Faculty Development

Faculty Dialogues

These informal meetings among faculty and staff provide a chance for faculty members to meet each other, discuss their scholarly and creative work, address teaching issues, and consider possible collaborations. They also offer a forum for the Academic Affairs staff to learn about faculty concerns, answer questions, and learn how to support faculty in their teaching and research.

Faculty Dialogues take place at the Ansin Building, 180 Tremont Street, 13th floor, Conference Room 1302. For schedule information, contact Jill Davidson.

Faculty Focus

Faculty Focus is a monthly newsletter published by the Office of Academic Affairs for the Emerson college faculty. It contains information on faculty research and creative activities, faculty accomplishments, upcoming events, campus news about teaching and learning, and important deadlines. The newsletter is posted the first week of October, November, December, February, March, and April.

To receive the current Faculty Focus, or to submit information for the next issue, contact Jill Davidson.

Faculty Institute

At the beginning of each new academic year, the Emerson College administration welcomes and introduces new faculty and staff members. At Faculty Institute, information about admissions, library and media support, academic announcements, calendar updates, and Faculty Assembly proceedings is reported. The president also shares College news and delivers the State of the College address, summarizing the College’s recent accomplishments and outlining important goals for the upcoming year.

Faculty Orientation

Mandatory orientations are held each September and January for all new full- and part-time faculty members. These orientations address such topics as the library and media services, instructional technology support for faculty, how to obtain an ID, review of the Faculty Handbook, discussion of important College policies, best practices for the classroom, and other practical information all new faculty members need to know. Additional topics include syllabus preparation, grading policies, textbook ordering, copyright policy, plagiarism policy, and general College policies that govern academic, faculty, and student issues.

Governance/Faculty Assembly

The faculty of Emerson College, in recognition of the need for collective deliberation on matters concerning educational philosophy and administrative policies, has organized itself as a deliberative and recommending body. The Faculty Assembly By-Laws provide information about faculty membership, by-laws, purpose, officers, meetings, standing committees, and academic policies regarding undergraduate and graduate education.

The Faculty Assembly Wiki provides Faculty Assembly members access to information about upcoming Faculty Assembly meetings, agendas, minutes, discussions, related articles, by-laws, Robert's Rules of Order, and more.

Core Fulbright Scholar Program

Deadline: August 1, 2012

The Core Fulbright Scholar Program sends 800 U.S. faculty and professionals abroad each year. Grantees lecture and conduct research in a wide variety of academic and professional fields. For more information on eligibility, the application, application FAQs and more, visit the Core Fulbright Scholar Program page.

For more information from Emerson College, please contact Elizabeth Demski.