In the Spotlight: Daniel Gilison, Ph.D.
One student follows his passion and transitions from the bench to the classroom
Stanford Affiliation: Grad StudentDepartment: Genetics
School: Medicine Degree: Ph.D.
Industry: Academia
Position: Faculty
Location: Imperial Valley College, Imperial, CA
Having gone through graduate school, I realized that I wanted to teach after I received my Ph.D., but I was not sure where I wanted to teach, and what the best way was for acquiring a teaching job where I would be happy. In addition, I had to balance finishing experiments, writing my thesis, and traveling for job interviews.
From a recommendation from one of my fellow graduate students, I met with Michael Alvarez from the School of Medicine's Career Center. Throughout multiple meetings with him, I was able to get assistance for every step of the job search process - deciding where I wanted to apply, networking, fact-finding, and interviewing.
At the end, I was pleased to receive a job offer from Imperial Valley College, a two-year college in southern California. The School of Medicine Career Center was a great place for advice and information, and was a great help to me in pursuing and eventually securing this position that I'm really pleased to have.
Daniel Gilison, Ph.D.
August 8, 2005
