This program will provide participants with the resources to develop a strategic plan for promotion or to chart innovative directions in their careers. Danforth Campus tenure-track, teaching, research, and practice faculty are encouraged to apply. Priority registration deadline: August 1st
Participants will be asked to commit to attend monthly 90-minute meetings during Fall 2023 and Spring 2024 for each mentoring group. These meetings will be designed to accommodate participants’ schedules.
Affinity groups
Target audience: tenured associate professors
Research shows that women take longer than men to be promoted from tenured associate professors to full professor, and there are specific issues that shape this promotion gap. This group provides mid-career women with mentorship around managing work-life balance, negotiating service obligations that are institutional and national, and developing a realistic work plan for a path to promotion. Members will also learn how to strategically advocate for themselves and their work institutionally and in their fields nationally and internationally.
Target audience: associate professors from historically underrepresented groups
After promotion, many members of historically underrepresented groups are pulled in many new directions. Making strategic choices and focusing on crafting an intentional and focused path to promotion can be challenging. This group will help faculty from historically underrepresented groups chart an intentional path from associate professor to full professor. Topics covered will include choosing new mentors for this phase of the career, cultivating promotion letter writers, research success and envisioning life beyond tenure.
Target audience: teaching and practice faculty
In order to be promoted, teaching faculty and professors of practice must craft institutional profiles that extend beyond a record of superior and innovative teaching. This group will serve as a space of support and mentorship for crafting a strategic plan for teaching and practice faculty to move toward promotion.
Target audience: tenured associate professors; recently promoted teaching and research faculty
After promotion, some faculty take the opportunity to craft exciting new research and professional agendas. This group is designed to help participants develop a strategic plan for moving into a new phase, such as getting training for a new field of research, moving into administration or leadership within the institution or nationally, crafting new initiatives or programs, and promotion. Tenured associate professors and teaching and research faculty who have recently been promoted may find this a useful resource for plotting new trajectories.
Faculty who have not participated in a mentorship program before will be prioritized. If you have any questions, please contact Cecilia Hanan Reyes, Program Manager, Office of the Provost.