Thriving on the Tenure-Track
Seminar Series

This seminar series includes a number of tenured and tenure-track facilitators and is designed to help faculty:

• Navigate the tenure-track process

• Prepare your dossier for reappointment, promotion & tenure

• Create a research & publication plan

• Goal-set & manage your time

• Overcome barriers to progress toward your professional goals and work-life balance

• Write successful FDC (Faulty Development Council) grant applications for research and travel

• Develop effective, efficient and innovative teaching strategies

• Harness campus resources and technology to make you more efficient

• Develop a support network of colleagues outside of your academic unit and/or college

Fall Series:

• Pushing Past Publish or Perish:  Setting Realistic Goals For Your Research and Publication Plans: Tuesday, Oct. 18, 12:00-2:00pm (Lisa Meloncon) 

• Preparing Your Year One Reappointment Dossier:  Tuesday, Nov. 8, 12:00–2:00pm (Wayne Hall) 

• Writing Successful Individual Faculty Development Council Grants: Tuesday, Nov. 29, 12:00–2:00pm (Wayne Hall)  

• Registration is required. To register for any of the above programs please see our registration site here. All sessions meet in Langsam 480C. Lunch will be provided.

Winter/Spring Series:

• Showcasing Your Teaching in the RPT Process, Feb. 1, 12:00-2:00pm (Wayne Hall, Professor, Department of English)

• Writing Successful Grants: Tuesday, Feb. 7, 12:00–2:00pm (Margaret Hanson, Professor, Department of Physics)

• Showcasing Your Teaching in the RPT Process, Feb. 7, 2:30-4:30pm (Wayne Hall, Professor, Department of English)  

• Saving Time with Technology, Feb. 14, 2:00-4:00pm (Paul Foster, Assistant Director, Instructional and Research Computing, UCit)

• Making it Work: Using Strong Design to Visually Present Research, Feb. 23, 2:00-4:00pm (Darrin Hunter, Visiting Assistant Professor, DAAP)

• Saving Time with Technology, Feb. 28, 2:00-4:00pm (Paul Foster, Assistant Director, Instructional and Research Computing, UCit)

• Registration is required. To register for any of the above programs please see our registration site here.

• All sessions meet in Langsam 480C. Lunch is provided for 12:00-2:00 sessions. Coffee/tea is provided for afternoon sessions.

The Research & Publication Workgroup

This program requires registration and attendance at all six meetings in order to maintain a focused and committed community of researchers and writers.

Facilitated by Lisa Meloncon, Assistant Professor,
Professional Writing, Department of English, McMicken College of Arts & Sciences, the workgroup is designed to help faculty:

• Make clear progress toward your personal research goals with a view to creating a publishable manuscript

• Create a set of reasonable goals with specific milestones

• Develop strategies to maintain and/or increase research efficiency

• Understand practical specifics of the writing process (e.g., querying publishers, findings the find place for your manuscript, how to deal with reviewer comments, etc.)

• Recognize and manage barriers to ongoing productivity

• Share tips and techniques for a healthy work/life balance

• Create a long-term support community for new faculty researchers

Workgroup Schedule:

• Goal-Setting and Time Management: Thursday, Nov. 10, 12:30-2:00pm.

• Narrowing Down Publication Venues and Topics: Thursday, Dec. 1, 12:30-2:00pm.

• Identify Writing and Researching Strategies: Thursday, Jan. 5, 12:30-2:00pm.

• Overcoming or Managing Barriers To Success: Thursday, Feb. 2, 12:30-2:00pm.

• Navigating the Work-Life Balance: Thursday, March 1, 12:30-2:00pm.

• Sharing, Reflecting, and Thinking Forward: Thursday, April 12, 12:30-2:00pm.

• To register/apply please click here. Each session will meet in Langsam 480C.  Lunch will be provided.