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PhDs in Private and Independent Private Schools
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Sat, Apr 1, 2023
3 PM – 4:15 PM EDT (GMT-4)
Frick Chemistry Laboratory - Taylor Auditorium
Princeton, NJ 08544, United States
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This panel will bring together Princeton Graduate School humanities alumni and current Princeton humanities faculty who presently teach, or who have previously taught, in independent schools. The objective of this discussion is to put independent school teaching, especially in the humanities, on the map for current doctoral students who may not have considered it as a career option.
The conversation will include two parts. Part I will consist of introductions by the panelists, including which fields they work in, which extracurriculars they mentor, and how they went about getting their positions. Part II will celebrate the diverse facets of independent-school teaching and the ways in which they overlap with skills acquired by Ph.D. students during graduate school.
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Rodney Priestley
https://www.linkedin.com/in/rodney-priestley-371b1a83/
Rodney Priestley is the dean of the graduate school at Princeton University and the Pomeroy and Betty Perry Smith Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering. He is a leading researcher in the area of complex materials and processing, and served as Princeton University's inaugural vice dean for innovation from 2020-22. The vice dean for innovation provides academic leadership for innovation and entrepreneurship activities across campus.
Priestley has published nearly 100 articles, edited a book, and is co-inventor on four patent-pending technologies in the area of drug-delivery and polymer colloids, substances that make up gels and emulsions. His research group is focused on understanding how materials that undergo changes in their properties and join together when confined in tiny spaces open new possibilities for a vast range of novel applications, including drug delivery, designer colloids and sustainable manufacturing. Priestley is engaged in three industry-university research collaborations in the areas of pharmaceuticals and cosmetics as well as polymer nanocomposite design, and is the co-founder of two companies that are working to translate University intellectual property into technologies or products.