Registration Open: Faculty Search Committee Train-the-Trainer Course
To build the capacity of faculty and staff to engage in fair and effective searches, ADVANCE and ODI are offering a train-the-trainer course for faculty and staff involved in faculty hiring, recruitment, evaluation, and/or administration. After the course, participants will be prepared
Register for the 2025 PTK Symposium- March 6 & 7
The 2025 PTK Symposium is a two-day event taking place on March 6th and 7th, 2025.
Register Now! Faculty Promotion Workshops - Winter 2025
Join us for one-day, in-person workshops for assistant professors (January 23rd, 2025 10am - 3:30pm) and associate professors (Friday, January 24th, 2025 10am - 3:30pm) aimed at preparing for promotion.
Registration for virtual "Negotiation for Academics" workshop 10/31 now open
Register for a workshop on negotiation led by nationally recognized coach Rena Seltzer.
Celebrating Former ADVANCE Professors as UMD Distinguished Scholar-Teacher Award Recipients
We're excited to announce that three of the six recipients of the UMD Distinguished Scholar-Teacher Award are former ADVANCE Professors! Congratulations to Brooke Lui, Linda Steiner, and Vijaya Venkataraman on this well-deserved recognition!
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Jessica Vitak
Jessica is a Professor in the College of Information and the Director of the Information Studies PhD program. She also serves as an ADVANCE Professor for the College of Information.