A multilevel mentoring program for early career tenure-track faculty
NYU’s Office of the Provost and its Center for Faculty Advancement (CFA) are launching the Early Career Faculty Institute (ECFI) to mentor tenure-eligible faculty in their first three years of appointment. The program comprises ten modules spanning a two-year period, beginning in fall 2021. From research and funding support to teaching philosophy, ECFI modules will cover core areas that foster the productivity, success, and retention of NYU faculty.

MISSION
To promote the advancement and success of early career faculty
TIMELINE
Ten modules over two years
There will be ten modules over two years for faculty, and two additional modules for mentors and school leadership. The ECFI also includes monthly mentor meetings, didactic presentations, interactive in-person and online meetings with exercises for self-reflection, and small-group teamwork.
ADVANTAGES
A unique mentoring program modeled on evidence-based best practices
Informed by foremost mentoring programs from top U.S. universities, the ECFI will:

Create networking opportunities with university leadership, schools, and faculty

Expand faculty skills and explore pathways toward tenure and beyond

Support faculty with both a technical and a career mentor
APPROACH
Support from multiple levels of university personnel
We foster a culture of mentoring and support that is shared by senior university administrators, the heads of all schools and departments, and NYU faculty.

PEOPLE
A program of NYU’s
Center for Faculty Advancement
The Center for Faculty Advancement (CFA), within the Office of the Provost, supports faculty in successfully developing their academic careers.

Charlton McIlwain
Vice Provost for Faculty Engagement and Development

Niyati Parekh
Associate Vice Provost of Faculty Initiatives
Dr. Parekh oversees the implementation of the ECFI, assisted by Reet Kapur.
Module 1: Individual Development Plan—A Roadmap to Tenure
November 18, 2021

Katherine Fleming
Provost

Charlton McIlwain
Vice Provost for Faculty Engagement and Development

Kristen Day
Vice Provost

Peter Gonzalez
Associate Provost for Academic Appointments

Karen Jackson-Weaver
Senior Associate Vice President of Global Faculty Engagement and Innovative Advancement

Jelena Kovačević
Dean of NYU School of Engineering

Mor Armony
Vice Dean of Faculty, Stern School of Business

Jennifer Morgan
Chair, Department of Social and Cultural Analysis
Module 2: Scholarship and Funding Support
February 8, 2022

Stacie Bloom
Vice Provost for Research and Chief Research Officer

Christine Ponder
Senior Director, Research Affairs; Office of the Vice Provost for Research

Trinh Eng
Mega-Grants Initiative Project Officer; Research Development, Office of the Vice Provost

Elise Cappella
Vice Dean for Research; Professor of Applied Psychology, NYU Steinhardt

Kurt Becker
Vice Dean for Research, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship, NYU Tandon; Professor of Applied Physics, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Rebecca Goetz
Associate Professor of History & Director of Undergraduate Studies, NYU Faculty of Arts and Science

Shabnam Javdani
Associate Professor of Applied Psychology, NYU Steinhardt
Module 3: Publishing and Portfolio Work
March 10, 2022

Margaret Smith
Head, Science Services, NYU Libraries

Rachel Harrison
Associate Director, Research Communications

Jade McClain
Public Affairs Officer, NYU Public Affairs

Ellen Chodosh
Director, NYU Press

Raymond Niaura
Interim Chair of the Department of Epidemiology, School of Global Public Health

Anindya Ghose
Heinz Riehl Professor of Business, Stern; Academic Director, MS in Business Analytics Program; Co-Director, MS in Business Analytics Capstone Program

Christine Kovner
Mathy Mezey Professor of Geriatric Nursing, NYU Rory Meyers College of Nursing; Editor-in-Chief, Policy, Politics & Nursing Practice

Alex Jassen
Department Chair & Associate Professor, Skirball Hebrew and Judaic Studies
Module 4: Innovative Teaching
April 12, 2022

Anandi Nagarajan
Director, Learning Experience Design, Center for Faculty Advancement, Office of the Provost

Clay Shirky
Vice Provost for Educational Technologies

De Angela Duff
Associate Vice Provost; Industry Professor in Integrated Digital Media, NYU Tandon

Kristie Patten
Vice Dean of Academic Affairs; Associate Professor of Occupational Therapy, NYU Steinhardt

Emy Cardoza
Director, Global Diversity Education and Faculty Engagement

Ernest Gonzales
Director, MSW Program; Director, Center for Health and Aging Innovation; Associate Professor, NYU Silver

Marianne Petit
Associate Vice Chancellor for Global Network Academic Planning; Arts Professor, NYU Tisch

Mark Siegal
Vice Dean of General Education, College of Arts and Sciences; Professor of Biology
Networking Coffee Hour with Work–Life Office
December 7 and 9, 2021

Grace Cosachov Protos
Executive Director, Work Life

Stacey Gordon
Program Director, Next Phase, Adult Caregiving and Retirement

Helga Yuan Larsen
Program Director for Early Childhood & K-12 Education
Mentorship Workshop
December 14, 2021

Charlton McIlwain
Vice Provost for Faculty Engagement and Development

Marita Sturken
Professor of Media, Culture, and Communication, NYU Steinhardt

Susan C. Antón
Vice-Dean for Faculty Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Development

Victoria Vaughan Dickson
Director, NYU Meyers Pless Center for Nursing Research
Getting Tenure: Beyond the CV
February 28, 2022

Ellen Schall
Senior Presidential Fellow; Dean Emeritus of NYU Wagner
Anatomy of a CV
April 19, 2022

Ulrich Baer
Director, NYU Center for Humanities; University Professor of Comparative Literature, German, and English; Affiliated Faculty, Department of Photography and Imagining, Tisch School of the Arts

Niyati Parekh
Associate Vice Provost of Faculty Initiatives
Faculty of Arts and Science
Claudia Avalos
Justin Pargeter
Ken Van Tilburg
Kimberly Carlson
Linsey Edwards
Marvin Parasram
Matthew Aaron Mandelkern
Roni Henig
Tal Linzen
Tara Slough
William (Bill) McGrath
College of Dentistry
Alex Rojas Bie Thomsen
Farnaz Shamsi
Shulamite Huang
School of Global Public Health
Alden Lai
Claudia Passos
Daniel Fogal
Hai Shu
Jennifer Cantrell
Mari Armstrong-Hough
Courant Institute of Mathematics
Jonathan Niles-Weed
Marshall Ball
Division of Libraries
Hope Lappen
Lori Salmon
Michelle Demeter
Stern School of Business
Chongho Kim
Divya Singhvi
Raveesh Mayya
Rory Meyers College of Nursing
Jasmine Travers
Susan Kohl Malone
Tina Sadarangani
Yaguang Zheng
Silver School of Social Work
Kiara Moore
Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development
Angela Trude
j Siguru Wahutu
Mercy Agyepong
Pablo Ripolles
Tandon School of Engineering
David Truong
Jennifer Apell
Luis Ceferino
Nathalie Pinkerton
Rose Faghih
S. Farokh Atashzar

Interested in the ECFI?
April 12: Innovative Teaching
April 19: Mentoring Circle—Anatomy of a CV
April 25: Mentorship Workshop