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 is designed to advance faculty development through a structured, cohort-based model that integrates an in-person workshop, synchronous communities of practice, asynchronous experiential learning, and a culminating project.
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.
How to Apply?
Applications for the Spring 2026 cohort will close at 8am EST on October 27th.
Faculty Career Fellows Advisory Committee
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.
Current Membership:
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Dr. Tracie Addy, Founding Director
Institute for Teaching, Innovation, & Inclusive Pedagogy -
Dr. LeAnne Barclay-Platenburg, Assistant Teaching Professor, Library and Information Science
School of Communication and Information -
Ellen Bredehoft, Interim Dean
Mason Gross School of the Arts -
Jennifer Broyles, Senior Director, Career Readiness
Career Exploration and Success -
Lyn Baier, Associate Director, Internship & Professional Programs
Career Exploration and Success - Dr. Madhavi Chakrabarty, Assistant Professor of Professional Practice
Rutgers Business School - Dr. Zaire Dinzey-Flores, Associate Professor and Vice Dean for Workplace Culture & Professional Excellence
School of Arts and Sciences -
Dr. David Goldman, Director of Teaching, Learning, and Assessment
School of Arts and Sciences -
Jamie Kim, Assistant Director, Teaching Development
Institute for Teaching, Innovation, & Inclusive Pedagogy -
Dr. Liz Langemak*, Associate Director of University Relations, Talent Acquisition
Verizon -
Jennifer Lenahan, Director, SAS Career Explorations Initiative
School of Arts and Sciences -
Rania Plazas, Sr. Assistant Director, Rutgers Internship & Co-op Programs
Career Exploration and Success -
Crystal Quillen, Assistant Director, Teaching and Learning Scholarship
Institute for Teaching, Innovation, & Inclusive Pedagogy -
Dr. Kristen Syrett, Professor, Department of Linguistics and the Center for Cognitive Science
School of Arts and Sciences -
Dr. Sheila Tabanli, Assistant Teaching Professor, Department of Mathematics
School of Arts and Sciences -
Dr. Calvin Yu, Assistant Professor and Interim Associate Director
School of Arts and Sciences -
Dr. Aparna Zama, Teaching Professor and Undergraduate Program Director
School of Environment and Biological Sciences
* Liz Langemak was also a former Associate Professor of English at both La Salle University and Bethany College
