Call for Participants – 2024 AERA Division C New Faculty Mentoring Program (NFMP)

Deadline: Dec 15, 2024 @ 11:59pm PST

The Division C New Faculty Mentoring Program (NFMP) has four main goals:

1. Provide an interactive seminar with relevant information and support for new faculty. The seminar plans to address areas of concern, such as new faculty roles , creating scholarly collaborations, securing external funding, work life balance, and navigating other major activities associated with tenure and promotion.
2. Create a diverse scholarly community that includes members of historically marginalized groups. We encourage first- generation scholars, faculty of color, Latina/Latino faculty, members of the LGBTQ+ community, and faculty with disabilities to apply.
3. Provide each new faculty participant an individual mentoring opportunity with a senior scholar who will provide direct feedback on a particular work in progress and related scholarly endeavors in the participant’s program of research.
4. Facilitate peer networking and collaboration activities among Division C new faculty.

The New Faculty Mentoring Program is an excellent opportunity for tenure-track faculty to connect with established scholars, network with new colleagues, and learn more about achieving success.

***NOTE: The 2025 NFMP will in-person during the place-based 2025 AERA annual meeting***

How to Apply

New faculty—those who have been appointed at their first tenure track position within the past three years—should submit the following application materials as email attachments to Dr. Stephen Aguilar ([email protected]) and Dr. Kaite Muenks ([email protected]). The due date for these materials is December 15, 2025 @ 11:59pm PST

1. A COVER LETTER (maximum 2 pages) stating
   1. What information and experiences you would find most valuable in the Division C NFMP
   2. Your current area(s) of research interest/scholarship
   3. Courses you are teaching AY 2024-2025
   4. Number of years in your first position after earning your doctoral degree
   5. Your professional goals for the next five years and beyond
   6. A list of four to five potential AERA mentors; describing how you believe they could best advise and mentor you on your work. Include each person’s institutional affiliation and contact information (e-mail addresses).
2. A CURRICULUM VITAE that includes your name, address, institution, mobile phone, email, and educational background as well as relevant scholarly, service/leadership, and teaching activities.
3. EVIDENCE OF CURRENT MEMBERSHIP in AERA’s Division C.