by Elise Rosado | Oct 1, 2022 | Faculty Development, VPFA
On Monday, September 15th, Provost Mary Clark announced the creation of the IChange Action Planning task force, co-chaired by Associate Professor of Biological Sciences, Robin Tinghitella; and Professor of Psychology, Sarah Watamura. The task force marks a transition...
by Alec | Sep 3, 2022 | Faculty Development
Cognitive biases—the “mental shortcuts” we all use to help make quick decisions—are different from overt prejudice, but can still be detrimental to members of underrepresented groups. In the promotion and tenure process, these subtle preferences (like a tendency to...
by Alec | Jun 5, 2022 | Faculty Development
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 initiative to reimagine the teaching...
by Alec | Jun 5, 2022 | Faculty Development
Joined by Provost Mary Clark, Dr. Laura Sponsler led a conversation examining DU’s progress toward the priorities outlined in her 2021 white paper, “Institutionalizing a Culture of Respect for Teaching and Professional Faculty.” Sponsler reviewed the five essential...
by Alec | Jun 2, 2022 | Faculty Development
With great gratitude to the Workload Equity Committee, attached please find a draft report. We write to invite your review and feedback, especially any additional material/efforts we should include or edits that will be important in the final version. Please send...
by Alec | Apr 30, 2022 | Faculty Development
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 scholarly work. At the same time,...
