Workshops, Events, and Networks

Workshops and invited speakers focus on specific topics suggested by U-M faculty and leadership, ADVANCE’s work on campus, and research. Programs change somewhat from year to year, but consistently focus on faculty development and success. While free to attend, faculty workshops typically require prior registration.

Programs for U-M Faculty

Disrespect and Disruption in the Classroom: Strategies for Prevention and Response

January 25 @ 9:30 am – 12:00 pm

Disrespectful treatment of other students based on social identities or other characteristics, interruptions of faculty presentations, viewing of inappropriate websites during class: many faculty have felt that such student behaviors are on the rise in recent years. How can you set up a learning environment that prevents such incivilities–and respond effectively as a teacher if they do occur? This workshop will focus on specific research-based strategies for setting up and maintaining respectful classrooms and provide opportunities to practice these approaches.

Host: Fiona Lee, LSA Associate Dean for DEI and Professional Development
Facilitators from Intergroup Relations (IGR) and the Center for Research on Learning and Teaching (CRLT)

Open to all faculty campus-wide

Please register here: https://umich.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_1Nh1jkYzMe7wLZj

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Faculty Networks

Network To Advance Women Scientists And Engineers

This network provides women faculty in science and engineering with opportunities to define collective goals and to get to know one another. A number of ADVANCE activities – leadership development activities, the mentoring initiatives, the annual report to the campus about our progress – have emerged from this Network discussions.

Single Faculty Network

The ADVANCE Program has been working with a small group of faculty to develop a voluntary Single Faculty Network. This network is purely social, and provides an opportunity for single faculty to meet other single faculty who may share interests in a low-key setting. The aim is to make Ann Arbor a more welcoming and inclusive community to this group of faculty who sometimes feel vastly outnumbered by their partnered colleagues.

Network to Advance Faculty of Color

The Network to Advance Faculty of Color is a collaboration between the Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (ODEI) and the ADVANCE Program. The Network was created in 2015 with the hope that opportunities to meet and share experiences would be valuable. The Network meets several times each year, providing faculty of color with opportunities to get to know one another and define institutional goals.

U-M LGBT Faculty Alliance

ADVANCE is collaborating with the U-M LGBT Faculty Alliance on several networking events. The U-M LGBT Faculty Alliance was started in 1992 and focuses on LGBT university policies, curriculum development, students’ academic/career needs and faculty support. All U-M faculty are welcome to join the Alliance. To join the private e-mail group, please send an e-mail to: caturner@med.umich.edu.

LIFT: Leadership and Integration at Faculty Transitions

The LIFT program facilitates the success, empowerment, and satisfaction of individual faculty, while enabling and informing their contributions as leaders to the departments, disciplines, and other institutional structures that define the academic community. The program includes two day-long seminars, one for recently promoted associate and one for recently promoted full professors. These seminars are designed to support faculty as they navigate the changes that come with promotion. They were designed with support from the Provost as well as the Deans of LSA and Engineering who saw the need to clarify and support the subtle and significant changes that occur through tenure and promotion – changes that are often taken for granted or learned only in the trenches, but which have a profound effect on the success and satisfaction of the individual faculty member, as well as the communities and institutions that she or he calls home. At these seminars, representatives from upper administration speak to the core values and goals of academia. Interactions with peers, colleagues, and facilitators deepen the discussion and consideration of the impact of these faculty transitions.