Events

Food for Thought | A Series for Faculty Advancement

• Virtual Workshop, January 2021 - Get Together! Strategies for Successful Collaborations

  Part of the Food for Thought Series

  1:15-2:45pm Abu Dhabi
  5:15-6:45am New York
  5:15-6:45pm Shanghai

  VIRTUAL | Get Together! Strategies for Successful Collaborations
  

  Research Ethics and Governance Manager, Lama Choufani
  Vice Provost for Faculty Development and Diversity, Kirsten Edepli
  NYUAD Faculty members & their collaborators

  Whether your research is intra- or inter-disciplinary, collaborations are effective pathways to advancing faculty scholarship. In many disciplines, collaborating is essential for success of research projects, and many faculty benefit from collaborative teaching. Building successful collaborations with colleagues on our own campus and with those across the globe requires skills beyond scholarship, including understanding global cultural norms and those of institutions and disciplines. This virtual platform will overview effective intercultural communication, awareness of ethical considerations in international settings and academic-industry partnerships. Discussion of how to have challenging conversations when the collaboration takes an unexpected turn and navigating pandemic-related restrictions will be discussed by experts from research ethics and by faculty across disciplines who have experience in navigating collaborations. Drawing on real life case studies, we will share best practices in establishing and maintaining productive and ethical collaborations.

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• Sunday, February 21, 2021 -Pay it Forward: Trainee Centered Mentoring of Graduate Students and Postdocs

  Part of the Food for Thought Series

  Sunday, February 21, 2021
  
  1:14-2:45pm Abu Dhabi
  5:15-6:45am New York
  5:15-6:45pm Shanghai

  Carol Genetti, Vice Provost for Graduate and Postdoctoral Program; Professor of Linguistics
  Panel Discussion: 
  Jaime Napier, Associate Professor of Psychology 
  Ali Trabolsi, Associate Professor of Chemistry 
  Jemima Frimpong, Associate Professor of Social Research and Public Policy

  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 is designed to provide useful perspectives and practical approaches for faculty who serve as mentors to researchers. We will discuss the principles of trainee centered mentoring, which is rewarding for both the faculty member and the researcher. Participants will be introduced to evidence-based practices for successful mentoring, hear from colleagues who are effective mentors, and create a mentoring compact that explicitly communicates your expectations to members of your team.

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• Sunday, March 28, 2021 - Managing the Macro Impact of Microaggressions Towards Faculty

  Part of the Food for Thought Series

  Sunday, March 28, 2021

  1:14-2:45pm Abu Dhabi
  5:15-6:45am New York
  5:15-6:45pm Shanghai

  Nancy Gleason, Director for the Hilary Ballon Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning; Associate Professor of Practice of Political Science
  Fatiah Touray, Senior Director, Inclusion and Equity
  
  Have you ever been in a classroom, meeting, or other interaction where a comment directed at you or someone is experienced as a slight? Have you experienced what appears to be well-meaning comments related to your identity make you feel excluded? Microaggressions are subtle, discriminatory actions or comments that serve to marginalize and insult the target.  While often unintentional, microaggressions are real and harmful experiences.  This interactive session is aimed at understanding, interrupting, and developing the skills needed to respond to microaggressions using a variety of scenarios that may show up in the classroom.  We will discuss how to address the psycho-emotional and academic well-being of yourself when such interactions are directed against you or your students.  Participants gain strategies to create inclusive classrooms and how to support colleagues you know who have been harmed by microaggressions.

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• Sunday, April 25, 2021 - Difficult Conversations

  Part of the Food for Thought Series

  Sunday, April 25, 2021

  1:14-2:45pm Abu Dhabi
  5:15-6:45am New York
  5:15-6:45pm Shanghai

  Difficult Conversations

  Tamara Johnson, MIR, LLB, BSW; Director, Employee Relations

  Are you concerned about how to provide constructive feedback during the upcoming performance review discussions? Have you ever struggled with a challenging conversation? This session will provide supervisors with both a framework and practical tools to assist in delivering constructive feedback and having difficult conversations while considering the context of remote working.
  
  

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Faculty Month of Mentoring - February 2021

February 2021 was our Faculty Month of Mentoring, please see below for more information.

• Mentoring Week 1: Knowledge is Power

  Mentors, mentees and those aspiring to engage in a productive mentoring relationship are invited to set aside two blocks of time this week of no more than 30 minutes each to review material on this Faculty Mentoring Resource Menu.

  Resources to review during the first week of Faculty Mentorship Month: 

  • Susan L. Phillips and Susan T. Dennison, Chapters 1 and 3 in Faculty Mentoring A Practical Manual for Mentors, Mentees, Administrators, and Faculty Developers (PDF), Stylus Publishing, 2015
  • There is No Guru (PDF) Kerry Ann Rockquemore, PhD, founder, National Center for Faculty Development & Diversity
  • Mentoring Action Guide (PDF) Global Faculty Engagement and Innovation Advancement
  • Definition of a Mentor and Mentoring:  What Does it Mean to be a Mentor, and Why Be One?, NYU Medical Center Faculty Mentoring Handbook
  • We invite faculty to browse this course offered by the National Center for Faculty Development and Diversity which consists of 4 videos about mentoring. 
    1. Re-Thinking Mentoring:  How to Build Communities of Inclusion, Support and Accountability
    2. Mentoring Pre-Tenure Faculty
    3. Post-Tenure Mentoring
    4. Q&A
    Choose one that is relevant to you and enjoy! NYU has an institutional membership to this resource and you will need to create a login using your NYUAD ID to access this material.   
• Mentoring Week 2: NYUAD Faculty Mentoring Summit

  NYUAD Faculty Mentoring Summit 2021

  Tuesday, February 9, 2021 | 4:45-6:45pm in Abu Dhabi | 7:45-9:45am in New York | 8:45-10:45pm in Shanghai | Via Zoom

   All NYUAD faculty are invited to the NYUAD Faculty Mentoring Summit on Tuesday, February 9, 2021, to enhance mentoring skills for both early career mentees and seasoned colleagues serving as mentors. Both those with strong mentoring relationships in place and those seeking to make these connections, will engage in hands-on work to take the next steps in their mentoring journey.

  The summit will be led by: Karen Jackson-Weaver, Associate Vice President of Global Inclusive Faculty Engagement & Innovation Advancement at NYU
  With a keynote address from Arlie Petters, NYUAD Provost

  Sponsored and organized by:  The Vice Provost for Faculty Development and Diversity

  Overview and Goals:
  Cultivating a culture where active and engaged mentoring is the norm creates an environment where all faculty are equipped to develop and advance their best ideas to the forefront of their research and teaching. As faculty, we are continually growing, learning new skills and exploring new areas in the classroom, our research and as leaders. Mentoring is a cornerstone for success in all of these areas of faculty work. Most importantly, for a diverse community like NYUAD, mentoring engages across the academic career trajectory for those who can feel sidelined by a traditional academic career.

  Engaging in an active mentoring relationship, helps the individual and the institution: mentees have a group of seasoned colleagues to provide guidance, mentors are enriched by passing on knowledge and perspectives gained along the course of their careers and gain valuable listening and coaching, and for the institution, the inclusivity of the community is broadened and research productivity is increased. It is exciting to imagine the output and outcomes for our individual faculty and for NYUAD as a whole if we optimized mentoring for our faculty.

  This inaugural Faculty Mentoring Summit at NYUAD is designed for all faculty to engage and experience the benefits of a mentoring culture. We provide an interactive learning environment for all; from those who have not yet launched their mentoring network to seasoned faculty looking to enhance the benefits of mentoring for you and your mentees. Join us for this special gathering of faculty to learn from each other and from those who have a breadth of experience supporting effective mentoring.

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• Mentoring Week 3: Meet Up!

  Reach out to establish a connection with a colleague who is a part of your network of CAMS (coaches, advisors, mentors and sponsors). Ask them to join you for an hour over coffee any day this week, either virtual or socially distanced. We pay for the coffee!  Contact Stephanie Pujol at sp5319@nyu.edu for details on how to get your coffee covered. 

• Mentoring Week 4: Food for Thought in Faculty Advancement: Workshop: Pay it Forward: Trainee Centered Mentoring of Graduate Students and Postdocs

  Part of the Food for Thought Series

  Sunday, February 21, 2021
  
  1:15-2:45pm Abu Dhabi
  5:15-6:45am New York
  5:15-6:45pm Shanghai

  Carol Genetti, Vice Provost for Graduate and Postdoctoral Program; Professor of Linguistics
  Panel Discussion: 
  Jaime Napier, Associate Professor of Psychology 
  Ali Trabolsi, Associate Professor of Chemistry 
  Jemima Frimpong, Associate Professor of Social Research and Public Policy

  Join this interactive workshop and panel discussion to enhance the skills needed to effectively mentor graduate students, post-docs and researcher staff and to lead a successful and productive research team. Lunch provided for the first 10 registrants!

  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 is designed to provide useful perspectives and practical approaches for faculty who serve as mentors to researchers. We will discuss the principles of trainee centered mentoring, which is rewarding for both the faculty member and the researcher. Participants will be introduced to evidence-based practices for successful mentoring, hear from colleagues who are effective mentors, and create a mentoring compact that explicitly communicates your expectations to members of your team.
  

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  Please note, registration is only open to NYUAD Faculty
• GNU-Wide Video Watch & Discussion on How Mentoring Supports Emerging Faculty Leaders

  Wednesday, February 24, 2021
  

  6-7:15pm in Abu Dhabi
  9-10:15am in New York
  10-11:15pm in Shanghai

  Rising to a leadership position is a common step in the faculty career trajectory.  Join your fellow faculty from across the GNU to engage in a "watch party" to collectively view and discuss a video outlining essential capacities for taking a step into leadership, and discussing how mentoring can help you achieve your goals as an emerging leader.  We will watch together, two portions of this webinar Managing Up Down and Across:  Managing Up and Managing Across.

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Film Screening and Community Dialoge: Picture a Scientist

• Tuesday November 24, 2020 - Community Dialogue

  Women are underrepresented in STEM fields in nearly every part of the world.  The new documentary Picture a Scientist highlights the successes and struggles of three extraordinary women scientists building their careers in the US. NYUAD strives to close the gender gap in STEM through mentorship, supporting faculty advancement, addressing bias in hiring, identifying talent early in the career pipeline, and providing role models for women at all stages of the academic career path.  A community dialog about this film for all faculty, staff, researchers, and graduate students will be held from 12:15-1:15pm on Tuesday, November 24 and will be facilitated by Professor of Biology and Vice Provost for Faculty Development and Diversity Kirsten Edepli, and Visiting Assistant Professor of Leadership Studies, Henriette Mueller. 

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Food for Thought | A Series for Faculty Advancement

• Sunday, September 20, 2020 - The NYUAD Student Experience

  Part of the Food for Thought Series

  Sunday, September 20, 2020

  1:14-2:45pm Abu Dhabi
  5:15-6:45am New York
  5:15-6:45pm Shanghai

  Associate Dean of Students, Michael Martinez
  Vice Provost for Undergraduate Academic Development, Bryan Waterman
  NYUAD Students (Current & Alumni)

  What do students wish the faculty knew about them, but fear they don’t? Where do our pedagogical efforts at diversity and inclusion best meet or sometimes fail to meet their needs? What commitments outside the classroom contribute most to their NYUAD years? Engage in a moderated conversation with current students and alumni in an effort to move beyond stereotypes and generate understanding of the holistic student experience. Participants will be provided with ample time to ask questions.

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• Sunday, October 25, 2020 - How to Thrive as an NYUAD Faculty Member

  Part of the Food for Thought Series

  Sunday, October 25, 2020
  
  1:14-2:45pm Abu Dhabi
  5:15-6:45am New York
  5:15-6:45pm Shanghai

  Vice Provost for Faculty Development and Diversity; Professor of Biology, Kirsten Edepli
  Vice Provost for Academic Policies and Governance; Program Head of Literature and Creative Writing; Associate Professor of History, Martin Klimke
  Vice Provost for UG Academic Development, Bryan Waterman
  Director for the Hilary Ballon Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning; Associate Professor of Practice, Nancy Gleason
  Senior Vice Provost or Research; Managing Director, Research Institute: Professor of Biology, Sehamuddin Galadari

  This interactive workshop overviews the resources at NYUAD and across the NYU global network that support the career development and advancement of faculty members at every stage of their career. Topics include excelling in teaching, research and service to the university and to the discipline, work-life balance and personal perspectives on what it means to thrive. A panel presentation with members of the administration who work to support faculty advancement and materials detailing these resources will be provided, followed by peer to peer discussion about strategies for thriving as a faculty member. Discussion will focus on developing and utilizing strategies and resources so that in your work as a faculty, you can not just survive, but thrive in the midst of global upheaval.

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• Sunday, November 22, 2020 - Faculty As Leaders

  Part of the Food for Thought Series

  Sunday, November 22, 2020

  1:14-2:45pm Abu Dhabi
  5:15-6:45am New York
  5:15-6:45pm Shanghai

  Director, Learning and Organizational Development, Natasha Putnins
  Lecturer of Political Science, Eric Hamilton
  Assistant Professor of Economics, Pablo Hernandez-Lagos
  Associate Professor of Practice of Art History, Salwa Mikdadi

  Faculty members are asked to lead in the classroom, in their units at the university level and as active members of their discipline. These leadership roles require distinct skills as well as a vision for aligning leadership practices with personal and institutional values. However, many faculty find that the deep expertise they have gained through years of work in their discipline and as teachers is insufficient preparation for the leadership roles that they are expected to take on as their career advances as few among us have had training in the interpersonal and strategic skills needed to be effective, value based leaders. This session will provide a platform for faculty to explore the benefits that taking on leadership roles at NYUAD can bring, and will review fundamental skills needed for emerging leaders. Faculty who complete this session will emerge with an understanding of inclusive and effective leadership in higher education.

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• Virtual Workshop, December 2020 - Get Together! Strategies for Successful Collaborations

  Part of the Food for Thought Series

  Virtual Workshop - December, 2020

  Research Ethics and Governance Manager, Lama Choufani
  Research Ethics and Governance Manager, Sikha Sreenivasan Pallithazath
  NYUAD Faculty members & their collaborators

  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. Material will all be prerecorded so faculty can listen and learn on their own schedule.

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  Please note, registration is only open to NYUAD Faculty