Future Faculty Workshop: Diverse Leaders of Tomorrow: MIT's Endicott 2011 House; June 19 - 21, 2011

PI将在马萨诸塞州理工学院举办“未来教师研讨会：未来的多元化领导者”。 这个为期3天的研讨会旨在鼓励和促进代表性不足的少数民族在学术界的事业。 该研讨会与其他此类研讨会的区别在于专注于材料化学和工程。 目标参与者是来自代表性不足的少数群体的博士生和博士后学者。预计将有至少38名高素质的参与者。研讨会的参与者将被介绍给教师，他们将在研讨会期间和他们的早期职业生涯中担任导师。 这些导师将领导关于学术界的好处，如何在学术界获得职位的讨论，并就如何克服留住和晋升的障碍提出干预战略。 研讨会参与者将收到反馈和指导他们的研究建议的想法，这将作为讨论如何形成跨学科的研究计划，并寻求适当的资金为这些计划的基础。

PIs will conduct a "Future Faculty Workshop: Diverse Leaders of Tomorrow" at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. This 3 day workshop aims to encourage and promote careers in academia of underrepresented minorities. The workshop differentiates itself from other such workshops by focusing on materials chemistry and engineering. The target participants are PhD students and Post-doctoral scholars from underrepresented minority (URMs) groups. It is anticipated that there will be at least 38 highly qualified participants.Participants in the workshop will be introduced to faculty who will serve as mentors during the workshop and throughout their early career. These mentors will lead discussions on the benefits of academia, how to obtain positions in academia, and give intervention strategies on how to overcome barriers to retention and promotion. Workshop participants will receive feedback and coaching on their research proposal ideas which will serve as the basis for discussing how to form interdisciplinary research programs and seek appropriate funding for these programs.