Events & Opportunities

Arts & Science Emerging Leaders Academy (ASELA)

Part of our ongoing efforts to develop a vibrant and inclusive community of leaders, ASELA is a year-long program aimed at developing the leadership potential of faculty in Arts and Science. The program focuses on faculty members who have received tenure recently and those who are up to 7 years post-tenure. Read the program FAQ to learn more. Or visit the ASELA program page here.

If you are interested in leadership and the future of NYU Arts and Science, I invite you to nominate colleagues to apply and to consider applying yourself. Please nominate colleagues no later than March 11th, 2022.  Applications are due March 28th, 2022 by 5pm. 

Chairs/Directors Workshop

The incoming Chairs and Directors workshop is held annually in the late Spring, please contact the director at facultydiversitydirector@nyu.edu for details

One-on-One Meetings

Schedule one-on-one appointments via facultydiversitydirector@nyu.edu

Emerging Scholars Symposia

To renew our commitment to expanding the diversity and inclusivity of our faculty searches, Arts & Science is pleased to announce an opportunity to showcase talented emerging and early career scholars featuring new work, new voices and new perspectives. The Emerging Scholars Program aims to assist in building a vibrant, diverse and inclusive community of scholars and educators by bringing a small number of excellent early career scholars to NYU to present their research.

Departments interested in proposing to host a symposium should contact the facultydiversitydirector@nyu.edu for additional details about the program.

Search Workshops

We strongly encourage search committee members to attend an Arts and Science search workshop and/or a search workshop held by OEO.

OEO open enrollment search workshop (OEO 601)
Dates are Friday Sept. 17, 2021; Friday October 29, 2021 and Thursday February 10, 2022.  The dates and description of the workshop are posted here. 

To register: search for the iLearn login under the work tab of NYU Home, and search for OEO601.  Click the link to view dates and details.

Fall 2021 A&S workshops

The Arts & Science Office of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Faculty Development offers Search Best Practice Discussion workshops throughout the semester. Event has passed. Please revisit site in Fall 2022 for updated workshop schedule. 

To schedule virtual departmental search workshops or consults please contact facultydiversitydirector@nyu.edu.

Faculty First Look

In Spring 2020, Arts & Science launched the Faculty First Look program providing professional development and job search skills for senior graduate students and postdoctoral scholars of color and others underrepresented in the academy.  A new competition will be held in early Spring Semester of 2022.  For details on the program and links to the application page please check here. 

Postdoctoral Travel Grants

The Vice Dean for Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Development of the Faculty of Arts and Science (FAS) provides funds to postdoctoral fellows to help defray the cost of travel to present at professional meetings and conferences.  Follow the link for Postdoctoral Travel Grant program details and application. Postdoctoral travel awards are back!  Applications are due by February 28th at this link.  

SACNAS Recruitment (Sacnas.org)
Each Fall, Arts & Science hosts a booth at the SACNAS STEM Diversity Recruiting Fair and coordinates the group booth block for other NYU Schools and FAS departments. Typically we anticipate a booth block that includes GSAS, Neuroscience, Center for Data Science, Tandon and the Medical School.  Due to COVID-19, the next SACNAS recruitment effort by NYU is anticipated to be Fall 2022.  For information on how to get your Arts & Science department involved, please contact the Director at facultydiversitydirector@nyu.edu.   

NYU Graduate students run a SACNAS Chapter.  Please visit them for outreach and recruiting activities.

Community Building Seed Grants

Building community within our committees, classrooms, departments and university is critical to equity and inclusion. Small seed grants (usually in the $500-2000) are available to support pilot programs.  Programs should aim to be self-sustainable in the future, have departmental investment, and support expansion of equitable practice, capacity and belonging.  These could include expert engagement for workshops to expand skills (e.g., classroom, mentoring or other skills), to extend disciplinary topical engagements, or other community development. For more information and to pitch a project, please contact fas-diversity@nyu.edu.