Forum 2008 Program

Goals:

  • To explore the degree of alignment of STEM faculty experiences from graduate school through early-career faculty positions
  • To enhance mutual awareness and alignment of key stakeholder groups - graduate students, graduate universities, academic employers and graduate faculty
  • To highlight the new generation of graduate students and early-career faculty prepared by future faculty programs


June 16, 2008
Morning Agenda

8:00 am Welcome

John Wiley, Chancellor, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Bob Mathieu, Professor of Astronomy, University of Wisconsin-Madison - slides

8:30 am Opening Address

Cora Marrett, Assistant Director, NSF Education and Human Resources

9:00 am Examining the Alignment Among the Stakeholder Groups - Slides

Facilitator: Diane Ebert-May, Professor of Plant Biology, Michigan State University

9:20 am Stakeholder Perspectives

Facilitator: Karl Smith, Morse-Alumni Distinguished Professor, University of Minnesota & Cooperative Learning Professor of Engineering Education Fellow, Discovery Learning Center Purdue University

Panelists:

Adam Fagen, Senior Program Officer, National Research Council

Elizabeth McCormack, Professor of Physics, Bryn Mawr College

Barbara A. Hacker, Associate Dean, College of Engineering, California State Polytechnic University at Pomona

George Walker, Vice-President for Research and Dean of the University Graduate School, Florida International University

11:00 am Uncovering Reasons for Alignments and Misalignments

Small-group discussions across stakeholders

Afternoon Agenda

1:00 pm What are Employing Academic Institutions Looking For in New Faculty?

Panelists:

Community and Technical Colleges - Rufus Glasper, Chancellor, Maricopa Community Colleges

Comprehensive Regional Universities - Louise Hainline, Dean of Research and Graduate Studies, City University of New York (Brooklyn College)

Liberal Arts Colleges - Jim Swartz, Professor of Chemistry, Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean of the College, Grinnell College

Minority-Serving Institutions - Orlando Taylor, Vice Provost for Research, Dean of the Graduate School, Howard University

Research Intensive Universities - Karen Klomparens, Dean, Graduate School, Michigan State University

2:00 pm Concurrent Sessions with Leaders from Employing Academic Institutions (Session A)

Community and Technical Colleges

Rufus Glasper with:

Jackie Joseph-Silverstein - Cuyahoga Community College

Andrew Jones - Dallas County Community College District

Comprehensive Regional Universities

Louise Hainline with:

Steven Murray - California State University, Fullerton

A. Jerry Benson - James Madison University

Malayappan Shridhar - University of Michigan-Dearborn

Liberal Arts Colleges

Jim Swartz with:

Neal Abraham - Depauw University

Ferol Menzel - Wartburg College

Minority-Serving Institutions

Orlando Taylor with:

Kelly Mack - University of Maryland, Eastern Shore

Clytrice Watson - Delaware State University

Olac Fuentes - University of Texas at El Paso

Research Intensive Universities

Karen Klomparens with:

Cindy Nakatsu - Purdue University (Session A)

Richard Sleight - Yale University (Session A)

Nick Altiero - Tulane University (Session B)

David Engelke - University of Michigan (Session B)

3:15 pm Concurrent Sessions with Leaders from Employing Academic Institutions (Session B)

(See Session A)

4:15 pm Poster Sessions:

  • Teaching-as-Research - Graduate Student Investigations into Enhanced STEM Learning
  • Graduate Programs to Prepare Future STEM Faculty
  • Early Career Faculty Preparation Programs
  • Research on the Graduate School - Faculty Transition

5:15 pm Social Hour with posters


7:30 pm Evening Address - Jorge Cham, Author of Ph.D. Comics

The Power of Procrastination: Surviving Graduate School and Deciding What is Next

June 17, 2008
Morning Agenda

8:30 am Opening Address
James M. Gentile, President of Research Corporation - Slides

9:00 am The Early Career Faculty Experience

Leader: Jeanne Narum, Director, Project Kaleidoscope
Nancy Wall, Associate Dean of the Faculty, Lawrence University

10:30 am Break

11:00 am Forum Summary

Linda Katehi, Provost, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

11:20 am Graduate Student and Early-Career Faculty Summary Panel

11:40 am Open Discussion & Questions

12:30-1:30 Future Faculty Development Organizations Networking Lunch

An informal conversation for graduate students and post-docs

Michelle Simms, CIRTL Graduate Research Assistant, Texas A&M University
Don Gillian-Daniel, Associate Director, Delta Program, University of Wisconsin-Madison