This cohort creates a space for senior teaching and tenured faculty to reflect on meaningful goals, renewed purpose, and the next phase of their professional lives. These milestones mark significant achievement, while also opening up new questions about direction, impact, balance, and what comes next.

Through structured reflection and conversation with colleagues, participants will clarify meaningful goals, reconnect with what matters most in their work, and shape intentional plans for a thriving next chapter.

While the program will support faculty members who are contemplating promotion to full professor, its larger goal is to encourage faculty thriving in mid-career, whatever that might look like for each individual participant. We envision participants will have 6-10 years’ experience at UR, but anyone who believes this experience could be valuable is welcome to apply.

The cohort will meet 4 times over the course of the semester for 75 minutes. Participants will also have an opportunity to take part in a one-on-one consultation with program facilitators.

Please sign up here by Sept. 24.

Time commitment: Participants are expected to attend all four meetings (to the best of their ability) and to complete short homework assignments (roughly 1 hour each) in between sessions.

Program Facilitators:

Jon Dattelbaum, Professor of Chemistry, Associate Dean, Division III, A&S

Patricia Herrera, Professor of Theatre and Dance, Associate Dean, DEIB, A&S

Kitty Maynard, Director, Faculty Hub

Fall 2026

The meetings will take place on Thursdays from 3:30-4:45 in the Faculty Hub:

Oct. 1: Exploring personal values and purpose
Oct. 15.: Purposeful planning
Nov. 5: Rewiring mentoring networks
Dec. 3: Preparing for your next steps

Thriving in the Next Chapter: A Cohort for Senior Teaching and Tenured Faculty, Fall 2026