Speakers & Panelists at a Glance
Tuesday, June 6, 2023
12:30 p.m. ET
Welcome Remarks
Institute Welcome and Land Acknowledgement
- Sara Xayarath Hernández, Graduate School Associate Dean for Inclusion and Student & Faculty Engagement, Cornell University (Cornell MRP, City and Regional Planning)
Introduction of Keynote Speaker
- Dr. Evelyn Ambríz, Postdoctoral Researcher for Mentoring and Faculty Engagement at Cornell University, and a university affiliate visiting scholar at the University of Texas at Austin
12:40 p.m. ET
Successfully Navigating Academia: Structural and Agentic Lessons for Workloads, Writing, and the Workforce
Keynote Speaker
- Dr. Damani White-Lewis, Assistant Professor of Higher Education, University of Pennsylvania, Graduate School of Education
- Recording of Dr. White-Lewis’ keynote
More information about Keynote:
Moderation of Questions and Answers; Closing Remarks
- Dr. Colleen McLinn, Graduate School Associate Dean for Professional Development, Cornell University
Wednesday, June 7, 2023
11:00 a.m. ET
Panel 1: Exploring Your Institutional Fit
Moderator:
- Dr. Colleen McLinn, Graduate School Associate Dean for Professional Development, Cornell University
Panelists:
- Dr. Kristen Campbell Eichhorn, Dean of Graduate Studies, State University of New York at Oswego
- Dr. Tristan Ivory, Assistant Professor of International and Comparative Labor, Cornell University
- Dr. Katrina Overby, Assistant Professor of Communication, Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT)
- Dr. Duc Pham, Assistant Professors of Life Sciences, Santa Monica College (Cornell PhD, Biological and Biomedical Sciences)
- Dr. Steven Santana, Engineering Clinic Director, Iris and Howard Critchell Assistant Professor, Harvey Mudd College
Full institutional fit panel details
1:00 p.m. ET
Panel 2: Academic Career Pathways Outside of the Tenure Track
Moderator:
- Sara Xayarath Hernández, Graduate School Associate Dean for Inclusion & Student Engagement, Cornell University
Panelists:
- Dr. Susan J. Cheng, Manager of Diversity and Inclusion, Mechanical Engineering, University of Michigan
- Dr. Kim Holloway, Vice Provost for Research Development, Northeastern University
- Dr. Canek Phillips, Research Scientist, School of Engineering, Rice University
- Dr. Shelia Thomas, Dean for Equity, Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging, Graduate School of Arts & Sciences, Harvard University
- Dr. Tremayne Waller, Director of Graduate Student Programs, College of Engineering Center for the Enhancement of Engineering Diversity (CEED), Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech)
Full career pathways panel details
2:30 p.m. ET
Concurrent Panels: Establishing Your Scholarship and Research Agenda as a New Faculty Member
3a: Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences Disciplines
Moderator:
- Dr. Colleen McLinn, Graduate School Associate Dean for Professional Development, Cornell University
Panelists:
- Dr. Theresa Rocha Beardall, J.D., Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Sociology, University of Washington
- Dr. Carlos Figueroa, Associate Professor of Politics and Public Policy, Ithaca College
- Dr. Chelsea Mikael Frazier, Assistant Professor of African American Literature & Culture, Literatures in English, Cornell University
- Dr. Ann Pelligrini, Professor of Performance Studies and Social and Cultural Analysis, New York University (NYU)
Full arts and humanities panel details
3b: Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Disciplines
Moderator:
- Sara Xayarath Hernández, Graduate School Associate Dean for Inclusion & Student Engagement, Cornell University
Panelists:
- Dr. Christophe Duplais, Associate Research Professor, Department of Entomology, Cornell University
- Dr. Ana Maria Porras, Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering, University of Florida
- Dr. Gabriel Zayas-Cabán, Jane R. and Jack G. Mandula Assistant Professor of Industrial and Systems Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison
- Dr. Frances Zhu, Assistant Researcher, Hawaii Institute of Geophysics and Planetology, University of Hawaii