Participants
Read profiles about Cornell graduate students and postdocs participating in professional development on effective teaching, research mentoring, and preparation for academic careers.
- Future Faculty and Academic Careers participant spotlights
- NextGen Professors program participants
- Scholarship of Teaching and Learning program participants
Recent Milestones
Inclusive Teaching Institute
- In 2024, two cohorts or 40 total graduate students and postdoctoral scholars completed the day-long Inclusive Teaching Institute for Graduate Students and Postdoctoral Scholars, co-sponsored with the Center for Teaching Innovation, as well as a follow-up virtual capstone presentation.
Building Mentorship Skills for Academic Careers
- Congratulations to a cohort of 19 graduate student and postdoc participants who completed the Ithaca-based Spring 2024 program series, and to another 28 early-career researchers associated with the Geneva AgriTech Summer Scholars Program who completed a two-day intensive retreat with similar content.
NextGen Professors Program
- Congratulations to a cohort of 30 doctoral scholars and postdocs who participated in the 2023-2024 cohort year of the NextGen Professors Program. See program alumni
Postdoc Teaching Practicum
Through the CIRTL Network, Cornell postdocs with prior training in pedagogy equivalent to CIRTL Associate level status are able to participate in a teaching practicum instructed by University of British Columbia pedagogy experts in partnership with a local Cornell University mentor providing classroom access.
- In 2023-2024, Lindsay Sailer, Psychology completed the practicum, working with teaching mentor Dr. Tim Devoogd to guest lecture for Biopsychology of Learning and Memory.
CIRTL Levels of Accomplishment
CIRTL Scholar Status
- Lauren Genova, Chemistry and Chemical Biology
- Lucy Xiaolu Wang, Economics
CIRTL Practitioner Status
- Mohammed Alrizqi, Mechanical Engineering
- John Wyatt Greenlee, Medieval Studies
CIRTL Associate Status
- Hari Dulal, Animal Science
- Yuexing Hao, Human-Centered Design
- Ash Heim, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
- Arielle Johnson, Plant Biology
- Xinlai Liu, Systems Engineering
- Mariely Medina-Rivera, Food Science and Technology
- Prafull Purohit, Electrical and Computer Engineering
- Lindsay Sailer, Psychology
- Xian Wang, Nolan School of Hotel Administration
Participant Travel Grants
- Eugene Law, Crop and Soil Sciences
- Maria Modanu, Neurobiology and Behavior (to present at the CIRTL Forum in Fall 2019)
- Stephen Kim, Literatures in English
- Casey Cazer, Population Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences
Becoming a Resilient Scientist Series
- We piloted a local Cornell-sponsored cohort for the NIH-led workshop series in Fall 2022 with the Office of Graduate Student Life. Congratulations to the 5 participants who completed the series and to all who participated.