The Women Faculty Moving Forward (WFMF) Workshop is a transformative program designed to empower tenure-track women faculty members in academia. Through personalized mentoring, robust networking opportunities, and strategic preparation for tenure, administration, or other leadership roles, this initiative equips participants to excel in their careers and break barriers in academic leadership.
Aligned with the Kopenhaver Center’s mission to amplify women’s voices and foster advancement in academia, this program embodies the center’s core values of innovation, creativity, and leadership. Participants benefit from access to a dynamic community of scholars and professionals who share expertise and foster growth. The workshop integrates cutting-edge strategies that prepare women and faculty to lead with confidence and vision.
Empowering Women Leaders in Academia—Today and Tomorrow
Women Faculty Moving Forward: Pathways to Success
Pre-Convention Workshop
Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication Convention
San Francisco, August 6, 2025
Sponsored by the AEJMC Commission on the Status of Women, the Lillian Lodge Kopenhaver Center for the Advancement of Women in Communication at Florida International University, and the AEJMC Council of Affiliates, this 13th annual workshop, Women Faculty Moving Forward, is designed to help junior women faculty members move forward in their careers through mentoring, networking, and preparing for tenure and promotion and administration or other leadership positions. The program, which features senior women professors and administrators, is designed for tenure-track women, but some exceptions may be made. We are seeking a cohort for our pre-conference workshop on August 6, 2025, 1-5 p.m. at the AEJMC annual conference in San Francisco. Applicants must be AEJMC members.
Speakers, panelists, and roundtable leaders include senior scholars and administrators and amazing women colleagues who have achieved significant leadership positions in their careers. Keynote speaker for the workshop is Andrea Miller, Dean, Gaylord College of Journalism and Mass Communication, University of Oklahoma. Panelists: Lisa Burns, Professor of Media Studies, Quinnipiac;Katie Foss, Director, School of Journalism & Strategic Media, Middle Tennesse State; Melita Garza, Tom and June Netzel Sleeman Scholar in Business Journalism and Director of Graduate Studies in Journalism, Illinois-Urbana Champaign; Stacey Hust, Associate Dean of Faculty Affairs and College Operations, Edward R. Murrow College of Communication, Washington State; Miglena Sternadori, Director, Women’s and Gender Studies, Texas Tech.
In addition to the training and networking at this workshop, participants, who will be designated Kopenhaver Center Fellows, will be invited to take part in activities of both the CSW and the Kopenhaver Center during the year and receive communications and invitations from both groups. They will also be invited to reunite with new and previous fellows in a networking session following the workshop at each conference each year.
The deadline for applications is July 1, 2025. If you have any questions contact Lillian A. Abreu, at labreu@fiu.edu.