Identifying and Responding to Bias in Promotion and Tenure Decisions
Cognitive biases—the “mental shortcuts” we all use to help make quick decisions—are different from...
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Category: Faculty Development
Reflection on Advancing Teaching Excellence
By: Virginia Pitts, Director of University Teaching, Office of Teaching and Learning On May 17, as part of the Provost’s Conference Series, Drs. Noah Finkelstein and Sarah Andrews joined us once again, as part of a campus-wide...
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Next Steps In Institutionalizing A Culture Of Respect For Teaching & Professional Faculty: An Interactive Conversation
Joined by Provost Mary Clark, Dr. Laura Sponsler led a conversation examining DU’s progress toward...
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Workload Equity Report First Draft: Feedback Requested
With great gratitude to the Workload Equity Committee, attached please find a draft report. We...
Read MoreUniversity Writing Program Writing Retreat for Faculty
By: Sheila Carter-Tod, Executive Director of The University Writing Program and Associate Professor of English In our transition to R1 Our Way, we hope faculty are feeling energized to begin, make progress on, and/or finish...
Read MoreBraiding Sweetgrass OTL Book Study and Looking Forward to Earth Day
Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants by Robin Wall Kimmerer, Distinguished Teaching Professor and Director, Center for Native Peoples and the Environment Robin Wall Kimmerer...
Read MoreJoin us at the 2022 Spring Provost Conference Series!
Together, we’ll take the “Next Steps in Advancing Equity in Faculty Workload and Rewards.” The Spring Provost Conference series is extended over the quarter to give faculty a variety of opportunities to engage key initiatives....
Read MoreSave the Date(s): Provost Conference on Continuing the Conversation & Moving Into Action: Advancing Equity in Faculty Workload and Rewards; and Living into R1 Our Way
The Spring Provost Conference will be extended across the quarter to offer multiple sites of engagement and a respite from Zoom fatigue. See below for details on a range of exciting events offered both in-person and online....
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Workload Equity: Three Departments Chosen to Form the Inaugural Department Equity Action Planning (DEAP) Cohort
The next steps in our efforts toward Advancing Equity in Faculty Workloads and Rewards include...
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Ideas for Making the Most of Winter Break
Alison Staudinger, Director of Faculty Development & Career Advancement Although their...
Read MoreWriting Support for Faculty
You are invited to jump on Zoom on Mondays and Wednesdays this December from 10:00am–12:00pm, to join a dedicated core of faculty who are writing “together” and maintaining momentum on their projects. DU faculty in every series...
Read MoreEvery Term Needs a Plan
Do you often start the term with high hopes for your writing projects, but end disappointed by your actual productivity? Do you desperately want (or need) to write a lot this term? Do you want to figure out how to be more...
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