Supporting Teaching and Professional Faculty: An Institutional Priority
ZoomJoin Provost Clark, Vice Provost Willink, and Resident Scholar for Teaching and Professional Faculty (TPF) Laura Sponsler to discuss the findings and recommendations of the TPF White Paper: Institutionalizing a Culture of Respect for Teaching and Professional Faculty. Following a discussion of the paper and current trends in higher education, the session will feature a […]
Cultivating Personal and Professional Flourishing as an Academic
In this interactive workshop, participants will identify their core values and learn how to use those values to set goals, and develop their academic mission and vision. Participants will identify practices and strategies for developing and sustaining work-life balance and holistic well-being while enhancing professional productivity and achievement. Attendees will learn about the common limiting […]
Creating and Sustaining Your Mentoring Network
ZoomIn this interactive workshop, participants will develop an understanding of how mentoring can help advance their scholarly and/or professional goals and contribute to personal and professional flourishing. The workshop is focused on how to develop a mentoring network, including identifying one’s areas of mentoring needs, understanding the distinctions among advisors, mentors, and sponsors, identifying and […]
Seasonal Scholarship Retreat
ZoomThe Seasonal Scholarship Retreat, facilitated by Rebecca Campbell, Ph.D., is an opportunity for academics to hit the reset button to achieve a creative and productive scholarship season. Together we will reflect on your goals and values as a creative and scholar, reflect on your research pipelines and projects, and create personalized structures for you to realize […]
Developing and Running a Research Agenda and Publication Pipeline
ZoomIn this interactive workshop, attendees will learn strategies for developing an intentional, focused research agenda and tools for developing a realistic publication pipeline and timeline. The workshop will address how to build a research agenda that moves forward multiple projects in different phases of research (e.g. development, data collection, drafting, revising), how to effectively manage […]
Project Management for Academics
ZoomIn this interactive workshop, attendees learn the basic principles, concepts, and tools of project management and how to apply those to academic projects, from dissertations to books to course design and preparation and beyond. Focusing on project management techniques that maximize efficiency and productivity while minimizing burnout, rework, and overwhelm, this workshop provides concrete strategies […]
Preparing and Revising Academic Manuscripts
ZoomDrawing on her own experience publishing numerous academic articles and book chapters, as well as her experience as a reviewer and editor of several special issues and edited volumes and as incoming Editor-in-Chief for the Journal of Positive Sexuality, Dr. Simula shares strategies for preparing academic manuscripts, identifying potential manuscript homes, communicating with editors, and […]