Forward to Professorship Workshop
Day
Time Band
Topic
Monday, May  19 
11am to 1pm
Registration
1:30pm to 3:30pm
Overview and Welcome: Asking the Tough Questions
The FORWARD Team
How to advance to tenure and promotion by addressing the three legs of teaching, research and service while standing on the 4th leg of home life.
3:30 to 3:45pm
Break
3:45pm to 5:15pm
Getting the Most Out of Teaching
Charlene Sorensen, Gallaudet U.
New teaching methods, developing new courses, team-teaching,  considering class preparation.
6:30 to 7:30pm
Dinner
7:30 to 8:30pm
Keynote Address: Judith Bond, Professor and Chair of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, College of Medicine, Pennsylvania State University 
Tuesday, May 20
8:15am
Continental Breakfast
9am to 10:30am
Planning and Funding Research 
Panel and Breakout Sessions
Mary Ann Stepp, George Washington U.
Reza Malek-Madani, Office of Naval Research
TBA, Private Foundations
Finding funding opportunities, planning your approach, writing proposals, resolving reviews and getting started in your project.

10:30am to 10:45am
Break
10:45am to 12:45pm
Stress Management
Mamta Gautam, M.D.,
Private Practice and University of Ottawa
Stress and time management for multi-talented and multi-tasked professionals. 


12:45pm to 2pm
Lunch 
2pm to 4pm
Writing in the Profession
Shelly Heller,
George Washington University
Writing cover letters, teaching philosophy, research plan and skills descriptions for job applicationss or promotion. 


4pm to 4:15pm
Break
4:15pm to 5pm
Service Without Over-commitment 
Catherine Mavriplis, U. of Oklahoma
Community Service, departmental, college and university service. 
 
7pm
Dinner 

Wednesday, May 21
8am
Breakfast
8:45am to 10:45am
Negotiation: Getting What You Want and When To Say No!
Susan Eckert , Emory University 
Strategies for professional negotiation and collegiality as a member of underrepresented groups in academic environments.
10:45 to 11am
Break
11 to 12:30pm
Having it all! 
Panel:
Kelly Mack, U. of Maryland, Eastern Shore
Elizabeth Freeland, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Keri Kornelson, Grinnell College and Noel Brady , University of Oklahoma
Creating strategies for work/life balance. Having a life outside of work, dual career couples, family.
12:30pm to 2pm
Lunch 
2pm to 4pm
A Personalized Plan 
Meet with Deans and Chairs to review your plan. 
James H. Johnson Jr., Howard University 
Ann Powell, Gallaudet U. 
Gail M. Simmons, City University of New York 
Susan Ensel, Hood College 
Kim Roddis, Geo. Washington U.
  4-4:30pm Evaluations and Wrap-Up