Application Open - NSF-Sponsored Academic Workshop in Computing for Underrepresented Ethnic Minorities and People with Disabilities

NSF-Sponsored Academic Workshop in Computing for Underrepresented Ethnic Minorities and People with Disabilities at the level of Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, Post-Doc, and Senior Doctoral Student

Thursday, 15 March 2012 – Sunday, 18 March 2012

Georgia Tech Global Learning Center, http://www.gatechcenter.com/

Deadline for Participant Applications – Tuesday, 10 January 2012

http://apply2.cse.tamu.edu/AcademicCareerWorkshop/

The 2012 Workshop is co-located with the Minority Faculty Development Workshop in Engineering

The Coalition to Diversify Computing (CDC), the Center for Minorities and People with Disabilities in IT (CMD-IT), Computing Alliance of Hispanic-Serving Institutions (CAHSI), and the Alliance for Access to Computing Careers (AccessComputing) are organizing the fifth annual Academic Workshop for Underrepresented Ethnic Minorities and People with Disabilities with funding from NSF, which covers participant travel, lodging, and meeting logistics.

The goal of the workshop is to provide unique, tailored experiences for underrepresented ethnic minorities and people with disabilities at the assistant- andassociate-level faculty, post-docs, and senior doctoral students about the academic career ladder. It is well known that mentoring activities are critical for successful promotions in the professoriate. Such activities are especially needed in the field of computing, where the number in the targeted groups at a given institution is usually very small. The workshop will include panels of diverse senior faculty talking about the tenure and promotion process, launching a research program, professionalism, and a detailed session on proposal writing. The workshop organizers include Valerie Taylor (Texas A&M University), Bryant York (Portland State University), Illya Hicks (Rice University), Ann Gates (University of Texas in El Paso), Richard Ladner (University of Washington), and Timothy Pinkston (University of Southern California). Questions about the program can be sent to Valerie Taylor, taylor@cse.tamu.edu.