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  Stephen D. Senturia

The Academic Life


The Academic Life: Faculty-Development Workshops

Next Workshop: November 14, 2020

Details here

Since 2018, we* have been offering Workshops on Gender and Diversity directed at helping those either in or seeking careers in academia to deal with some of the realities they encounter.

The centerpiece of the Workshop is a radio play, Anatomy of a Tenure Case, based on the novel, One Man's Purpose. The play deals with a razor-thin tenure case of a minority female aspirant, and ends at the point at which the Department Chairman must make a decision. This leads to a vote by the audience, and a follow-up discussion. A video of the presentation of this play at NWSCAS2020 is available for download and viewing  here.


Depending on allocated time for the event, the Workshop may have additional modules, each consisting of a short presentation followed by discussion:
     Why (and How) to Get Published: Wisdom from a Former Journal Editor
     Power and Plagiarism: A Case Study
     The Imposter Syndrome: Vignettes
     Microaggressions

​Events to date:
   ISCAS 2018, Florence Italy
   Hilton Head Workshop on Microsystems 2018, Hilton Head South Carolina
   University of Pennsylvania, Emeritus Faculty Luncheon, 2019
   MWSCAS 2020, Virtual thanks to Covid-19
   Grace Hopper 2020, Virtual thanks to Covid-9

For information about arranging a Workshop at your organization, please contact us.


* Workshop conveners: Prof. Pamela Abshire, University of Maryland; Prof. Jennifer Blain Christen, Arizona State University; Prof. Emeritus Stephen D. Senturia, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Also participating as presenters have been Prof. Nicole McFarlane, University of Tennessee, and Prof. Maira Samary, Boston College. Presentation of these workshops is now supported in part by a grant from the National Science Foundation (1844528: A Faculty Development Workshop for Junior Faculty in the Sciences and Engineering).
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