Mid-Career Faculty Women's Community

The Mid-Career Faculty Women's Community for 2011-12 will focus on issues central to the experiences of faculty women. Research from the scholarship of teaching and learning indicates that the professional and personal lives of women in academe are informed in numerous ways by gender. Students (male and female) often have different, perhaps unstated, expectations for faculty women as compared to faculty men. Communication, learning, and teaching styles may vary based on gender and academic discipline, which in turn creates different possibilities and challenges for effective and rewarding teaching practices. This community will draw upon the experiences of participants in addition to research on gender, teaching, and women in academe. We will explore and support the teaching practice and professional lives of University faculty women.

Participants

This year's program is designed for full-time faculty women who are associate or full professors, associate or full teaching professors, and associate or full clinical professors at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities. Participation is limited to 15 faculty members.

2011-12 Program Agenda

Participants will meet eight times during the academic year. Participants must be able to attend at least six meetings to participate in the program and receive a $500 stipend. Topics and activities for each meeting will be determined by the participants and facilitated by experienced CTL teaching consultants. Participants are invited to share in the facilitation of meetings.

Meetings will be held on the following Thursdays, 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Locations will be scheduled shortly, but once each semester our meeting will be held on the St. Paul Campus.

• September 22
• October 20
• November 17
• December 15
• January 26
• February 23
• March 22
• April 26

Facilitator

Anita Gonzalez

Registration

Registrations are accepted on a first-come, first-served basis. Faculty members who are interested and available are encouraged to register early. A wait list will also be maintained. Wait listed faculty will be notified of their status early in the academic year.

Registration for the Mid-Career Faculty Women's Community has closed for 2011-12. Registration for the upcoming academic year 2012-13 will be available in Spring semester.