Faculty Resources

Faculty are valued partners in helping students reflect on career pathways within their major. This page provides resources for faculty to request presentations from advisors, access post-graduate career outcomes by major, and learn more about internship and research funding opportunities for students.

Career Tools for Faculty

Handshake - Handshake is Emory's career platform, where students search for jobs, internships, and events, connecting them with over 300,000 employers, from Fortune 500 companies to local businesses.

V-Mock– is a 24/7 online AI resume review tool that provides instant personalized feedback on students' resumes.

Big Interview - An interactive AI training platform that combines mock interviews, structured lessons, and feedback tools to help strengthen interview skills and build confidence.

ForagerOne - simplifies making connections and sharing research opportunities between faculty and undergraduate students. Learn how to claim your profile.

National Scholarships & Fellowships Canvas - hosts a wealth of information that will help you identify opportunities and craft successful awards applications, including info session recordings, general and award specific preparation materials, and info about upcoming NS&FP events.

Award Finder - Our Award Finder tool provides efficient access to over 50 prestigious academic funding opportunities, from scholarships and fellowships to research grants.

Nominate a student - Recommend exceptional Emory students for scholarships, fellowships, graduate study, research, or teaching opportunities.

Bragsheet.ai - generates request emails, brag sheets, and draft recommendation letters to make asking for letters of recommendation easier and less awkward for students.

Personal Statement Resources - provides guidance and templates to help students write compelling personal statements for health profession applications.

Pre-Health Interview Preparation - offers interview guidance and mock interview practice with emeritus faculty to help students prepare for health profession program interviews.

Big Interview - An interactive AI training platform that combines mock interviews, structured lessons, and feedback tools to help strengthen interview skills and build confidence.

Recommendation Letter Guidelines - guides students on securing recommendation letters and offers a composite letter service for health profession applications.

To refer employers to Emory Career and Professional Development, direct them to https://cpd.emory.edu/employers/ for access to recruitment tools and networking opportunities with Emory students.

Employers can also email cpdrecruiting@emory.edu directly.

Request a Presentation

Faculty are invited to collaborate with the Pathways Center to create learning experiences that weave career exploration into existing coursework, making career readiness feel natural rather than forced.

Common ways we’ve collaborated with faculty include:

Co-designed presentations
Joint guest speaker programs
Shared assessment development
Custom programming that integrates your content with career exploration
Custom program requests

Learn Where Your Majors Land

Access comprehensive data about where your majors land after graduation—from their first jobs to graduate programs to salaries and geographic location. This valuable information helps you showcase your program's impact to prospective students, provide concrete examples when advising current students, and strengthen the connections between your curriculum and real-world career outcomes.

If you know where some of your recent graduates have landed please share it with us in our Faculty Outcomes Referral Form.

Student Destinations by Major

Health Professions Acceptance Data

Service Opportunities for Faculty

Pre-Health Advising Faculty Advisory Board

The Faculty Advisory Board consists of Emory College of Arts and Sciences and School of Medicine/Nursing faculty who serve as advisors for the Pre-Health Advising Office. In this role, they meet to discuss policies and procedures that affect Emory's pre-health students.

Meeting Frequency: Once Every Semester (Fall/Spring)

Fellowship Review Panels

Faculty play a critical role in advising and preparing students to apply for prestigious awards, as well as in the nomination process. Faculty are invited to serve on interview panels that provide feedback on applicant materials, select applications for institutional endorsement, and help finalists.

Frequency: Most nomination/review panels require approximately 6-12 hours of work.

Undergraduate Research Working Group

The Undergraduate Research Working Group brings together faculty from across disciplines to expand research opportunities for undergraduates, share best practices in mentoring, and support student engagement in meaningful research.

Frequency: Members meet up to twice per semester, with additional opportunities to advise as needed.

Career and Professional Development Department Liaisons

Career and Professional Development team has dedicated career coaches for departments throughout the College. These professionals are well informed about current employment trends impacting students in your majors. Connect with your department liaison to discuss ways to collaborate on assisting students in and out of the classroom.

Nydia Araya, M.Ed.

Assistant Director

Woodruff Library 214

nydia.j.araya@emory.edu

Office: Career and Professional Development

Career Community: Technology, Data & Physical Sciences

Department Liaison: Computer Science, Engineering Science, Mathematics, Physics, Quantitative Theory and Methods

Don Cornwell, M.Ed.

Director, Career & Professional Development

Woodruff Library 214

don.cornwell@emory.edu

Office: Career & Professional Development

Career Community: Health Care & Life Sciences

Department Liaison: Biology, Chemistry, Human Health, Neuroscience and Behavioral Biology

Rey Murat, MS

Assistant Director

Woodruff Library 214

rmurat@emory.edu

Office: Career & Professional Development

Career Community: Green & Sustainability

Department Liaison: African Studies, Anthropology, Environmental Sciences, Latin American and Caribbean Studies Program, Sociology

Kendra Owens

Associate Director

Woodruff Library 214

kendra.m.owens@emory.edu

Office: Career & Professional Development

Career Community: Nonprofit, Education & Human Services

Department Liaison: Religion, Jewish Studies, Institute for the Liberal Arts, Linguistics, Psychology, Spanish and Portuguese, Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies

Carol Riddock, J.D., LL.M.

Director, Pre-Law Advising

Woodruff Library 214

carol.c.riddock@emory.edu

Office: Career & Professional Development

Career Community: Law

Department Liaison: Classics, History, Philosophy, Political Science

Micah Tucker, M.Ed.

Assistant Director

Woodruff Library 214

micah.tucker@emory.edu

Office: Career & Professional Development

Career Community: Policy, Government, & International Affairs

Department Liaison: Russian & East Asian Languages and Cultures (REALC), Middle Eastern and South Asian Studies (MESAS), French & Italian Studies, German Studies

Marshall Tucker, MS, CPCC, ACC, CCSP

Assistant Director

Woodruff Library 214

marshall.tucker@emory.edu

Office: Career & Professional Development

Career Community: Business, Consulting & Finance

Department Liaison: Economics

Beth White, MS, NCC

Senior Associate Director

Woodruff Library 214

bwils02@emory.edu

Office: Career & Professional Development

Career Community: Media, Arts & Communication

Department Liaison: Art History, Comparative Literature, Creative Writing Program, Dance Program, English, Film and Media, Integrative Visual Arts Co-Major, Music, Playwriting, Theater