Faculty Professional Development Program

Aug. 21, 2025: Noon – 3 p.m. in DFA 4.112
Presenters: Director of Faculty Advancement Tim Creswick, Associate Dean of Undergraduate Studies John Turci-Escobar, Professor Megan Alrutz.
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.

Sept. 9, 2025: 1 p.m. - 2 p.m. in DFA 2.402
Presenters: Director of Faculty Advancement Tim Creswick, Associate Professors of Practice Kelcey Gray and Annie May Johnston.
Learn strategies for making decisions on your CV, what to emphasize via narrative, and other strategic elements in assembling Faculty Annual Review materials.

Sept. 19, 2025: 11 a.m. - Noon in DFA 2.402
Presenters: Director of Faculty Advancement Tim Creswick, Department Chair Peter Carpenter
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.

Jan. 27th, 2026: 1-2 p.m. Location TBD
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.

Feb. 13th, 2026: 9-10 a.m., Location TBD
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.

DATE/TIME TBD
Presenter to be determined.
This will be a session led by a faculty member external to the College of Fine Arts who has implemented a review process and rubric for evaluating community-engaged faculty activity for the promotion and tenure process.

March 17th, 2026: 10 a.m. - 11 a.m. via Zoom.
Presenters: Director of Faculty Advancement Tim Creswick, Department Chair Susan Rather
This is a session on preparing an effective curriculum vitae for promotion and tenure processes. Presented via zoom.

To be scheduled
Presenter: a UT Benefits Specialist 
An information session on benefits at UT Austin, such as saving for retirement, health insurance programs, airport parking discounts, and other lesser known employee benefits.

To be scheduled
Presenter: Someone from Fire and Safety
Learn how to use a fire extinguisher.

To be scheduled
Presenter: Health and Safety
Learn emergency response techniques that could save a life.

Nov. 7th, 2025: 10 a.m. - 11 a.m., DFA 2.402
Presenter: Associate Director, Disability and Access Camryn Callaway
This is an introduction for faculty about how disability and access supports graduate and undergraduate students.
 

Nov. 19th, 2025: 1 p.m. - 2 p.m. DFA 2.402
Presenter: Life Design Coordinator Maria Meinert
Overview of Life Design and how to incorporate it into your classes and degree programs.

Jan. 22nd, 2026: 1 p.m. - 2 p.m., DFA 2.402
Presenter: Senior Faculty Development Specialist Anne Braseby from the Center for Teaching and Learning
This session is about effective assessment of learning methods and is designed to be early enough for you to update your spring 2026 course or to use it to plan for a Fall 2026 course.

DATE/TIME TBD -- SPRING 2026, likely the week of Jan. 26
Presenter: Associate Dean for Undergraduate Studies John Turci-Escobar
Learn about changes to policy and how to address cheating in the form of Artificial Intelligence.

DATE/TIME TBD -- SPRING 2026
Presenters TBD.
Faculty who use artificial intelligence in their classes and assignments will share some of their experiences with it.

Sept. 3, 2025: 11 a.m – Noon via Zoom
Presenter: Office of the Executive Vice President and Provost
The EVPP's Faculty Affairs team will host an information session that will provide information on the FDA program for professional track faculty, staff contacts, and administrators.

Sept. 26, 2025: 10 – 11 a.m. in DFA 2.402
Presenter: Director of Faculty Advancement Tim Creswick
This is an info session to explain the new creative work and community engaged project assessment protocol documentation subvention programs open to tenure-track assistant professors. Review this website for more information and to apply.

Sept. 29, 2025: 3 – 4 p.m. in DFA 1.101K (Kendra Scott Center)
Presenters: Director of Faculty Advancement Tim Creswick, Associate Professor Adele Nelson
This workshop will provide strategies for assembling a successful FDL/FDA application and Adele Nelson will tell us about her just-completed FDL project and its outcomes.
*Satisfies grant writing workshop requirement for CRG and CEPPSG.

Oct. 28, 2025: 11 a.m – Noon in DFA 1.101K (Kendra Scott Center)
Presenters: Executive Director, Research Development Kayla Dryden, Associate Professor Rebecca Rossen.
This workshop will provide strategies for assembling a successful external grant application. This includes Associate Professor Rebecca Rossen sharing the experience and outcomes of her recently completely NEH fellowship.
*Satisfies grant writing workshop requirement for CRG and CEPPSG.

Nov. 11th, 2025: 9 a.m. - 10 a.m. DFA 2.402
Presenters: Grants and Contracts Specialist Kaitlyn DeLiso, Assistant Professor Corey Allen, Associate Professor KJ Sanchez, Associate Professor Kristin Lucas
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.

To be scheduled, probably in Spring 2026
Presenters TBD
Hear from faculty just concluding research leaves or grant-funded projects about what they did on their project and their outcomes.

To be scheduled, likely Spring 2026 
Presenter: External Faculty Member 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.

To be scheduled, likely winter 2025-26
Presenter: TBD
This will be a series of visiting artists who use Artificial Intelligence in their Creative or Professional Practice presenting about their work. 

Sept. 8th, 2025: 3 p.m - 4 p.m. Kendra Scott Center (DFA 1.101K)
Jan. 26th, 2026: 3 p.m. - 4 p.m. Kendra Scott Center (DFA 1.101K)
Presenters: Division Heads, Program Heads, and Assistant Chairs
This is a social gathering of divisional leadership creating cross-college connections.

To be scheduled during the Fall
Presenter: Director of Faculty Advancement Tim Creswick
This is a session about running or being a member of a faculty search committee.

Nov. 10th, 2025: 2 p.m. - 3 p.m. in DFA 2.402
Presenter: Financial Officer Cecilia Arias-Boze
This session is intended for endowed chairs and professorship holders summarizing important financial matters impacting use of endowment funding and allowing for Q&A on funds use.