List one mid-career faculty issue per post-it note you’d like to discuss at today’s workshop We will collect post-it notes and ID topical groups for the small group discussions

A Chair’s Role in Stages of the Faculty Career: Mid-Career Faculty UW ADVANCE Winter Quarterly Leadership Workshop March 6, 2018

AGENDA 10:30 – 10:40 Welcome and Introductions 10:40 – 11:10 Panel Overview and Discussion 11:10 – 12:15 Small Group Activity: Caucusing 12:15 – 12:20 Wrap-up and Evaluations 12:20 – 1:00 Networking Lunch

Panelists Brian Reed, Professor and Chair of English, Professor of Comparative Literature, Cinema and Media Suzanne Hawley, Divisional Dean of Natural Sciences, College of Arts & Sciences, Professor of Astronomy Mike Bragg, Dean, College of Engineering, Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics

Brian Reed ADVANCE Leadership Workshop: A Chair’s Role with Mid-Career Faculty March 6, 2018

Post-Tenure: What Next? The Freedom to Choose The Need to Choose The Burden of Increased Demands

Encourage exploration of options Mentoring Mid-Career Faculty: What’s a Chair to Do? Encourage exploration of options Facilitate the creation of a narrative Point to resources Counsel on competing demands for time Make labor visible Recognize achievements

Mid-Career Faculty: Common Problems Isolation and alienation from unit Excessive service burden Excessive supervision burden Work-life imbalance Lack of confidence (or overconfidence) regarding one’s accomplishments

Promotion from Associate to Full: What’s Needed Explicit but flexible guidelines and standards Multiple paths to being considered for promotion Clarity regarding identity-based challenges faced by some faculty (implicit bias etc.) Willingness to put fairness ahead of precedent and tradition

Some Useful MLA Reports “Guidelines for Good Practice.” Committee on the Literatures of People of Color in the United States and Canada, 2015. “Standing Still: The Associate Professor Survey.” Committee on the Status of Women in the Profession, 2009. “Evaluating Scholarship for Tenure and Promotion.” Task Force on Evaluating Scholarship for Tenure and Promotion, 2006. “Making Faculty Work Visible.” Commission on Professional Service, 1996.

Brian Reed Chair, Department of English Email: bmreed@uw.edu Twitter: @bmreeduw Web: http://faculty.washington.edu/bmreed/

ADVANCE Workshop on Mid-Career Faculty Suzanne Hawley Divisional Dean for Natural Sciences

Two possible issues (out of many) “outward facing” faculty – research active, national stature, but not paying attention to department duties Mentoring around service – for department, College, UW, national/international in scholarly field

Outward-facing faculty Pro: bring in grants, have national/international stature, raise profile of department, RCR and buyouts provide funds for others Con: Travel a lot (“never around”), buy out of teaching, don’t advise grad students (or do poor job), complain about service (and/or do poor job on committees), lower the morale of others in department Strategy (be intentional, don’t just accept legacy): Sit down and have frank conversation. Make a plan for the amount of teaching and service they are expected to do (may be less than typical faculty if you decide their research/stature/funding is important enough to the department). Make clear what the cost to the department is, if they are doing less, and that they are expected to pay this cost. Set a time limit for when the plan will be revisited (e.g. at end of grant period, or not more than 3 years)

Mentoring around Service Very dependent on the individual, what are their aspirations? For many, who want to do minimal service, stress the importance of everyone being involved and doing their share. For the few who may want to consider administration (or you think they should! – e.g. future chair candidate), encourage service within department (Assoc. Chair, GPC, chairing committees) and within College and University. Tell us in Dean’s office as candidates for College level committees! For those considering national/international service in their scholarly field, have a frank discussion of pros (great way to know important people and to have impact on your field) and cons (takes a lot of time and often travel). Important to know whether the person is good on committees (and at running them). If not, point out role models in the department, and provide additional mentoring.

Mid-Career Faculty ADVANCE Leadership Workshop March 6, 2018 Mike Bragg Dean, College of Engineering, Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics

“Stuck” mid-career faculty Obviously best to avoid getting stuck! Is there a typical window for promotion to full? Is the bar the same after the window is missed? Or, if the bar is the same for early promotion, is it the same for late promotion? Can research, teaching and service be weighted differently? Quality vs. quantity? Intro: A mid-career theme is part of faculty leadership programming under development in COE Recently held a mid-career faculty luncheon Focused on helping mid-career faculty feel connected, receive mentorship and support to avoid getting “stuck”

Strategies for helping unstick an associate professor They have to be able and willing to change – at least meet halfway Can you negotiate a strategy with the department P and T committee? Executing a strategy may take 3-4 years May not match the integrated productivity Some examples: Restarted research program Negotiated agreement with P and T Research program changed direction Applied research/ industrial practice approach

Some final thoughts Being “stuck” doesn’t benefit the individual faculty member or the institution Our responsibility is what is in the best interest of the department, college/school, and university After the window is missed, effect of a promotion on other junior faculty is diminished

Small Group Activity: Caucusing

Caucusing by Topics Join the group that resonates with you 40 minutes in small group Discuss topic and if possible, identify possible strategies to address the issue 15 minutes in large group Report out key ideas

Conclusion and evaluations

Stage 2: Mid-Career Faculty 2017-18 Leadership Workshop Series A Chair’s Role in the Stages of the Faculty Career Stage 3: Senior Faculty January 12, 2018 from 10:30 am — 1:00 pm HUB Room 145 Stage 2: Mid-Career Faculty March 6, 2018 from 10:30 am — 1:00 pm Stage 1: Early-Career Faculty May 25, 2018 from 10:30 am — 1:00 pm

Networking lunch