​​This faculty community explores ideas and opportunities related to sustainable interdisciplinary collaboration in teaching, service, wellness and well-being, scholarship, or other elements of faculty work.

In particular, we seek to build bridges between fields that have been historically distanced in academia (due to disciplinary, physical, or other barriers), such as the sciences and the humanities. However, we welcome faculty from all disciplines and areas of interest. We focus on the theme of “imagining just futures.”

​This community stems from an ongoing collaboration by an interdisciplinary group of faculty through a national grant, as detailed in the Teaching Toolbox, "Creating Space Through Pedagogy."

Some of our core values include:

• ​A central focus on imagining just futures
• ​Advocacy for interdisciplinarity and collaborative teaching
• ​Intellectual humility
• Building community and connection
• Openness to co-creating pedagogy with each other and our students

In partnership with the STS Futures Lab

• Building interdisciplinary communities of practice;
• Exploring sustainable models for interdisciplinary collaborative teaching;
• Applying strategies for interdisciplinary collaborative teaching focusing on imagining just futures to their own teaching and learning contexts

Programs within the CFI are designed to support the development of instructional faculty and AP faculty with instructional responsibilities. We also welcome staff to many of our programs. If you are interested in attending one of our programs but do not identify with the above classifications, please email cfi@jmu.edu.

For more information on registering for our programs, please visit the CFI Programs & Events web page, which includes details on registering for programs and an instructional video on how to use the registration portal.

Program Calendar

LOG IN: If this is your first time visiting the registration page, your account will be created automatically when you sign in with your JMU e-ID and password (Okta required). Be sure to clear your browser cache/cookies upon each visit to the registration page.

• Complete your profile information:
  • Update your college/division and department (use the search feature and/or select from the dropdown) and enter your Mail Stop Code (MSC) for your department on-campus mail.
  • Add comments about your dietary and accommodation needs at the bottom of the profile form. (This information is collected and stored with your online account for all future programs you may attend.)
• Once your profile is complete, you should see a status update as complete on your Dashboard (an overview of your account).

Register two days before the respective program date by 11:59 p.m.

If you find that you are unable to attend a scheduled event prior to the registration deadline, please return to your CFI Program Account and cancel your registration. If it is after the event registration deadline, please email cfi@jmu.edu as early as possible.

CFI programs will be canceled automatically if JMU is closed for inclement weather.

We want this program to be welcoming, accessible, and inclusive for all of our participants. Please describe any considerations or accommodations (e.g., dietary, disability, wellness, cultural, etc.) you want us to know about in your account profile. You may also reach out to us at cfi@jmu.edu or (540) 568-4846.