Future Faculty and Academic Careers

CIRTL Network: Information Session for Postdoc Practicum
2021-12-17 13:00 - 14:30 (America/New_York) | Zoom
Considering taking the CIRTL Network’s Postdoc Practicum in the spring? Come to this information session to learn more about what the practicum entails, what’s expected of participants, and how to find a mentor to help support your work throughout the term. Register through CIRTL website

NCFDD Webinar: Every Semester Needs a Plan
2022-01-13 14:00 - 15:45 | Webinar
Do you often start the semester or term with high hopes for your writing projects, but end disappointed by your actual productivity?
Do you desperately want (or need) to write a lot this semester?
Do you want to figure out how to be more productive AND enjoy your life this semester?

Take time out of your schedule to identify your personal and professional goals, create a strategic plan to accomplish them, and identify the types of community, support, and accountability you need to make this your most productive and balanced semester ever!
Facilitator Bio
Carlita Favero, PhD is a Professor of Biology and Neuroscience at Ursinus College, an exclusively undergraduate liberal arts institution with about 1600 students. She has developed courses on the FUNdamentals of Neuroscience, Developmental Neurobiology, and most recently Glial Cell Biology. Her scholarly work investigates the consequences of alcohol exposure on brain wiring and behavior during embryonic brain development, a field she moved into during her first year on the tenure track. Carlita is striving to live a refined sugar and chemically processed food-free life and enjoys sleeping 8 hours a night, baking desserts, and relaxing at home with her wonderful husband of 17 years and their two lovely daughters (11 and almost 14).

Free Individual Memberships for the National Center for Faculty Development & Diversity (NCFDD)
Available to all Cornell students, postdocs, faculty, and staff
Cornell is an institutional member of the National Center for Faculty Development & Diversity (NCFDD), a nationally recognized, independent organization providing online career development and mentoring resources. The NCFDD provides members with access to tools to increase research and writing productivity and improve work-life balance.
Activate your account by following the steps below:

Go to the NCFDD website
Under “Select Your Institution,” choose “Cornell University”
Select “Activate my Membership”
Complete the registration form using your Cornell email address
Check your Cornell email account to find a confirmation/welcome email. Click “Activate Account” in the email

NCFDD Webinar: Presumed Incompetent II: Lessons from the Struggles and Victories of Women of Color in Academia
2022-01-18 14:00 - 15:00 | Webinar
Presumed Incompetent: The Intersections of Race and Class for Women in Academia (Utah State University Press, 2012) provided a window into the working lives of female faculty of color in a variety of academic disciplines.
Inspired by the enthusiastic response to the first volume, the editors have produced a second volume titled Presumed Incompetent II: Race, Class, Power, and Resistance of Women in Academia (2020).
Drawing upon the personal narratives and empirical studies in the latest volume, this webinar examines how the experiences of women of color in academia have changed since the first volume. It explores the obstacles that women of color encounter on the road to tenure, promotion, and academic leadership as well as the strategies that women of color have deployed to succeed. The webinar also includes topics that were relatively under-explored in the first volume, including the challenges faced by women of color in leadership positions, barriers and opportunities for mid-level academics, and the health impacts of battling bias in the academic workplace. The webinar will be of interest to women of color, men of color, academic leaders, and members of other underrepresented groups who seek to achieve greater equity and inclusion in U.S. colleges and universities.
Facilitator Bio
Carmen Gonzalez, JD is the Morris I. Leibman Professor of Law at Loyola University Chicago School of Law. Her scholarship focuses on international environmental law, environmental justice, human rights and the environment, and food security. She also writes on issues on race, gender, and class, and is co-editor of the critically acclaimed book, Presumed Incompetent: The Intersections of Race and Class for Women in Academia (2012) and most recently Presumed Incompetent II: Race, Class, Power, and Resistance of Women in Academia (2020).
Professor Gonzalez is a graduate of Yale University and Harvard Law School. She practiced law in the private sector and in government for a decade before commencing her academic career. Professor Gonzalez has served as a Fellow at the U.S. Supreme Court, a Fulbright scholar in Argentina, a Visiting Scholar at Cambridge University in the United Kingdom, and the George Soros Visiting Chair at the Central European University School of Public Policy. She has taught law in Latin America, China, and Europe, and has served as an advisor to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on environmental justice matters.

Free Individual Memberships for the National Center for Faculty Development & Diversity (NCFDD)
Available to all Cornell students, postdocs, faculty, and staff
Cornell is an institutional member of the National Center for Faculty Development & Diversity (NCFDD), a nationally recognized, independent organization providing online career development and mentoring resources. The NCFDD provides members with access to tools to increase research and writing productivity and improve work-life balance.
Activate your account by following the steps below:

Go to the NCFDD website
Under “Select Your Institution,” choose “Cornell University”
Select “Activate my Membership”
Complete the registration form using your Cornell email address
Check your Cornell email account to find a confirmation/welcome email. Click “Activate Account” in the email

Job Search Virtual Monthly Discussion
2022-01-21 11:00 - 12:00 | Zoom
The Job Search Virtual Monthly Discussion is designed to get graduate students and postdoctoral scholars together to talk about concerns that job seekers share, and strategize about how to move forward.
Each session will begin with a brief introduction that includes tips, perspectives, and thoughts from staff who support career exploration within and beyond academia. Participants will have the opportunity to ask questions they have and share best practices that work for them. Depending on attendance numbers, we may split into breakout rooms for more tailored questions and answers to master’s students, doctoral students and postdocs, etc.
We want to create a safe space for everyone to talk and listen. Please come join us and hear from each other! This event is co-sponsored by the Graduate School and Cornell Career Services.
Register for January 21
Date & Time: Friday, January 21 from 11:00 am – 12:00 pm ET
Location: Zoom link to be provided upon registration
Facilitators: Denise DiRienzo, Director of Outreach and Engagement; Christine Holmes, Director of Postdoctoral Studies; Colleen McLinn, Executive Director of Future Faculty and Academic Careers; Susi Varvayanis, Executive Director of Careers Beyond Academia; Caleb Yu, Graduate and International Student Career Coach
Accommodations: We strive to make our events accessible to all community members. Individuals who would like to request accessibility accommodations should contact futurefaculty@cornell.edu. We ask that requests be made at least one week in advance to help ensure they can be met.

NextGen Professors: January Cohort Meeting
2022-01-27 16:00 - 17:30 | Zoom
NextGen Professors is a career-development program focused on preparing Cornell doctoral students and postdocs for faculty careers across institutional types. The primary audience for this program is doctoral students (in year 3 or beyond) and postdocs from backgrounds historically underrepresented in the professoriate, and/or those with a demonstrated commitment to advancing diversity, inclusion, access and equity in the academy. Participants accepted to this selective, application-based program are members of a cohort who together engage in series of professional and career development activities including monthly NextGen Professors cohort meetings, Power Mentoring Sessions with faculty, and the biennial Future Professors Institute. Participants also engage in the future faculty development programming from the Graduate School’s Future Faculty and Academic Careers office.
January Meeting Topic: Power Mentoring Discussion with faculty from Rochester Institute of Technology
Location: TBA to program participants
This is an invitation-only event for applicants who have been accepted to participate in this year’s NextGen Professors cohort.
Please contact Graduate School Associate Dean for Inclusion & Student Engagement Sara Xayarath Hernández (sh267@cornell.edu) or Future Faculty and Academic Careers Executive Director Colleen McLinn (cmm252@cornell.edu) with questions about this opportunity.

Information Session on the Three Minute Thesis (3MT)
2022-02-01 16:00 - 17:00, 2022-02-02 12:00 - 13:00, 2022-02-11 16:30 - 17:30, 2022-02-15 17:00 - 18:00 | Zoom
Learn about the Three-Minute Thesis competition: history, format, judging, prizes, and how Cornell offers the chance to participate. Organizers will field your questions about competing in an all-virtual competition in Spring 2022.
Register online to attend an information session.

Graduate School Primer Series: Get the Mentoring You Need and Want
2022-02-02 10:00 - 11:00 | Zoom
A mentor is the most critical relationship for a graduate student. Mentoring begins with understanding what mentoring is and what you hope to get out of the relationship. Through interactive discussion and case studies, we will discuss how to establish a positive relationship and communicate effectively with your mentors.
Presenters: Colleen McLinn, Executive Director for Future Faculty and Academic Careers, and Sara Xayarath Hernández, Associate Dean for Inclusion and Student Engagement
Register

Building Mentorship Skills for Academic Careers
2022-02-09 12:30 - 14:00 | Online
This is an invitation-only event for registrants who have been accepted to participate in this year’s Building Mentorship Skills cohort. February sessions will be remote for all participants.
In this series of hybrid workshops designed for current graduate students and postdocs and open to those in all fields, you will develop essential research mentoring skills, particularly in disciplines where research is conducted collaboratively and in teams. Effective mentoring of student research is a key skill influencing everything from research productivity to personal satisfaction. Learn best practices for mentoring undergraduate, graduate, and postdoctoral researchers, and develop advising and communication skills needed to lead a research team.
All sessions will be practical in nature and feature short pre-readings or videos, case studies or discussion with panelists, and self-assessments to help identify your strengths and desired areas for improvement.
Interested participants should apply prior to the start of the series with the expectation of attending all workshops and actively participating in small and large group discussions. Building Mentorship Skills program completion certificates will be provided for fully participating in at least 5 of 7 sessions.
Registered participants will receive connection details for each session.
See full schedule and topics
Questions?

Contact Dr. Colleen McLinn, futurefaculty@cornell.edu or 607-255-2030

Interviewing and Negotiation for Academic Positions
2022-02-10 11:30 - 13:00 | Zoom
An important part of the academic job search is interviewing and then negotiating the offer. Come learn about the art of interviewing for faculty positions from your laptop or mobile device. The format will be interactive presentation followed by question and answer period.
Presenters: Yael Levitte, associate vice provost for faculty development and diversity, and Christine Holmes, director of postdoctoral studies
RSVP to receive the link to the Zoom meeting. Register for February 10
Co-sponsored by the Office of Postdoctoral Studies and the Future Faculty and Academic Careers program, as part of the Graduate School’s Academic Job Search Series.
Accommodations: We strive to make our events accessible to all Cornell community members. Individuals who have accessibility accommodations to request should contact futurefaculty@cornell.edu. We ask that requests be made at least one week in advance to help ensure they can be met.

Inclusive Teaching Institute for Graduate Students and Postdocs
2022-02-11 13:00 - 17:00, 2022-02-12 10:00 - 15:00 | Zoom
The Inclusive Teaching Institute for Graduate Students and Postdocs is a two-day workshop offered every spring for graduate students and postdoctoral scholars to explore strategies for engaging diversity and fostering inclusion in teaching and learning. As a participant, you will identify ways to increase accessibility and boost student engagement and belongingness; discuss inclusive course design; and create an action plan for future teaching. Learn more about the institute.
Meets:

Friday February 11, 2022, 1:00 – 5:00 p.m. ET
Saturday February 12, 2022, 10:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. ET

This is a 2-day online event, so applicants should be prepared to attend both days. As space in the institute is limited, please register early to save a place. As of February 3, the Institute is at capacity, with a waiting list.
This event is sponsored by the Center for Teaching Innovation and the Graduate School’s Future Faculty and Academic Careers office. If you have any questions please contact Melina Ivanchikova at the Center for Teaching Innovation or Colleen McLinn at the Graduate School’s Future Faculty and Academic Careers office.

Building Mentorship Skills for Academic Careers
2022-02-23 12:30 - 14:00 | Online
In this series of hybrid workshops designed for current graduate students and postdocs and open to those in all fields, you will develop essential research mentoring skills, particularly in disciplines where research is conducted collaboratively and in teams. Effective mentoring of student research is a key skill influencing everything from research productivity to personal satisfaction. Learn best practices for mentoring undergraduate, graduate, and postdoctoral researchers, and develop advising and communication skills needed to lead a research team.
All sessions will be practical in nature and feature short pre-readings or videos, case studies or discussion with panelists, and self-assessments to help identify your strengths and desired areas for improvement.
Interested participants should apply prior to the start of the series with the expectation of attending all workshops and actively participating in small and large group discussions. Building Mentorship Skills program completion certificates will be provided for fully participating in at least 5 of 7 sessions.
This is an invitation-only event for registrants who have been accepted to participate in this year’s Building Mentorship Skills cohort. Registered participants will receive connection details for each session. February sessions will be remote for all participants.
See full schedule and topics
Questions?

Contact Dr. Colleen McLinn, futurefaculty@cornell.edu or 607-255-2030

Tips for a 5 Minute Research Presentation
2022-02-24 15:00 - 16:00 | Zoom
This event will provide tips for creating a memorable research presentation.
The learning objectives for the webinar:

Given a short presentation, participants will be able to analyze it for specific improvements in their performance.
Participants will be able to explain three qualities that make a pitch memorable.
At the end of this webinar, learners will complete an exercise to create six words to summarize their research.

Register now for this event.

2021-22 Virtual Building Allyship Series: Dismantling the Exclusivity of Academia Through Critical Allyship to our Neurodiverse Community
2022-03-15 12:00 - 13:30 | Online
This event will educate attendees about what neurodiversity is, the way that negative beliefs about neurodiversity impact the neurodiverse community, how to destigmatize the community, what issues are facing the neurodiverse community in academia, and how aspiring allies can best and continuously support neurodiverse members of our community. Panelists will discuss barriers that neurodiverse people face, and accommodations or structural changes that mitigate or dissolve these barriers. Members of the neurodiverse community bring value to Cornell University, and allies help neurodiverse people thrive.
This Building Allyship Series session is collaboratively hosted by the Graduate and Professional Student Diversity Council, Graduate School Office of Inclusion and Student Engagement and Disability+, the Graduate and Professional Students with Disabilities Association.

Cultivating Equitable Mentoring Ecosystems
2022-03-22 11:00 - 12:30
Two In-Person Keynote Talks with Dr. Beronda Montgomery, author of Lessons from Plants
Mentoring is often positioned as the transfer of information from an experienced, senior individual (or mentor) to a junior, inexperienced individual (or mentee). Implicit in this description are the ideas that at the core of mentoring is a process of teaching – to guide, instruct and that mentoring may largely be a one-way flow of information. Increasingly, however, mentoring is being understood as a process best facilitated through a bilateral exchange and flow of knowledge and learning between individuals in a mentoring exchange. In this evolving conceptualization and practice of mentoring, both mentor and mentee are positioned as learners and teachers. In this presentation, I explore effective means of cultivating mentoring as a place of collaborative learning and reciprocal cultivation, that promotes the growth and success of all involved in the mentoring process.
Register here
CVM: Many Voices, One College Keynote
Tuesday, March 22, 2022
Time: 11:00am – 12:30 pm ET
Grab & Go Boxed Lunch Available Following the Talk
Location: Lecture Halls 4 and 5, CVM Center
Registration will open in early Spring 2022
Questions? Contact pace@cornell.edu.
Co-hosted by the PACE Program and the College of Veterinary Medicine
2022 MAC Mentoring Program Keynote
Wednesday, March 23, 2022
Time: 11:00am – 12:30 pm ET
Location: G10 Biotech
Grab & Go Boxed Lunch Available Following the Talk
Registration will open in early Spring 2022
Questions? Contact grad_assoc_dean@cornell.edu
Co-hosted by the Multicultural Academic Council and the Graduate School Offices of Inclusion and Student Engagement, and Future Faculty and Academic Careers

About the Speaker:
Beronda L. Montgomery, Ph.D. is the Michigan State University Foundation Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, and Microbiology and Molecular Genetics in the Department of Energy Plant Research Laboratory. She is a writer, researcher, and scholar who pursues a common theme of understanding how individuals perceive, respond to, and are impacted by the environments in which they exist. Her primary laboratory-based research is focused on the responses of photosynthetic organisms (i.e., plants and cyanobacteria) to external light cues. Additionally, Beronda pursues this theme in the context of effective mentoring and leadership of individuals, and the role of innovative leaders in supporting success.
Her 2021 book, Lessons From Plants, enters into the depth of botanic experience and shows how we might improve human society by better appreciating not just what plants give us but also how they achieve their own purposes. What would it mean to learn from these organisms, to become more aware of our environments and to adapt to our own worlds by calling on perception and awareness? Montgomery’s meditative study puts before us a question with the power to reframe the way we live: What would a plant do?
Sponsorship
Cornell PACE (NIH National Institutes of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Grant Number R25AI140481), College of Veterinary Medicine Office of Inclusion and Academic Excellence Many Voices, One College, Graduate School Office of Inclusion and Student Engagement, and Future Faculty and Academic Careers (NSF AGEP Award Grant Number 1647094), and the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Office of Diversity and Inclusion.

2022 Three Minute Thesis (3MT) Competition
2022-03-22 16:00 - 17:30 | Zoom
Three Minute Thesis (3MT) is a competition for doctoral students to develop and showcase their research communication skills.
The 2022 final round competition will be held on Tuesday, March 22, 2022. Register to attend and vote for the people’s choice award.
3MT challenges research degree students to present a compelling story on their dissertation or thesis and its significance in just three minutes, in language appropriate to a non-specialist audience. In addition to the first place and second place winners from among the finalists, audience members on March 22 will be asked to select a People’s Choice Award Winner.

Cultivating Equitable Mentoring Ecosystems
2022-03-23 11:00 - 12:30 | Biotechnology Building, Room G10, 526 Campus Road, Ithaca, NY, 14853, United States
Two In-Person Keynote Talks with Dr. Beronda Montgomery, author of Lessons from Plants
Mentoring is often positioned as the transfer of information from an experienced, senior individual (or mentor) to a junior, inexperienced individual (or mentee). Implicit in this description are the ideas that at the core of mentoring is a process of teaching – to guide, instruct and that mentoring may largely be a one-way flow of information. Increasingly, however, mentoring is being understood as a process best facilitated through a bilateral exchange and flow of knowledge and learning between individuals in a mentoring exchange. In this evolving conceptualization and practice of mentoring, both mentor and mentee are positioned as learners and teachers. In this presentation, I explore effective means of cultivating mentoring as a place of collaborative learning and reciprocal cultivation, that promotes the growth and success of all involved in the mentoring process.
Register here
CVM: Many Voices, One College Keynote
Tuesday, March 22, 2022
Time: 11:00am – 12:30 pm ET
Grab & Go Boxed Lunch Available Following the Talk
Location: Lecture Halls 4 and 5, CVM Center
Questions? Contact pace@cornell.edu.
Co-hosted by the PACE Program and the College of Veterinary Medicine
2022 MAC Mentoring Program Keynote
Wednesday, March 23, 2022
Time: 11:00am – 12:30 pm ET
Location: G10 Biotech
Grab & Go Boxed Lunch Available Following the Talk
Questions? Contact grad_assoc_dean@cornell.edu
Co-hosted by the Multicultural Academic Council and the Graduate School Offices of Inclusion and Student Engagement, and Future Faculty and Academic Careers

About the Speaker:

Beronda L. Montgomery, Ph.D. is the Michigan State University Foundation Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, and Microbiology and Molecular Genetics in the Department of Energy Plant Research Laboratory. She is a writer, researcher, and scholar who pursues a common theme of understanding how individuals perceive, respond to, and are impacted by the environments in which they exist. Her primary laboratory-based research is focused on the responses of photosynthetic organisms (i.e., plants and cyanobacteria) to external light cues. Additionally, Beronda pursues this theme in the context of effective mentoring and leadership of individuals, and the role of innovative leaders in supporting success.
Her 2021 book, Lessons From Plants, enters into the depth of botanic experience and shows how we might improve human society by better appreciating not just what plants give us but also how they achieve their own purposes. What would it mean to learn from these organisms, to become more aware of our environments and to adapt to our own worlds by calling on perception and awareness? Montgomery’s meditative study puts before us a question with the power to reframe the way we live: What would a plant do?
Sponsorship
Cornell PACE (NIH National Institutes of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Grant Number R25AI140481), College of Veterinary Medicine Office of Inclusion and Academic Excellence Many Voices, One College, Graduate School Office of Inclusion and Student Engagement, and Future Faculty and Academic Careers (NSF AGEP Award Grant Number 1647094), and the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Office of Diversity and Inclusion.

2021-22 Virtual Building Allyship Series: land Acknowledgements as Metaphor: Allyship and Land Back Movements
2022-04-28 12:00 - 13:30
land acknowledgements are frequently given at official Cornell events, but what do they represent? We will dive into the performative aspects of land acknowledgements and how land-grant universities such as Cornell have a responsibility to move beyond these statements for Indigenous communities. Shifting the focus from acknowledgment to action, speakers will discuss ways students, non-Indigenous communities, and institutions can localize allyship. Such actions range from citing Indigenous thinkers, to supporting local Gayogo̱hó꞉nǫʼ sovereignty and centering Indigenous relationships with the Land. We hope to amplify the voices of Indigenous students at Cornell, the members of the Gayogo̱hó꞉nǫʼ, and the larger Haudenosaunee confederacy, as well as suggest actions to support Indigenous communities.
*The capitalization of land vs Land is intentional in both the title and description. This is following Dr. Sandra Styres and Dr. Dawn Zinga’s syntactical practice in their writing “The community-first Land-centred theoretical framework: bringing a ‘good mind’ to Indigenous education research?” as well as Dr. Max Liboiron’s “Pollution is Colonialism.” The capitalization of Land acknowledges the “the unique entity that is the combined living spirit of plants, animals, air, water, humans, histories, and events recognized by many Indigenous communities.” Whereas when land is not capitalized, we refer “to the concept from a colonial worldview whereby landscapes are common, universal, and everywhere” (Liboiron 2021).
This Building Allyship Series session is collaboratively hosted by the Graduate and Professional Student Diversity Council, Graduate School Office of Inclusion and Student Engagement and the Indigenous Graduate Student Association

NAGS 2022 3MT Competition
2022-04-28 14:00 - 17:00 | Zoom
The Northeastern Association of Graduate Schools (NAGS) s pleased to announce the 2022 Three-Minute Thesis (3MT) Competition. This year, the virtual event will be hosted by the Institut national de la recherche scientifique (INRS). The 3MT competition will feature winners of each NAGS member’s local competitions, including Cornell’s 2022 3MT champion, Bruno Shirley. The NAGS winner and runner-up being sent to the next Council of Graduate Schools national competition.
The competition will be held live via Zoom. To attend the event. Visit the NAGS 2022 3MT website for more information.

Working Across Languages and Genres: Strategies for Magnifying the Impact of Scholarship – A Workshop
2022-04-29 09:00 - 10:30 | Biotechnology Building, Room G10, 526 Campus Road, Ithaca, NY, 14853, United States
Even in culturally and linguistically diverse societies, myths and ideologies narrow down the number of languages and genres of knowledge sharing often to just one. But, as society and technology both advance, beyond the journal article, and beyond English-only venues lie a vast world of knowledge that circulates in many languages and many genres. Graduate students, whatever number of languages they speak, have access to that vast network, which needs and rewards their knowledge, offering them the opportunity to grow while giving back to society/world. How can you harness the power of all your languages? How can you overcome the barriers of perceptions and policies? A scholar who researches and teaches research and writing across disciplines and countries, Dr. Shyam Sharma will engage graduate students in hands-on activities and share practical strategies, helping graduate students explore how they can harness the full power of different languages, genres, and mediums of communication. This workshop will help them develop diverse ways to multiply the impact of the scholarship they produce.
To register, please complete this form. This workshop is intended for graduate students and postdoctoral scholars in all fields.
About the speaker
Dr. Shyam Sharma is Associate Professor and Graduate Program Director in the Program in Writing and Rhetoric at the State University of New York in Stony Brook. His scholarship and teaching focus on issues of language and language policy/politics, cross-cultural rhetoric, international students and education, and writing in the disciplines. His works have appeared in a variety of venues, including College Composition and Communication, JAC, Across the Disciplines, Composition Studies, NCTE, Series in Writing and Rhetoric, Hybrid Pedagogy, Kairos, and Professional and Academic English (IELTS SIG). His last book (Routledge, 2018), based on data gathered by visiting 20 US universities plus data collected distantly from 15 more, offers theoretical and practical pathways for the advancement of Writing Studies at the graduate level, using writing support for international graduate students as a major intervention in graduate education. His next book analyzes the foundations of international education in the US in the decades after the Second World War, showing fault lines and potential futures by analyzing trajectories in the past few decades.
Co-sponsored by the College of Arts & Sciences; the Graduate School Offices of Inclusion and Student Engagement, and Future Faculty and Academic Careers; the Office of Postdoctoral Studies; the Office of the Vice Provost for International Affairs; the English Language Support Office; the Language Resource Center; and the South Asia Program.

Transcending Monolingual Worldviews: Magnifying the Impact of Knowledge in Academe and Society
2022-04-29 11:30 - 13:00 | Biotechnology Building, Room G10, 526 Campus Road, Ithaca, NY, 14853, United States
All societies, and especially diverse ones like the US, are multilingual; translingual communication mediates life and professions and makes knowledge grow and work. Yet, myths about language set up barriers, inhibiting free exchange and application of knowledge. These myths include the ideas that knowledge must only be produced, can only be exchanged, and is applied best through dominant languages—damaging assumptions that adversely affect many domains, but particularly knowledge work by academics across the disciplines. Harm caused by this suppression of languages has been long documented in the literature in language, writing, and communication studies. Drawing on the research and his own efforts to counter language ideologies, Dr. Shyam Sharma will present a framework and share practical strategies, showing how transcending monolingual worldviews (and mobilizing all languages) helps academe and its scholars to magnify the impact of the knowledge they produce, both transnationally and within US academe and society.
The event is free and open to the public. Campus visitors and members of the public must adhere to Cornell’s public health requirements for events, which include wearing masks while indoors and providing proof of vaccination or a recent negative COVID-19 test.
To register, please complete this form.
About the speaker
Dr. Shyam Sharma is Associate Professor and Graduate Program Director in the Program in Writing and Rhetoric at the State University of New York in Stony Brook. His scholarship and teaching focus on issues of language and language policy/politics, cross-cultural rhetoric, international students and education, and writing in the disciplines. His works have appeared in a variety of venues, including College Composition and Communication, JAC, Across the Disciplines, Composition Studies, NCTE, Series in Writing and Rhetoric, Hybrid Pedagogy, Kairos, and Professional and Academic English (IELTS SIG). His last book (Routledge, 2018), based on data gathered by visiting 20 US universities plus data collected distantly from 15 more, offers theoretical and practical pathways for the advancement of Writing Studies at the graduate level, using writing support for international graduate students as a major intervention in graduate education. His next book analyzes the foundations of international education in the US in the decades after the Second World War, showing fault lines and potential futures by analyzing trajectories in the past few decades.
Co-sponsored by the College of Arts & Sciences; the Graduate School Offices of Inclusion and Student Engagement, and Future Faculty and Academic Careers; the Office of Postdoctoral Studies; the Office of the Vice Provost for International Affairs; the English Language Support Office; the Language Resource Center; and the South Asia Program.

2022 Graduate Diversity & Inclusion Recognition and Awards Celebration
2022-05-12 15:30 - 17:00 | Biotechnology Building, Room G10, 526 Campus Road, Ithaca, NY, 14853, United States
Join us for the 2022 Graduate Diversity & Inclusion Awards and Recognition Celebration where we will present the annual Graduate Diversity & Inclusion Awards, and recognize members of our graduate community for their academic, professional, and service-related achievements!
Date: May 12, 2022
Time: 3:30 – 5:30 pm ET
Location: G10 Biotech
Registration: https://bit.ly/spring_awards_2022
*This event is open to all interested members of the Cornell Graduate & Professional Student Community and all those within and beyond Cornell that support the progression and success of graduate and professional students!
During this celebration, we will present the following awards, which allow us to recognize those who have significantly contributed towards the advancement of efforts around diversity, equity, inclusion, outreach, and graduate student engagement.

Exemplary Service Awards for Early & Advanced Career Students
Excellence in Leadership Award
Social Justice Award
Community Outreach Award
Unsung Hero Award
Faculty Champion Awards for Junior & Senior Faculty

All graduate and professional degree students who register to participate in this celebration are also encouraged to complete the academic, professional, and service achievements section of the registration form. The areas of achievement that will be recognized include the following:

Scholar Recognitions: Graduate School Deans Scholars, Bouchet Honor Society, NextGen Professors
Academic Achievements: Conference presentations/publications/TA awards
Funding Achievements: Grants/Fellowships/Scholarships
Community Service Achievements: Mentor/Tutor/Volunteer/Student Organization Leader
Milestones & Completion: Passing of A and B Exams/Completion of Graduate or Professional Degree

This event is co-hosted by: Graduate School Office of Inclusion & Student Engagement, and the member organizations of the Graduate and Professional Student Diversity Council: The Arab Graduate Student Association, Black Graduate and Professional Student Association, Cornell Latin America Student Society, Graduate Disability+, First Generation and Low Income Graduate Student Organization, GPSA Diversity and International Students Committee, Graduate and Professional Students International, Graduate Women in Science: Supporting Gender Diversity & Inclusion in STEM, Indigenous Graduate Student Association, Latinx Graduate Student Coalition, Multicultural Academic Council, LGBTQ+ Graduate Student Organization, Society for Asian American Graduate Affairs, and the Society for Advancement of Chicanos/Hispanics and Native Americans in Science (SACNAS)

NextGen Professors: May Cohort Meeting
2022-05-18 16:00 - 17:30 | Zoom
NextGen Professors is a career-development program focused on preparing Cornell doctoral students and postdocs for faculty careers across institutional types. The primary audience for this program is doctoral students (in year 3 or beyond) and postdocs from backgrounds historically underrepresented in the professoriate, and/or those with a demonstrated commitment to advancing diversity, inclusion, access and equity in the academy. Participants accepted to this selective, application-based program are members of a cohort who together engage in series of professional and career development activities including monthly NextGen Professors cohort meetings, Power Mentoring Sessions with faculty, and the biennial Future Professors Institute. Participants also engage in the future faculty development programming from the Graduate School’s Future Faculty and Academic Careers office.
May Meeting Topic: Panel discussion with four early-career alumni
Meets remotely via Zoom
This is an invitation-only event for applicants who have been accepted to participate in this year’s NextGen Professors cohort.
Please contact Graduate School Associate Dean for Inclusion & Student Engagement Sara Xayarath Hernández (sh267@cornell.edu) or Future Faculty and Academic Careers Executive Director Colleen McLinn (cmm252@cornell.edu) with questions about this opportunity.

Teaching and Learning in the Diverse Classroom Begins
2022-06-01
Running from June 1-30, Teaching and Learning in the Diverse Classroom is a 4-week, asynchronous online course designed for Cornell instructors, that gives you an opportunity to explore strategies for inclusive course design, social identity and self-reflection, and pedagogical practices to effectively support student engagement and a sense of belonging across difference.
Register for Teaching and Learning in the Diverse Classroom
Those interested may pair it with:

Learning Community on Inclusive Teaching For Graduate Students & Postdocs (weekly on Thursdays from 1:00-2:20 pm ET, register by May 30)

This is a five-week online program that runs concurrently with Teaching & Learning in the Diverse Classroom. Participants meet weekly via Zoom to discuss how to create and sustain inclusive learning environments. Identify practical, evidence-based strategies appropriate for your discipline and future teaching plans. This program is a collaboration between the Center for Teaching Innovation and the Graduate School’s Future Faculty and Academic Careers office.

Learning Community on Inclusive Teaching Begins
2022-06-02 13:00 - 14:20 | Online
This is a five-week online program that runs concurrently with the asynchronous Teaching & Learning in the Diverse Classroom course. Participants meet weekly via Zoom to discuss how to create and sustain inclusive learning environments. Identify practical, evidence-based strategies appropriate for your discipline and future teaching plans. This program is a collaboration between the Center for Teaching Innovation and the Graduate School’s Future Faculty and Academic Careers office.
Who may participate?
Graduate students and postdocs at Cornell. Register for the learning community. by May 30, 2022.
Details

Dates: June 2 – 30, 2022
Meeting times: Thursdays, 1:00-2:20 pm ET in June
More information about the learning community
You must be enrolled concurrently in the asynchronous online course, Teaching & Learning in the Diverse Classroom

Learning Outcomes
At the conclusion of this program, you will be able to:

articulate your inclusion-related teaching and learning values
discuss diversity and inclusion, anchored in a process of reflection and ongoing learning

Pathways to Success Symposium
2022-06-08 09:30 - 15:30 | Zoom
Pathways to Success is the Graduate School’s framework for helping graduate and professional students and postdoctoral scholars be successful in their research and scholarship, and establish necessary skills for their future careers.
The Summer P2S Series is a professional development opportunity for doctoral, professional degree, and research master’s students and postdoctoral scholars that will provide participants with information and tools useful for their time at Cornell and beyond. Participants may register for an individual session or all sessions offered within this three-part series.
Symposium Agenda
June 8, 2022, 9:30 – 11:00 am ET
Plenary Session: Self-Advocacy and Assertiveness
Plenary Speaker: Sharon Milgram, Director, Office of Intramural Training & Education, National Institutes of Health
June 8, 2022, 11:30am – 1:00 pm ET
Keynote Session: Claim Your Space – Transformative Communication Skills for Academia and Beyond
Speaker: Eliza VanCort, Best-Selling Author, Speaker, Thought Leader, and Teacher
June 8, 2022, 2:00 – 3:30 pm ET
Workshop: Resilience in Writing: The Key to Graduate Writers’ Wellbeing and Success

Facilitator: Lisa Russell Pinson, Assistant Teaching Professor of Writing, Center for Graduate Life, UNC Charlotte
Register now to attend.
For more information, visit the Pathways to Success website.
