Position Assistant Director, Princeton Center for Language Study (PCLS) Role Future Faculty Workshop Speaker Email [email protected] Bio/Description Vandana Bajaj is currently the Assistant Director at the Princeton Center for Language Study, where she leads all strategic initiatives related to less-commonly-taught language teaching and learning, including external proficiency testing for the undergraduate language requirement and cross-institutional collaborations for live synchronous courses through videoconferencing. Prior to joining PCLS, she served as a dean’s assistant in the Office of the Dean of the College. Vandana completed her Ph.D. in theoretical linguistics from Rutgers University in 2016, where she got a taste of administrative work through brief part-time stints doing data entry for the Faculty Survey database and providing on-site logistical help for running the Mandela Washington Fellowship program. In a previous life, Vandana worked as a CompTIA-certified technical trainer in the corporate private sector. Upcoming Professional Development Events Dec 4 Office Hours for Humanities and Social Sciences Graduate Students (In Person) Dec 4 American Higher Ed Learning Cohort Session 5: Professionalization- Degrees, Other Credentials, Careers Dec 5 Managing Active Research Data Dec 7 Writing to Influence: How Academia Inspires Action with Christopher Paul Harris Dec 7 LaTeX Drop-in Consultations Dec 7 Cynthia Dwork: It’s in Your Phone. It’s in Your Browser. It’s in Your Redistricting Data! … It’s Differential Privacy. Dec 8 30 Minutes Towards Better Bibliographies and Footnotes! (online) Dec 8 Introduction to Environmental Studies Library Research: Water Use and Availability Dec 11 Office Hours for Humanities and Social Sciences Graduate Students (In Person) Dec 11 Office Hours with Leonard Cassuto Dec 11 American Higher Ed Learning Cohort Session 6: International Perspectives (Europe, Asia) Dec 13 Entrepreneurship, Venture Capital, and Startups Learning Cohort: Capstone Presentations