(You can join these sessions on an individual bases, no need to attend all of the series unless you are in the cohort). The research statement is a key document in faculty job applications at research universities. In this session, participants will be broken down into STEM, Social Science, and Arts/Humanities groups lead by UCI faculty to discuss the way research statements should be crafted, and how search committees are likely to evaluate them. At the end of this session, all faculty leading session will reconvene for a short panel and to take questions.