[CIG-ALL] IGNITE-Future Faculty Development Program

[Lockwood, Rowan]

IGNITE-Future Faculty Development Program

William and Mary (Williamsburg, VA)

March 22-24, 2020

All expenses paid workshop

https://www.wm.edu/offices/diversity/ignite/index.php



IGNITE provides participants with the opportunity for professional development, and to have candid discussions with department heads, deans, and early career faculty members about life in academia.  As a part of the experience, participants will be offered opportunities to tour campus and research facilities, meet with current faculty to gain a greater awareness of research and teaching opportunities, discuss their career prospects and academic work, attend workshops, and present a job talk.



Post-docs and ABD candidates with research interests in sedimentology, stratigraphy, mineralogy, petrology, data science, geoengineering, or geophysics are especially encouraged to apply.



William & Mary is a public liberal arts and sciences research university, located in Williamsburg, Virginia, with nationally ranked undergraduate, graduate, professional programs, as well as select online programs. W&M is the second oldest institution of higher learning in the United States and combines the best features of an undergraduate college with the opportunities afforded by a modern research university. Its moderate size, dedicated faculty and staff, highly-motivated students, and distinctive history give William & Mary a unique character among public institutions, and create a learning environment that fosters close interaction among students and their faculty mentors.



IGNITE Program Objectives:

- Enhance William & Mary's faculty pipeline by establishing and developing significant meaningful relationships with prospects, especially those from groups underrepresented in the professoriate, with a focus on historically underrepresented minorities in the United States.

- Provide the opportunity for participants to gain a deeper understanding of the challenges and rewards of a faculty career.

- Develop a network of emerging scholars in priority research areas who could be candidates for current and future vacancies at William & Mary.



Participants are also expected to:

- Be a graduate student or post-doctoral scholar seeking a faculty position at a research intensive institution;

- Demonstrate career goals, research interests, and academic potential that align with William & Mary's mission and programs;

- Be able to meaningfully contribute to the university's continuing commitment to diversity and inclusive excellence as reflected by click (The Office of Diversity and Inclusion<https://www.wm.edu/offices/diversity/>).



The IGNITE application will be available on January 1, 2020.

For more information or questions, please contact Dr. Rowan Lockwood, Chair of W&M Geology via email (rxlock at wm.edu).




Rowan Lockwood
Pronouns: she, her, hers
Professor and Chair
Dept of Geology
William & Mary

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