EAM 2024 Conference

Junior Faculty Consortium

Coordinators:

Julia Eisenberg, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Pace University

Sarah Holtzen, Ph.D. ,Assistant Professor, Missouri Southern State University

Who should attend? The Junior Faculty Consortium aids individuals who are just starting their academic careers. The sessions are open to all conference attendees who are untenured and have not yet reached the Associate Professor status (i.e. Assistant Professor level or more junior). Postdocs and graduate students who have accepted (or plan to accept in the next few months) their first academic position are also encouraged to attend.

How is the consortium structured? The consortium is organized as three sessions, one held each morning of the conference. The first day’s session is interactive and designed to build connections while surfacing professional challenges, opportunities, and concerns relevant to participants. The other two morning sessions will include panel presentations; those are structured with an introduction (5 min), panel discussion (25 min), Q&A (20 min), and informal networking (10 min). An additional optional event will be offered one evening. Please see the extended descriptions below.  

Consortium Sessions

Session 1: Kickoff Event & Consortium Welcome: Navigating The “Rhode” to Success as a Junior Faculty Member

Description: The kickoff event for our 2024 Junior Faculty Consortium! This interactive session is designed to welcome consortium participants to the EAM conference and junior faculty community. The session starts with small-group icebreakers. Next, a panel of faculty will share their perspectives and strategies for navigating academia as a junior faculty member. The session closes with a group discussion to consider strategies for making the most out of EAM. Participants will be provided with a general overview of the conference events, including keynote speakers, recommended sessions of interest to junior faculty, and off-site networking opportunities. 

Facilitators: Julia Eisenberg & Sarah Holtzen

Panelists  (please note all panelists will need to be confirmed based on EAM schedules)

1.    Jestine Philip, Assistant Professor, University of New Haven

2.    PhD Project rep

 Session 2: Teaching & Service Obligations: Picking the Right Opportunities 

Description: As the newest members of their institutions, junior faculty often find themselves at the center of many exciting (and some not-so-exciting) opportunities for additional teaching obligations, service commitments, and other projects. How do junior faculty learn to balance these competing demands on limited time? What strategies can help new faculty as they learn to teach? How can junior faculty cultivate work-life balance while making progress toward career goals? In this session, participants will learn from a panel of more seasoned faculty who have successfully navigated the path to tenure while balancing life, family, etc.

Facilitators: Julia Eisenberg & Sarah Holtzen

Panelists: 

1. Heidi Bertels, Associate Professor, CUNY College of Staten Island

2. Elizabeth McCrea, Associate Professor, Seton Hall University

3.  Huy (David) Tran, Associate Professor, Albright College

EAM Fireside Chat 

Description: Optional for consortium participants. Please join us for an evening of informal discussion with no predetermined agenda. We will gather as a group and allow the conversation to take shape based on the issues attendees are facing at work (career choices, frustrations, opportunities, etc.). Participants will have the opportunity to gain others’ insights about and/or advice on how to move forward or get beyond a challenge. This session is held outside of the regular EAM program to ensure that it is an informal, confidential, and supportive discussion. Note: attendees are welcome to participate in the conversations without the requirement to share issues.

Facilitators: Julia Eisenberg & Sarah Holtzen

Session 3: Building and Maintaining a Research Pipeline through Collaboration 

Description: One of the most pressing concerns for junior faculty is learning to develop and maintain a healthy research pipeline. The final session of the junior faculty consortium brings together a distinguished panel of seasoned researchers to share strategies for developing, renewing, and maintaining a productive stream of research as junior faculty members. Discussion topics will also explore tips for identifying new research partners and/or topics, turning research into practice, leveraging writing groups and other motivational tools, strategies for managing research collaborations, etc.

Facilitators: Julia Eisenberg & Sarah Holtzen

Panelists:

1. Holly Chiu, Associate Professor, Brooklyn College CUNY
2. Tim Golden, Professor, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
3. Mariana Lebron, Associate Professor, Towson University

Senior and Mid-Career Faculty Consortium

Coordinators:

Laurie Levesque, Associate Professor, Suffolk University

Robin Frkal, Dean, Nichols College

Why attend this consortium? This program is especially useful for attendees who want to connect and discuss issues with a cohort of colleagues who are at a similar career stage or who are seeking advice and information about career options after tenure.

Who should attend? The Senior and Mid-Career Faculty Consortium is open to all conference attendees who are tenured faculty at the associate or full professor ranks or are non-tenure track faculty who are also in their later or mid-career. This consortium is not designed for doctoral students or junior faculty (assistant professor or the equivalent levels). 

How is the consortium structured? The consortium is organized as three sessions, one held each morning of the conference. The first day’s program will be interactive and is designed to build connections and surface professional challenges, opportunities, and concerns relevant to participants. The other two morning sessions will include panel presentations; those are structured with an introduction (5 min), panel discussion (25 min), Q&A (20 min), and informal networking (10 min). An additional optional event will be offered one evening. Please see the extended descriptions below.   

Consortium Session Details 

Session 1: Kickoff and Career Conversations about Competing Demands on Our Time

Description: Join us as we kickoff our consortium for faculty who consider themselves to be mid- to late-career. This interactive session is for faculty who are tenured, non-tenure track, or who were tenured and have since changed schools and want to reflect strategically about their career progress and plans. We’ll start with small-group icebreakers to get to know each other and to map out issues of interest to participants. Topics not covered by the other consortium sessions (side hustles, maintaining a research pipeline) will be the focus of the second half of the session, such as: saying no (or yes!) to service, administrative, or editorial roles, changing institutions, teaching in executive education programs, charting a path to full professor, and taking on leadership roles in professional associations or conference management.  

Co-Facilitators:

Laurie Levesque, Associate Professor, Suffolk U.

Robin Frkal, Dean, Graduate School, Nichols College

Panelists

Elizabeth McCrea, Associate Professor, Seton Hall U.

Filiz Tabak, Dean and Professor of Management, U. of Mary Washington

Robert Yawson, Professor, Quinnipiac U.  

Susan Davenport, Associate Professor, Stockton U.

Session 2: Exploring Faculty Side Hustles/Side Gigs

Description: This panel will share examples and experiences with money making work that is adjacent to or outside of their faculty roles. These side gigs range from developing and teaching workshops, business consulting, instructional design, paid speaking, contract work, coaching, developing online surveys for organizations or analyzing their survey data and the like.

Facilitator:  

Robin Frkal, Dean, Graduate School, Nichols College, robin.frkal@nichols.edu

Panelists:

Tammy MacLean, Professor, Suffolk U.

Curtis Gregory, Associate Professor, Temple U.

Michael Grandinett

Monica Amadio, Professor, Stockton U.

Session 3: Collegial Conversations *Signature Event* (optional)

Description: This longtime favorite session at EAM is optional for consortium participants. It is a popular event that is set up as an informal discussion with no predetermined agenda. It takes shape based on the issues attendees are facing at work (career choices, frustrations, opportunities, political issues, etc.). They often want to get others’ insights about and/or advice on how to move forward or get beyond a challenge. A lively and supportive discussion typically ensues. This session is held outside of the regular EAM program to ensure that it is an informal, confidential, and supportive discussion. Note: attendees are welcome to participate in the conversations and are not required to share issues.

Facilitators:

Joe Selzer, Professor Emeritus, Lasalle U.

Joan Weiner, Professor Emeritus, Drexel U.

Laurie Levesque, Associate Professor, Suffolk U.

Session 4: Mid-Career Research Strategies – stay in the game and thrive!

Description: Concerned about keeping your research active mid- or late-career? This panel will share strategies for mid- and senior-career faculty to develop, renew, or maintain a productive research pipeline. Discussion points and advice may cover the benefits and risks of writing books or publishing in non-academic journals, finding new research partners or streams of research, turning research into practice, use of sabbaticals, working with collaborators, etc.

Facilitator: 

Matthew Eriksen, Chair & Raymond T. Butkus Professorship in Management, Providence College 

Panelists:

Dev Dutta, Associate Professor, U. of New Hampshire, dev.dutta@unh.edu 

Frank I. Mullins, Associate Professor, The U. of Rhode Island

Tuvana Rua, Associate Professor, Quinnipiac U.

Yi Yang, Associate Dean of Graduate Studies and Strategic Initiatives, Co-Director of Jack Wilson Center, Professor of Entrepreneurship & Innovation, UMass Lowell.

NTT/Adjunct Faculty Consortium

Coordinators:

Mark Flores, Lecturer, Department of Management, College of Business and Economics, Towson University

Richard H. Jonsen, Senior Lecturer, Department of Management, Rohrer College of Business, Rowan University

Who should attend? Full-time, part-time, and adjunct non-tenure track teaching faculty. Tenure-track faculty interested in teaching-related topics and solutions are also welcome to attend.

How is the consortium structured? The consortium will consist of one meeting with a focus on open topic problem solving. The contemporary challenges facing business college educators are multitude: classroom integration of generative AI and other technology, the need for experiential learning, post-pandemic student preparation and engagement, student and faculty mental health, promoting and facilitating deep conversation of controversial topics, sustainability and responsible business, and DEI in the classroom and industry, are a few. Issues related to NTT role dynamics and integrating or balancing outside career responsibilities with teaching are also germane.  Given this long list of potential topics and our limited time, we’ll begin by developing a prioritized list of topics with participants, then facilitating a discussion of problems and solutions using the gathered expertise in the room.

Consortium Theme: Contemporary Teaching Challenges in the Business College: Best Practices Inside and Outside the Classroom