Faculty Life Cycle

The Serie Center is deeply invested in your success as a faculty member at Macalester. We recognize that “success” means different things to different people, and will also change as a function of how long you’ve been here, your position, your social locations and identities, etc. 

The information below, aimed at faculty in general and at specific groups of faculty, is designed to help you navigate key transitions during the faculty life cycle and provide you with specific resources relevant to each stage of your career. Note this is just a VERY small sample of a wide array of available resources; please let us know if you discover any others that are particularly helpful!

Department Chair support

• Resources for Macalester department chairs
• The role of the department chair at Macalester (gdoc)
• Detailed resources for department chairs at Mac (gdoc; must be a current chair to access)
• Mentoring and supporting faculty (ACM and NCFDD resources – gdoc)

Resources for non-tenure track faculty

• Resources for non-tenure track (special appointment) faculty

Faculty identity group resources (updates coming)

• A survival guide for Black, Indigenous, and other women of color in academe (Aisha S. Ahmad in the Chronicle of Higher Education)
• Ready to be an ally for Black academics? Here’s a start (Ebony O. McGee in the Chronicle of Higher Education)
• Imagined futures of Black faculty (including the Blactivism in the Academy podcast)
• Faculty of Color Network

Pre-tenure faculty resources (under construction)

Mid-career faculty support

• Resources for mid-career faculty – updates coming soon! (gdoc)

Retired Faculty Events

Each semester the Serie Center welcomes retired faculty back to campus with morning coffees or afternoon happy hours. These gatherings of old friends and colleagues highlight ongoing scholarly research by our retired colleagues or informal talks by current faculty.