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This month’s Faculty Research Collaborative, sponsored by the Office of Faculty Advancement, Retention, and Excellence (FARE), will meet from 2 to 3:15 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 30, in 262 Rhatigan Student Center, Herrman Room. This month’s gathering will feature three-minute presentations by:

• Erin O’Bryan, communication sciences and disorders, presenting “Singing versus Speech in the Human Brain”
• Tetsuya Sato, human factors psychology, presenting “Examining Human–Automation Trust and Eye Movement Behavior Under Varying Risk Conditions in a High-Fidelity Flight Simulation Environment”
• Suman Bhandary, graphic design, presenting “An Investigation into the Readability Research for Native Bangla”

The Faculty Research Collaborative is an opportunity for faculty to network with other researchers on campus over brief research presentations, followed by Q&A and informal conversation. Coffee, drinks and snacks are provided.

The collaborative is spearheaded by engineering Professor Nils Hakansson, philosophy Professor Susan Castro, graphic design Assistant Professor Irmaj Puškarević and sociology Professor Twyla Hill.

With news of university firings in other states, faculty may feel a sense of uncertainty and anxiety about academic freedom in their research and teaching. Join Rhonda Lewis, community psychology professor, for a facilitated conversation about this topic from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 23 in 102C McKinley Hall. Coffee, beverages and light snacks will be provided.

This event is part of the Faculty Support Network series sponsored by the Office of Faculty Advancement, Retention, and Excellence (FARE). These events are intended to create a socially and emotionally supportive environment for WSU faculty by providing a safe forum for difficult conversations to take place.

For more information about Faculty Support Network events, contact rhonda.lewis@wichita.edu. To see all FARE events on your calendar, join the FARE Events group and select the option to show the group calendar in Outlook.

The Faculty Research Collaborative is a faculty club that seeks to build an interdisciplinary research culture at WSU through brief pitches of research projects in development and interdisciplinary discussion of the ideas. The group is led by Susan Castro, associate professor of philosophy, and Nils Hakansson, professor of biomedical engineering. You bring your thinking cap, and FARE will bring the snacks and caffeine to stimulate your creative thinking from 2 to 3:15 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 24 262 Rhatigan Student Center, Herrman Room.

September’s presenters:

• Dr. Irma Puškarević, assistant professor of graphic design, with “Digital Humanities Lab: Developing frameworks to preserve multilingual and multiscript typographic heritage from historically dynamic regions.”
• Dr. Haley Schroer, assistant professor of history, with “Fashion Police? Materiality, Identity, and Power in the Spanish Imperial World”
• Dr. Atri Dutta, associate professor of aerospace engineering, will present on the impact of AI-assisted hazard prediction on resilience

Attend at least half of this year’s gatherings for a letter of participation from FARE for your FAAR.

Dr Terrance Figy, associate professor of physics, has arranged an informational Zoom at 2 p.m. Monday, Sept 22 over NSF resources and funding for researchers and educators with Dr. Amy Apon, a program officer at the National Science Foundation. She is a rotator from Clemson University and has a long history of leadership in the HPC/Cyberinfrastructure community.

Apon will discuss funding opportunities and resources for computations available for researchers via the NSF Office of Advanced Cyberinfrastructure (OAC).

Contact terrance.figy@wichita.edu for the Zoom link or check your email for the FARE Faculty Events Newsletter from Sept. 15.

Promoting your work (and by extension, yourself) can be terribly uncomfortable and awkward, but it’s a necessary component of research networking and professional advancement. This fall, the Office of Faculty Advancement, Retention, and Excellence (FARE) is holding a two-part Faculty Exchange series called “The Uncomfortable Art of Promoting Your Work (Without Sounding Like a Jerk).” The first session will be from 9:30 to 10:45 a.m. Friday, Sept. 19 262 Rhatigan Student Center, Herrman Room and focuses on promoting your work internally at WSU and in person, while the second workshop Nov. 6 will focus on external and online promotion.

What to expect: Time to meet and get to know colleagues over snacks and coffee/tea, with content presented by fellow faculty (including Adam Lynch and Jan Twomey from the College of Engineering) on how to effectively tell your professional story when it matters and in terminology that those across disciplines understand. You’ll leave with a practiced pitch you can share about your recent professional accomplishments.

The WSU Office of Faculty Advancement, Retention, and Excellence (FARE) is working to create a better experience for new faculty adjusting to their positions at WSU, and it needs your help to make that happen. FARE would like to hear about the experiences of early-career faculty who have been at WSU fewer than seven years, both tenure track and non-tenure track. There are two ways to get involved:

• Complete the survey by Friday, Sept. 12
• Email fare@wichita.edu if you would like to share more about your experiences in an interview or focus group with Dr. Debby Hinsdale from FARE.

FARE thanks everyone who has taken the time to complete the survey so far. Your input is invaluable to making WSU an even better place to work.

Have questions about the tenure and promotion process? Come hear from Gery Markova, professor in the Department of Management, and connect with other tenure-track faculty in an informal conversational environment to ask your questions from 12:30 to 1:45 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 9 in 262 RSC, Herrman Room.

Contact Markova at gery.markova@wichita.edu with any questions.

Dr. Susan Castro, philosophy and Dr. Nils Hakansson, biomedical engineering, are spearheading the launch of a new faculty research club starting at 2 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 28 in 262 RSC, Herrman Room, in partnership with the Office of Faculty Advancement, Retention, and Excellence (FARE). The goal of the FARE Faculty Research Collaborative is to catalyze interdisciplinary research partnerships among WSU faculty.

Each month, faculty from across campus will gather to hear three-minute talks from three colleagues and will have an opportunity to ask questions and contribute to the project through their own disciplinary lenses and networks. Snacks and drinks will be provided.

Those who attend at least 50% of the collaboratives will receive a letter of participation to include in their FAAR.

September’s gathering will be 2-3:15 p.m. Sept. 24 (meetings will be at 2 p.m., alternating between Wednesday and Thursday)

August presenters:

• Dr. Susan Castro, associate professor of philosophy – “WSU Research Affiliation Groups: HealthHum and AI”
• Dr. Yuanyuan Gao, assistant professor of biomedical engineering – “Optical Instrumentation Design for Neuroimaging”
• Dr. Abdulaziz Abubshait, assistant professor of psychology – “Should Robots be Social?”

The Office of Faculty Advancement, Retention, and Excellence (FARE) will hold a two-day Class Prep Sprint for faculty to prepare for the semester starting. FARE will provide coffee, bagels, snacks and camaraderie. Sign up now to let FARE know to expect you to prepare enough refreshments.

• When: 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Monday, Aug. 4 and Tuesday, Aug. 5. Participate for half-days or whole days. There will be a lunch break from noon to 1 p.m. Bring your lunch so that you can spend that time getting to know your colleagues, if you’d like.
• Where: Wichita State Connect, rooms 106 and 107
• What: In one room, there will be a quiet space for working on your class prep. In the room next door, you can either choose to participate in Academic Resource Conference sessions, discuss plans with colleagues or get advice from Office of Instructional Resources staff or FARE coordinator Dr. Debby Hinsdale, a curriculum specialist.

To pre-schedule time to consult with Office of Instructional Resources staff, fill out the request form here.

If you find your motivation lagging or you could use a little more structure to achieve your summer research goals, join the summer faculty writing group from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. every Wednesday in June and July in 302 Woolsey Hall, Berry Foundation Room, hosted by the Office of Faculty Advancement, Retention and Excellence (FARE).

Each writing session begins and ends with goal setting and accountability check-ins. FARE provides coffee, tea and light snacks. You can either leave for lunch or pack a lunch (there’s a microwave available).

If you want to join, email fare@wichita.edu to let the office know to expect you.