Assistant and Associate Professors
The Office of the Provost - Faculty Affairs has created several initiatives to support faculty in advancing their career trajectories. These initiatives offer professional development and support to faculty at different career stages, during key transition points, and with varying roles and responsibilities.
A critical career stage is the transition from assistant to associate professor. Starting in fall 2023, Faculty Affairs organized the inaugural Orientation for Newly Promoted Associate Professors. The orientation focused on goal setting, safeguarding time and space, and understanding the path to full professor. Newly promoted associates can also choose to join the newly promoted associate professor cohort, where faculty have additional opportunities for targeted professional development during the year following promotion.
Orientation will be held on Thursday, September 26 from 8:30am-1:00pm. More details and registration link to come.
Orientation was held on September 19, 8:45am-1:00pm.
Program
- Welcome and Opening Remarks | Mangala Subramaniam, Senior Vice Provost for Faculty Affairs; Fotis Sotiropolous, Provost, Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs
- Next Steps as an Associate Professor | Mangala Subramaniam, Senior Vice Provost for Faculty Affairs
- Planning Your Career Trajectory | Moderated by Jill Gordon, Assistant Vice Provost, Faculty Affairs; Panelists: Charles Cartin, Director of Makerspaces and Professor, Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering; Rima Franklin, Interim Vice Provost for Life Sciences and Chair, Biology; Max Mohan, Professor, Marketing
The Newly Promoted Associate Professors Cohort meets at least once per semester to renew networks and discuss career progression strategies. Topics included assessing work activity relative to effort allocation, goal mapping, and planning their career trajectory.
The cohort met on March 29, 2024 from 9:30-11:00am. The meeting topic was Career Progression Strategies for Early Associate Professors.