Modality: Virtual
Location: Zoom

Wednesday, June 7, 2023

11:00am ET

Opening Remarks

• Sara Xayarath Hernández (Cornell MRP, City and Regional Planning), Graduate School Associate Dean for Inclusion and Student & Faculty Engagement, Cornell University

11:10am – 12:30pm ET

Panel Discussion: Exploring Your Institutional Fit

• Exploring Careers at Community Colleges, Liberal Arts Colleges and Master’s Granting Institutions, and Public and Private Research Universities
• 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

12:30 – 1:00pm ET

Break

1:00pm – 2:15pm ET

Panel Discussion: Academic Career Pathways Outside of the Tenure Track 

• Moderator: Sara Xayarath Hernández (Cornell MRP, City and Regional Planning), Graduate School Associate Dean for Inclusion and Student & Faculty 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. Sheila Thomas, Dean for Equity, Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging, Interim Dean of Students, and Special Projects Advisor, Graduate School of Arts and 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)

2:30pm – 4:00pm ET

Concurrent Panels by Discipline: Establishing Your Scholarship and Research Agenda as a New Faculty Member

Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences Panel

• 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)

Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Panel

• 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

4:00pm – 4:15pm ET

Closing Remarks