Registration
Please note, registration is only open to NYUAD Faculty.
These events are created and run by the office of the Vice Provost for Faculty Advancement and Engagement spring 2023 specifically for those who have an NYUAD faculty appointment. Some events are open to all while others are by invitation only. For questions, please contact Kirsten Edepli at nyuad.facultydevelopment@nyu.edu.
Need time to get a manuscript done or a chapter edited? Working on some analysis or a revise and resubmit? The Women Faculty Writing Group will meet on zoom every Friday from 2-5pm and provide space to sit in the quiet (virtual) company of other women faculty to work on your own research writing. All women with a faculty appointment are added to the calendar invitation for all sessions and are welcome to join one or all sessions. Zoom link and secret code to get a beverage to fuel your writing are provided in the calendar invitation.
Time: 2-5pm
Venue: Virtual
Open to all women with a faculty appointment, by invitation.
Contact Kirsten Edepli at ke27@nyu.edu.
Need time to get a manuscript done or a chapter edited? Working on some analysis or a revise and resubmit? The Women Faculty Writing Group will meet on zoom every Friday from 2-5pm and provide space to sit in the quiet (virtual) company of other women faculty to work on your own research writing. All women with a faculty appointment are added to the calendar invitation for all sessions and are welcome to join one or all sessions. Zoom link and secret code to get a beverage to fuel your writing are provided in the calendar invitation.
Time: 2-5pm
Venue: Virtual
Open to all women with a faculty appointment, by invitation.
Contact Kirsten Edepli at ke27@nyu.edu.
NYUAD Faculty Life Cycle Information Session for T-Faculty
April 10 | 12:15-1:15pm | Registration required
Do you have questions about the timeline for 3rd year review, tenure, or promotion? Do you know how dockets are assessed? This session will provide guidance about the structure and timeline of the advancement process at NYUAD for all Tenured/Tenure Track (T-faculty), with plenty of time for questions.
Intended Audience: NYUAD standing tenured or tenure track faculty
Time: 12:15-1:15pm
Venue: Experimental Research Building (C1), room 120
Faculty Life Cycle Information Sessions and Workshops
This session will provide information on policies and procedures relevant to preparing a docket for tenure and/or promotion for T-Faculty. We will provide perspectives on how to approach this important milestone while retaining a sense of well-being. All T-faculty who are planning to submit a docket to the promotion and tenure committee this academic year will be invited to attend.
Intended Audience: NYUAD standing tenured or tenure track faculty
Time: 1:20-2pm
Venue: Experimental Research Building (C1), room 120
Need time to get a manuscript done or a chapter edited? Working on some analysis or a revise and resubmit? The Women Faculty Writing Group will meet on zoom every Friday from 2-5pm and provide space to sit in the quiet (virtual) company of other women faculty to work on your own research writing. All women with a faculty appointment are added to the calendar invitation for all sessions and are welcome to join one or all sessions. Zoom link and secret code to get a beverage to fuel your writing are provided in the calendar invitation.
Time: 2-5pm
Venue: Virtual
Open to all women with a faculty appointment, by invitation.
Contact Kirsten Edepli at ke27@nyu.edu.
NYUAD Faculty Life Cycle Information Session for C-Faculty
Tuesday, May 2 | 3-4:15pm| Registration Required
Do you have questions about the timeline for contract renewal? Do you have questions about preparing your docket for contract renewal? This session will provide guidance about the structure and timeline of the advancement process at NYUAD for continuing contract faculty (C-faculty), with plenty of time for questions. All standing Continuing Contract faculty are invited to attend.
Intended Audience: NYUAD standing continuing contract faculty
Time: 3-4:15pm
Venue: TBD
Throughout the month, the Vice Provost will have one-on-one meetings with new faculty.
Vice Provost, Faculty Advancement and Engagement; Professor of Biology
Email: kirsten.edepli@nyu.edu
Phone: +971 2-628-4569
The Program Head Academy (PHA)
Provost Forum
This session will provide the opportunity for reflection and open discussion on the fall semester and a look forward to next semester with the Provost and Vice Provost.
Time: TBD
Venue: TBD
Writing Effective Teaching Statements
Tuesday, November 1 | 9:30-10:45am | Registration Required
Teaching statements are important data points that help you evidence your impactful teaching. This session will guide you on articulating your teaching philosophy as well as strategies to evidence its enactment in course design, pedagogy, and teaching methods. We will reflect together on our teaching practices and how they evolved over semesters. What innovations have we made in our courses? To what extent have we embraced experiential learning? How did we incorporate our research into teaching? The focus will be on providing evidence of the many ways in which you have reached your learners. We will go over a suggested list of topics to include in your statement and help you tailor it to the needs of your respective committee chairs.
Time: 9:30-10:45am
Venue: Library (C2), Hilary Ballon Center for Teaching and Learning center
Intended Audience: NYUAD Faculty preparing teaching statements for advancement.
Program Leadership Academy: Intercultural Development for Academic Leaders
Facilitated by: Office of Inclusion and Equity
November 10 | 11am-12:30pm | By Invitation
In this session, the team from the Office of Inclusion and Equity will review concepts and theories about inclusion, diversity, belonging and equity that are essential for academic leaders at NYUAD. Participants will take an Intercultural Development Inventory assessment, and will learn how this tool relates to effective leadership. Participants will reflect on their own socialization and identities and delve into research and tools to develop daily practices to begin their journey towards critical self awareness.The session will be followed by a networking lunch.
Time: 11am-12:30pm
Venue: Conference Center (A6), room 005
Intended Audience: Faculty with appointments as Program Head or Program Director
NYUAD Faculty Life Cycle Information Session for C-Faculty
Monday, November 14 | 11am-12:15pm | Registration Required
Do you have questions about the timeline for contract renewal? Do you have questions about preparing your docket for contract renewal or for promotion? This session will provide guidance about the structure and timeline of the advancement process at NYUAD for faculty who are on continuing contracts (C-faculty).
Intended Audience: NYUAD standing continuing contract faculty
Time: 11am-12:15pm
Venue: Experimental Research Building (C1), room 120
NYUAD Faculty Life Cycle Information Session for T-Faculty
November 16 | 11am-12:15pm | Registration required
Do you have questions about the timeline for tenure? Do you know what a 3rd-year review entails? Do you have questions about preparing your docket for promotion, or tenure? This session will provide guidance about the structure and timeline of the advancement process at NYUAD for faculty who are tenured or on the tenure track (T-faculty).
Intended Audience: NYUAD standing tenured or tenure track faculty
Time: 11am-12:15pm
Venue: Conference Center (A6), room 005
Drop-in Interfolio Information Session
This drop-in session starts with an overview of how to use Interfolio to upload material for tenure/tenure track faculty dockets for tenure and promotion. There will be time for questions related to docket submission and one-on-one help with your own Interfolio submission as needed. All faculty with dockets due in the upcoming semester have been added to the calendar invitation
Time:
9:30-10:10am, C-Faculty
10:15-10:45, T/TT Faculty
Venue: Virtual
Information Session, 3:30-5pm:
Through presentations and informal discussions, new faculty insight into living and working at NYUAD and in Abu Dhabi and the UAE. There will be plenty of time for questions and a review of UAE 101 Stories & Cultural Learnings which you were provided in your welcome bags.
Leading Through the Academic Strategy
Facilitated by Martin Klimke and Alex Sumner
Monday, October 24 | 12:30-2:15pm | BY INVITATION
The Academic Strategy is the university’s academic vision for the next decade and the Program Heads/Directors are instrumental in achieving the goals of this strategy for the next decade. This session will be an open discussion about how PH/Ds serve as the conduit to faculty engagement with the Academic Strategy and how this can be incorporated into the vision for leading programs.
Intended Audience: Faculty with appointments as Program Head or Program Director
Time: 12:30-2:15pm
Venue: Experimental Research Building (C1), room 120
The Women Faculty Writing Group meets throughout the semester as an accountability group for working on research-related writing projects and to create community among women faculty. All that is required to participate is the willingness to greet others in the group and then focus for the 3-hour session on writing, data analysis or other activities that contribute to academic productivity. Join one or all!
Time: 2-5pm
Venue: Virtual
Open to all women with a faculty appointment, by invitation.
Contact Kirsten Edepli at nyuad.facultydevelopment@nyu.edu.
Proactive Leadership for the Academic Year
Thursday, September 15 | 9-10:30am | BY INVITATION
The work of managing an academic program can be complex, and requires the Program Head/Director to be an effective and inclusive communicator, a fair delegator and to have the ability to set and maintain healthy boundaries. Discussion at this first meeting of the PLA engage all PH/Ds on identifying changes that this academic year brings, and will help to crystalize the vision each program leader has for managing these changes and their intended areas of growth.
Intended Audience: Faculty with appointments as Program Head or Program Director
Time: 9-10:30am
Venue: The Torch Club
Docket-prep Session for Contract Faculty
Contract renewal and promotion is an important milestone in the career trajectory of continuing contract faculty. This workshop will review the process for developing a compelling docket, the policies related to continuing contract renewal and promotion, and the practicalities of submitting a docket. All faculty who are submitting a docket in 2022 will be added to the calendar invite.
Time: 11am-12:15pm
Venue: Experimental Research Building (C1), room 120
Prof. Michael Purugganan, Academic Director 19 WSN
Are you interested in collaborating with NYU colleagues in New York? Putting on a conference, performance, or exhibit at NYUAD’s elegant events space on Washington Square? Conducting research or meetings in NY from an office in NYUAD’s home there? If any of these possibilities intrigue you, please join Michael Purugganan, Academic Director of 19 Washington Square North, to learn more about the Faculty Fellowships, Small Grants, Exhibit, and Space programs offered by NYUAD’s home in New York City. He will meet with interested faculty at the Torch Club on September 20.
Time: 3-4pm
Venue: The Torch Club, Washington Room
Inclusivity and Intercultural Development
Venue: The Arts Center, C3 006
Who is the NYUAD Learner?
Time: 11am-1pm
Venue: The Arts Center, C3 006
Campus Tour
Time: 1:15-1:45pm
Hosting a Successful First Week of Class
Presented by Hilary Ballon Center for Teaching and Learning
Time: 2-3:15pm
Venue: Library, C2
Meet the University Leadership
Time: 11am-1pm
Venue: The Arts Center, C3 006
Faculty Resources Fair
Time: 1-3pm
Venue: The Arts Center Atrium