Center for Faculty Innovation Events

February 2021

• Feb 24: Contemplative Practices for Pandemic Self-Care (Online Faculty Community)
• Feb 23: Faculty Writing Studio (Online Faculty Community)
• Feb 18: Madison Fellowship: Building a Community Around Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (JEDI) Scholarship (Faculty Community)
• Feb 16: Faculty Writing Studio (Online Faculty Community)
• Feb 16: What Actions Should Come from an Indigenous Land and Enslaved Peoples Acknowledgement? (Online Scholarly Talk)
• Feb 10: Contemplative Practices for Pandemic Self-Care (Online Faculty Community)
• Feb 10: Interrogating White “Allyship” (Online Faculty Community)
• Feb 9: Faculty Writing Studio (Online Faculty Community)
• Feb 5: On the Cusp of Tenure: A Faculty Peer Mentoring Group (Online Faculty Community)
• Feb 4: Finding and Minding Your Inner Mentor (Online Workshop)
• Feb 3: Finding and Minding Your Inner Mentor (Online Workshop)
• Feb 3: Contemplative Practices for Pandemic Self-Care (Online Faculty Community)
• Feb 2: Faculty Writing Studio (Online Faculty Community)

January 2021

• Jan 29: Maximizing Student Learning…at a Distance (Online Workshop)
• Jan 28: Maximizing Student Learning…at a Distance (Online Workshop)
• Jan 27: Contemplative Practices for Pandemic Self-Care (Online Faculty Community)
• Jan 26: Faculty Writing Studio (Online Faculty Community)
• Jan 26: Read and Dialogue: Burnout (Online Reading Group)
• Jan 25: Preparing Faculty to Be Inclusive Teachers: COVID Edition (Online Institute)
• Jan 20: Contemplative Practices for Pandemic Self-Care (Faculty Community)
• Jan 19: Faculty and Staff Amid Political Violence: How Do We Respond? (Roundtable)
• Jan 13: Critically Informed BIPOC Faculty Mentoring: Advocates, Networks, and Communities of Support (Online Institute)

December 2020

• Dec 9: Practice Listening and Asking Powerful Questions (Online Roundtable)
• Dec 9: Contemplative Practices for Pandemic Self-Care (Faculty Community)
• Dec 4: Practice Listening and Asking Powerful Questions (Online Roundtable)
• Dec 3: Why Use an Indigenous Land and Enslaved People Acknowledgement? (Online Roundtable)
• Dec 2: Cheatproofing Your Tests Through Design (Online Workshop)
• Dec 2: Practice Listening and Asking Powerful Questions (Online Roundtable)
• Dec 2: Contemplative Practices for Pandemic Self-Care (Faculty Community)
• Dec 1: Online Faculty Writing Studio (Faculty Community)

November 2020

• Nov 18: Supporting Your Research, Scholarship, and Creative Endeavors (Online Scholarly Talk)
• Nov 18: Contemplative Practices for Pandemic Self-Care (Faculty Community)
• Nov 18: Cross-Racial Mentoring: Moving Beyond Diversity and Inclusion to Belonging and Co-Creation (Online Scholarly Talk)
• Nov 17: Cheatproofing Your Tests through Design (Online Workshop)
• Nov 17: Online Faculty Writing Studio (Faculty Community)
• Nov 11: Contemplative Practices for Pandemic Self-Care (Faculty Community)
• Nov 10: Online Faculty Writing Studio (Faculty Community)
• Nov 6: The 2020 Election: What Does it all Mean for Us? (Online Roundtable)
• Nov 4: Practice Your Mentoring Skills (Online Roundtable)
• Nov 4: Contemplative Practices for Pandemic Self-Care (Faculty Community)
• Nov 3: Online Faculty Writing Studio (Faculty Community)
• Nov 2: Practice Your Mentoring Skills (Online Roundtable)

October 2020

• Oct 30: Practice Your Mentoring Skills (Online Roundtable)
• Oct 29: Teaching Large Classes COVID Edition (Online Roundtable)
• Oct 29: Communicating Justice: Disseminating our JEDI Scholarship to Non-Academic Audiences (Online Workshop)
• Oct 28: Teaching Large Classes COVID Edition (Online Roundtable)
• Oct 28: Contemplative Practices for Pandemic Self-Care (Faculty Community)
• Oct 27: Microaggressions in Everyday Life: What Are They and How Can I Intervene? (Online Workshop)
• Oct 27: Online Faculty Writing Studio (Faculty Community)
• Oct 26: Microaggressions in Everyday Life: What Are They and How Can I Intervene? (Online Workshop)
• Oct 26: Practice Your Mentoring Skills (Online Roundtable)
• Oct 21: What Does ‘Teaching Excellence’ Mean for Marginalized Faculty? (Online Roundtable)
• Oct 21: Contemplative Practices for Pandemic Self-Care (Faculty Community)
• Oct 20: What Does ‘Teaching Excellence’ Mean for Marginalized Faculty? (Online Roundtable)
• Oct 20: Online Faculty Writing Studio (Faculty Community)
• Oct 14: Contemplative Practices for Pandemic Self-Care (Faculty Community)
• Oct 13: Building a Sensitivity Reader Network at JMU (Online Roundtable)
• Oct 13: Online Faculty Writing Studio (Faculty Community)
• Oct 12: Building a Sensitivity Reader Network at JMU (Online Roundtable)
• Oct 7: Contemplative Practices for Pandemic Self-Care (Faculty Community)
• Oct 6: Online Faculty Writing Studio (Faculty Community)
• Oct 5: JEDI Scholarship Residency (Online Faculty Community)

September 2020

• Sep 30: Contemplative Practices for Pandemic Self-Care (Faculty Community)
• Sep 30: Effective Mentoring in the Age of Zoom (Online Roundtable)
• Sep 29: Effective Mentoring in the Age of Zoom (Online Roundtable)
• Sep 29: Online Faculty Writing Studio (Faculty Community)
• Sep 28: Feeling Alone in Academia: Considerations for the Faculty Career (Roundtable)
• Sep 23: Contemplative Practices for Pandemic Self-Care (Faculty Community)
• Sep 22: Online Faculty Writing Studio (Faculty Community)
• Sep 22: Read and Dialogue: We Want to Do More than Survive (Reading Group)
• Sep 21: Madison Fellowship: Building a Community Around Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (JEDI) Scholarship (Online Faculty Community)
• Sep 16: Contemplative Practices for Pandemic Self-Care (Faculty Community)
• Sep 15: Online Faculty Writing Studio (Faculty Community)
• Sep 15: Faculty Writing Accountability Group (Faculty Community)
• Sep 14: Centering Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion in Participatory Research (Faculty Community)
• Sep 14: Madision Fellowship: Motherscholars (Faculty Community)
• Sep 9: Contemplative Practices for Pandemic Self-Care (Faculty Community)
• Sep 9: AAAD Critical Perspectives & Pedagogies Institute
• Sep 8: Culturally Responsive Pedagogy: What Is It and Where Do I Begin? (Online Workshop)
• Sep 8: Online Faculty Writing Studio (Faculty Community)
• Sep 7: Culturally Responsive Pedagogy: What Is It and Where Do I Begin? (Online Workshop)
• Sep 2: Contemplative Practices for Pandemic Self-Care (Faculty Community)
• Sep 1: Online Faculty Writing Studio (Faculty Community)

August 2020

• Aug 31: Hybrid, Hy-Flex, Hy-Stress: Reframing the First Weeks of Teaching (Online Roundtable)
• Aug 26: Contemplative Practices for Pandemic Self-Care (Faculty Community)
• Aug 19: jmUDESIGN – Virtual Edition 2020
• Aug 17: Faculty Welcome Plenary (Online Orientation)
• Aug 12: Contemplative Practices for Pandemic Self-Care
• Aug 12: COVID 19, Vulnerability, and Hard Conversations in On-Line Teaching (Roundtable)
• Aug 12: Faculty Welcome Sessions
• Aug 6: Pandemic Parenting at JMU, Part 1 (Roundtable)
• Aug 5: Exploring Our Own Identities: Laying the Groundwork for Social Justice Action (Workshop)

July 2020

• Jul 9: Creating learning spaces that welcome, support, and nurture (Online Faculty Interest Group)
• Jul 3: What’s Happening, and What Should We Do? (Online Roundtable)

June 2020

• Jun 22: The Third-Year Portfolio Institute
• Jun 15: How Can We Survive and Thrive in Times of Multiple Traumatic Crises? (Roundtable)
• Jun 15: Maintain Your Career Portfolio (Faculty Community)
• Jun 9: Online Team-Based Learning (Online Faculty Interest Group)
• Jun 4: jmUDESIGN – Virtual Edition 2020
• Jun 2: Online Team-Based Learning (Online Faculty Interest Group)

May 2020

• May 27: Contemplative Practices for Self-Care (Faculty Community)
• May 20: Contemplative Practices for Self-Care (Faculty Community)
• May 18: jmUDESIGN – Virtual Edition 2020
• May 14: May Musings-Thursday
• May 13: May Musings- Online Professional Development Sessions
• May 13: May Musings-Wednesday
• May 11: Online Scholarship Residency: Making a Place for Scholarship During a Pandemic (Faculty Community)
• May 8: Grading Break Conversation: Research During and After the COVID-19 Pandemic (Online Roundtable)
• May 6: Contemplative Practices for Self-Care (Faculty Community)
• May 6: Grading Break Conversations (Online Roundtable)
• May 4: Grading Break Conversations (Online Roundtable)

April 2020

• Apr 29: Contemplative Practices for Self-Care (Faculty Community)
• Apr 22: Contemplative Practices for Self-Care (Faculty Community)
• Apr 17: CANCELED-Montpelier Scholarship Residency (Faculty Community)
• Apr 16: Collaborative Office Hours - Online Discussion and Assessment (Online Roundtable)
• Apr 16: Atomic Habits: Creating New Habits When You’re Out of Your Routine (Online Roundtable)
• Apr 16: Feeling Overwhelmed? Share Strategies for Self-Care (Online Roundtable)
• Apr 15: Contemplative Practices for Self-Care (Faculty Community)
• Apr 15: Atomic Habits: Creating New Habits When You’re Out of Your Routine (Online Roundtable)
• Apr 14: Building a Better Online Discussion: Beyond “One Post and Two Responses” (Workshop)
• Apr 13: CANCELED- jmUDESIGN for Summer 2020
• Apr 10: CANCELED-Staying Connected with Your Scholarship while Social Distancing (Online Roundtable)
• Apr 10: Maintaining Connection and Community Online with Students (Online Roundtable)
• Apr 9: Maintaining Mentoring Relationships Virtually (Online Roundtable)
• Apr 9: Are Some Students Getting Left Behind in Our Online Classes? Sharing Access and Inclusion Strategies (Online Roundtable)
• Apr 8: Contemplative Practices for Self-Care (Faculty Community)
• Apr 7: Self-regulation and Mindfulness in On-Line Learning (Online Roundtable)
• Apr 7: To Stop or Not to Stop…The Tenure Clock (Online Roundtable)
• Apr 7: Feeling Overwhelmed? Share Strategies for Self-Care (Online Roundtable)
• Apr 3: Log on, Drop by, Hang out: Informal Faculty Meetings
• Apr 3: CANCELED - An Introduction to Structural Equation Modeling (Workshop)
• Apr 1: Maintaining Connection and Community Online with Students (Online Roundtable)
• Apr 1: Contemplative Practices for Self-Care (Faculty Community)
• Apr 1: Log on, Drop by, Hang out: Informal Faculty Meetings

March 2020

• Mar 31: Log on, Drop by, Hang out: Informal Faculty Meetings
• Mar 27: Log on, Drop by, Hang out: Informal Faculty Meetings
• Mar 27: Practicing Self-Care in Times of Crisis (Online Roundtable)
• Mar 26: Tips and Tricks for Working from Home Full-Time (Online Roundtable)
• Mar 25: Contemplative Practices for Self-Care (Faculty Community)
• Mar 25: Log on, Drop by, Hang out: Informal Faculty Meetings (Online Roundtable)
• Mar 24: Log on, Drop by, Hang out: Informal Faculty Meetings
• Mar 24: CANCELED - Faculty Writing Studios
• Mar 24: Log on, Drop by, Hang out: Informal Faculty Meetings
• Mar 20: Log on, Drop by, Hang out: Informal Faculty Meetings
• Mar 19: CANCELED - Barefoot Hope for Peace: Vulnerability in Peace Education (Roundtable)
• Mar 19: CANCELED - Vulnerable Researcher, Vulnerable Teachers
• Mar 19: Online Teaching Collaborative Office Hour
• Mar 18: ONLINE - Contemplative Practices for Self-Care (Faculty Community)
• Mar 18: Online Teaching Collaborative Office Hour
• Mar 17: CANCELED-Faculty Writing Studios
• Mar 5: Call for Faculty Associates
• Mar 4: Contemplative Practices for Self-Care (Faculty Community)
• Mar 3: Faculty Writing Studios

February 2020

• Feb 28: Think Like an Artist: Routines for Creative Thinking in the College Classroom (Workshop)
• Feb 27: Think Like an Artist: Routines for Creative Thinking in the College Classroom (Workshop)
• Feb 26: Contemplative Practices for Self-Care (Faculty Community)
• Feb 25: Faculty Writing Studios
• Feb 24: Call for Applications: Engaged Teacher-Scholar Program
• Feb 21: Inclusive Practices in Faculty Peer-Mentoring Relationships (Roundtable)
• Feb 21: Call for Proposals: May Symposium 2020
• Feb 19: Contemplative Practices for Self-Care (Faculty Community)
• Feb 18: Faculty Writing Studios
• Feb 13: Teaching Critical Reading Across the Disciplines (Workshop)
• Feb 13: Taking Control of your Faculty Identity: Exploring your Scholarly Reach (Roundtable)
• Feb 13: Apply for Madison Fellowship: Undergraduate Research Facilitation and Mentorship (Faculty Community)
• Feb 12: Contemplative Practices for Self-Care (Faculty Community)
• Feb 11: Faculty Writing Studios
• Feb 7: Inclusive Teaching Toolkit: Lectures (Workshop – Interactive)
• Feb 5: Contemplative Practices for Self-Care (Faculty Community)
• Feb 5: Building Teacher-Scholars Across Disciplines (Roundtable)
• Feb 5: Apply to Join Books on Higher Education (Reading Group)
• Feb 4: Faculty Writing Studios
• Feb 4: An Introduction to Survey Item Writing (Workshop)

January 2020

• Jan 31: Teaching the Entrepreneurial Mindset Across the Curriculum (Workshop)
• Jan 30: Call for Applications Madison Fellowship: Participatory and Equity Focused Scholarship (Faculty Community)
• Jan 29: Contemplative Practices for Self-Care (Faculty Community)
• Jan 28: Faculty Writing Studios
• Jan 27: Call for Applications Madison Fellowship: Professional Grant Development
• Jan 27: Call for Applications: Faculty Writing Accountability Group (Faculty Community)
• Jan 24: Faculty Semester Sketches (Roundtable)
• Jan 24: Call for Applications: Preparing Faculty to Be Inclusive Teachers (Institute)
• Jan 22: Respond and Refer: Supporting Students’ Mental Well-being (Roundtable)
• Jan 22: Contemplative Practices for Self-Care (Faculty Community)
• Jan 21: Faculty Writing Studios
• Jan 21: Call for Applications: Life and Career Stories of Faculty of Color (Faculty Community)
• Jan 15: Contemplative Practices for Self-Care (Faculty Community)
• Jan 15: Intergroup Dialogue on Gender
• Jan 14: Faculty Writing Studios
• Jan 9: January Institute 2020