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Offering fellowships in the fields of management, educational leadership, psychology, communication disorders, and music to support the academic career launch of
underrepresented faculty.
This new pre-doctoral fellowship program at William Paterson University will support doctoral candidates or terminal degree candidates who desire a
teaching career at an institution that emphasizes teaching quality and encourages multiple forms of scholarship. The program will invest in the success of advanced pre-doctoral students—coursework completed and working on dissertation or whatever culminates
study in their field—from underrepresented backgrounds either at the institutional or disciplinary levels. Departments will commit to mentoring these fellows and to providing similar levels of research support as they would for tenure-track faculty. The fellows
will teach in the department and participate in a cohort experience intended to position them for success in a tenure-track appointment at William Paterson or other institution of higher education.
Free National Webinar and Pre-Doctoral Fellows Program Informational Session
Thursday, January 14, 2021
Webinar: 1:00-2:30 p.m., EST | Program Informational Session: 2:30-3:30 p.m., EST
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Webinar Keynote Address
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“Help” is Hard to Find: Intersectional Reflections on Academic Life
Lori Patton Davis, PhD, Higher Education Scholar, Educator, and Consultant
Dr. Lori Patton Davis will describe intersectionality and offer it as a framework for understanding how faculty of color navigate careers in higher education. Using examples from personal experiences as well as those highlighted in news stories, Patton Davis
examines the challenges and opportunities embedded within academic life. She will also discuss how such challenges and opportunities shift based upon identity markers of gender, race, and class within a largely inequitable educational system and offer recommendations
and strategies for navigating the academy. Dr. Patton Davis is the Chair of the Department of Educational Studies and a Professor of Higher Education and Student Affairs at The Ohio State University.
Program Informational Session
David E. Jones, EdD
Chief Diversity Officer and Director of Talent Management, William Paterson University
Kara Rabbitt, PhD
Associate Provost, William Paterson University
Come learn about William Paterson University’s new fellowship program helping doctoral candidates from underrepresented backgrounds launch academic
careers in management, marketing, and sales; educational leadership; psychology; communication disorders and sciences; and music. The fellowship program will invest in the success of doctoral candidates whose coursework is completed, are working on dissertation/thesis,
and who will soon receive doctoral degrees.