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Navigating Uncertainty in Higher Ed: Strategies for Faculty

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Navigating Uncertainty - Strategies Faculty

Watch the Recording: Navigating Uncertainty in Higher Ed: Strategies for Faculty Facilitator: Lisa Hanasono, PhDProfessorBowling Green State University Discover Strategies to Navigate Challenges and Take Action Faculty members are constantly adapting to shifting expectations and an evolving academic landscape. This recorded webinar offers a dedicated space for reflection, connection, and strategic action to help faculty regain … Read more

Mentoring Up: Pro-actively Engaging With Your Mentors Begins With Assessing Yourself

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Author: Steve Lee, PhD In an upcoming workshop, I’ll be offering some strategies to help faculty find and manage relationships with mentors. My approach has been to encourage faculty to “mentor up”, i.e. to learn how to pro-actively engage with their mentors, which is based on Gabarro’s and Kotter’s original concept of “managing up”. When Gabarro … Read more

Stepping Up: When, Why, and How to Move Into Academic Leadership Roles

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Author: Tasha Souza, PhD I run a monthly seminar for new faculty and, during one meeting, I had a smaller group of only women. We had time for general questions and they wanted to know more about the best ways to set themselves up well for retirement. I thought this a strange request, given they … Read more

Beyond Burnout Part 1: Approaches for Faculty Well-Being

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Beyond Burnout Part 1

Watch the Recording: Beyond Burnout Part 1: Approaches for Faculty Well-Being Facilitator: Rebecca Pope-Ruark, PhDDirector of the Office of Faculty Professional DevelopmentGeorgia Institute of Technology Strategies to recognize, address, and prevent faculty burnout—so your campus can thrive Faculty across higher education are navigating increasing workloads, shifting institutional expectations, and mounting stress—often with little support. Burnout is … Read more

AI in Academia: Teaching Challenges and Opportunities

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Author: Julia Staffel, PhD At the end of November in 2022, OpenAI launched ChatGPT, a text-generating AI with never-before-seen capabilities of producing almost any type of text with the click of a button. Students immediately realized the potential of using it for their assignments, easily generating essays and code, while avoiding being caught by existing … Read more

The 3 P’s to Plan Your Professional Pivot

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Professional Pivot

Author: Carlita Favero, PhD When I think back to 2009 or so when I was starting my first professional pivot, I was at a point in my career where I was transitioning into the next expected phase, a faculty position, but I was seeking employment at an institution very different from the ones I had … Read more

The Art of Self-Care: A Pathway to Productivity and Peace in Academia

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Author: NCFDD The challenges that face academics in today’s fast-paced environment can often be overwhelming, leading to a state of chronic stress. Stress, especially when prolonged, can have detrimental effects on both physical health and overall well-being, and it can seriously hinder productivity in both personal and professional life. In these demanding times, it is … Read more

Pivoting to Public Writing

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Author: Anthony Ocampo, PhD Whether in the sciences or humanities, academics are so specialized in their niche that they often forget how to convey their knowledge to a general public. In fact, in academia, your success is predicated on your ability to be in conversation with other experts, not everyday people.  When we’re doing our PhDs, we … Read more

5 Secrets to a Super Productive Semester

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It’s no secret that the semester presents many challenges for faculty. What we commonly see is: So the question is, how can we create a structure to overcome these challenges? Better yet, how can we create a structure to overcome these challenges and support our research/writing productivity and health/wellness?  Here are 5 things you can do: