Announcing the Inaugural Cohort of the Duke Faculty Academy |
Eight faculty members from diverse fields will take part in a new professional development program aimed at promoting constructive collaboration and empowering local change.
Organized by the Office for Faculty Advancement with key university partners, the Duke Faculty Academy is designed to help participants develop creative solutions to issues that impact the faculty experience.
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Advancement & Promotion
(Non-Tenure Track Faculty)
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Tuesday, October 22, 3 - 4 p.m.
Zoom
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David Malone, Professor of the Practice of Education
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Sherryl Broverman, Professor of the Practice of Biology
Luciana Fellin, Professor of the Practice of Romance Studies
Aaron Franklin, Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs in the Pratt School of Engineering
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Experienced colleagues and peers will discuss the reappointment and promotion process for different types of non-tenure track faculty and provide examples of resources and opportunities for growth and advancement. This workshop will cover a number of topics, including the variability of standards (according to discipline) for evaluating progress, teaching, research or administrative excellence, as well as the challenges potentially impacting promotion and ways to navigate them.
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Lunch & Learn: Tools to Support Graduate Student Mental Health
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Monday, November 4, 12 - 1:30 p.m.
Zoom
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Yan Li, Associate Dean for Graduate Programs in the The Graduate School
Nancy Zucker, Professor of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences and Director of Graduate Studies for Psychology & Neuroscience
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In 2018, Inside Higher Ed cited research showing graduate students are more than six times as likely as the general population to develop a mental health disorder. If you are a Ph.D. advisor, graduate student mentor or simply a faculty member who cares about grad students, you already know supporting graduate student mental health is a critical issue.
The Office for Faculty Advancement and The Graduate School invite you to join us for a session on this topic led by two licensed psychologists. They will address some of most common challenges mentors encounter in relation to graduate student mental health, take questions and offer resources and actionable takeaways.
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Creating Innovative Cultures in Academic Units
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Thursday, November 7, 1 - 2 p.m.
York Room, 229 Gray Building (Divinity School)
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Sherilynn Black, Associate Vice Provost for Faculty Advancement
Kimberly Hewitt, Vice President for Institutional Equity
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Faculty serve as educators, mentors, colleagues and leaders who set the tone and establish local cultures that impact the ability to thrive and advance scholarship in academic units. If intentional, this culture can be one that leads to fruitful collaborations and innovative approaches that increase success for all groups across schools and departments. If this culture is not in place, it can limit our work and lessen the experiences of our faculty, staff and student colleagues.
In this workshop, participants will discuss strategies and practices that support innovation in their teams, including highlighting how diverse teams benefit innovative approaches. They will also discuss how improving departmental culture can lead to greater engagement in academic units.
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| 2024 Keohane Visiting Professorship Lecture
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Wednesday, October 23, 5:30 p.m.
Nasher Museum of Art Auditorium
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In this opening public event of the 2024-25 Keohane Visiting Professorship, interdisciplinary artist and scholar Ashon Crawley will present on the theme of dirt and soil to the making of Black life, and how degrading the earth is part of the attempt to unmake Black possibility, including discussion of “Cancer Alley” in Louisiana and soil erosion in Mississippi.
“Down South Dirt” is the first installment of Crawley's public events during the Keohane Professorship at Duke and UNC, collectively titled “Otherwise, We are Down South Folk-Dirt, Water, Air.” Reception to follow.
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| East Asian Faculty Community Celebrates Moon Festival
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The East Asian Faculty Community at Duke gathered to celebrate the Moon Festival, a significant cultural event for many in the East Asian community. The event was organized as part of a Faculty Advancement Seed Grant.
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Nathan Thrall’s “A Day in the Life of Abed Salama” — Politics and Everyday Life in Palestine and Israel |
Monday, October 21, 5:30 p.m.
Ambassador Ballroom, Washington Duke Inn
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Join us for a conversation with 2024 Pulitzer Prize winner Nathan Thrall as he discusses politics and everyday life in Palestine and Israel, based on his latest book, “A Day in the Life of Abed Salama,” in conversation with Duke Professor Rebecca Stein.
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| Center on Law, Race & Policy Scholarship Mash-Up |
Thursday, October 31, 12:30 p.m.
Room 4044, Duke Law School
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These interdisciplinary monthly luncheon meetings invite faculty to share their scholarship related to racial equity and catalyze future collaborations. This session will feature a research presentation by Ashleigh Rosette, James L. Vincent Distinguished Professor of Leadership, and is sponsored by the Law School and a Faculty Advancement Seed Grant.
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2024-25 Events from NCFDD
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NCFDD is offering a wide array of programing centered around faculty development. Topics include engaging in healthy conflict, managing stress and planning for the Spring 2025 semester. Faculty must sign in to the Duke NCFDD account to see programs and register.
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Duke Faculty Advancement provides leadership, guidance and oversight of university-wide strategies and programs to support faculty throughout their career lifespan. We offer faculty and leadership development programs and partner with Duke schools, departments and other academic units to enhance faculty growth and success. A diverse faculty — defined broadly as representing a wide range of identities, lived experiences and perspectives — is a prerequisite for excellence and is essential to driving innovation within our scholarly community. We work to recruit and retain outstanding faculty and strive to promote a welcoming academic culture and community that lives up to the Duke values of respect, trust, inclusion, discovery and excellence.
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