These workshops are open to all UMBC faculty and provide the information needed to successfully advance through the ranks of academia. Particular attention is paid to ensuring that a diverse faculty community has clear and transparent opportunities to thrive at UMBC.
Workshop topics have included:
- Faculty Career Progression
- The Tenure Process
- The Promotion to Full Professor Process
- Roads to Leadership – Exploring Options with Intentionality
- Research Development
- Grant Writing (NSF, NIH)
- Book Publications
- Peer-Reviewed Journal Publications
- Scientific Writing
- Mentoring
- The Eminent Scholar Mentoring Program
- Maximizing the Potential of Mentoring Relationships
- Mentoring and Being Mentored
- Teaching
- Efficient and Effective Teaching
- Evaluating Teaching and Creating a Teaching Portfolio
- Public Engagement
- Curating Your Digital Identity
- Gender and Professional Development and Negotiation
- How to Meet the Press
- Scientific Research Centers Inside and Out
- Effective Communication in Your Lab, Your Classroom, and Your Life
- How to Give a Scientific Seminar
- Strong Women/Strategic Performance: Theatre Techniques for Successful Negotiation & Presentation
Please direct questions about the Faculty Advancement Workshops to Autumn Reed autumn2@umbc.edu.