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Getting your faculty promotion dossier ready
If you are on a tenure-track faculty position, you will have to go through performance reviews. Most universities implement a third-year review for Assistant Professors, a review for tenure and promotion to Associate Professor during year 6, and later a … Continue reading
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Respect your research time
Most of us who have teaching, advising, and service commitments are guilty of using time we had set aside for research for something else. We block out some time in our schedule and even post it on the door but … Continue reading
Don’t get involved in outreach! … yet
Many of us are passionate about issues that affect our communities. For example, some of us care deeply about increasing the representation of minority groups in research mathematics. Others have similar interest in increasing the representation of women in academia. … Continue reading
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Linear Algebra and Pedagogy; Academic Fairness and Critical Theory
Academic fairness is crucial in our struggle to broaden participation in mathematics. We will be well served to learn from adjacent disciplines, such as critical theory, as we think carefully about who does mathematics and why. Who is a “minority” … Continue reading
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PAESMEM
PAESMEM is now inviting nominations for its next round of awards; nominations are due June 5, 2013. PAESMEM stands for PRESIDENTIAL AWARDS FOR EXCELLENCE IN SCIENCE, MATHEMATICS & ENGINEERING MENTORING, and it’s widely regarded as the nation’s highest mentoring award. … Continue reading
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How do I find research projects for my students?
I work at a Research I university where students hear about faculty conducting research all the time. Some students actually know what this means, while others have worked with faculty on their own research projects. (I’m not claiming these two … Continue reading
Building a community of mentors
Two years ago, at the 2011 Joint Mathematics Meetings in New Orleans, I attended a panel discussion sponsored by the MAA. The session title was “Good intentions are necessary but not sufficient: Steps toward best practices in mentoring underrepresented students” … Continue reading
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About this blog
The e-Mentoring Network in the Mathematical Sciences Blog is designed to address relevant questions that students, postdoctoral researchers and junior faculty may have regarding their own advancement in mathematics. Its goals are to reach and engage as many readers as … Continue reading
