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How RSDI Helps New Faculty
Embarking on Tenure Track & Managing Your Time
Being a new faculty member can be overwhelming given the variety of responsibilities and demands on your time. Effectively prioritizing your tasks by scheduling them based on urgency and importance is key.
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We can offer guidance on balancing your time based on your workload model through
the PI Academy and a time-management workshop on MediaSpace. Scholarship and creative
activity (SCA) is a major factor in qualifying for tenure, so a lack of research productivity
is a key reason for faculty being denied tenure. Schedule a one-on-one coaching session
with us for advice on meeting the promotion and tenure guidelines set by your college
and department. Consider joining NCFDD to take advantage of their online seminars
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Teaching Effectively and Efficiently
The quality of your teaching does not have to suffer on account of your research,
but new faculty often struggle to design a teaching plan that is both effective and
efficient.
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We highly recommend utilizing KSU’s Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning (CETL), as increasing your teaching effectiveness and efficiency will enable you to increase your research productivity. |
Creating a Brand and/or Lab
You have likely been told to establish your brand, and, if you need a lab, to grow
your lab. Obstacles you may be facing include spending your start-up package, developing
your online presence, and recruiting students.
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Schedule a one-on-one coaching session with us for assistance with purchasing, completing hiring paperwork, and setting up your ORCiD and Google Scholar accounts. Connect with the Office of Undergraduate Research (OUR) and the Graduate College for help with recruiting students. |
Developing Fruitful Relationships
Research is becoming increasingly interdisciplinary and collaborative, so as you look
to grow your research, connecting with your peers will be essential.
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Consider joining one of KSU’s research communities to meet colleagues seeking meaningful interdisciplinary research experiences. You can also use TeamSparx to identify potential collaborators. Interested in mentorship? Schedule a one-on-one coaching session with us for assistance with reaching out to possible mentors or mentees. |
Generating Deliverables with High Quality and Significance
Sometimes new faculty equate productivity with volume, but volume must not come at
the expense of quality and significance. In the funding acquisition phase, your time
will be better spent carefully crafting a few compelling grant applications than taking
a shotgun approach. And, do not underestimate the value of improving a grant application
or research article that has been returned for revision.
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If you need to find funding, check out our pages on Internal Funding, External Funding, and Limited Submissions. To boost your grantsmanship, enroll in our six-week-long Summer Research Fellows workshop, our eight-week, online, asynchronous PI Academy course, or attend one of our workshops. We maintain a database of grant-writing resources on D2L. To request access, please contact researchdev@kennesaw.edu and ask to be added to the RDSI Resources for Faculty course. When you reach the stage of generating publications, connect with the KSU Library for assistance with preparing articles. |
Understanding Your Support System at KSU
It is not always clear who to turn to for help at different points in your research
projects.
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Learn more about the structure of research at KSU. |
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