Ithaca College

Sponsored by the H&S Dean’s Office & the Center for Faculty Excellence
Tuesdays & Thursdays, 12:00 pm, from February 6 through April 26* 
Center for Faculty Excellence, 316 Gannett   
*Please note that sessions are cancelled during Spring Break (March 10-18) and April 4-10.

The H&S Dean's office--in collaboration with the Center for Faculty Excellence-- will be initiating a program this semester for supporting/ mentoring associate professors in their endeavor to achieve full professorships. The dean is particularly concerned at the very little support available to mid-career faculty in their path to promotion. To that end, he has asked Asma Barlas to coordinate this program which will have two related components. One will be to convene some focus groups so as to get a sense of the challenges associate professors face in maintaining an active scholarly agenda/profile. The other will be to meet with interested faculty individually to talk about their concerns and needs. The meetings will be every Tuesday/ Thursday during the noon hour in the CFE. At the end of the semester, we will meet collectively with the dean. Please feel free to get in touch with Asma Barlas (Politics) directly about this initiative at any time, at abarlas@ithaca.edu. Per Dr. Barlas, "Colleagues, The reason I've set aside both Tuesday /Thursday is because I know some faculty have regularly scheduled meetings on one of these days. Also, you're welcome to come as often as you'd like since these aren't mandatory meetings and we will design them to meet the needs of individual faculty as we go along."

Individuals with disabilities requiring accommodations should contact the CFE at cfe@ithaca.edu or (607) 274-3734. We ask that requests for accommodations be made as soon as possible.