This explores common tensions that can arise between advisors and their advisees. The sketch depicts two different mentoring relationships, allowing a comparison of the strengths and weaknesses of each approach. It also raises questions about the ways in which problems that emerge within a mentoring dyad might affect departmental climate more generally. Host: Fiona Lee, […]

The Art of Effective Meetings. Ever suffered through an excruciating departmental meeting? Ever wonder why some committee conversations seem to get stuck, or your research group can’t seem to get organized? Have you struggled with "bad actors," such as colleagues who interrupt others, or always seem to be engaged in a distracting side conversation? Join […]

Students interrupting faculty presentations, challenging instructor expertise, disrupting other students' learning during class: many faculty have experienced a rise in such behavior in recent years, and research shows that the burdens of navigating such challenges fall disproportionately on faculty of color and white women faculty. What do you experience as disrespectful, and how does this […]

An immersive, playfully disorienting encounter, this workshop offers participants a complex view of a heterogenous identity group: students who are the first generation in their family to attend college. By witnessing several intersecting narratives about challenges that individual students have experienced, participants confront stereotypes about who first generation college students (FGCS) are and what they […]