
er during freshman orientation.
Reading Project. Discussion Lead
l’he University of X Freshman
2006.
g 8th grade students. 2006.
Program. Science Instructor to risin
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INVITED TALKS
Life as an Immunologist. The
ual Career Day. Keynote Address:
Washington Elementary School Ann
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ton Elementary School. City. State
School District of City Washing
htop to the Bedside. Unh’ersity of
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university of X Medical Center
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Education
May 2007
(expected)
Ph.D. Candidate, Bloengineering
University of X, City, State
Dissertation: NMR and MR Imaging of phos
pholipase activity’
Advisors: Dr. Name and Dr. Name
May 2001
B.S. Electrical Engineering, magna cum
laude
Minor Computer Science
Manhattan College, Riverdale, N.Y.
Advisor: Dr. Name
Awards and Recognitions
2007
Joint MI. Conference Student Travel Stipe
nd
Nov 2002NIH Ruth L. Kirschstein National Rese
arch Service Award
Nov 2004
ISeven additional awards follow.)
Research Interests
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The primary focus of my research deals
with investigatIng various applications of
near-infrared (NIR) light,
to non-invasively monitor physiologic varia
bles, as well as pathologic and thera
peutic processes. My
previous work involved the implemen
tation of near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS
) to trans-abdominally
monitor fetal cerebral blood oxygen satur
ation. I have subsequently been investiga
ting the implementation
of NIR self-quenching fluorescent probes
to analyze the effect of chemotherape
utic drug therapy In
prostate cancer. I Intend to co-register NIR
fluorescence measurements with simu
ltaneous magnetic
resonance spectroscopy (MRS) in orde
r to delineate specific cell signaling path
ways in vitro and in vWo.
The information gained from this mole
cular imaging approach may lead to earli
er diagnoses and improved
management of disease.
Research Experience
Jun 2004present
Sep 2001Jun 2004
UniversIty of X, Department of Radiology,
Magnetic Resonance Center for Research
Metabolism (MRCRM). Laboratory of
in
Molecular Imaging
Research Assistant
Advisor: Dr. Name
Characterized self-quenching NIR fluor
escent probes foi- phospholipase activity
.
University of X, Magnetic Resonanc
e Center for Research in Metabolism (MRC
RM)
Research Assistant
2000
(summer)
1999
(summer)
Dr. Name
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City, State
NSF REV Fellow
Advisor Dr. Name
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t and coupling of fibers for optic
Development of low-loss alignmen
networks.
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onomy, Space Sciences Building
Z University, Department of Astr
NSF REV Fellow
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Teaching Experience
Apr 2005Aug 2005
Sep 2004Jun 2005
1999
(summer)
The Princeton Review, City, State
MCAT Physics Instructor
for the MCAT.
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ce
physics or scien
and activities In a local high school
Manhattan College Summer Program
SAT.
Program Counselor
ol students In science, engineering, and
Prepared minority and women high scho
Publications
optical properties on
e, Nan.. ‘Effect of errors In baseline
Engineer, S., Name, Name, Name, Nam spectroscopy In fetal sheep brain during hypoxic stress.’ Journal
ared
accuracy of transabdominel near-Infr
of Biomedical Optics, 10,064001 2005.
oxlmeter studies using a
Name. ?etal transabdomlnal pulse
Name, Name, Engineer, 8, Name, Name, rnal-Fetal and Neonatal MedicIne, 17(8): 393-399, 2005.
hypoxlc sheep model.” The Journal of Mate
Abstracts and Presentations
Enzyme-Activated Near-Infrared
e, “In ‘dlvo Blo-dlstributlon of an
Engineer, S., Name, Name, Name, Nam e-speclflc Phosphoilpase C.” The Joint AMIISMI Molecular
holln
Probe Highly Specific to Ptiosphatldyfc , September 8-11, 2007.
Imaging Conference, Providence, RI, USA
acterIzation of an Enzymee, Name, Name, “Design and Char
Engineer, S., Name, Name, Name, lyNam ific to Phosphatldylchoiine-speciflc Phospholipase C. The
Spec
Activated Near-infrared Prob High ntific Symposium, March 13, 2007.
ual Scie
Eunice and Irving Leopold Ann
l presentations follow.)
(The entries for eight additIona
Society of Molecular Imaging (SMI)
International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (ISMRM)
American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE)
International Society for Optical Engineering (SPIE)
Graduate Association of Bioengineenng (GABE), University of X
Vice President (2001), Committee Chair (2002)
Society of Women Engineers (SWE)
Manhattan College Chapter: Treasurer (1999), President (2000)
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Manhattan College Chapter: Vice President (2001)
Engineering Council, Manhattan College: Council Chair (2001)
Student Government, Manhattan College: School Treasurer (1997)
Other Activftfes
May 2007
UniversIty of X, City, State
Career Services Intern
July 2006present
Amnesty International, Group 707 Yonkers
Urgent Action Coordinator
Sep 2004May 2005
St. Barnabas Catholic Church, Yonkers, NY
Confraternlty of Christian Doctrine (CCD), 1 Grade Teacher
Aug 2006-
Used for application for government postdoctoral fellowship that
requires personal information and other details
Chia-Jen Scholar
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Gender: Female
Date of birth: October 5, 1982
Place of birth: Taichung, Taiwan
Citizenship: US Citizen
Permanent home address: Address, City, State, Zip code
School address: Address, City, State, Zip code
Work address: The XYZ Laboratory, Address, City, State, Zip code
Ccli phone number: 246-810-1214 (preferred)
Work number: 123-456-7890
Email: [email protected] (preferred)
School email: [email protected]
EDUCATION
University of X, School of 4edldne, City, State
PhD Candidate, Biomedical Graduate Studies, Cell & Molecular Biology, Vaccines & Gene Therapy
Started Sep 2003, Expected Graduation May 2008
Thesis: Studies exploring vaccine prime-boost strategies using adenovirus and adeno-associated virus vectors
to induce C08+ T col responses against HIV-1 at mucosal surfaces
University of Delaware, College of Arts & Sdences, Newark, DE
Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, University Honors Program
Honors Bachelor of Science In Biochemistry, magna cum aude
Started Sep 1999, Degree awarded May 2003
Eugene DuPont Memorial Distinguished Scholar: full scholarship and stipend (1999-2003)
Minors In English and History
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
University of X
Graduate Student (May 2004 present, 50-60 hours per week)
• Dr. Name, The XYZ Laboratory, Address, City, State, Zip code, Phone number
Study In vM, immune responses elicited by adenovirus and adeno-assoclated virus vectors for vaccine
against HIV-1. Conduct prime-boost studies and characterize systemic and mucosal Immune responses In
mice and non-human primates. Explore Immunoniodulatory mechanIsms In chronic infection, regulatory T
cells, anergy, and dendritic cell maturation.
Rotation Student (Jan 2004 May 2004, 20-30 hours per week)
• Dr. Name, Address, City, State, Zip code, Phone number
Investigated tissue-specific gene expression in p53 knockout mice through RNA isolation and microarray
analysis. Verified up-regulated gene expression with PCR, Western Blots and Immunohistochemistry.
Rotation Student (Sep 2003-Dec 2004, 20 hours per week)
• Dr. Name, Address, City, State, Zip code, Phone number
Established cells lines to examine the shutting of endosomal proteins In melanocytes. Utilized fluorescence
-
-
microscopy to determine co-locaiizatlon of proteins.
Merck & Co.
HPV Clinical Research Intern (May-Aug 2002, 40 hours per week; Sep 2002-May 2003, 10-15 hours per week
through Kelly Scientific)
• Dr. Name, Address, City, State, Zip code, Phone number
Worked on the recruitment and retention of dinical trials for Gardasik, the human papiilomavirus vaccine.
Wrote newsletters for patients and designed presentation slides for investigator update meetings.
US Department of Agriculture
Physical Science Technician (Jun-Aug 2001, 40 hours per week)
• Dr. Name, Agricultural Research Cen, Address, City, State, Zip code, Phone number
Determined optimum conditions for lipase-catalyzed production of biodiesel from restaurant grease.
Designed and optimized assay using HPLC.
BQTcNQ
from systemic and gut
jniunolo9y: ELiSpot, ELISA, intracellular cytokine staining, isolation of lymphocytes
fluorescence
chemistry,
mmunohisto
flow
cytometry,
mice,
from
s
rd genital tract mucosal compartment
•icOsCOPY
polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis, cell culture
Molecular biology: Western blot, RNA and DNA isolation, PCR,
COMPI&KILLS AND LANGUNES
prjfjcient in Miciosoft Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Access, Publisher
Working knowledge of STATA, Maple, Fortran, C, Python
Proficient fl flow cytometry analysis programs: WinMOl, FlowJo, Summit
conversational use of Mandarin Chinese and French
LEADERSPThT
of
Graduate Women in Science and Engineering (GWZSE), University X
Founder and co-chair (2006-present)
them through professional
• Assess the concerns and issues of graduate women in science and address
advocate for and promote
to
effort
the
spearhead
programs;
uilding
development, social, and community-b
better learning and working environments for graduate women in science and engineering.
Graduate and Professional Student Assembly, University of X
vice Chair for Student Programs (2007-present)
by organizing cultural,
• Build community withIn 11,000+ graduate and professional students at University of X
coordinate festivities
and
plan
Center;
Student
the
Graduate
with
academic, and social events in collaboration
and
for GradFest07, an unprecedented all-day celebration event for graduate students; help fund-raise
$85K.
of
manage an event budget
vice Chair for Internal Affairs (2006 2007)
both
• Served as the internal relations coordinator of meetings and events; developed strategies to enhance
$300K.
of
over
budget
internal and external communications; managed a
Philadelphia Partners in Public Health (PPPH), Philadelphia, PA
Secretary (2006-present)
• Manage the logistics of meetings and communications to effectively create a community of partnership
oiganizations in public health.
Graduate Associate at B College House, University of X
Leader of Medical Care/Medical Challenge Suite (2005 present)
• Design and conduct a series of medical and science career-oriented programs and activities for
undergraduate students living in on-campus residence.
Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
Volunteer Medical Counselor (2003-2004)
• Obtained medical histories and counseled patients about contraceptive options and prevention of sexually
transmitted diseases; assisted physicians and medical technicians in the surgical center.
Lone additional entry follows.]
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HONORS AND AWARDS
Merck Index Award (2003)
Quaesita Drake Scholarship, University of Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry (2002)
Study Abroad in Paris, France (Summer 2000)
Freshman Honors Program Certificate, University of Delaware (1999-2000)
PRQEESSIONAL SOCIETY MEMBERSHIPS
American Public Health Association student member
National Society of Collegiate Scholars
Phi Beta Kappa Society
(Three additional entries follow. I
VAHING EXPERIENCE
Summer Science Academy, Applied Sciences and Technologies, University of X
Guest l.ecturer (Jul 2007)
.JVJ
• Assigned scientific articles
and facilitated discussions about
Department of Chemistr
vaccines and diseases with high
school students.
y BlochemlstryjAcadaml
Organic Chemistry Laboratory
c Servlc, University of Delaware
TA (Jan 2003)
• Lectured, prepared, and
supervised undergraduate org
anic chemistry lab sessions.
Organic Chemistry Tutor (20
0 t 2003)
University Honors Pro
gram, University of Delaware
Writing Fellow (2001-2003)
• Completed training com
in
position writing pedagogy and
tutored undergraduates in wri
pieces, and essays, and assi
ting sonnets, creative
sted faculty In interdisciplinar
y courses with emphasis in wri
ting.
SCIENTIFIC CONFERENCE
PRESENTATIONS
Scholar C-i, Name, Nam
e, Name, Name. MV vectors
as
unresponsiveness? Gene
Therapy and Vaccines Seminar antigen delivery vehicles: Do they cause T cell
(Institution, City, State, 200
7).
Scholar C-i, Name, Nam
e, Name, Name. MV vectors
dampen transgene-specifl
subsequent adenoviral vector
c CD8÷ T cell responses to
vaccine. Immunolojlc Memo
ry Keystone Symporium
(Santa Fe, NM, 2007).
Scholar C-i, Name, Nam
e, Name. Systemic adminis
tration & chimp-derived ade
specific CDB+ T cells in gut
noviral vector elicits HIV-1
tymphoid tissues. American
gag(Boston, MA, 2006).
As ociaticn of Immuno/og
ists Annual Conference
Name, Scholar C-), Nam
e, Name. Adenovirus/MV
A Prime Boost Strategies
Mucosal Responses Against
Induce Strong Peripheral and
an HIV-1 Antigen. HIV Vac
ones Keystone Symposium
(Keystone, CO, 2006).
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Vaccination and cancer pre
vention
Cancer Immunotherapy
Molecular approaches In pro
duct development
T cell immunology
Clinical trial design and ana
lytic methodology
Viral Immunity
Viral epidemiology
ABSTRACT
Name, Scholar C-i, Name
and Name. Innate immune
responses to viral gene ther
of Gene Therapy Annual Me
apy vectors. American Soc
eting (Baltimore, MD, 2006);
iety
Abstract.
BIBUOGRAPHY
Scholar C-i, Name, Name,
Name. Recombinant MV vec
tors induce transgene pro
are functionally impaIred.
duct-specific CD8 T cells
(In press, Journal of C/n/cal
that
Investigation)
Name, Scholar C-i, Nam
e, Name, Name, Name, Nam
e. Intramuscular immunizati
adenovlrus vector expressing
on with a chimpanzee-orIgin
(submitted to Molecular The gag of HIV-1 induces a robust genital gag-specific CD
8+ T cell response In mice.
rapy)
Name, Scholar C-), Nam
e, Name, Name, Name, Nam
e, Name. A pre-dinical anim
of pre-exlstlngT cell imm
unity on MV-mediated gen
e transfer. (submitted to Nat al model to assess the effect
ure Medicine)
Name, Scholar C-), Nam
e, Name, Name, Name. In
Vitro Neutralization Assays
Escape Mutant Do Not Cor
of an Adenovlrus Neutralizin
relate with in kiiv Results
g
. (submitted to Jaimal of
Virology)
Name, Name, Name, Nam
e, Scholar C-i, Name, Nam
e, Name, Name, Name. Tar
herpesvlrus entry mediator
geting of antigen to the
augments primary adaptiv
e Immune responses. (sub
mitted to Nature Medkine)
Name, Name, Name, Name,
Name, Name, Scholar, C-i
Vectors Persist In Vivo and
, Name, Name, Name, Nam
e, Name, Name. Adenov
Maintain Activated C08. T
iral
cells: Implications for The
Sep 15;110(6):1916-23
ir Use as Vaccines. 8/0(9
2007
[Four additional publications
follow.]
j
Accepted position at a mid-sized private
university
Anita Scholar
Department of Spanish
Lni’. ersity of X
City. Stare, Zip code
Department phone
Fax
Email
Education
Home Address
City. State, Zip code
Home phone
Cell phone
Ph.D. in Hispanic Studies, University
of X
August 2005 (expected)
Thesis: ‘Affect and the Critique of Mark
et Culture in Latin American Liter
ature
and Film”
Advisor: Name
Representations of individual subjectiv
ity in Latin American literature and
from the past decade correlate the
film
progressive erosion of the traditiona
l thinking
selfwith an increasingly global capit
alist market culture. Novels and film
s by
César Aira (Argentina), Fernando
Perez (Cuba), Diamela Eltit (Chile),
Alejandro
Gonzalez lñárritu (Mexico), and
Rodrigo Belloit (Bolivia) share a com
mon
insistence on emotion, affect, and
sensory perception (rather than on an
autonomy
of intellect) as the defining element
of human subjectivity. Set against the
backdrop of market culture, these
works emphasize the experience of
a
predominantly affective self as their
primary narrative vehicle, and sug
gest that the
native capacity for emotion is the
human subject’s last line of defense
against the
encroachment of dehumanizing
market forces,
Ph.D. coursework, Y University
September 1998-May 2000
BA. in Spanish Language and Liter
ature, magna curn laude, Columbia
University
February 1996
Honors and
Fellowships
Articles
American Association of University
Women Educational Foundation
American
Dissertation Fellowship, 2004-200
5
Humanities Forum Dissertation Fello
w, 2003-2004
• participation in weekly Mellon
Research Seminar on “Belief”
• coordination of Graduate Humaniti
es Forum seminar series and con
ference
• design and direction of pilot gra
dua
te-undergraduate mentorship progra
Dean’s Scholar, School of Arts and
m
Sciences, University of X, 2003
Department of Spanish Summer Trav
el Grant, 2003 (Cuba)
High honors, Ph.D. Comprehensive
Examination, University of X, 2002
Benjamin Franklin Fellowship, Univ
ersity of X, 2000-2003
Phi Beta Kappa
‘Lumptirica: el ars leorica
de Diamela Eltit.” Rei’i.ta Theroam
ericuna 71 (April
June 2005).
Scholar
Translations
Paper! Delivered
Other
Professional
Experience
2
Arrufat, Anton. ‘Learning to Sleep.” Forthcoming in New Laurel Review.
Bartra, Roger. “Allegories of Creativity and Territory” PMLA 118.1 (January
2003): 114-9.
Panel:
‘Deconstructing Castro.” (20th-Century Latin American Literature Division
Association
“Cuba in the Postmillenial Imagination.’) Modem Language
Convention, December 2004.
[Two additional papers follow.]
Graduate commentator: Fernando Coronil, ‘Colonial or Imperial Studies?
of
Rethinking Imperialism from the Americas,” Ethnohistory Workshop, University
X, November 2003.
Assistant Director, University of X Hispanic Studies Summer Graduate Program,
Havana, Cuba, June-July 2004.
Teaching
Experience
University of X
Course Coordination
Spanish 219: “Contextos de Ia civilizaciOn hispánica,” Fall 2002
Seventh-semester bridge course on the cultural history of Spain and Latin
America. Coordinated 11 sections of the course (10 instructors; 114
students) during its second semester of implementation: prepared instructor
manuals; directed instructors through weekly meetings; developed and
maintained course materials; prepared all examination materials.
Course Instruction in Spanish (full responsibility for courses taught)
Spanish 219: “Contextos de Ia civilizaciOn hispánica,” Spring 2002
Taught this course during its pilot semester; developed course materials
with a team of instructors (3 faculty, 3 lecturers, 3 graduate students)--wrote
historical summaries and selected accompanying primary source readings
for two of thirteen study units; performed intensive evaluation of students’
writing (twelve short papers and a final 8-TO page research paper) with the
aim of developing their critical reading and writing skills in Spanish.
• Spanish 140: Intermediate 11, Spring 2001
• Spanish 130: Intermediate 1, Fall 2000
Y University
• Spanish 101: Beginning 1, Fall 1999
• Spanish 202: Intermediate LI, Spring 2000
Pedagogical
Training
Certificate in Educational Technology and Language Instruction, Center for
Educational Technology, Middlebury, VT, 2001
ACTFL Oral Proficiency Interview training. University of X. 2000
Scholar
Teaching and
Research
interests
20th- and 21st-century Latin American literature and film
Discursive formationsforrnulations of cultural identity
Literary theory
Role of the intellectual in the socio-political sphere
Representations of the subject from modernity to globalization
Languages
Near-nati’e fluency in Spanish
Reading proficiency in French, Latin, Catalan
Technology
Dreamweaver, Photoshop, Blackboard, iMovie, video digitization
4embership in
Professional
Organizations
Latin American Studies Association
Modern Language Association
Service
(University of X)
Advisor, University Council Subcommittee (on staff involvement in the
presidential search process), 2004-2005
Ivy Graduate Leadership Summit
Lead Programming and Logistics Coordinator, 2004
[Six additional service activities follow.]
References
(University of X)
[The names of four references are included.]
3
JLIC IL Vlld
Accepted position at a large pu
blic research university
SOFIA S4ITH APPLICA
NT
Address
City. State. Zip code
Phone number Fax: Cell phone
number
Email
RESEARCH AND rEACHING
INTERESTS
sociology of education, educati
on reform; social research met
hods; social stratification: sociolo
developmeflt sociology of org
gy of
anizations: social interaction
s
EDUCATION
University of X, Sociology Dep
artment and Graduate Sch
ool of Education
PhD. Joint degree in Sociology
and Education. epecred gradua
tion May 2006
•
Dissertation: “Institutionaliz
ing Educational Ideologies:
Curriculum Reform and the Tra
Teaching Practices in Rural
nsformation of
Northwest China”
•
Committee: Name (Chair)
Sociology
Name
Graduate School of Educati
oniSociology
Name
Graduate School of Educati
on/Anthropology
Name
Graduate School of Educati
•
on
Fields: sociology of educati
on: sociology of organizatio
ns: teaching, learning and
•
Chinese language and area stud
curriculum
ies
•
American Council on the Tea
ching of Foreign Languages
Certificate of Oral Manda
Superior. January 2005.
rin Proficiency—
V International University,
City, Country and University
of X
MA. Education and Sociology.
2003
•
Thesis: ‘Who will teach the
poor and remote? Teacher
distribution and job satisfac
(‘hina.”
tion in rural
University of California, San
ta Barbara
BA. Biological Sciences, 1992
• Phi Beta Kappa. gradua
tion with highest honors, (‘ol
lege Honors Program
• Chinese language and area
studies
COURSES TAUGHT
Sociology Department. Univ
ersltv of X, Summer 2005
SOCI I 00 Introduction to
Social Research
PUBLICATIONS
Applicant, Sofia Smith, &
Name (2005). Keeping Tea
chers Happy: Job Satisfactio
School Teachers in Rural Nor
n among Primary
thwest China. Compariifiv
Uitations for one published
e Education Ri’vk’w, 50(2).
article and one article under
review follow.]
INTERNATIONAL CONS
ULTING
Basic Education in Wester
n Areas Project. ‘unnan
and Guangxi, China, World
Department for Internation
Bank and UK
al Development
(‘onsultant, October 20(15
SofIa Smith Applicant, Page 2
•
the strategy for ethnic minority education and
Assessment of success in achieving the project goals of
the project goals for teacher training
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
and China, UNESCO
in Indonesia, India
Poverty, Parental Health and Children’s Schooling
Consulting team member, January 2005-present
Life Survey; the Indian Living Standards
• Statistical analysis of data from the Indonesian Family
Families
Measurement Study; and the Gansu Survey of Children and
World Bank and U.S. National Institute of
Gansu Survey of Children and Families, funded by the
Health
Project team member. June 2002-present
r and principal survey questionnaires
• Coordinator for the design and development of the teache
ion in the field
collect
data
• Training of survey interviewers and supervision of
is
• Qualitative data collection and analys
e design and maintenance.
• “China Human Capital Projects at University of X” websit
• Translation of documents from Chinese into English
[Three additional experiences follow.]
PRESENTATIONS
oom—Constructing the Chinese
Applicant, Sofia S. Revolutionizing Ritual Interaction in the Classr
Eastern Sociological Society
the
at
ted
presen
to
be
y.
Paper
Renaissance of the 21st Centur
annual meeting, Boston, MA tFebruary 2006).
[Citations for nine additional presentations follow.]
TEACHING EXPERIENCE IN CHINA
school, primary and kindergarten levels as
ESL and Western Culture teaching experience at university, high
well as adult education in China and Macau
• Xinhua Primary School, Macau (1997-1999)
• School of the Nations, Macau (1996-1998)
996)
• Shanxi Agricultural University, Shanxi, P. R. China(l995-1
1995)
(1993.
China
i,
P.
R.
Shanx
sity,
Univer
r’s
• Shanxi Teache
WORKS IN PROGRESS
ional Engagement on Student Academic
Name, Name & Sofia Applicant. The Mediating Effect of Educat
Comparative Education Review).
to
sion
Achievement in Rural Northwest China (for submis
.]
follow
ss
progre
[Citations for four additional works in
WORKSHOPS CONDUCTED
Northwest Normal University, Lanzhou, Gansu, P.R. China
Workshop on Qualitative Research Methods, September 2004
UnIversity of X, City, State
March 2001, October 2001 and April 2003
Workshops on the use of N4 Qualitative Data Analysis Software,
‘,pfia Smith ppIIcant. Pagc 3
FELLOWSHIPS D
•
\RDS
ima Seeui ic Fducation Program Da id
L. Boren Graduate Fcllo ship tir
dis’ertation research in
(. aiiu. ( hina. 2004
,
I hrce •iLtditIOlaI .nards tL)IIOW.
DATA 4N..LVSIS COIPU
1ER SKILLS
•
•
Quantltaihe Siata. SPSS find SAS
iiti
U9ST ‘.VlV() md Qualms.
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
.ND SERVICE
•
•
•
•
•
•
( o-fouiidcr (omparatlvc and lntcrnatioiml
Education Forum. University
of X, Graduate School of
Education. 2002.prcsent
Student Organiiations Committee. Univ
ersity of
Graduate School of Education
. 2000-2003
Re ie cr for C o,np,ruriie E%IULclsio,i
Rtvk’w
\Incric.in Sociological AssociationSociology of Education Sect
ion. Asia and Asian America
( L ) mpa rat i’ e ,iiid International Educ
Section
ation Society
\mcrlcan Educational Research Asso
ciation (reviewer for annu
al meeting 2006)
.
REFE RE NC ES
Fhc names and contact ritbmation of five
references tollow.]