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What is the New Faculty Academy?

This is a year-long program with monthly events aimed at enhancing new faculty鈥檚 long-term career success at 麻豆AV. These events range from panels, workshops, and even informal lunches. In addition, we will learn valuable time management, productivity, and balance skills through the听National Center for Faculty Development & Diversity (NCFDD).

This program is ideal for first-year faculty (tenure-track and lecturers) as well as 鈥渘ewer鈥� faculty hired during the past 3 years. Upon successful completion of the New Faculty Academy, you will earn a certificate from Faculty Development that can be added to your future evaluation and rehiring materials (e.g., Personnel Information File/PIF).

Program Objectives

New faculty will have the opportunity to develop critical faculty skills such as: planning your semester, time management, developing the art of saying no, engaging in healthy conflict, developing a writing practice, cultivating an academic network, and managing stress and rejection. By the end of this year, faculty who complete all of the required parts of the program should be able to:

• Recognize & use the most critical information to navigate the first years at 麻豆AV effectively;
• Distinguish the resources and campus efforts that promote diversity, equity, and inclusion;
• Create authentic connections and relationships with students, faculty, staff, and essential campus partners;
• Implement strategies that will increase confidence and wellbeing as a 麻豆AV faculty member;
• Identify and affirm the multiple identities of our campus community.

Year-Long Topics & Activities

Each month a session will be offered on campus. Participants seeking a completion certificate, in addition to attending the monthly sessions, will also be invited to join a Canvas course to complete asynchronous activities. Monthly topics may include:

• Exploring Your Strengths as New Faculty
• AI in the Classroom
• Building Capacity for Your Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activities
• Engaging in Purposeful Service Opportunities
• Navigating Struggles and Creating Balance
• Preparing Your First Professional Information File (PIF)

Apply to Join the 2024-2025 New Faculty Academy

Are you ready to commit to creating a positive听community with an interdisciplinary group of newer faculty to achieve the above program objectives? Priority will be given to first-year faculty hired in fall 2024.

Once you are accepted, you will receive an email from the co-facilitators Nayan Ramirez (New Faculty Foundations Fellow) and Marcy De Veaux (Associate Director of Faculty Development) and be invited to join the complementary Canvas course.

We will meet each month from 1:00-2:15pm in FacDev Commons on the Fridays listed below in the tentative schedule.

Application is now closed, but you are welcome to attend any of our monthly events below.

2025-2026 Schedule

The New Faculty Academy monthly events are intended to serve faculty who will participate in the year-long program. Schedule TBD.

Which faculty completed the program?

Arts, Media, and Communication

• Cinema and Television Arts:听Talicia Raggs, Guillermo Rodriguez Romaguera
• Music:听Hilary Yip

Business and Economics

• Systems and Operations Management:听Mahdi Najafabadi, Daeeun (Daniel) Choi

Engineering and Computer Science

• Civil Engineering & Construction Management:听Vartenie Aramali

Education

• Deaf Studies:听Lisa Hermatz, Lee Ann Tang
• Educational Psychology and Counseling:听Shereen Allison, Ang茅lica Galv谩n, Danielle Samuel, Hongshan Shao
• Elementary Education:听Dominic Grasso
• Secondary Education:听Traci Dennis, Edward Flores
• Special Education:听Fatmana Deniz

Health and Human Development

• Child and Adolescent Development:听Manisha Chase, Marlen Quintero Perez
• Family and Consumer Sciences:听Eunju Kim
• 碍颈苍别蝉颈辞濒辞驳测:听Natasha Denmark, Mariko Iwabuchi, Anjum Padyal

Humanities

• American Indian Studies:听Alesha Claveria
• Queer Studies: Luis Esparza
• Religious Studies:听Vikas Malhotra鈥�

Science and Mathematics

• Biology: Michael Abdelsayed, Wilber Escorcia

Social and Behavioral Sciences

• Criminology and Justice Studies: Nalya Hernandez
• History:听Marissa Jenrich鈥�
• Psychology:听Juventino Hernandez Rodriguez, Adrian Valadez, Bianca Villalobos
• Social Work:听Nidia Hernandez, Zayda Sorrell-Medina
• Sociology:听Jessennya Hernandez, Leah Lamoreaux鈥�

Student Succes

• Academic First Year Experiences: Imaya Ramos Rincon

University Library

• Collection Access and Management Services: Heather Cribbs
• Research, Instruction & Outreach Services:听Brianna Limas; Lisa Cheby