Faculty Career Fellows
Faculty Career Fellows (FCF), one of three winners of the 2024 Chancellor’s Challenge, is an exciting new initiative from CES and TIIP. Designed to support and recognize faculty, FCF offers a hands-on cohort experience with an in-person workshop, communities of practice, self-paced learning, and a culminating project. We invite you to join us in shaping this innovative program and becoming part of its first cohorts.
What is Faculty Career Fellows?
Faculty Career Fellows (FCF) is a new initiative jointly developed by Career Exploration and Success (CES) and the Institute for Teaching, Innovation, and Inclusive Pedagogy (TIIP). The program advances faculty development through a structured, cohort-based model that includes an in-person workshop, communities of practice, asynchronous learning, and a culminating project focused on connecting course learning objectives with the NACE Career Readiness Competencies.
The program supports faculty in making the skills developed through academic learning more visible to students by integrating reflection and communication practices into their courses. This helps students recognize and articulate how their coursework contributes to career readiness and prepares them to communicate those connections to employers and other professional audiences.
Goals and Benefits
This initiative empowers faculty to expand their teaching practice by integrating at least one NACE Career Competency into their syllabi, assessments, and assignments between Spring 2026 and Summer 2027. Across four cohorts—one each semester from Spring 2026 through Spring 2027—groups of 10 to 15 faculty will engage in a 3–4 month, immersive experience featuring an in-person workshop, synchronous and asynchronous modules, and a culminating project. Faculty who complete the program will be recognized as Faculty Career Fellows and receive a $2,500 professional development and research stipend in acknowledgment of their achievement.
Why Apply to Become a Faculty Career Fellow?
This initiative aims to strengthen connections among academics, students, and employers by demonstrating how classroom learning translates into workplace skills. Research shows that when students recognize these connections, their postgraduate outcomes improve. While faculty partnerships to embed career readiness have been effective at other institutions, this program represents Rutgers’ commitment to advancing this work within our own community.
Spring 2026
Inaugural Cohort
Crystal Akers
Linguistics
Ben Borer
Marine and Coastal Sciences
Tracy Chang
Labor Studies and Employment Relations
Bailey Eaise
Political Science
Alexander López
Marine & Coastal Sciences
Abigail Porter
Environmental Sciences
Chris Shuck
Chemistry and Chemical Biology
Luis Soto
Sociology/Criminal Justice
Chris To
Human Resource Management
Monica Torres
Life Sciences
DaJung Woo
Communication
Jenny Yang
Asian Languages and Cultures
Peng Zhang
Computer Science
How to Apply?
Applications for the Spring 2026 cohort are now closed. Please return to this page in February to apply for the Summer 2026 cohort.
Faculty Career Fellows Advisory Board
Faculty Career Fellows (FCF) is a joint initiative of the Office of Career Exploration and Success and the Institute for Teaching, Innovation, & Inclusive Pedagogy. Shaped by the insights of faculty, staff, and employer partners on the FCF Advisory Committee, FCF helps students link what they learn in the classroom to the skills that matter most in the workplace.