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GEP Workshop Series for Junior Faculty

FALL 2009 APPLICATION DEADLINE: 8 SEPTEMBER 2009

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Description:

Hunter College, the GEP, and CUNY Central join NSF in the goal of contributing to the development of a national science and engineering academic workforce that includes the full participation of women and minorities at all levels of faculty and academic administration. The GEP Workshop Series for Junior Faculty has as its goal the professional development of male and female junior faculty who are engaged in basic science and engineering at participating CUNY schools. The workshop series includes a broad range of techniques and skills that are important for professional success. Five broad categories of workshops will be offered: career development, writing and publishing, mentoring, balancing work and personal life, and leadership.

Each workshop integrates material on the role of race and gender as determinants of professional success. The workshops are designed to increase scholarly productivity and leadership, and will include discussions on how to develop individual, institutional, and discipline-level solutions to the under-representation of women and minority-status scholars.

Drs. Virginia Valian, Vita Rabinowitz, and Annemarie Nicols-Grinenko will run the workshops, related activities, and evaluations of the effectiveness of the workshops. The GEP Workshop Series for Junior Faculty includes three full days (10:00 am to 5:00 pm) of workshops at Hunter College:

When is it?	FALL 2009 DATES Friday, 18 September, 2009; 10:00 am - 5:00 pm Friday, 20 November, 2009; 10:00 am - 5:00 pm Friday, 11 December, 2009; 10:00 am - 5:00 pm
Where is it?	Hunter College
Who is it for?	Open to all eligible untenured faculty in the natural or social sciences , mathematics and statistics , or engineering at one of the following campuses: Baruch, Brooklyn, City, Graduate Center, Hunter, John Jay, Lehman, Medgar Evers, New York City Tech, Queens, Staten Island, or York

Participant Comments from Previous Series

Spring 2008

“It was nice to have a forum focused on guiding junior faculty to succeed. It was also great to meet with others in the same place, to feel a sense of community. It is at times isolating as you work your way toward tenure, so this workshop helped provide direction and guidance via group discussion etc. Thanx!”

“ It has encouraged me – helped me believe that this career is really something that I can handle/succeed at."

“ It was great to finally feel some support with this big transition in my life. I have felt very on my own until today.”

Fall 2007

"I learned a significant amount about what I need to do for the next few years as junior faculty."

"There is no way I would have written the grant without the support of the program. My proposal changed drastically between reviews. I really needed the time to write and the feedback."

"Theoretical background and empirical evidence was superb! Don't change a thing!"

"Thank you so much for allowing me to participate in the program. I found it incredibly helpful and I have definitely learned a great deal and learned to think differently about my research. This experience truly helped."

Meet your colleagues and learn about:

• Career Development : balancing research, teaching, and service; making effective conference presentations; preparing your vita; presenting yourself positively; teaching effecitvely and efficiently
• Writing and publishing : time management and procrastination; publishing and handling rejection; grant writing
• Mentoring : building a circle of advisors; student and assistant management
• Balancing work and personal life : equality and negotiation in personal relationships, different conceptions of balance
• Leadership : handling power and politics within one's department and institution; building a national reputation

Space is limited to the first 25 eligible respondents.

APPLICATION DEADLINE: 8 September 2008

Download the Guidelines and Application Procedures here

© 2009 Gender Equity Project This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. 0123609 [ ADVANCE Institutional Transformation Award ] and by Hunter College of the City University of New York. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.