Faculty Professional Development Program

Monday Aug. 24, 2026: Noon – 12 p.m. in ART 1.202
Presenters: Director of Faculty Advancement Tim Creswick, Associate Dean of Undergraduate Studies John Turci-Escobar, Associate Professor Charles Carson.
An introduction to the college and a high-level informational session on student affairs items, graduate and research items and certain legal and risk management items.

Tuesday Sept. 15, 2026: 1-2 p.m. in DFA 2.402
Presenters: Director of Faculty Advancement Tim Creswick,
Learn strategies for making decisions on your CV, what to emphasize in your candidate statements, and other strategic elements in assembling Third Year Review materials.

Wednesday Dec. 9th, 2026: 4-5 p.m. in DFA 2.402
Presenters: Dean Ramón Rivera-Servera and Director of Faculty Advancement Tim Creswick
This is a promotion workshop for tenured associate professors interested in promotion to tenured full professor. The workshop focuses on things you should do in the 3-5 years leading up to your promotion bid and how to get advice on when to go up for promotion.

Thursday Feb. 11th, 2027: 2-3 p.m. in DFA 2.402
Presenters: Dean Ramón Rivera-Servera and Director of Faculty Advancement Tim Creswick 
This is a promotion workshop for professional-track faculty members interested in promotion. The workshop focuses on strategy, for example things you should do in the 3-5 years leading up to your promotion bid and how to get advice on when to go up for promotion.

Fall 2026, Schedule based on those signed up
Presenter: Associate Dean of Undergraduate Studies John Turci-Escobar 
A seminar style session where the group will read Learner-Centered Teaching: Putting the Research on Learning into Practice, by Terry Doyle, over the course of a semester and discuss every other week. To be scheduled with those who sign up by the deadline.

Spring 2027 (details TBD)
Presenter: Gena St. David, Professor of Counselor Education at the Seminary of the Southwest
Learn about strategies for managing classroom disruptions when they happen, and good teaching strategies designed to prevent classroom disruptions before they happen.

Spring 2027 (details TBD)
Presenter: Hollie Gardner, Assistant Director for Operations, LDOS InfraAI Center
What exactly is a Large Language Model (LLM)? Hollie Gardner will cover this and more in this A.I.-focused workshop.

Spring 2027 (details TBD)
Presenters: Tamie Glass, Associate Professor and Faculty Director for the M.A. in Design (focused on health); Hon Ki Cheung, Assistant Professor of Music Theory; Jim Buhler, Professor of Theory and Division Head for Theory and Composition; Honoria Starbuck, Assistant Professor of Practice in Arts and Entertainment Technologies and Foundations Lead. 
Faculty who use artificial intelligence in their classes and assignments will share some of their experiences with it.

Scheduled by those who sign up.
Volunteer group who would meet on a regular cadence to keep each other on track toward publication in a journal or elsewhere. To be scheduled directly with those who sign up.

Tuesday Sept. 24, 2026: 2:00 - 3:00 p.m. in DFA 2.402
Presenters: Director of Faculty Advancement Tim Creswick and Nassos Papalexandrou, Professor of Art History
This workshop will provide strategies for assembling a successful FDL/FDA application and Nassos Papalexandrou will tell us about their just-completed FDL project and its outcomes. *Satisfies grant writing workshop requirement for CRG and CEPPSG.

Monday Oct. 5, 2026: 2:00 - 3:00 p.m  in DFA 2.402 
Presenters: David Stuart, Professor of Art History
This workshop will provide strategies for assembling a successful external grant application. This includes David Stuart sharing the experience and outcomes of their recently completed project. *Satisfies grant writing workshop requirement for CRG and CEPPSG.

Thursday Oct. 8, 2026 (details TBD, virtual)
Presenter: Carl DiSalvo, Associate Professor at Georgia Tech University
This will be a presentation by a faculty member experienced with community-engaged projects who will talk about effective methods of collecting and documenting impact on the community resulting from community-engaged projects.

Tuesday Oct. 27, 2026: 1:00- 2:00 p.m. in DFA 2.402
Presenters: Presenter: Robin Moore, Professor of Ethnomusicology
In this workshop, highly productive print scholar Robin Moore will share his tips of his trade for successfully publishing print articles and books.

Wednesday Nov. 11, 2026: 11:00a.m. - 12:00p.m. in DFA 4.114 
Presenters: Presenter: Sonia Seeman, Associate Professor of Ethnomusicology 
This workshop will provide strategies for writing a successful College of Fine Arts Grant, including the Creative Research Grant, Community Engagement and Public Practice Seed Grant, and Fine Arts Co-Sponsorship Grant. *Satisfies grant writing workshop requirement for CRG and CEPPSG.

January - February 2027, Schedule based on those signed up 
Presenter: Lisa B. Thompson, Interim Associate Dean of Graduate Education and Academic Affairs
A seminar style session where the group will read Becoming the Writer You Already Are by Michelle Boyd, over the course of a 6 weeks, meeting to discuss every other week. To be scheduled with those who sign up by the deadline.

Spring 2027, Schedule based on those signed up 
Presenter: Dean Ramón Rivera-Servera
A seminar style session where the group will read Geographies of Learning: Theory and Practice, Activism and Performance by Jill Dolan, over the course of a semester and discuss every other week. To be scheduled with those who sign up by the deadline.

Thursday Jan. 28, 2026: 1:00- 2:00p.m. in DFA 2.402
Presenter: Grants and Contracts Specialist Catherine Forrest
Learn about external grants, including basic terminology, how to find grant opportunities related to your research, proposal development skills, grant writing skills, typical budget categories, and post-award reporting expectations. 

Spring 2027 (details TBD)
Presenter: TBD
Learn how to host a symposium, including discussion of finding resources, budgeting, advertising, advance coordination with participants, spending money, planning the agenda, and event coordination on-site.

Spring 2027 (details TBD)
Presenter: External, TBD
This will be a presentation by a faculty member experienced with community-engaged projects who will talk about effective methods of collecting and documenting impact on the community resulting from community-engaged projects

Fall 2026 Session - Tuesday Dec. 1, 2026: 11:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. (location TBD)
Presenters: Tasheka Arceneaux-Sutton, Raquel Barreto
Spring 2027 Session - Tuesday Apr. 27, 2027: 11:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. (location TBD)
Presenters: Luisa Nardini, Jacqueline Avila
Hear from faculty just concluding research leaves or grant-funded projects about what they did on their project and their outcomes.

Sept. 22, 2026: 3 p.m - 4 p.m. Kendra Scott Center (DFA 1.101)
Feb. 23rd, 2027: 3 p.m. - 4 p.m. Kendra Scott Center (DFA 1.101)
Presenters: Division Heads, Program Heads, and Assistant Chairs
This is a social gathering of divisional leadership creating cross-college connections.

Fall 2026 (details TBD)
Presenter: Director of Faculty Advancement Tim Creswick
This is a session about running or being a member of a faculty search committee.

Tuesday Dec. 8, 2026: 12:30-1:30p.m. in DFA 2.402 
Presenter: Director of Communications Alicia Dietrich
This is a workshop for faculty members seeking knowledge of how to interact with the press (print, radio, TV) for advancement of their own research and academic activity or when representing their department/school or another organization. 

February 2027 (details TBD)
Presenter: Charlotte Canning, Professor in the Department of Theatre and Dance
The presenter will offer advice on how best to network with professional organizations, including individual efforts and programmatic efforts of a group of faculty in a department or school.

Wednesday Sept. 16, 2026: 12:00 – 1:00pm in DFA 2.402
Presenter: Dean Ramón Rivera-Servera

Thursday Nov. 5, 2026: 12:30 – 1:30pm in DFA 2.402
Presenter: Laura Gutierrez, Associate Dean for Community Engagement 

Spring 2027 (details TBD)
Presenter: Amy Simmons, Associate Professor of Instruction in Music and Human Learning 

Spring 2027 (details TBD)
Presenter: TBD