Faculty Mentoring
The College of Humanities and Sciences will host the following mentoring workshops and circles in the Spring 2025 semester and in Summer 2025. Participants must register via the link below prior to attending a workshop.
For questions, please contact CHS Associate Deans Amy Rector and Marcus Messner or Faculty Fellow Brooke Newman.
Q&A Sessions on Faculty Promotions and Faculty Affairs
Q&As about faculty pre-promotions and third-year reviews
Friday, January 10, 2025, 9-10 a.m.
Friday, January 17, 2025, 1-2 p.m.
Friday, February 7, 2025, 2-3 p.m.
The associate deans for faculty and academic affairs will offer informational Q&A sessions on the pre-promotion and third-year review process for all term and tenure-track faculty who plan to seek reviews in the Spring 2025 semester in the future.
Format: Virtual via Zoom (link will be sent after registration)
Q&As with CHS Faculty Affairs
Friday, February 28, 2025, 11 a.m. - 12 p.m.
Friday, March 21, 2025, 10-11 a.m.
The associate deans for faculty and academic affairs will offer informational Q&A sessions to address any questions about faculty affairs issues.
Format: Virtual via Zoom (link will be sent after registration)
Mentoring Workshop on Balancing Academic Life
Balancing Scholarship and Teaching
Friday, March 21, 2025, 1-2:30 p.m.
This workshop is hosted by Brooke Newman, CHS Faculty Fellow and Associate Professor of History, and includes a panel of CHS faculty who will discuss strategies for balancing scholarship and teaching at every career stage.
Format: In person (STEM Building, room 404)
Panelists:
- Carolyn Eastman, Department of History
- Danielle Kirkman, Department of Kinesiology and Health Sciences
- Santiago Lima, Department of Biology
- William Newmann, Department of Political Science
Mentoring Circle on Artificial Intelligence in the Classroom
Classroom Strategies to Promote Responsible Use of Generative AI
Friday, February 21, 2025, 1-2:30 p.m.
This workshop is hosted by Brooke Newman, CHS Faculty Fellow and Associate Professor of History, and includes a panel of CHS faculty who will present strategies for promoting academic integrity in the classroom and identifying and preventing prohibited uses of Generative AI.
Format: In person (STEM Building, room 404)
Panelists:
- Meriah Crawford, Department of Focused Inquiry
- Frank Fairies, Department of Philosophy
- Jennifer Rhee, Department of English and AI Futures Lab
- Andrew Marx, Department of Focused Inquiry
Mentoring Circle on P&T Dossier Preparation (Teaching and Service)
Writing effective promotion teaching and service statements
Friday, April 4, 2025, 2-4 p.m.
Faculty will come together to outline their teaching and service statements for promotion dossiers. Key elements of the statements will be discussed, and participants will have the opportunity to give and get feedback on sample statements. Time permitting, participants will begin to write or edit their own statements.
Format: In person (STEM Building, room 404)
Mentoring Circle on P&T Dossier Preparation (Research/Scholarship)
Writing effective research/scholarship statements
Friday, April 11, 2025, 2-4 p.m.
Faculty will come together to develop their research or scholarship statements for promotion dossiers. Key elements of the statements will be discussed, and participants will have the opportunity to give and get feedback on sample statements. Time permitting, participants will begin to write or edit their own statements.
Format: In person (STEM Building, room 404)
Mentoring Circle on P&T Dossier Preparation (CV/Bio)
Tuning your CV for promotion review and writing the promotion bio
Friday, April 18, 2025, 2-4 p.m.
Faculty will come together to tune their CV for their promotion dossiers as well as develop their dossier bio. Key elements of the promotion CV and bio will be discussed, and participants will have the opportunity to give and get feedback on example CV’s and bios. Time permitting, participants will begin to write or edit their bios and CV’s.
Format: In person (STEM Building, room 404)
Promotion in Motion
Summer faculty group
Weekly meetings from June to August 2025
Looking for additional peer support as you prepare your dossier during the summer for the 2025-26 promotion reviews? Join this summer faculty group, hosted by Laura Middlebrooks, CHS Faculty Fellow and Associate Professor in the School of World Studies, for weekly meetings. A detailed summer schedule will be made available in late spring.
Format: Virtual via Zoom (link will be sent in late spring)