scholarly journals Taking ownership of your career: professional development through experiential learning

2021 ◽  
Vol 15 (S2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Verónica A. Segarra ◽  
William A. Gentry
Keyword(s):  
Professional Development ◽  
Experiential Learning ◽  
Cell Biology ◽  
Junior Faculty ◽  
Career Transitions ◽  
Tenure Track ◽  
Academic Institutions ◽  
Development Experience ◽  
American Society

AbstractExperiential learning can facilitate the development of transferrable skills necessary for success in attaining tenure and promotion in academia. In this article, we discuss the benefits of designing and implementing an individualized professional development experience or practicum. By doing this, we describe the experiential learning component of the Accomplishing Career Transitions (ACT) Program of the American Society for Cell Biology. The ACT program aims to assist postdoctoral trainees and junior faculty from backgrounds underrepresented in STEM as they strive to transition into tenure-track positions and ultimately attain tenure at research-intensive or teaching-intensive academic institutions.

scholarly journals Taking Ownership of Your Career: Professional Development Through Experiential Learning

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Veronica Segarra ◽  
William Gentry
Keyword(s):  
Professional Development ◽  
Experiential Learning ◽  
Cell Biology ◽  
Junior Faculty ◽  
Career Transitions ◽  
Tenure Track ◽  
Academic Institutions ◽  
Development Experience ◽  
American Society

Experiential learning can facilitate the development of transferrable skills necessary for success in attaining tenure and promotion in academia. In this article, we discuss the benefits of designing and implementing an individualized professional development experience or practicum. By doing this, we describe the experiential learning component of the Accomplishing Career Transitions (ACT) Program of the American Society for Cell Biology. The ACT program aims to assist postdoctoral trainees and junior faculty from backgrounds underrepresented in STEM as they strive to transition into tenure-track positions and ultimately attain tenure at research-intensive or teaching-intensive academic institutions.

scholarly journals Accomplishing Career Transitions 2019: facilitating success towards the professoriate

2021 ◽  
Vol 15 (S2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Verónica A. Segarra ◽  
Jim Vigoreaux ◽  
Maria Elena Zavala ◽  
Ashanti Edwards
Keyword(s):  
Cell Biology ◽  
Development Program ◽  
Junior Faculty ◽  
Career Transitions ◽  
Promotion And Tenure ◽  
Critical Transitions ◽  
Chapel Hill ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
American Society ◽  
Summer Workshop

AbstractThe Minorities Affairs Committee of the American Society for Cell Biology through its Accomplishing Career Transitions (ACT) program aims to ease critical transitions for postdocs and junior faculty from underrepresented backgrounds in STEM or from minority-serving institutions as they work towards promotion and tenure at a wide range of academic institutions. The ACT program is a 2-year cohort-based professional and skills development program that kicks off with a summer workshop and continues with additional online training sessions on selected topics, forging the creation of a permanent mentoring community for the participants. In this BMC Proceedings Supplement, we highlight selected content from the first ACT summer workshop held in 2019 at the Rizzo Center in Chapel Hill, NC. The goal of this BMC Proceedings Supplement is to amplify impact of ACT programming in a way that transcends the ACT Fellow community to benefit an increased number of scientists.

scholarly journals 50 Years of Women in Cell Biology: Where have we been? Where are we going?

2021 ◽  
Vol 32 (22) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sandra K. Masur ◽  
Ursula Goodenough ◽  
Caroline M. Kane ◽  
Elizabeth Marincola ◽  
Maria Elena Zavala ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Professional Development ◽  
Data Collection ◽  
Cell Biology ◽  
Gender Parity ◽  
The Past ◽  
New Challenges ◽  
American Society ◽  
Equity And Inclusion

It’s been 50 years since Women in Cell Biology (WICB) was founded by junior women cell biologists who found themselves neither represented at the American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB) presentations nor receiving the information, mentoring, and sponsorship they needed to advance their careers. Since then, gender parity at ASCB has made significant strides: WICB has become a standing ASCB committee, women are regularly elected president of the ASCB, and half the symposia speakers are women. Many of WICB’s pioneering initiatives for professional development, including career panels, workshops, awards for accomplishments in science and mentoring, and career mentoring roundtables, have been incorporated and adapted into broader “professional development” that benefits all members of ASCB. The time has passed when we can assume that all women benefit equally from progress. By strategically, thoughtfully, and honestly recognizing the challenges to women of the past and today, we may anticipate those new challenges that will arise in the next 50 years. WICB, in collaboration with the ASCB, can lead in data collection and access and can promote diversity, equity, and inclusion. This work will be a fitting homage to the women who, half a century ago, posted bathroom stall invitations to the first Women in Cell Biology meetup.

scholarly journals Perceived changes among second-stage agriculture teachers following a professional development experience in Ecuador

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (3) ◽  
pp. 68-80
Author(s):  
Erin K. Gorter ◽  
Tyson Sorensen ◽  
Jana Russell ◽  
Sierra Taylor ◽  
Thomas M. Henderson
Keyword(s):  
Professional Development ◽  
Experiential Learning ◽  
International Development ◽  
Teacher Development ◽  
Agricultural Education ◽  
Teaching Practices ◽  
Career Commitment ◽  
Second Stage ◽  
Global Engagement ◽  
Development Experience

This qualitative case study sought to explore changes in the perceptions of second stage (years 4-10) school based agricultural education teachers (SBAE) following a professional development experience in Ecuador. Experiential learning was utilized as a theoretical lens and the model of teacher change as an operationalized conceptual framework. Semi-structured one-on-one interviews were conducted, and transcripts analyzed for thematic content. Findings elucidated three emergent themes: change in classroom practices; change in personal and professional pursuits; and change in perceptions, beliefs, and attitudes. As a result of the experience, misconceptions were dispelled, new understandings of agriculture and natural resources were developed, confidence was increased, and a desire for more global engagement was communicated. Teachers expressed their desire to be more inclusive, encourage global engagement and citizenship among their students, and integrate more global concepts within their teaching practices. The findings have implications for the importance of holistic approaches to teacher development through international experiential learning, rather than just a focus on classroom teaching practices. To add to our findings, similar research with other teachers beyond second stage should be conducted. Also, research exploring the influence of international development activities on career commitment should be conducted.

scholarly journals The Minorities Affairs Committee of the American Society for Cell Biology—Fostering the Professional Development of Scientists from Underrepresented Minority Backgrounds

2017 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. le1 ◽  
Author(s):  
Verónica A. Segarra ◽  
Franklin Carrero-Martínez ◽  
Erika Shugart
Keyword(s):  
Biological Sciences ◽  
Professional Development ◽  
Cell Biology ◽  
Life Sciences ◽  
Underrepresented Minorities ◽  
Underrepresented Minority ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Broadening Participation ◽  
American Society ◽  
Scientific Workforce

As part of its mission, the American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB) works to increase diversity in the scientific workforce, in part through the work of its Minorities Affairs Committee. It is for this reason that the ASCB was happy to welcome the special September 2016 issue of CBE—Life Sciences Education (LSE) focused on broadening participation. As a response to this special issue, we update our ASCB community and LSE readership on the society’s efforts to broaden participation of underrepresented minorities in the biological sciences.

scholarly journals Basic Science and The NIH

1994 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 267-272 ◽  
Author(s):  
Harold Varmus
Keyword(s):  
Public Policy ◽  
New Orleans ◽  
Annual Meeting ◽  
Basic Science ◽  
Cell Biology ◽  
National Institutes Of Health ◽  
Keynote Speech ◽  
American Society

The following is an edited version of the Keynote Speech delivered at the Annual Meeting of the American Society for Cell Biology by Harold Varmus, Director of the National Institutes of Health. The address, entitled Basic Science and the NIH, was given at the opening of the meeting in New Orleans on December 11, 1993. It was Varmus' first public policy talk as NIH Director.

A Mother-Scholar During COVID-19

2020 ◽  
pp. 107780042097875
Author(s):  
Van Lac
Keyword(s):  
Distance Learning ◽  
Young Children ◽  
Faculty Member ◽  
Research Productivity ◽  
Junior Faculty ◽  
Junior Faculty Member ◽  
Tenure Track ◽  
Qualitative Researcher ◽  
Global Pandemic ◽  
Emergent Literature

This poem highlights the current challenges and the lived realities of a mother-scholar during COVID-19. As a mother of two young children, the author details how the global pandemic has thrown her life into chaos as she attempts to provide support to her children with distance learning while also fulfilling her duties with teaching, research, and service as a junior faculty member on the tenure-track. Reinforcing the emergent literature on the lack of research productivity during this pandemic for mother-scholars, the author as a qualitative researcher illuminates this exact challenge in her poem.

Author Guidelines for Mathematics Teacher

2013 ◽  
Vol 107 (2) ◽  
pp. 156
Keyword(s):  
Professional Development ◽  
Mathematics Teacher ◽  
Development Experience

Writing about your work and getting published can be a rewarding personal and professional development experience. Following are author guidelines formulated by the MT Editorial Panel

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