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Women Faculty Moving Forward (WFMF) Workshopkopenhavercenter2024-03-04T13:39:06-04:00
This program is designed to help faculty members move forward in their careers through mentoring, networking and preparing for tenure and/or administration or other leadership positions. It is designed for tenure-track women, but some exceptions may be made.
Women Faculty Moving Forward: Freedom to Succeed
Pre-Convention Workshop
Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication Convention
Philadelphia, August 7, 2024
Sponsored by the AEJMC Commission on the Status of Women, and the AEJMC Council of Affiliates, this 12th annual workshop, Women Faculty Moving Forward, is designed to help 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 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 7, 2024, 1-5 p.m. at the AEJMC annual convention in Philadelphia. Applicants must be AEJMC members.
Keynote speaker: Teresa Mastin, vice provost and associate vice president for faculty and academic staff affairs, Michigan State, and president-elect of AEJMC. Panelists include; Cory Armstrong, professor of journalism and associate dean for research and faculty affairs, College of Journalism and Mass Communications, Nebraska-Lincoln, Louisa Ha, professor of research excellence, advertising, School of Media and Communication, Bowling Green State, Amanda Hinnant, associate professor of health and science communication, Missouri School of Journalism, Missouri, Meg Heckman, associate professor of journalism and media innovation, College of Arts, Media and Design, Northeastern, Marquita Smith, associate professor of journalism, assistant dean of graduate studies, School of Journalism and New Media, Mississippi.
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 convention each year.