Conference Session

Been There, Done That: Advice for New Faculty

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert Garrick, Rochester Institute of Technology; Scott Anson, Rochester Institute of Technology; Mario Castro-Cedeno, Rochester Institute of Technology; Elizabeth Dell, Rochester Institute of Technology; Christopher Greene, University of Alabama; Carol Romanowski, Rochester Institute of Technology; Michael Slifka, Rochester Institute of Technology (CAST); Larry Villasmil, Rochester Institute of Technology; James Lee, Rochester Institute of Technology (CAST)

Tagged Divisions

New Engineering Educators

will discuss what drove the need to form UFAST and the practicaladvice which has been developed by the UFAST team. This paper will also provide an accountof individual experiences in developing scholarship agendas as new faculty. The authorsconclude with the advice that operating as a collegial and collaborative scholarship team,especially one whose members’ existence depends on the team’s success, allows the untenuredfaculty members to quickly share, support, and achieve individual scholarship success.IntroductionBeginning a new career as a faculty member in higher education has many challenges, amongthese is developing new course material, completing your service goals, attracting andsupervising student assistants, and developing your

Conference Session

Mentoring and Development of New Faculty

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alisa Clyne, Drexel University

Tagged Divisions

New Engineering Educators

compensate for weaknesses in style, with the end goal of creatingmore productive and fun classrooms and workplaces. An additional faculty-only sessionaddressed cross-cultural mentoring to assist female faculty in finding and being effective mentorsto men, women, and minorities. Alternative workshops were created for graduate students only.These included a panel discussion on Research Careers in Industry, a research writing workshop,as well as a series on how to apply and interview for academic positions.However, the majority of workshops were available to both faculty and graduate students. Overthe past two years, the WERN group members learned about negotiation, time management,impression of women in leadership roles, and work/life balance from