CIRTL Network Teaching as Research Presentations
2021-04-15 15:00 - 16:30 (America/New_York) | NY
Hear graduate students and postdocs from across the CIRTL Network share the results of their Teaching as Research (TAR) projects in this online presentation session. TAR projects investigate questions about teaching and learning, including assessing the effectiveness of specific learning activities and tools, examining the learning process about a specific topic, or characterizing the student experience in the classroom.
Cornell TA Janani Hariharan from Soil and Crop Sciences will present during panel 1, and Dr. Colleen McLinn from the Graduate School’s Future Faculty and Academic Careers office will moderate this panel. Additionally, there will be four total concurrent panels after the event introduction.
This online event takes place on Thursday, April 15 at 3-4:30PM ET. This year’s presentations feature 17 students from 11 institutions presenting across 4 concurrent panels:
Panel 1: Online learning & flipped classrooms

Monika Filipovska, Northwestern: Fostering Student Motivation in a Blended Remote Learning Setting
Janani Hariharan, Cornell University: Impact of Modality and Camera Usage on Student Performance in a Microbiology Classroom
Sheeraz Akram, Pittsburgh: Impact of Video Resources on Student Learning
Mi Sun An, TAMU: Improving Visualization Capability in Construction Education (Plan Reading)
Shawn Schwartz, UCLA: College Students’ Anxiety, Preparedness, and Perceptions of Remote Learning Effectiveness During COVID-19: A Classroom Study

Panel 2: Student attitudes & active learning
Panel 3: Teaching key skills and concepts
Panel 4: Student motivation, engagement & retention
See full agenda and register

Picture a Scientist – Film Viewing Available
2021-04-16 00:00 - 2021-04-18 23:30 | Online
From April 16-18, the Cornell community is invited to screen the award-winning documentary film, Picture a Scientist, chronicling the groundswell of researchers writing a new chapter for women scientists. Biologist Nancy Hopkins, chemist Raychelle Burks, and geologist Jane Willenbring lead viewers on a journey deep into their own experiences in the sciences, ranging from brutal harassment to years of subtle slights. Along the way, from cramped laboratories to spectacular field stations, we encounter scientific luminaries – including social scientists, neuroscientists, and psychologists – who provide new perspectives on how to make science itself more diverse, equitable, and open to all.
The film is available for virtual screening from April 16-18. On Monday, April 19, 2021 from 3:30-5:00pm ET, a related panel discussion will be held featuring faculty and staff who will discuss bias and harassment in academic environments, and strategies for driving positive systemic and structural change within and beyond Cornell.
This public event is open to all and registration is required. Real-time captioning will be provided for the panel discussion.

Cornell Events Calendar listing
Office of Faculty Development and Diversity resource page

Sponsorship
This film screening and panel discussion are co-sponsored by the College of Veterinary Medicine’s Office of Inclusion and Academic Excellence, HHMI-Cornell University Research Transfer (CURT) program, Cornell University-Initiative for Maximizing Student Development (IMSD), the Office of Faculty Development and Diversity, the Graduate School Office of Inclusion and Student Engagement, Program for Achieving Career Excellence and Cornell Rising Stars, the Center for Bright Beams, in collaboration with the Department of Earth & Atmospheric Sciences, Department of Chemistry & Chemical Biology, Department of Physics Women in Physics, and Project Biodiversify/QGrads and the Paleontological Research Institution/Museum of the Earth.
This webinar is in part supported through funds from the National Science Foundation Grant Nos. HRD-1647094 and PHY-1549132. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the authors/organizers and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.

Picture a Scientist – Panel Discussion
2021-04-19 15:30 - 17:00 | Zoom
From April 16-18, the Cornell community is invited to screen the award-winning documentary film, Picture a Scientist, chronicling the groundswell of researchers writing a new chapter for women scientists. Biologist Nancy Hopkins, chemist Raychelle Burks, and geologist Jane Willenbring lead viewers on a journey deep into their own experiences in the sciences, ranging from brutal harassment to years of subtle slights. Along the way, from cramped laboratories to spectacular field stations, we encounter scientific luminaries – including social scientists, neuroscientists, and psychologists – who provide new perspectives on how to make science itself more diverse, equitable, and open to all.
The film is available for virtual screening from April 16-18. On Monday, April 19, 2021 from 3:30-5:00pm ET, a facilitated discussion will be held featuring panelists who will discuss navigating bias and harassment in academic environments, approaches for practicing critical forms of allyship, and strategies for driving positive systemic and structural change within and beyond Cornell.
April 19 Panel Information
Panelists:

Dr. Cynthia Leifer, Professor of Immunology, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, College of Veterinary Medicine (Moderator)
Dr. Hector Aguilar-Carreno, Associate Professor in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology, College of Veterinary Medicine
Lauren Branchini, Deputy Title IX Coordinator, Cornell University
Dr. Kelly Kryc, Director of Ocean Policy, New England Aquarium
Christopher Lujan, Associate Dean of Students and Director, LGBT Resource Center
Dr. Corrie Moreau, Martha N. and John C. Moser Professor of Arthropod Biosystematics and Biodiversity, Department of Entomology
Dr. Marjolein van der Meulen, James M. and Marsha McCormick Director of Biomedical Engineering and Swanson Professor of Biomedical Engineering

This public event is open to all and registration is required. Real-time captioning will be provided for the panel discussion.

Cornell Events Calendar listing
Office of Faculty Development and Diversity resource page

Sponsorship
This film screening and panel discussion are co-sponsored by the College of Veterinary Medicine’s Office of Inclusion and Academic Excellence, HHMI-Cornell University Research Transfer (CURT) program, Cornell University-Initiative for Maximizing Student Development (IMSD), the Office of Faculty Development and Diversity, the Graduate School Office of Inclusion and Student Engagement, Program for Achieving Career Excellence and Cornell Rising Stars, the Center for Bright Beams, in collaboration with the Department of Earth & Atmospheric Sciences, Department of Chemistry & Chemical Biology, Department of Physics Women in Physics, and Project Biodiversify/QGrads and the Paleontological Research Institution/Museum of the Earth.
This webinar is in part supported through funds from the National Science Foundation Grant Nos. HRD-1647094 and PHY-1549132. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the authors/organizers and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.

Job Search Virtual Monthly Discussion
2021-04-20 13:00 - 14:00 | Zoom
The Job Search Virtual Monthly Discussion is designed to get job seekers together to talk about concerns that graduate students and postdocs 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. After this information is shared, participants will have the opportunity to ask questions they have and share best practices that work for them. We want to create a safe space for everyone to talk and listen. Please come join us and hear from each other!
Register for April 20
Date & Time: Tuesday, April 20 from 1:00 – 2:00 pm ET
Location: Zoom link to be provided upon registration
Facilitators: Christine Holmes, Postdoctoral Studies Director, Caleb Yu, Graduate and International Student Career Advisor, Colleen McLinn, Executive Director of Future Faculty and Academic Careers, Denise DiRienzo, Experiential Program Director of Careers Beyond Academia, Susi Varvayanis, Executive Director of Careers Beyond Academia
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.

NCFDD: Strategies for Centering Instructor Identity in STEM Education
2021-04-27 14:00 - 15:00 | Online
In this webinar, we will talk about how to productively center and leverage your social identities in your role as a STEM instructor. We will unpack problematic assumptions about how identity aligns with authority and how you can build trust and community with your learners. You will also leave with strategies to overcome common challenges you might encounter when promoting equity and inclusion in the STEM classroom and beyond.

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

CNY Humanities Corridor: Supporting Multilingual Student Writers in the U.S. University – Whose Labor and What Kind?
2021-04-29 16:00 - 17:00 | Zoom
This event is a CNY Humanities Corridor panel with two second language writing scholars presenting on how faculty can support multilingual student writers.
Language Ideology, Multilingual Identities, and the Division of Labor in Educational Practice
Gail Shuck is Professor of English at Boise State University, where she has directed English Language Support Programs since 2001. Her research focuses on language ideologies, language identities, and linguistically inclusive writing program administration. She is currently editing a collection with Kay Losey on plurilingualism in U.S. writing classrooms.
Talk Abstract: Drawing on research on language identities and on her experience as English Language Support director for a university in a refugee resettlement city, Dr. Shuck will discuss the complexities of “multilingual student” identity and how those complexities are erased in pedagogical and institutional practices. Who do we mean when we talk about multilingual students, ESL students, English learners, bilingual students? What assumptions do instructors and institutions make about multilingual students’ educational and linguistic backgrounds, residency or visa status, rhetorical abilities, and first-language literacy? How do such assumptions change the distribution of labor–of students, faculty, staff, different offices/units–throughout an institution? What are some points of tension around redistributing such labor?
Landscapes of Labor and Visions of New Lands: Supporting Multilingual Writers
Angela Dadak is the second language writing specialist for the Writing Studies Program at American University in Washington, DC. She teaches first year writing courses to linguistically diverse undergraduates, supports writing faculty in their work with multilingual writers, and participates in university-wide initiatives related to multilingual students.
Talk Abstract: From language support offices, to writing centers, to individual professor’s offices, the landscape of support for multilingual writers is rarely simple, reflecting or even erasing their complex multilingual identities. Dr. Dadak will begin by illustrating the difficulty for students and mentors in navigating this territory and then consider the underlying ideological, financial, structural forces shaping it. How do current models of support respond (or not respond) to those various forces? How do these models distribute labor across multilingual writers, faculty, staff, and other actors on and off campus? How might we envision alternative structures and paradigms for supporting writers of all backgrounds on our campuses?
This event is supported by Kate Navickas and Michelle Cox of the Knight Institute for Writing in the Disciplines, and is open to interested instructors, including future faculty.

CNY Humanities Corridor: Workshop on Multilingual Writers, Support, and Labor – Practice and Vision
2021-04-30 13:00 - 14:30 | Zoom
This is the second CNY Humanities Corridor event by the Composition, Labor & Embodiment Working Group on supporting multilingual student writers in the U.S. university.
Open to administrators, program directors, and instructors (including future faculty) interested in creating more linguistically and culturally inclusive programs and practices for multilingual writers, this interactive workshop will use case studies to focus on practical strategies for addressing these critical questions at our respective institutions:

Who are our multilingual students? What does linguistic diversity “look like” on our campus? How would we find out?
Where do students currently find writing and other academic support?
What does this mean for student labor, faculty labor, and administrative labor?

Participants will learn approaches for investigating linguistic diversity on their own campuses, mapping available campus support for multilingual writers, and identifying avenues for developing a campus-wide, shared sense of responsibility for linguistic inclusion and educating students from all backgrounds.
Workshop Facilitators:
Gail Shuck is Professor of English at Boise State University, where she has directed English Language Support Programs since 2001. Her research focuses on language ideologies, language identities, and linguistically inclusive writing program administration. She is currently editing a collection with Kay Losey on plurilingualism in U.S. writing classrooms.
Angela Dadak is the second language writing specialist for the Writing Studies Program at American University in Washington, DC. She teaches first year writing courses to linguistically diverse undergraduates, supports writing faculty in their work with multilingual writers, and participates in university-wide initiatives related to multilingual students.
This event is supported by Kate Navickas and Michelle Cox of the Knight Institute for Writing in the Disciplines.

NCFDD Webinar: Every Summer Needs a Plan
2021-05-13 14:00 - 15:00 | Webinar
Do you often start the summer 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 summer?
Do you want to figure out how to be more productive AND enjoy your life this summer?

Join us for a hands-on planning webinar! We offer our planning webinar at the beginning of each term so that you can take time out of your schedule to identify your personal and professional goals for the summer, 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 summer ever! Get ready to create a work-plan for your summer that you can immediately share with your mentors.
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
2021-05-25 11:00 - 12:00 | Zoom
The Job Search Virtual Monthly Discussion is designed to get job seekers together to talk about concerns that graduate students and postdocs 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. After this information is shared, participants will have the opportunity to ask questions they have and share best practices that work for them. We want to create a safe space for everyone to talk and listen. Please come join us and hear from each other!
Register for May 25
Date & Time: Tuesday, May 25 from 11:00 am – 12:00 pm ET
Location: Zoom link to be provided upon registration
Facilitators: Christine Holmes, Postdoctoral Studies Director, Caleb Yu, Graduate and International Student Career Advisor, Colleen McLinn, Executive Director of Future Faculty and Academic Careers, Denise DiRienzo, Experiential Program Director of Careers Beyond Academia, Susi Varvayanis, Executive Director of Careers Beyond Academia
Accommodations: We strive to make our events accessible to all community members. Individuals who would like to request accessibility accommodations should contact gradcareers@cornell.edu.We ask that requests be made at least one week in advance to help ensure they can be met.

NCFDD Webinar: Strategies for Academics Managing Careers and Caretaking during the Pandemic (and Beyond…)
2021-05-25 14:00 - 15:00 | Webinar
This session focuses on the barriers and strategies that academics with caregiving responsibilities are using to survive academic careers and personal life during COVID. Academics who are caregivers have been particularly affected by the pandemic as the move to working from home, the shift to flexible teaching, and the isolation caused by the pandemic. This has been particularly acute for those with caregiving responsibilities – especially those with school aged and younger children and those taking care of elderly relatives. Based on interviews with faculty members who are in non-traditional family structures (i.e., single parents, LGBTQI* families, divorced and blended families, multigenerational families), this session will provide an understanding of why this has been so difficult, a discussion of how to manage the demands, and a discussion of personal and institutional strategies designed to help both in the immediate situation as well as with a longer term view.
Participant Outcomes:

An understanding that you are not alone and that there are others who are experiencing similar concerns
An opportunity to explore these issues for all caregivers with inclusion of those who are in single parent households, blended families, divorced parents, LGBTQI families
Discussion of both short and long term implications of COVID-19 on caregivers
Discussion of individual coping strategies as well as more systemic fixes for the problem (both short and long term)

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

Teaching and Learning in the Diverse Classroom Begins
2021-06-01 | Online
Running from June 1-30, 2021, Teaching and Learning in the Diverse Classroom is a four-week, instructor-paced online course for anyone with teaching responsibilities at Cornell, at any level of diversity expertise. Modules explore strategies for inclusive course design, social identity and self-reflection, and pedagogical practices that effectively support student engagement and a sense of belonging across difference.
The course includes videos, activities, readings, and opportunities for discussion with peers within the Cornell community. In addition to inclusive course design and teaching strategies, participants will be invited to reflect on their own formative experiences as learners, teachers, and members of disciplines.
You are welcome to take the course solo, or we also encourage you to take it with a friend or group of colleagues. If you would like to lead a learning community for your colleagues, please reach out to indicate your interest.
The Center for Teaching Innovation is also offering two online learning community options this summer:

Graduate Students & Postdocs may join the online Learning Community on Inclusive Teaching For Graduate Students & Postdocs co-sponsored by the Graduate School’s Future Faculty and Academic Careers office.
Faculty may join the online Faculty Learning Community for Inclusive Teaching

Register for Teaching and Learning in the Diverse Classroom in June 2021.

2021 Summer P2S Symposium: Executive Presence in a Virtual World
2021-06-02 11:00 - 12:30 | 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 Symposium 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 symposium.
Plenary Session: Executive Presence in a Virtual World
Session Summary: Virtual meetings are here to stay. How do you put your best foot forward when you are presented to others in a 1” x 1” Zoom frame? Learn how what you say and how you say it can impact your ability to be seen as a capable professional when recruiting for jobs, meeting with others and presenting your ideas on camera or off. Prof. Noble-Grange will present 10 tips you can practice to present yourself better and make communication one of your strengths.
Plenary Speaker: Angela Noble Grange, Senior Lecturer of Management Communication, Johnson Graduate School of Management, Cornell University
P2S Focus Area: Build Your Skills

2021 Summer P2S Symposium: Linguistic and Cultural Diversity as Critical Assets
2021-06-02 13:30 - 15:00 | 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 Symposium 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 symposium.
Workshop: Linguistic and Cultural Diversity as Critical Assets
Session Summary: With a large proportion of Cornell’s postdoctoral and graduate student body hailing from other nations, it’s important to embrace the assets that this linguistic and cultural diversity brings to our campus community.
Presenter: Jonathan Rosa, Associate Professor, Graduate School of Education, Stanford University
P2S Focus Area: Navigate Academia

Learning Community on Inclusive Teaching Begins
2021-06-03 11:00 - 12:00 | Online
This is a six-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.
Apply by May 29 to participate.
This program is a collaboration between the Center for Teaching Innovation and the Graduate School’s Future Faculty and Academic Careers office.

Who may apply?
Graduate students and postdocs at Cornell.
Details

Dates: June 3 – July 8, 2021
Meeting times: Thursdays, 11:00 am – 12:00 pm EDT
Time commitment: Approximately 15-20 hours (6 total hours of virtual meeting time, plus coursework)
Apply for the learning community here
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:

explain why social identities are salient in teaching and learning
identify learning strategies that foster inclusion

Getting a Faculty Position: Lessons Learned During the Academic Job Search
2021-06-09 12:00 - 13:30 | Zoom
Join us for a live online panel discussion featuring postdoctoral scholars and graduate students who were offered faculty positions this year! Bring your questions about the process and hear from the recent experiences of other Cornellians.
Meets online via Zoom meeting – a link will be shared by upon registration.
Register to attend June 9 panel
Panelists:

Dr. Angela Freeman, Postdoctoral Associate in Psychology
Dr. Harriet Okronipa, Postdoctoral Associate in Population Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences
Dr. Maxim Shcherbakov, Postdoctoral Associate in Applied & Engineering Physics
Dr. Zongjie Wang, Assistant Professor at University of Connecticut and previously a Postdoctoral Associate in Biological and Environmental Engineering and visiting lecturer in Civil and Environmental Engineering
Dr. Juan Manuel Aldape Muñoz, Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow in the Society for the Humanities and the Department of Performing and Media Arts

Co-sponsored by Future Faculty and Academic Careers and the Office of Postdoctoral Studies, as part of the Graduate School’s Academic Job Search Series.
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.

NCFDD Webinar: Moving from Resistance to Writing
2021-06-10 14:00 - 15:00 | Webinar
Have you been putting off your writing all year by promising yourself that summer is when you’ll buckle down and get it done?
Are you finding yourself continuing to procrastinate and avoid your writing even though summer has arrived?
Have you ever wondered why it is that you really want to write, but just don’t do it until there’s a looming external deadline?

In this webinar, you will learn:

What resistance is and why academic writers experience it in pursuit of work we want and need to complete.
How to identify what’s holding you back from writing and completing your ___________ (article, dissertation, book manuscript, grant proposal, etc…).
The three most common types of writing funk and how to move around them.
How to create the types community, support and accountability for your writing that will help you to ride through whatever type of writing funk you are currently experiencing.

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

The Application Process for an Academic Job
2021-06-16 12:00 - 13:30 | Zoom
To kick off the 2021-2022 Academic Job Search Series for Cornell graduate students and postdocs, come learn about when to apply for faculty and other academic positions, what documents are required, and how long the process takes. Bring your questions for an interactive online discussion led by Christine Holmes, Director of Postdoctoral Studies.
Pre-registration is required in order to receive the link to participate via Zoom. Register for June 16 workshop
Co-sponsored by the Office of Postdoctoral Studies and Future Faculty and Academic Careers, as part of the Graduate School’s Academic Job Search Series.
For questions or accessibility needs to participate in the series, please contact the sponsoring Cornell Graduate School offices at: futurefaculty@cornell.edu or postdocs@cornell.edu

Future Professors Institute
2021-06-22 11:00 - 15:15, 2021-06-23 11:00 - 15:15 | Online
Institute Dates: Tuesday and Wednesday, June 22-23, 2021
Times: 11:00am – 12:30 pm ET; 1:30 – 3:15 pm ET
Location: Zoom
Registration: https://blogs.cornell.edu/futureprofs/registration-2021/
Registration Priority Date: June 18, 2021
The Future Professors Institute engages graduate students and postdoctoral scholars in workshops, panel discussions, and talks focused on preparing them for faculty careers across institutional types. The primary audience for the institute are Cornell University graduate students and postdocs from backgrounds historically excluded from and underrepresented in the professoriate, and/or those with a demonstrated commitment to advancing diversity, inclusion, access, and equity in academia.
Also invited to participate in the institute are scholars external to Cornell affiliated with the following programs and societies:

Sloan University Centers for Exemplary Mentoring
Sloan Indigenous Graduate Partnerships
Edward A. Bouchet Graduate Honor Society
Scholars supported by CIRTL AGEP funded programs

Sponsorship
This is a collaborative initiative of the Cornell Graduate School Offices of Future Faculty and Academic Careers, Inclusion and Student Engagement, and Postdoctoral Studies, and is funded in part by the National Science Foundation (grant number 1647094; CIRTL AGEP).
Questions?
Please direct any questions to: futurefaculty@cornell.edu

Equity Changemaking in the Classroom and Beyond
2021-06-25 13:00 - 14:30 | Zoom
Graduate students and postdoctoral scholars have been contributing in meaningful ways to making teaching spaces across Cornell more equitable and inclusive during the challenging 2020-21 academic year. We have invited a panel to present four change-making projects and discuss the story of how they made these projects happen. Following the panel presentations, we will hold small-group discussions for self-empowerment, networking, and building collective capacity for action towards greater equity and inclusion.
This event is co-sponsored by the Center for Teaching Innovation and the Graduate School.
Registration
Date & time: Friday, June 25, 2021, 1:00 – 2:30 p.m.
This event will take place virtually via Zoom.
Register for Equity Changemaking in the Classroom and Beyond
Goals
This is an opportunity for members of the Cornell community to take their knowledge about equity and inclusion in learning spaces and enter into a dialogue on how use it to work toward change. We hope that this event will:

demystify the process of moving from passive to active changemaking
support participants in inspiring others to care about equity and inclusion
give participants an opportunity to reflect on how to use their sphere of influence
help participants work to create a climate where people can learn and grow
provide an opportunity for discussion/community-building

Developing a Narrative for Your Teaching Statement
2021-07-07 12:00 - 13:30 | Zoom
Through presentation and discussion, we will explore essential elements of a teaching statement for an academic job application. You’ll leave prepared to start your first draft Teaching Statement or to revise an existing one to make sure it accurately reflects your beliefs and experience. Presenters: Dr. Derina Samuel, Associate Director for Graduate Student Development, Center for Teaching Innovation, and Dr. Colleen McLinn, Executive Director of Future Faculty and Academic Careers, Cornell Graduate School.

Pre-registration is required in order to receive the link to participate via Zoom. Register for July 7
Co-sponsored by the Center for Teaching Innovation, Future Faculty and Academic Careers, and the Office of Postdoctoral Studies, 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.

Job Search Virtual Monthly Discussion
2021-07-21 10:00 - 11:00 | Zoom
The Job Search Virtual Monthly Discussion is designed to get job seekers together to talk about concerns that graduate students and postdocs 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. After this information is shared, participants will have the opportunity to ask questions they have and share best practices that work for them. We want to create a safe space for everyone to talk and listen. Please come join us and hear from each other!
Register for July 21
Date & Time: Wednesday, July 21 from 10:00 – 11:00 am ET
Location: Zoom link to be provided upon registration
Facilitators: Christine Holmes, Postdoctoral Studies Director, Caleb Yu, Graduate and International Student Career Advisor, Colleen McLinn, Executive Director of Future Faculty and Academic Careers, Denise DiRienzo, Experiential Program Director of Careers Beyond Academia, Susi Varvayanis, Executive Director of Careers Beyond Academia
Accommodations: We strive to make our events accessible to all community members. Individuals who would like to request accessibility accommodations should contact gradcareers@cornell.edu. We ask that requests be made at least one week in advance to help ensure they can be met.

Designing Your Research Statement Around Undergraduate Research
2021-07-22 12:00 - 13:30 | Zoom
Through an interactive online discussion, presenter Dr. Jeffrey Werner (Associate Professor of Chemistry at SUNY Cortland) will help job-seekers interested in seeking faculty positions at four-year colleges and universities (e.g., primarily undergraduate institutions or PUIs) outline a research statement that highlights plans to mentor undergraduate students in research.
Pre-registration is required in order to receive the link to participate via Zoom. Register for July 22
Co-sponsored by the Office of Postdoctoral Studies and Future Faculty and Academic Careers, as part of the Graduate School’s Academic Job Search Series.
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.

Writing a Diversity Statement for an Academic Job Application
2021-07-29 12:00 - 13:30 | Zoom
Come discuss how to approach writing the diversity statement sometimes requested as part of faculty or postdoctoral job applications. We will share examples and guidance from Cornell and other colleges and universities.
Discussion Moderators: Christine Holmes, Director of Postdoctoral Studies, and Colleen McLinn, Executive Director, Future Faculty and Academic Careers, Cornell Graduate School, and Derina Samuel, Associate Director for Graduate Student Programs, Center for Teaching Innovation
Pre-registration is required in order to receive the link to participate via Zoom. Register for July 29
Co-sponsored by the Office of Postdoctoral Studies and Future Faculty and Academic Careers, as part of the Graduate School’s Academic Job Search Series.
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.

CIRTL Network: Designing a Course Based on Your Research Expertise
2021-07-29 15:00 - 16:00 | Online
Are you interested in learning more about course design? Have you ever wanted to turn your research topic into a course? Join us to hear a panel of grad students and postdocs share their own experiences building a course based on their fields of research! In this online panel, past participants in the CIRTL Network course “Transforming Your Research Into Teaching” (TYRIT) will share the courses they developed as TYRIT participants, reflect on what their course design process was like and how TYRIT influenced their work, and discuss how they’ve been able to – or will be able to – put their designs into practice. Two current TYRIT instructors, Katie Kearns (Indiana University Bloomington) and Bailey Szustak (University of Illinois Chicago) will moderate.
“Transforming Your Research Into Teaching” grew out of a course developed nearly 10 years ago at the University of Iowa, and is now a multi-institutional class bringing together students from more than a dozen universities (all either current or former CIRTL members). Each university runs its own local section of the course, and CIRTL runs a multi-institutional section for students whose universities don’t have their own local section. Students work through course content on their own each week, attend their university’s weekly discussion sections, and collaborate with each other in disciplinary-based peer review groups to develop, refine, and revise their course design projects. TYRIT will be offered again in Summer 2022.
Event Schedule: This online event takes place on Thursday, July 29 at 3-4PM ET
Registration: This drop-in, online event is open to the public. Anyone is welcome to attend, but you must register in order to attend. Once you register, you will have access to the online meeting room where this event will take place.
Accessibility: We strive to be inclusive of anyone interested in participating in our activities. If you have specific accessibility needs, please contact us at info@cirtl.net in advance so that we may make the necessary accommodations.
Learning Outcomes
Associate Level: Learning Community

Recognize the value of and participate in local professionally-focused learning communities associated with teaching and learning.

Transitions – Get the Mentoring You Need and Want
2021-08-12 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, Future Faculty and Academic Careers Director, and Sara Xayarath Hernández, Associate Dean for Inclusion and Student Engagement
Part of the Graduate School’s Transitions series on navigating graduate school.

NCFDD Webinar: Cultivating Your Network of Mentors, Sponsors & Collaborators
2021-08-12 14:00 - 15:00 | Webinar
Do you have a reliable and strong network of mentors?
Are you struggling to cultivate mentoring relationships?
Do you know the difference between a mentor and a sponsor?
Are you moving to a new stage of your career and wondering how to find new mentors and sponsors that are appropriate to the next level?

If so, join us for a webinar that will help you:

Map your current mentoring network
Identify your unmet needs
Plan how to expand your existing network to meet your current needs

Erin Marie Furtak, PhD, is a professor of STEM Education and Associate Dean of Faculty in the School of Education at the University of Colorado at Boulder. Erin conducts her research at the intersection of science teacher and student learning in secondary science classrooms and coordinates a research team funded by a program of external, foundation- and federally-funded grants. Erin balances daily writing and research with her teaching and administrative duties, and publishes her work in journal articles, researcher- and practitioner-oriented books, humorous essays, and columns. Outside of work, Erin is an avid runner, gluten-free baker, and hangs out with her partner and two young children. See Dr. Furtak’s full bio at event page
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: Supporting Trans* Scholars
2021-08-24 14:00 - 15:00 | Webinar
In this webinar, Dr. D-L Stewart will address the key questions and strategies needed to support trans* scholars, but also to reform and transform how we consider gender in the academy. Through discussion of institutional systems and processes, career advancement, microaggressions, and trans* resilience, attendees will gain greater insight into how they and their institutions can support trans* scholars.
Dr. D-L Stewart is the forthcoming Chair of the Department of Higher Education in the Morgridge College of Education at the University of Denver and most recently served as a professor in the School of Education, Co-Program Coordinator of Student Affairs in Higher Education and core faculty in the Higher Education Leadership program specialization. See Dr. Stewart’s full bio at event page
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

FiGLI: A Conversation with TC3 Faculty
2021-09-03 11:00 - 12:00 | Virtual Session
Join the Cornell First Generation and/or Low Income Graduate Student Organization (FiGLI) for a virtual community conversation with three faculty members of the Tompkins Cortland Community College (TC3) on Friday September 3 from 11am – noon (ET).
During this event, Dr. Travis Vande Berg (Professor of Sociology), Dr. Kelly Wessell (Professor of Biology) and Dr. Kimari Johnson (Professor of English) will talk about their career paths and about different aspects of teaching at a community college.
We encourage registrants to submit their own questions or topics they would like addressed during the event!
Register online for the FiGLI community conversation

NCFDD Webinar: Overcoming Academic Perfectionism
2021-09-09 14:00 - 15:30 | Webinar
Do you struggle to share your writing at early stages because it’s not perfect?
Do you find yourself devastated by criticism of your work?
Do you beat yourself up every time the tiniest thing goes wrong?
Is it difficult for you to celebrate other people’s success because it reminds you of your own shortcomings?

If any of these things sound familiar, CONGRATULATIONS! You’re a perfectly normal perfectionist! The only problem is that the nature of the Academy is likely to exacerbate your perfectionist tendencies, as opposed to minimize them. In this webinar, perfectionists will unite to get clear about:

The causes and consequences of excessive perfectionism.
The features of academic life that intensify perfectionism
Strategies to identify when your perfectionism is at work, assess whether it is useful or debilitating, and adjust your standards and behavior accordingly
The secret to finding real satisfaction in every step of the writing process

Facilitator Information
Rosemarie A. Roberts, PhD, social scientist, artist, and interdisciplinary scholar, is the Dayton Professor of Dance at Connecticut College. Her scholarship spans the areas of dance, social inequality, social group and power relations, epistemology, pedagogy, qualitative research methods, and performance. Dr. Roberts has published more than twenty articles and book chapters in peer-reviewed journals and books, co-authored a book, and authored a second book project about the relationship among hip hop dance, racialized bodies, knowledge, and power. A leader in curricular innovation, Dr. Roberts co-created an Integrative Pathway, “Bodies/Embodiment.”
In 2013, Roberts joined NCFDD as an FSP Group Coach and Individual Coach after her transformative experience in the Faculty Success Program in 2011. Passionate about having a life of mind and body, inside and outside of the academy, Dr. Roberts loves to travel, cook, dance, stay fit and hang out with her awesome kid when he’s home from college.
Register for September 9 NCFDD session

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
