STEM-Oriented
Faculty-Development Workshops
The Academic Life
“The Academic Life” Faculty-Development Workshops are designed for those already in or seeking to enter STEM-oriented careers in academia. We use dramatizations followed by discussion to explore potential challenges to academic success that go beyond subject matter expertise and creativity. Topics to be covered include the tenure process, scientific publications, plagiarism, microaggressions, and the imposter syndrome.
A person entering a junior faculty position may find oneself poorly prepared to deal with these challenges, especially if one is a member of an underrepresented group and lacks access to effective mentoring. Each topic will be presented using a short presentation or dramatization followed by interactive discussion sessions, in which both presenters and workshop participants can share their stories and explore together the pathway to academic success.
The next workshop is on July 23, 2023, at the Albuquerque Convention Center, Albuquerque, NM. There is a fee for food/drink with scholarships available to cover this cost, see the link below.
Announcements
The next workshop will be held in Albuquerque, NM on July 23, 2023, see our events page for scholarship application.
Listen to the Podcast
“The Academic Life” workshops are featured on a series of six episodes of the podcast “This Academic Life,” www.thisacademiclife.org, starting with Episode 50, released March 15, 2023.
Listen to Episode 50 Here
Listen to Episode 50 Here
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Presenters
Pamela Abshire
University of Maryland
Jennifer Blain Christen
Arizona State University
Nicole McFarlane
University of Tennessee
Maira Samary
Boston College
Stephen D. Senturia Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Emeritus
We use dramatizations followed by discussion to explore critical issues that can confront budding academicians.
Topics addressed include promotion and tenure, publication strategies, power dynamics, microaggressions, and the impostor syndrome.