A Series Focused on Faculty Hiring and Recruitment Best Practices at the University of Washington
These annual faculty hiring workshops and webinars cover search preparation, application review, interviewing, and final selection. The workshop and webinar sequence is as follows:
- Preparing for Faculty Hiring (offered late spring quarter in anticipation of the next hiring cycle);
- Effective Practices for Assessing Applications (offered early autumn quarter);
- Effective Practices for Interviewing (offered mid-autumn quarter).
Save-the-Date: The next “Preparing for Faculty Hiring” workshop and webinar will be April 29, 2026.
Previous Faculty Search Webinars and Workshops
| November 5, 2025 |
Effective Practices for Conducting InterviewsWorkshop on conducting first-round interviews as well as best practices for conducting final interviews and campus visits. |
| October 7, 2025 |
Effective Practices for Assessing Faculty Application MaterialsWorkshop on effective evaluation strategies for faculty searches, including the use of assessment rubrics and collaborative approaches to decision-making. |
| April 24, 2025 |
Faculty Hiring in the Current EnvironmentWorkshop on the current policy, legal, and political environment for faculty hiring. |