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Intentional onboarding supports faculty success in the first year. The campus FDC liaison plays a critical role in bridging local needs and central resources for new faculty.
The AEM Early Career and Racial Equity (E-CARE) program is designed to promote inclusive community, combat isolation, and mitigate against bias that can negatively shape the experiences of early career faculty who are underrepresented in academia and/or whose research focus is on racial equity and disparities.
E-CARE combats the challenges that can negatively shape the experiences of early career faculty who are underrepresented in academia and/or whose research focus is on racial equity and disparities through:
We have designed comprehensive and intensive mentorship domains to achieve E-CARE programmatic aims. Explore the mosaic of support below.
Intentional onboarding supports faculty success in the first year. The campus FDC liaison plays a critical role in bridging local needs and central resources for new faculty.
E-CARE Senior Faculty Success Partners provide intensive small group and individualized support offering guidance and long-range planning to support promotion and tenure ambitions as well as increasing professional visibility.
E-CARE participants are encouraged to identify a discipline specific mentor(s) and/or mentoring committee either within or outside of the university.
E-CARE participants exists in longitudinal community as the program spans 18-months. The senior faculty success partners and cohort peers have the singular aim of reducing isolation and creating a community of support.
E-CARE centers holistic support attending to the professional needs and recognizing the organizational and global challenges that can impact success. Through 1:1 coaching and group process we encourage reflection and provide support to navigate challenges.
Senior Director for Faculty Diversity and Institutional Transformation
Administrative and Programming Specialist
These senior faculty are engaged in 1:1 mentoring and provide intentional sponsorship of mentees.
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