This workshop centers around an analysis of a series of mentoring interactions that occur between the members of a lab group, including a PI, postdoc, and graduate students. It invites participants to act as critical observers of this extended case study to identify common challenges mentors and mentees face in navigating these high stakes relationships […]

This workshop is designed to introduce the requirements of the NSF CAREER proposals and to provide eligible assistant professors with suggestions for how to successfully apply. It will feature a panel including an NSF program manager, successful LSA CAREER recipients, LSA research administrators, and outreach coordinators. Host: Fiona Lee, LSA Associate Dean for DEI and […]

Often grant writers wish that they could get more hands on experience in drafting and revising their proposals. This workshop answers that need by inviting faculty  to bring a one-page Statement of Aims/Project Description draft to work on during the workshop. We will focus on: What should be in the initial pages of a grant to keep a reviewer […]

Light breakfast food will be available. Whether speaking in public, facilitating a discussion, or participating in a meeting, women often find themselves not heard in the way that they had hoped. This workshop focuses on specific vocal skills that the theater artist practices which are designed to help participants be more effective as presenters, leaders […]