UMass ADVANCE Announces Spring Workshops

UMass ADVANCE is pleased to announce the following workshops for UMass faculty and leaders for the spring semester, 2022.

Image

Funded by a five-year, $3.1M National Science Foundation ADVANCE Institutional Transformation Grant, UMass ADVANCE promotes gender and racial equity for STEM faculty at UMass. Through a combination of research, programming, and interventions, UMass ADVANCE seeks to understand and address systemic and intersectional inequalities at UMass and to lay the groundwork for a fairer, more equitable, diverse and inclusive campus.  

Each year ADVANCE announces a theme related to our focus on Collaboration and Equity. The spring lineup of programming reflects UMass ADVANCE’s theme for this program year: “Shared Decision-Making and Equity in Faculty Governance.”

LEARN MORE AND REGISTER FOR ADVANCE SPRING 2022 WORKSHOPS

Collaborative Leadership

Thursday, Jan. 20, from 12:30-3:30 p.m., Zoom
With Manya Whitaker, Colorado College

Mutual Mentoring Grant Information Session

Wednesday, Feb. 02, from noon-1 p.m., Zoom
With Donna Baron and Wendy Varner

Setting the Stage for Equity in Department Decision-Making (LEAD+)

Friday, Feb. 4, from 12:30-2 p.m., Zoom
With Laurel Smith-Doerr and Ethel Mickey, UMass Amherst

This workshop is open to department heads and chairs.

This workshop is presented in partnership with the Office of Faculty Development's LEAD+   and Academic Personnel.  

Setting the Stage for Equity in Department Decision-Making

Friday, Feb. 11, from 12:30-2 p.m., Zoom
With Laurel Smith-Doerr and Ethel Mickey, UMass Amherst

This workshop is open to all faculty.

Equity Minded Workload Reform, Part 2 (Policies)

Friday, Feb. 18, from 10 a.m.-noon, Zoom
With Joya Misra, UMass Amherst

Identify Your Needs & Expand Your Mentoring Network

Tuesday, March 1, from 1-2:30 p.m., Zoom
With Michelle Budig, UMass Amherst

This workshop is presented in partnership with the Office of Faculty Development.

Annual Distinguished Lecture
"The Hierarchy of Knowledge in Machine Learning and Its Consequences"

Tuesday, March 22, from 4-6 p.m., Zoom
With Dr. Timnit Gebru, Founder and Executive Director of Distributed Artificial Intelligence Research Institute (DAIR) and co-founder of Black in AI

The ADVANCE Annual Lecture is hosted by UMass ADVANCE in collaboration with the Manning College of Information and Computer Sciences and the Office of Equity and Inclusion and is co-sponsored by the College of Engineering, College of Natural Sciences, College of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Computational Social Science Institute, Institute for Social Science Research, and the Office of Faculty Development.

Writing Pandemic Impact Statements (Reappointment, Tenure, Promotion): For Assistant Professors

Wednesday, April 6, from 10-11 a.m., Zoom
With Joya Misra, UMass Amherst

This workshop is co-sponsored by Associate Provost of Equity and Inclusion - Faculty Diversity

Writing Pandemic Impact Statements (Reappointment, Tenure, Promotion): For all Faculty Members

Friday, April 8, from 1-2 p.m., Zoom
With Sergio Breña, UMass Amherst

Learn more and register at umass.edu/advance/events/workshops

Contact Donna Baron at dbaron@umass.edu with questions.