Sharing this article on identifying "bogus" conferences from the journal of Science and Engineering Ethics - Mary
Link: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11948-017-9906-2#article-dates-history
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Dear IAC Friends,
Attached is the description of Active Service Modified Duties (ASMD).
Request forms are used to describe how the workload will be retained, with replacement tasks for teaching ("distinct, relevant, and achievable").
Please let me know if I may help further with this important program !
with good wishes, -Mary
Dear IAC Friends,
Our colleague, Rebecca Burnett (LMC) is a recipient of the 2018 Felton Jenkins, Jr. Hall of Fame Faculty Award - and is now a Regents Professor for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning.
Congratulations, Rebecca - and all good wishes !
-Mary
Dear IAC Friends,
Please see these documents (attached) on potential extensions in the probationary period and on the Active Service Modified Duties Program - and let me know if you may have suggestions or responses to them.
With thanks and regards, -Mary
Mary Frank Fox
Ivan Allen College (IAC) ADVANCE Professor
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ADVANCE Professors and Associate Deans for Faculty Development,
Attached are two items that we have been discussing together for some time.
Dear IAC Friends,
Our colleague, Dina Khapaeva (Mod Langs), has a new book just published: The Celebration of Death in Contemporary Culture (The University of Michigan Press, 2017)
https://www.press.umich.edu/
Congratulations, Dina - and all good wishes !
with many regards, -Mary
Our thanks, appreciation, and all good wishes go to Susan Cozzens - retiring from Georgia Tech in June 2017.
During her 19 years at Georgia Tech, Susan has been Chair of the School of Public Policy, Associate Dean of Ivan Allen College, and faculty member - and Vice Provost for Graduate Education and Faculty Development for the past five years.
With many good wishes for Susan in time ahead - Mary
Dear IAC Friends,
Much valued are today's panel and discussion on "Communicating Research: Effective Ways to Use Websites, Social Media, and (Other) Electronic Means."
Dear IAC Friends,
Lisa Yaszek's (LMC) book, Sisters of Tomorrow: First Women of Science Fiction, coedited with P.B. Sharp, was among the top 15 science fiction books selected by <bestsciencefictionbooks.com>
Congratulations, Lisa - and all good wishes !
-Mary
The Social Sciences Division at the University of Chicago, in coordination with the Office of the Provost, invites applications for one or more Provost's Postdoctoral Fellow position(s) from junior scholars who engage issues of race and/or ethnicity within established social sciences disciplines or emergent disciplines such as Ethnic and Racial Studies, American Studies, Latina/o Studies, African American Studies, Asian American Studies, Native American Studies, Human Rights, or Justice Studies. This search is division-wide.
Dear IAC Friends,
Our colleague, Kaye Husbands, Fealing (Chair, School of Public Policy) has been named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) for her "distinguished contributions to the field of science, technology, and public policy, particularly for leadership in the area of science of science policy."
Congratulations, Kaye - and all good wishes !
-Mary
