New associate professors — both newly promoted and new to UNM — recently learned about the opportunities and expectations that come with the position at a workshop hosted by Advance at UNM.Workshop speakers included Advance director Julia Fulghum, UNM Provost James Holloway, Senior Vice Provost Barbara Rodriguez, Professor of biology Tina Takacs-Vesbach and Mary Jo […] Read More
UNM faculty members heard tips on how to address the broader impacts portion of their research proposals during a workshop hosted by Advance at UNM April 26. Stephanie Tofighi, a faculty research support officer with the Office of the Vice President of Research, and Monica Kowal, the Director of Community Engagement Initiatives with […] Read More
UNM faculty learned the best practices for preparing their promotion and tenure dossier at an event sponsored by Advance at UNM. The Preparing Your Promotion and Tenure Dossier workshop presenters shared useful information and advice for creating a dossier in the most efficient way. “An important thing to realize is how much control […] Read More
UNM faculty who recently received grant funding for their research heard key tips on how to correctly and ethically handle the grant process during a workshop sponsored by Advance at UNM and Contract and Grant Accounting. Presenters at the You Got Funded, Now What? workshop provided tips on how to correctly manage grants throughout the […] Read More
Mary Jo Daniel, director of the Faculty Research Development Office and Co-PI for Advance at UNM, gave UNM faculty several tips on creating effective management plans for research proposals during a presentation in February. “Today we will be focusing on proposal management plans, which are — woohoo — exciting,” Daniel said. Her interactive […] Read More
Dr. Nancy Wayne shared her expertise in creating more female leaders during two workshops at UNM in February 2019. Wayne is a professor of physiology at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA. The first workshop was Negotiating What You Want, which was aimed at helping women faculty with developing successful negotiating strategies. In […] Read More
How do you get the significant done in the face of the urgent? Learn about a few different reality-based approaches to semester planning with an Advance at UNM presentation by Kersti Tyson, UNM associate professor of the College of Education and Tryphenia Peele-Eady, UNM associate professor, director of College of Education Multicultural Education Center.
Lean how to begin your research path at UNM with our Research Success Series from the Faculty Research Development Office and the Office of Sponsored Projects. See more videos
Faculty members learned about how best to work with their program officers on Oct. 19th at Advance’s workshop entitled “Your Program Officer as a Guide.” Professors from across the university served as panelists, including Jane Lehr of the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department. Lehr was previously employed at Sandia National Laboratories and the Air […] Read More
UNM faculty received mindfulness meditation tips from Vanessa Haye on Oct. 5th at a workshop hosted by Advance at UNM. Vanessa Haye, LPCC, a senior counselor and social worker at the UNM Counseling, Assistance and Referral Services (CARS), presented the benefits and tips of basic mindfulness meditation. Haye began with a definition of mindfulness. “Mindfulness […] Read More
Listen to a panel from the UNM Dean of Students Office on how best to deal with students who are disruptive, disturbing or dangerous. See more videos
Recently promoted associate professors learned more about their new role and responsibilities Sep.14 at an orientation for associate professors hosted by Advance at UNM. At the event, associate professors were made aware of the resources available to them and were advised on how to transition to full professorship. Speakers included Julia Fulghum, director of Advance […] Read More
Cecilia Brooke Cholka, the Human Protection Specialist with the Office of the Institutional Review Board, explained current IRB processes and discussed changes to federal regulations on April 20 in the Advance at UNM space. She also discussed where the UNM IRB office is now after recent innovations. See our video below to learn more. View […] Read More
Faculty who experience inappropriate, biased or harassing comments from co-workers have five strategies for responding, according to Stephanie Goodwin, the director of faculty leadership and development at Wright State University.Goodwin taught the strategies, which can include disagreeing and questioning, at three workshops hosted by Advance UNM in April, including about 75 faculty and administration leaders […] Read More
The UNM community honored psychology professor and director of Center on Alcoholism, Substance Abuse and Addictions Dr. Barbara McCrady’s work on April 4 at the 63rd Annual Research Lecture. Her lecture “‘Til Death Do Us Part: A Lifetime of Research to Better Understand and Treat Alcohol Use Disorders in the Family” focused on her career […] Read More
Although sexual coercion is the most talked-about form of sexual harassment, it’s not the most common form, Dr. Lilia Cortina told about 100 people at a presentation sponsored by Advance at UNM and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation in March. “The most prototypical kind of sexual harassment that people immediately think of…is the rarest form […] Read More
Associate professors got advice and learned about resources for moving on to full professor during a panel hosted by Advance at UNM. Audience members heard about goal setting, understanding expectations and seeking support from others so they can avoid stalling out. Presenters included Advance at UNM director Julia Fulghum, Mary Jo Daniel, director of UNM’s […] Read More
Social media can be a great tool for researchers and academics! Learn how to use social media in the classroom and for your research and networking in this series of videos with Clarissa Sorensen-Unruh, a full time CNM chemistry faculty member and UNM adjunct chemistry faculty member and Kate Cunningham, the director of communication and social media […] Read More
Representatives from UNM’s Student Health and Counseling and the Dean of Students’ Office offered advice for handling a variety of student problems during a panel at the SUB. Nov. 10. Nasha Torrez, the Dean of Students, Stephanie McIver, director of SHAC Counseling and Therapy Services, and Lisa Lindquist, director of LoboRESPECT Advocacy Center, gave faculty […] Read More
Harvard sociologist Frank Dobbin spoke to 130 people about why diversity trainings do not work in addition to other diversity efforts on Friday at the UNM Student Union Building. Dobbin focused on the research findings in his papers. He discussed certain popular aspects of diversity in corporations that do not work, like diversity trainings, and […] Read More
UNM Associate Professor of Statistics Erik Erhardt says faculty members who are feeling overloaded or overwhelmed with tasks should go beyond the typical “to do” lists and adapt an approach known as the Getting Things Done method. He spoke during a presentation about time management sponsored by Advance at UNM in the SUB Sept. 8. […] Read More
It can be tough when you have what seem like hundreds of demands for your time. Our recent panel looked and how and when it’s OK to say no. See the slides below from Dr. Julia Fulghum, director of Advance at UNM, and click above to hear the entire presentation from her and Dr. Mark […] Read More
Advance at UNM and the Faculty Research Development Office on March 21 hosted a panel discussion on writing an NSF CAREER proposal. Nearly 50 people including junior STEM faculty from 16 departments on campus attended to learn more about the National Science Foundation (NSF)’s Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program from a series of UNM faculty […] Read More
Make sure your NSF proposal is succinct and to the point. Be sure it tells reviewers why you are the best person to do the research you are proposing. And ask to serve on review panels to get a sense of how the process works. Those were some of the tips that a trio of […] Read More
