2024 Associate Professor Conference
The second annual Conference for Associate Professors - term and tenured - is a great professional development opportunity for advanced assistant professors and associate professors. The 2024 conference theme is “Paving the Way to Full Professor.” The conference includes a keynote, a panel session, and the possibility to network among faculty. Attendees will gain valuable insights for moving through the associate professor years and to look ahead in planning their career trajectory.
Paving the Way to Full Professor
Monday, November 18, 2024 | 8:30am-12:00pm
Keynote
When You See A Fork In The Road, Take It: Career Development and Promotion for Associate Professors
Kim Boggess, MD
Provost Distinguished Faculty Leader, Office of the Provost & Professor, Ob/Gyn and Maternal Fetal Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill


8:30-9:00am
Check in and Breakfast
9:00-9:30am
Welcome and Opening Remarks
Mangala Subramaniam, Senior Vice Provost for Faculty Affairs; Fotis Sotiropoulos, Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs
9:30-10:45am
Keynote: When You See A Fork In The Road, Take It: Career Development and Promotion for Associate Professors
Kim Boggess, Provost Distinguished Faculty Leader, Office of the Provost & Professor, Ob/Gyn and Maternal Fetal Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
10:45-11:00am
Break and Networking
11:00am-12:00pm
Panel: Top 10 Career Tips for Associate Professors
The panel will share insights on navigating the associate professor career stage and will suggest top 10 tips for planning a successful career.
Youngmi Kim, Professor, School of Social Work; Roy Sabo, Interim Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs, Interim Chair for Department of Epidemiology & Professor, School of Public Health; Gary Tepper, Senior Associate Dean for Academic and Faculty Affairs & Professor, College of Engineering
12:00pm
Closing