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Rick McGee

Associate Dean for Faculty Recruitment and Professional Development at Northwestern University

About me

Rick's primary research and academic interests are in the development of young scientists. His work in this arena spans the continuum including: the 'basic science' of how undergraduate and PhD student fine tune career decision with a longitudinal study of 500 students; application and study of new coaching-based models to support early PhD students; use of group-based modesls to assist junior faculty develop as scientists; a randomized controlled trial of a totally different approach to fostering diversity in academia.