CMU is pleased to offer its faculty on-going professional development opportunities. See below for information from workshops with guest presenters, as well as information about our Faculty Colloquia speakers.
Faculty Professional Development Workshops
During each academic year, faculty professional development workshops are sponsored by the Office of Academic Affairs. These events primarily focus on teaching and learning as well as assessment of student learning outcomes, distance delivery, and campus safety. Faculty are typically notified about these workshops by the Assistant Vice President for Academic Affairs for Faculty Success via email.
September 23, 2022
October 16, 2020
January 17, 2020
January 18, 2019
January 12, 2018: Innovative Leadership Workshop
April 9-10, 2015: Brainy But Balanced: Achieving the Elusive Work-Life Balance in Academia
- Goal Planning Template
- Prioritized To Do List Template
- Stress Diary Template
- Thought Awareness, Rational Thinking and Positive Thinking Worksheet
- Wheel of Life Worksheet
- Work-Life Balance Selected Resources
August 13, 2014
August 19, 2016: Critical Thinking Unmasked: How to Infuse it into a Discipline-Based Course
Faculty Colloquia
Watch for messages from the Assistant Vice President for Academic Affairs for Faculty Success throughout the year announcing presentations by CMU faculty on a wide range of topics.
Erika Jackson, PhD, Professor of History
Demystifying the Faculty-led International Travel Process
Patrice Connors, PhD, Assistant Professor of Biology
Johanna Varner, PhD, Associate Professor of Biology
Squirreling Around for Science: Doing Authentic Research in Undergraduate Courses
Melissa Connor, PhD, Professor of Forensic Anthropology
Timothy Hatten, PhD, Professor of Entrepreneurship
Kate Belknap, EdD, Instructor of English
How Do Faculty Learn to Teach?
Kara Walter, PhD, Assistant Professor of Economics
Mickey Wender, Head Swimming and Diving Coach and Assistant Triathlon Coach
Participation Motivation of Competitive Collegiate Swimmers
Tracii Friedman, PhD, Professor of Mathematics
Shifting the Focus: Relevant Mathematics Courses for YOUR Students!
Greg Baker, PhD, Professor of Geology
What the heck is geophysics, and why would I care?
Anneke Moresco, PhD, Program Director and Instructor of Veterinary Technology
Rick Ott, PhD, Associate Professor of Statistics
Data Findings Involving the Smuggling, Trafficking, and Interdiction Division of the Colorado State Patrol
Erika Jackson, PhD, Professor of History
Small-town Feminism: A History of Midwestern Girlhood during the late Twentieth Century
Thomas Walla, PhD, Professor of Biology
Save the Rainforest: How robotics, AI, and other technologies could rescue tropical biodiversity
Sarah Swedberg, PhD, Professor of History
Rural Coloradans Fight Back: Grand Junction's Resistance to Amendment 2
Rhema Zlaten, PhD, Assistant Professor of Mass Communication
Eric Elliott, Associate Professor of Art and Design
Painting Exhibition as Installation Art
Adrian Herrera Escobar, DMA, Assistant Professor of Music, Piano and Commercial Keyboard
Little kids teach jazz musicians how to talk
Kristen Hague, PhD, Professor of English and Brenda Wilhelm, PhD, Professor of Sociology
Pedagogies of Compassion: Possibilities and Pitfalls
Dennis Ojima, PhD, Emeritus Professor of Ecosystem Science and Sustainability & Senior Research Scientist at the Natural Resource Ecology Laboratory, Colorado State University
Managing for climate uncertainty and variable weather events in Colorado ecosystems
Ann Gillies, PhD, Center for Teacher Education; Eric Elliott, Department of Art and Design; Eli Hall, Department of Art and Design
Creating your own Open Educational Resources (OERs)
Kyle B. Stone, PhD, Associate Professor of Business
Jennifer Hancock, PhD, Associate Professor of English
Andres Aslan, PhD, Professor of Geology
Geological Evolution of the Upper Colorado River System
Susan Becker, PhD, Professor of Psychology
Teaching Students on the Autism Spectrum in the Classroom
Colin Carman, PhD, Instructor of English
Teaching Nature Poetry in the Age of the Anthropocene
Ann Gillies, PhD, Assistant Professor of Teacher Education; Elizabeth Sharp, Associate Professor of Kinesiology
Teaching a Maverick Milestone Course and Loving It!
Barry Laga, PhD, Professor of English; Tim Pinnow, Assistant Vice President/Director of Graduate Studies/Director of Distance Education
Pursuing Fulbright Opportunities as a CMU Faculty Member
Douglas Scott, Adjunct Research Faculty of Social and Behavioral Sciences
Melissa Connor, PhD, Associate Professor of Forensic Anthropology
Testing the Use of Pigs as Human Proxies in Decomposition Studies
Megan Fromm, Assistant Professor of Mass Communications
Teaching Media Literacy Across the Curriculum
Susan Longest, PhD, Assistant Professor of Biology
Avian Responses to a Changing Climate
Louis Nadelson, Director of Sponsored Programs
From Idea to Publication: Course Embedded Authentic Research Experiences
Michael Reeder, MD, Acting Director of the Monfort Family Human Performance Lab
Adam Rosenbaum, PhD, Assistant Professor of History
Leading by Example: The Senior Thesis and the Teacher-Scholar ModelColin Carman, PhD, Instructor of English
Tree-Worship and Oedipal Ecology of The Tree and The Tree of Life
Bill Flanik, Assistant Professor of Political Science
Suzie Garner, Professor of Art
National Distance Learning Week: A Visual Approach to Teaching Online
Erika Jackson, PhD, Assistant Professor of History
The Importance of Nordic Whiteness: Scandinavians in Chicago and Modern America
Robert Whitmore, Lecturer of Biology
Tim Casey, PhD, Professor of Political Science
Monumental Sense of Place: Recreation Studies on BLM Public Lands Around the Colorado Plateau
Cynthia Chovich, PhD, Associate Professor of Teacher Education
Lost in Space: Not if They are Engaged
Emma Fleck, PhD, Assistant Professor of Business
To Grow or Not to Grow: Challenges or Choices for Female Entrepreneurs?
Beverly Lyne, Assistant Professor of Nursing
From Colorado to Uganda with Hope
Araan Schmidt, Assistant Professor of Art
Presenting New Work From the Iron Stone Symposium, Sablie, Latvia
Elizabeth Sharp, PhD, Assistant Professor of Kinesiology
Tom Walla, PhD, Professor of Biological Sciences
Melissa Connor, PhD, Associate Professor of Forensic Anthropology
The Pig-of-the-Month Club: Seasonal Variation in Decomposition in a High Altitude Desert
Jennifer Daniels, PhD, Assistant Professor of Teacher Education
Costa Rica: An Educational Experience
Courtney Kasun, Assistant Professor of Nursing
Healthcare Decisions: How to Secure Your Wishes in Colorado
Deborah Kennard, PhD, Associate Professor of Environmental Science and Technology
Susan Longest, PhD, Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences
Wildlife Ecology and Conversation in South Africa
Stephanie Matlock, Instructor, Biological Sciences
Faculty Fellowship with US Fish and Wildlife Service: Summer in Alaska
Tamera Minnick, PhD, Associate Professor of Environmental Science and Technology
Walkabout in Restoration Ecology: Principles and Practices from Down Under to Up Yonder
Gigi Richard, PhD, Associate Professor of Geology
The Status and Future of the World's Large Rivers: Perspectives from France and the Colorado River
Adam Rosenbaum, PhD, Assistant Professor of History
Beer, Castles, and Nazis? In search of the Authentic Germany in Postwar Bavaria
Eric Sandstrom, Assistant Professor of Mass Communication