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2017 Conference

del 21 al 24 de June del 2017

Tuscon, AZ

AESS 2017 Draft Conference Session Schedule

Growing pains and lone wolves: A skill-sharing and network mapping workshop for faculty managing new programs

miércoles, el 21 de junio de 2017 a las 09:00–12:00 MDT
ENR2 S 215
Abstract

 

 

 

Our goal is to facilitate a systematic exploration of resources and partners for individual faculty, which will serve as the basis for skill-sharing within our workshop about ways to grow our programs and maintain our emotional stability/avoid burnout. Participants will gain a greater understanding of their own networks and be empowered to better leverage their own resources. They will also identify individuals within AESS facing similar challenges with whom to share ideas, and they will feel more connected to a network of colleagues within AESS. 

We are interested in developing a publication outlining advice and best practices in ESS program development.

We will begin with a brief overview of our workshop topic, highlighting some of the general issues faculty in new interdisciplinary ESS programs face.

Next, we will explain how to create a network map, providing materials (sticky notes and large paper), and encouraging folks to discuss their thought process as they make their networks. We will highlight potential network actors to include, including those who help with:

After participants create their maps, we will come back together as a group (or multiple groups depending on the number of participants) and share our maps with each other. Through sharing our maps, we will identify areas of interest and struggle that cut across our diverse institutional contexts, and those will serve as the topics we explore in our open skill-sharing session. Again, we may break into small groups, or stay as a large group depending on the size of our crowd/diversity of interests.

At the end, we will summarize some key themes from our maps and discussion, and decide how we would like to stay in touch as a group after the conference.

A list of confirmed leaders and a sentence or two about their qualifications and proposed role in the workshop.

All three of us are early-career faculty, independently managing a new and growing Environmental Programs. Our hope is that with junior faculty leading the session, participants will feel free to speak candidly about their challenges, and our skill-sharing component will be more egalitarian.

 

We offer space to share collective challenges and successful strategies as faculty independently managing new and growing ESS programs. We will engage in a network mapping activity to identify key resources and areas for improvement; participants will discuss ideas to leverage their network for both program growth and personal support.

Primary Contact

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Dr. Susan Caplow, University of Montevallo

Presenters

Co-Authors

Chair, Facilitator, Or Moderators

Discussants

Workshop Leaders

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Dr. Susan Caplow, University of Montevallo
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Barry R Muchnick, Ph.D., St. Mary's College of Maryland
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Sam Whitehead, Ph.D., Concordia University Texas
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