Resources

Resources Relevant to NYUAD Faculty Careers

• Faculty Governance

  NYU Abu Dhabi is committed to the principles of shared governance and has established a variety of representative bodies and institutional procedures for their constituencies to contribute to internal governance and decision-making processes in an advisory capacity. The Governance page is found here. NYUAD Faculty are governed by the NYU Faculty Handbook.

• Teaching

  The Hilary Ballon Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning
  The HBC for Excellence in Teaching and Learning provides  NYU Abu Dhabi faculty and instructors with resources for teaching. Supporting meaningful interaction with new ideas and people for impactful learning.

  Academic Technology
  To meet your online teaching needs during remote instruction there are a variety of technologies available to NYUAD Faculty and Instructors. The Academic Technology team and Library have created the Academic Technology Support Fund and visit the Initiatives page, where you can learn more and apply specific needs such as a microphone.

• Connectivity with NYUNY

  19 Washington Square North is a gateway for scholarly and institutional connectivity between NYU's Abu Dhabi and New York campuses. Each year there are calls for applications for collaborations between NYU New York and NYUAD standing faculty, with a focus on utilizing the space in our building on Washington Square for activities that enrich our academic community.

• Funding Opportunities

  Download Faculty Funding Opportunities Flyer

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  Provides information about funding opportunities available to NYUAD Faculty (login required).

  

  Grant Proposal and Manuscript Review Workshops

  Grants for Publication Support
  NYUAD makes available grants supporting the preparation of books, book chapters, articles, etc. for publication in the following categories:

   

  • Peer-reviewed, research-based, scholarly publications
    
  • Publications for a general academic audience and literary works
    
  • Grants for Publication Support

   

  Community-Based Learning

  The following funding options are currently available to faculty teaching at NYUAD:

  • Community-Based Learning
  • Affiliated Faculty Funds
  • NYUAD Institute Conferences and Public Programs

  Pre-Award:  Funding Opportunities

  NYU Abu Dhabi is a world-class center of cutting-edge research, scholarship, and cultural activity. Situated at a strategic hemispheric crossroads in a rapidly evolving city, NYUAD has established the NYUAD Institute, a fully equipped center for advanced study and research, and hosting research projects, labs, and groups of visiting faculty selected according to the highest standards from NYU and other universities around the world. In addition, NYUAD faculty from across the arts, humanities, social sciences, sciences, engineering, and the professions are awarded individual research grants to carry out creative scholarship and conduct research on issues of major disciplinary, multidisciplinary, and global significance. Below are descriptions for a select number of our research and funding programs at NYUAD.

  • NYU Institutional Funding
  • NYUAD Research Enhancement Fund
  • Saadiyat Fellowship
  • NYUAD Institute Conferences and Public Programs
  • NYUAD Publication Support Grants
  • Grant Proposal and Manuscript Review Workshops
  • Affiliated Faculty Funds
• Faculty Resource Network

  The Faculty Resource Network (FRN) at New York University is an award-winning professional development initiative that sponsors programs for faculty members from a consortium of over 50 colleges and universities. The Network hosts lectures, symposia, and intensive seminars, all of which are designed to improve the quality of teaching and learning at its member and affiliate institutions.

  Academic Impressions
  NYU has an institutional membership at this organization which provides professional development for faculty and staff working in higher education. 

  National Center for Faculty Development and Diversity
  The NCFDD is an organization that holds virtual events, webinars and workshops that are focused on the topics that faculty members need to thrive in academia. NYU has an institutional membership which allows NYUAD faculty members to take advantage of these resources. The NYUAD Faculty Summer Scholars program supports faculty participation in the NCFDD 12-week online Faculty Success Program.

Workshop Materials

Included here are the materials and resources distributed at faculty workshops and training sessions.

• Faculty Recruitment

  Sarah Bray, Advice to Deans, Department Heads and Search Committees for Recruiting Diverse Faculty (PDF), Inside Higher Ed, July 19, 2018

  Zachary A. Smith, The Best Search Committees (PDF), The Chronicle of Higher Education, October 31, 2016

  Alina Tugend, How to Keep Faculty Searches on Track (PDF), The Chronicle of Higher Education,  January 06, 2019

  Matthew D. Lieberman, David Rock, Heidi Grant Halvorson, and Christine Cox, "Breaking Bias Updated: The SEEDS ModelTM  (PDF)," Neuro Leadership Journal,  Volume Six, November 2015

  Stefanie K. Johnson, David R. Hekman, and Elsa T. Chan, "If There's Only One Woman in Your Candidate Pool, There's Statistically No Chance She'll Be Hired," Harvard Business Review, April 26, 2016

  New York University, FAS Faculty Diversity Toolkit (PDF)

  Candidate Rating Form (PDF)

  Allowable Questions at Interviews (PDF)

• Unconscious Bias
  • Breaking Bias Updated: The SEEDS ModelTM  (PDF), Neuro Leadership Journal,  Matthew D. Lieberman, David Rock, Heidi Grant Halvorson, and Christine Cox, Volume Six, November 2015

  Please note, additional materials are available to NYUAD members on the intranet (login required).

• Managing the Macro Impact of Microaggressions Towards Faculty

  These materials cover much of what we discussed and are applicable to our experiences facing microaggressions as well as addressing them when we witness them happening to others:

  • Racial Dialogues:  Challenges Faculty of Color Face in the Classroom
  • Tool:  Recognizing Microaggressions and the Messages They Send
  • Tool:  Interrupting Microaggressions
  • Article:  Microaggressions in the Classroom (Inside HigherEd)
  • Evaluating Your Teaching;  The Hilary Ballon Center for Teaching and Learning
• Grants and Funding

  Useful Materials:  

  • Adam Pzreworski and Frank Salomon, "On the Art of Writing Proposals (PDF)," Social Science Research Council, 1995
  • Go Get Funded: Applying for External Grants at NYUAD (PDF). Food for Thought in Faculty Advancement, December 5, 2019.
  • Grant database (Grant Forward)
  • Jacob Kraicer, The Art of Grantsmanship (PDF), 1997
  • Examples of Communicating Research Intent and Value
  • Series of Grant Podcasts
  • National Science Foundation, Directorate for Education and Human Resources, A Guide for Proposal Writing (PDF)
  • National Science Foundation Grants Conference, Merit Review Process (PDF). March 2016
  • Victoria McGovern, " Writing Successful Grant Proposals, "Inside Higher Ed, August 7, 2017
  • Lisa Chasan-Taber, "10 Tips for Successful Grant Writing," The Chronicle of Higher Education, February 14, 2018
• Leadership

  Useful Reading:

  • Bernadette Dillon, and Julie Bourke, "The Six Signature Traits of Inclusive Leadership (PDF)," Deloitte University Press, 2016

  • Robert Kegan, and Lisa Lahey, "The Real Reason People Won't Change (PDF)," Harvard Business Review, November 2001

  • Uncovering Your Immunity to Change.  A guide to the ground-breaking work of Robert Kegan and Lisa Lahey: A simple, powerful tool for learning to see and overcome the beliefs that hold you back (PDF)

  • Wei Zheng, Ronit Kark, and Alyson Meister, "How Women Manage the Gendered Norms of Leadership," Harvard Business Review, November 28, 2018

• Teaching an Inclusive Classroom

  Useful Materials:

  • Catherine Shea Sanger and Nancy W. Gleason, Diversity and Inclusion in Global Higher Education: Lessons from Across Asia, Palgrave Press 2020.

  • Bryan Dewsbury and Cynthia J. Brame, "Inclusive Teaching" CBE-Life Sciences Education as part of the Evidence-Based Teaching Guides series, Volume 18, No2.  April 26, 2019

  • Kimberly D. Tanner, "Structure Matters: Twenty-One Teaching Strategies to Promote Student Engagement and Cultivate Classroom Equity", published in CBE-Life Sciences Education as part of the Features collection, Volume 12, No 3.

  • Bennett, Janet M. "Defining, Measuring, and Facilitating Intercultural Learning: A Conceptual Introduction to the Intercultural Education Double Supplement." Intercultural Education 20, no S1-2 (2009): 1-13. (PDF)

  • Choy, Siew Chee, Daljeet Singh, Yow Lin Liew, Mun Yee Lee, Audrey Malenee, and Norkhadirah Anuar. "Influence of Culture on Students' Awareness of How and Why They Learn." Malaysian Journal of Learning and Instruction 12, (2015): 49-67.

  • Nguyen, Phuong-Mai. "Culturally Appropriate Pedagogy: The Case of Group Learning in a Confucian Heritage Culture Context." Intercultural Education Journal 17, no.1

  • Jeffrey J. Selingo, "The New Generation of Students: How Colleges can Recruit, Teach and Serve Gen Z  (PDF)," The Chronicle of Higher Education, 2018

• Difficult Conversations

  This interactive session, involved participants working through case studies entitled Course Scheduling Conflicts, The Inattentive Researcher and The Ambitious Postdoc. These are drawn from real life examples of challenging conversations that faculty encounter and the discussions will use practical tools for engaging in these conversations with confidence, candor and empathy.    

  Session Materials:
  - Difficult Conversations Workshop Slides (available to NYUAD faculty only)
  - Kim Scott;  The Origin of Radical Candor, YouTube video
  - NYUAD Employee Wellness Program

• Trainee Centered Mentoring of Graduate Students and Postdocs

  Faculty are trained to be excellent researchers, however, there is little preparation in graduate education for the skills needed to effectively mentor graduate students, post-docs and researcher staff and to lead a successful and productive research team. This workshop was designed to provide useful perspectives and practical approaches for faculty who serve as mentors to researchers. We discussed the principles of trainee centered mentoring, which is rewarding for both the faculty member and the researcher. Participants were introduced to evidence-based practices for successful mentoring, heard from colleagues who are effective mentors, and created a mentoring compact that explicitly communicates your expectations to members of your team.

  Session Materials (available to NYUAD faculty only):
  - Checklist for Mentees
  - Characteristics of Good Supervision
  - Norman Ramsey Guide for Research Students
  - UAB Mentor Contract
  - Postdoc Compact
  - NYUAD Early Career Faculty Mentoring Program

• Get Together! Strategies for Successful Collaborations

  Whether your research is intra- or inter-disciplinary, collaborations are effective pathways to advancing faculty scholarship. In many disciplines, collaborating is essential for advancing a project. However, the journey is often met with challenges, from institutional or disciplinary culture shock to navigating conditions of distancing both locally and internationally. Building successful collaborations with colleagues on our own campus and with those across the globe requires skills beyond scholarship.

  This virtual workshop will overview effective intercultural communication, awareness of ethical considerations in international settings and academic-industry partnerships, the ability to have challenging conversations when the collaboration takes an unexpected turn, and navigating pandemic-related public health concerns and restrictions. Through a variety of content, experts from the NYUAD Office of Research will facilitate discussions with faculty across disciplines who have experience in navigating collaborations, drawing on real life case studies, to share best practices in establishing and maintaining productive and ethical research collaborations.

  Virtual Workshops are available to NYUAD Faculty only.