Faculty Development Series
Each semester, the Office of the Dean of the Faculty presents a workshop or facilitated conversation led by a Trinity faculty, staff member, or community member on a topic of interest to the faculty.
Fall 2025
Building a Publishing Pipeline: Concrete Strategies For Increasing Your Writing Productivity
Thursday, October 2, 2025, 12 PM – 2 PM ET
Virtual
Please register here
This workshop will be facilitated by a faculty member from the National Center for Faculty Development and Diversity (NCFDD).
As academics, we have been told time and again to write often and as much as we can, but no one teaches us how to keep track of the many different projects that we may be working on at any given time. As a result, we are pulled in multiple directions, and incremental progress made on multiple manuscripts can make it feel like our productivity – and our motivation – is at a standstill. By conceptualizing all of your writing projects as moving through a pipeline, you can make progress on a daily basis and keep everything flowing towards publication.
Early-Stage Quantitative Methods and Design Workshop
Thursday, November 6, 2025
12:15 to 1:15 p.m.
Dangremond Family Commons, Hallden Hall
Lunch provided
Please register here
Simon M. Hoellerbauer,
Director of Social Science Research
Have you ever had reviewer 2 suggest a method or design that it is much too late to implement? Are you currently drafting a project and are unsure whether the methods you are seeking to use are suitable for testing your hypotheses? The goal of this workshop is to work in a community of your peers to evaluate our research designs at a stage when changes can still be made — before or at the start of data collection.
Labwork to Leadership: Thriving in the Science Job You Weren’t Trained In
Friday, December 6, 2025
12:00 to 1:00 p.m.angremond Family Commons, Hallden Hall
Lunch provided (no RSVP needed)
Free copies of her book available from Keysha Matthews ([email protected])
Jennifer Heemstra
Charles Allen Thomas Professor of Chemistry
Washington University in St. Louis
Drawing on her decades of experience—including plenty of trial and error—as well as research from psychology and business management, Heemstra nimbly guides listeners through the essentials of scientific leadership. From fostering an inclusive lab environment to setting effective goals and learning to give and receive feedback graciously, she uncovers the curriculum successful PIs must follow to motivate lab members, communicate key values, and inspire confidence.
To view all events, visit the Faculty Development Series page.
Past Events
Sharing Your Academic Research and Expertise with the Public
Thursday, February 13, 2025
12:15 to 1:15 p.m.
Rittenberg Lounge, Mather Hall
The importance of sharing academic research and expertise with the public has never been greater. By amplifying research, faculty inform the public and expand academic networks. Join us for this discussion of methods and strategies organized by Sarah Raskin and featuring professors Susan Masino, Stefanie Chambers, David Sterling Brown, and Elise Castillo, award-winning writer Andrew J. Concatelli and Kristen Cole.
Making Book: A Workshop for Any Academic Writer Taking a Writing Project from Manuscript to Published Book
Friday March 7, 2025
Noon to 1:00 p.m.
Dangremond Family Commons, Hallden Hall
What do you need to do to turn a book-length manuscript into a published book? What holds you back? How do you know when what you’ve got is in its best possible shape? What should you be looking for in your work? What will a publisher be looking for in your work? The goal of this practical workshop is to focus on strengthening your own work in progress and to build confidence in your ability to get to your goal: being published and sharing your work with the world.
William Germano is professor of English and former dean of humanities and social sciences at Cooper Union in New York City. Before joining Cooper Union, he served as editor-in-chief at Columbia University Press and, as vice-president and editorial director at Routledge. He is the author of four books on writing and teaching: Getting It Published, From Dissertation to Book, On Revision (all from Chicago UP) and, with Kit Nicholls, Syllabus(Princeton UP).
Participants are requested to submit one month in advance of the session a proposal (not more than ten pages, please) for the work in progress. Each proposal will receive written feedback in advance of the workshop.
Faculty Dialogues on Community-Based Participatory Research and Participatory Action Research Methods
Thursday, March 27, 2025
12:15 to 1:00 p.m.
Dangremond Family Commons, Hallden Hall
Lunch provided (no RSVP needed)
This panel (followed by a two-hour interactive workshop the next day), led by applied anthropologist and Diamond Research Consulting founder Dr. Sarah Diamond, will explore the use of mixed quantitative and qualitative methods in Community-Based Participatory Research and Action Research, using concrete examples from the field. Trinity faculty at all levels of experience, from those new to this approach to seasoned CBPR/PAR researchers, are welcome to attend. Our goal is to exchange best practices, recommendations, and resources for identifying partners, engaging community members, sharing power, facilitating dialogue and participation, and analyzing results.
Attendees to the interactive workshop are asked to complete a two-page questionnaire in advance to introduce their research goals and preferred methods, and to submit one or two questions that they would like to receive input on during the workshop. The questionnaire is due February 15, 2024. The workshop takes place Friday, March 28, 2025, from noon to 2:00 p.m. in Dangremond Family Commons.
Writing Retreat
Thursday, May 15, 2025
10:00 to 6:00 p.m.
Keney Park Pond House, Hartford
From Coping to Healing: Understanding and Practicing a Healing-Centered Approach in Higher Education
A workshop for faculty and staff
Tuesday, October 29, 2024
12:15 to 1:30 p.m.
Terrace Rooms, Mather Hall (no RSVP needed)
When working in higher education, historically rooted and culturally reinforced forms of discrimination perpetuate psychological distress for faculty, staff, and students. The human consequence of such stress and trauma can contribute to significant burnout as well as impaired learning and workforce challenges. The Counseling and Wellness Center and the Offices of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, and the Dean of Faculty are collaborating to offer faculty and staff this workshop. Dr. Javeed Sukhera is the Chair of Psychiatry at the Institute of Living (IOL) and Chief of Psychiatry at Hartford Hospital, will outline several key aspects of a healing centered approach to working in higher education. A healing centered approach emphasizes the role of community, cultural authenticity, and self-knowledge to advance healing while foregrounding strength, resistance, and radical hope.
Dr. Sukhera is the Founding Director of the Center for Research on Racial Trauma and Community Healing. He is an internationally recognized health professions education researcher and thought leader. His research program explores novel approaches to addressing stigma and bias among health professionals and he has also been involved in advocacy and cross-sectoral work in education, policing, and community services.
Grants 101
Thursday, November 14, 2024 (new date and location)
12:15 to 1:15 p.m.
Dagremond Family Commons, Hallden Hall
Lunch provided (no RSVP needed)
Please join us for an information session presented by Amy Myerson, Senior Director of the Grants Office at Trinity, and Terri Williams, Director of Faculty Grants and Sponsored Research. This event is designed for new faculty, faculty who have not submitted external grant proposals at Trinity, and faculty who would like to sharpen their understanding of the grants process. This training is general and appropriate for faculty across all disciplines.
Amy and Terri will introduce the Grants Office team, its functions, and the internal process, as well as offer resources and tips (and pitfalls to avoid) to increase your odds of success. Topics will include budget development, setting up detailed searches for grant opportunities to meet your needs, and grants-related information not covered in grad school. The Grants Office will be joined by faculty who have recently successfully received grants including Dang Do, Laura Holt, Mike Puljung, and Rebecca Pappas.
How to Be a Chair
Thursday, September 12, 2024
12:15 to 1:15 p.m.
Reese Room, Smith House
In this program intended for current and future chairs, Kevin Dettmar, W. M. Keck Professor of English, Co-Chair of Theater, and Director of the Humanities Studio at Pomona College and author of How to Chair a Department (Hopkins Press) offers practical advice on hiring, mentoring, working with administrators, dealing with conflict, and more.
Op-Ed Writing Workshop: Write to Change the World
October 2024 (various dates)
Online (registration closed)
The Offices of the Dean of the Faculty, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, and Human Resources are collaborating to offer faculty and staff the opportunity to participate in The OpEd Project’s core “Write To Change The World” workshop, a discovery-based interrogation of authority and knowledge, that walks participants through a method for changing hearts and minds, connects them to a network of journalist mentors, and results in them publishing op-eds (if they wish). It also provides valuable tools for anyone seeking to build a case for something new (new book, new business, new policy, new idea, etc.). It is 100 percent virtual and typically takes place over two days. Those who complete the workshop will also receive one month of access to their weekly “Ask a Journalist” office hours and to their pool of journalist mentors for individual feedback on op-ed drafts.
For more information about this series or to suggest a topic, please contact Professor Sarah Raskin, Associate Dean for Faculty Development.
