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Spring 2013

The Office of Faculty Development and Diversity offers professional development events throughout the year to gain skills useful in a faculty career. Networking Lunches are designed to increase opportunities for collaboration and interdisciplinary networking among women faculty in the physical sciences, life sciences, social sciences and engineering. Networking lunches are from 11:30-1:30, with speakers beginning at 12:00.

January 17	Faculty Leadership Workshop with Jim Detert 166 McManus Lounge 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
January 31	Effective Search Practices: The Interview 229 ILR 11:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
February 8	Reappointment and Tenure: A Panel Discussion Addressing 3rd Year Reappointment and the Tenure Process Panelists will address issues such as mentoring, expectations, and how to put together a tenure package, the decision at the departmental level, what happens in the dean’s office, and what happens to a package when it arrives on the provost’s desk. Panelists: Judith Appleton, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, College of Veterinary Medicine Laura Brown, former Chair, English Department and Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education Nicolas van de Walle, Chair, Department of Government John Siliciano, Senior Vice Provost, Academic Affairs 229 ILR 11:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.
February 20	How to Engage in Public Scholarship and Increase your Visibility: Blogs, Op-Eds, and Social Media Panelists will discuss, among other things, how to choose your media, how to select what to post online (on your own and others' social media platforms)? What are the resources needed to maintain an online presence (time, money, expertise), and what to consider before you embark on developing an online public presence, including visual and content advice. Panelists: Robert Frank, Henrietta Johnson Louis Professor of Management, Johnson Graduate School of Management http://www.robert-h-frank.com/timescolumn.html Karl Pillemer, Hazel E. Reed Professor, Department of Human Development and Professor of Gerontology in Medicine at the Weill Cornell Medical College http://www.huffingtonpost.com/karl-a-pillemer-phd/ http://legacyproject.human.cornell.edu/ Steven Strogatz, Jacob Gould Schurman Professor of Mathematics and Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering http://www.stevenstrogatz.com/ http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/category/me-myself-and-math/ 225 ILR 11:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. Videotaped event
March 27	Lunch Panel on Book Publishing Panelists: Valerie Bunce, Aaron Binenkorb Professor of International Studies and Professor of Government Patrizia McBride, Associate Professor and Chair, German Studies Peter Potter, Editor in Chief, Cornell University Press Rachel Prentice, Associate Professor, Science and Technology Studies G01 Biotech 11:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.
March 27	The Readers' Theatre Performance of OLEANNA Special event sponsored by the Office of Faculty Development and Diversity –Limited to tenured and tenure-track faculty only.– 7:30pm -9:45pm At the Black Box Theatre, located at Lehman Alternative School, 11 Chestnut Street, Ithaca, NY The 90 minute performance will be followed by a 45 minute facilitated discussion with Vivian Relta, facilitator for the Cornell Interactive Theatre Ensemble FREE Tickets for faculty and a guest can be reserved by e-mailing ofdd@cornell.edu. Reserved tickets can be picked up the day before the show at the Office of Faculty Development, 122 Day Hall, and will also be available at the venue from 7pm on the day of the show. Tickets MUST be picked by 7:45, after which unclaimed tickets will be given to individuals on a wait list. There are only 80 seats in the theatre, and we ask that you reserve a ticket only if you are sure you can attend. OLEANNA synopsis and notes: OLEANNA gives us an opportunity to observe an Interaction between a professor and a female student in his class. The exchange is both familiar but also complex and highly charged. When first performed, in 1992, OLEANNA provoked fierce debates about sexual harassment and gender politics. Written during the Anita Hill-Clarence Thomas sexual harassment scandal, the play divided audiences between those who were angered by what they perceived as fabricated sexual harassment charges used as a tool to gain power, and those who viewed the image of a scheming woman as an attack on the right of women to defend themselves from improper sexual advances. OLEANNA will be followed by a facilitated discussion to surface the multiple points of view that the audience may have. We will explore some of the complexity observed and heard and how it may be transferable to Cornell faculty experiences.
April 11	ADVANCEments in Science Lecture Claude Steele, I. James Quillen Dean for the School of Education at Stanford University Statler Auditorium 3:30 – 4:30 p.m., reception to follow Printable Flyer
April 16	Lunch Panel on Retirement –Offered for women faculty only.– 226 Weill Hall 11:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.

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