Interfolio
Virtual Summit
All topics, speakers, and timing subject to change. All times listed in ET.
Opening Remarks and Keynote Address
Interfolio CEO Andrew Rosen opens the 2021 Interfolio Virtual Summit. Then, Dr. Ebony O. McGee from Vanderbilt University discusses advancing equity in higher STEM education for our keynote address “Beyond Recruiting…Retaining Underrepresented Minoritized Faculty & Graduate Students: First Understand the Barriers, then Dismantle Them.” Her research and work explores “the social, material, and health costs of academic achievement and problematizing traditional forms of success in higher education, with an unapologetic focus on Black folk in these places and spaces.”
Speakers
Andrew Rosen
CEO, Interfolio
Dr. Ebony O. McGee
Associate Professor of Diversity and STEM Education at Vanderbilt University’s
Peabody College
About Dr. Ebony O. McGee
As a professor of diversity and STEM education at Vanderbilt University’s Peabody College, I investigate what it means to be racially marginalized while minoritized in the context of learning and achieving in STEM higher education and in the STEM professions. I study in particular the racialized experiences and racial stereotypes that adversely affect the education and career trajectories of underrepresented groups of color. This involves exploring the social, material, and health costs of academic achievement and problematizing traditional forms of success in higher education, with an unapologetic focus on Black folk in these places and spaces. My National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER grant investigates how marginalization undercuts success in STEM through psychological stress, interrupted STEM career trajectories, impostor phenomenon, and other debilitating race-related trauma for Asian, Black, Indigenous, and Latinx doctoral students.
Education is my second career; I left a career in electrical engineering to earn a PhD in mathematics education from the University of Illinois at Chicago, a Spencer Postdoctoral Fellowship at the University of Chicago, and a NSF Postdoctoral Fellowship at Northwestern University. With funding from seven NSF grants, I cofounded the Explorations in Diversifying Engineering Faculty Initiative or EDEFI (pronounced “edify”). I also cofounded the Institute in Critical Quantitative and Mixed Methodologies Training for Underrepresented Scholars (ICQCM), which aims to be a go-to resource for the development of quantitative and mixed-methods skillsets that challenge simplistic quantifications of race and marginalization. ICQCM receives support from the NSF, The Spencer Foundation, and the W. T. Grant Foundation.
My first solo-authored book is entitled Black, Brown, Bruised: How Racialized STEM Education Stifles Innovation.
My research has been featured in prominent media outlets, including The Atlantic, Diverse Issues in Higher Education, Nature Human Behaviour, The Chronicle of Higher Education, Higher Education Today, NPR’s Codeswitch, The Hechinger Report, Christian Science Monitor, Huffington Post, US News & World Report, Inside Higher Education, Tennessean, Washington Monthly, and The UK Voice Online.
Visit the EDEFI website and the ICQCM website.
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How to Successfully Lead Change Management and Faculty Adoption Initiatives
Hear how New York University and George Mason University built buy-in from faculty, administrators, and staff when implementing faculty technology.
What you’ll learn from this session:
- Effective change management techniques and best practices for onboarding faculty and staff
- Examples of how testing and surveys can support a successful campus-wide launch
Change Management & Faculty Adoption
Interfolio Faculty Information System
Pre-Implementation
In Implementation
Speakers
Molli Herth
Program Manager for Faculty Affairs and Development, George Mason University
Mike McCaw
Associate Director of Academic Appointments, Provost’s Office, New York University
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Stories from the Field: Managing Interfolio Long-Term
How can you maximize your investment in Interfolio on campus, especially over time? In this session, Interfolio experts will highlight stories of partners who have taken proactive steps toward long-term success.
Some best practices and themes this session will highlight include:
- Keeping current with trainings and product improvements
- Optimizing with new use cases to bring more value on campus
- Addressing staffing and governance
Interfolio Faculty Information System
Post-Implementation
Data Architecture & Management
Speakers
Kelly Doolan
Project Manager, Interfolio
Lauren Wolk
Senior Consultant, Services Interfolio
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Documenting Personnel Processes and Increasing User Adoption
A digital platform for Review, Promotion & Promotion can offer powerful tools to streamline processes and reduce the burden on faculty and staff. However, before you even create a template, you must have a strong understanding of the existing processes. Using Arizona State University’s experience configuring 16 distinct workflows across 23 colleges, this session will explore best practices for defining, documenting, and translating these workflows into RPT. Expect to leave with practical considerations to increase functionality and user (faculty and staff) adoption.
Interfolio Review, Promotion & Tenure
In Implementation
Pre-Implementation
Change Management & Faculty Adoption
Speakers
Chantel Powers
Academic Personnel Analyst, Promotion and Tenure, Arizona State University
Katherine Sackman
Academic Personnel Specialist, Arizona State University
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Moving to Outcomes: Faculty Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Initiatives
At last year’s Interfolio Summit, we discussed achieving a diverse and inclusive faculty workforce. Hear what tangible steps institutions have taken in the past year and how you might replicate these successes on your campus. Want to add to the conversation? Share your DEI work, no matter how small or large, with Summit@interfolio.com, and we’ll incorporate this information into the presentation.
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
Interfolio Faculty Information System
Speakers
Dr. Mónica Bugallo
Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Vice Provost for Faculty Affairs and Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Stony Brook University
Dr. Dean Lacy
Professor of Government and Assistant Provost for Faculty Recruitment, Dartmouth University
Dr. Heidi Lewis
Director and Associate Professor of Feminist & Gender Studies and inaugural Coordinator of Early Career Faculty Development, Colorado College
Dr. Jack Ryan
Vice Provost and Dean of Arts and Humanities, Gettysburg College; Coordinator, Consortium for Faculty Diversity
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Harnessing APIs to Streamline Faculty Hiring with Seamless Integrations
Join Georgetown University to discuss a seamless way to hire faculty through integrations between Interfolio Faculty Search and Workday. You’ll gain insights about how to:
- Easily provision users using existing data to create search committees
- Create a faculty record using approved application data automatically
- Send selected candidate data to Workday to initiate hiring
- Stand up this process with limited resources
Interfolio Faculty Search
In Implementation
Pre-implementation
Strategic Outcomes from a Faculty Information System
Data Architecture & Management
Speakers from Georgetown University
Merced Ada
Associate Director for Faculty Records, Georgetown College
Rebecca Cpin
Director of Affirmative Action Compliance and Data Analytics, Institutional Diversity, Equity, and Affirmative Action
Christopher Davis
Executive Support Account Manager, University Information Services
Emily Fitzgerald
HCM Senior Business Analyst, University Information Services
Charlie Leonhardt
Director of Online Initiatives and Innovation University Information Services
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Achieving Strategic Goals with a Faculty Information System
Join higher education leaders to explore current challenges and trends and hear how a modern Faculty Information System has contributed to success on their campuses.
Interfolio Faculty Information System
Strategic Outcomes from a Faculty Information System
Lasting Organizational Changes from COVID-19
Speakers
Allysceaeioun D Britt, PhD, MPH
Interim Vice President in the Office of Faculty Affairs and Development and Assistant Professor for the Division of Public Health Practice, Meharry Medical College
Ed Collom, PhD
Director of Faculty Affairs and Records and Professor of Sociology, California State University-Fullerton
Alyssa Kupka
Chief of Staff/Senior Associate Vice President, DePaul University
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Product Demonstrations: Faculty Activity Reporting (with Data Service) and Lifecycle Management
Curious to see an Interfolio module in action? Please join us for a brief introductory demonstration of either the Faculty Activity Reporting module (including the Data Service) or the Lifecycle Management module. These demos will take place concurrently.
Interfolio Faculty Activity Reporting & Data Service
Interfolio Lifecycle Management
Interfolio Faculty Information System
Speakers
Will Sickenberger
Solutions Engineer, Interfolio
Kafui Dzaka
Solutions Engineer, Interfolio
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Contemporary Uses and Configurations of Faculty Activity Reporting
Recent years have seen an evolution of the influence that academic data and workflow technologies exert on an academic organization’s capacity for self-assessment, accountability, and support for faculty. In this conversation, we will hear from several institutions about the key function and outcomes of Interfolio Faculty Activity Reporting for them; its relation to the academic employment experience; and how institutions of different profiles are configuring and embedding the module within their technology ecosystems.
Faculty Activity Reporting & Data Service
Research Impact
Pre-Implementation
In Implementation
Strategic Outcomes from a Faculty Information System
Speakers
PJ Mays
Assistant Dean for Institutional Effectiveness, Bowling Green State University
Katrina Schreiber
Administrative Manager, Research & Academic Affairs, The Scripps Research Institute
Neil McClure
Senior Associate Dean of Faculty Affairs, School of Engineering and Applied Science, Columbia University
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Streamlining Insights with Reportable Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Activities
In 2021, many Emory units have created activity classifications for their annual activity reports. This allows reportable information about DEI initiatives to be easily accessed by Associate Deans and Faculty Affairs.
Key takeaways to apply at your institution:
- How to adapt Interfolio to changing landscape
- How to build a space to track DEI initiatives
- What reportable information about DEI can do for your institution
Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion
Interfolio Faculty Activity Reporting
In Implementation
Speakers
Bridget Mullaney, MD, PMP
Facet Project Team, Office of the Provost, Emory University
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The Interfolio Product Roadmap in 2021 and Beyond
The full suite of Interfolio’s academic technology plays an increasingly essential role across higher education institutions, the global research funding landscape, and the academic job market. And we couldn’t make it successful without your continued honest input. Join Interfolio product strategy leaders for a look at how far we’ve come in 2021 already, what priorities we’re currently evaluating, and the major innovations we expect to bring to the platform in the coming year.
Strategic Outcomes from a Faculty Information System
Data Architecture & Management
Interfolio Faculty Search
Interfolio Review, Promotion & Tenure
Interfolio Faculty Activity Reporting & Data Service
Interfolio Lifecycle Management
Interfolio Faculty Information System
Researchfish by Interfolio
Speakers
Ben Wang
Senior Vice President, Product, Interfolio
Julia Riches, PhD
Principal Product Manager, Interfolio
Jonathan Bissett
Senior Product Manager, Interfolio
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Maximizing Efficiency with Creative Uses of Review, Promotion & Tenure
This session will focus on Elizabeth City State University’s use of Interfolio’s Review, Promotion & Tenure module in less-traditional areas such as course credentialing (to support accreditation) and faculty workload tracking.
Interfolio Review, Promotion & Tenure
Interfolio Lifecycle Management
Pre-Implementation
Post-Implementation
Strategic Outcomes from a Faculty Information System
Speakers
Dr. Joy Smith
Dean of the School of Education and Business, Elizabeth City State University
Dr. Farrah Ward
Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs, Elizabeth City State University
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HBCU Leaders in Conversation
Many Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) have seen an influx of funding and enrollment in the past year. We’ll hear from leaders at these institutions about how they are prioritizing their work and approaching faculty recruitment and retention, amplifying research, and more.
Strategic Outcomes from a Faculty Information System
Speakers
Dr. Stashia Emanuel
Vice Provost for Academic Services, Kentucky State University
Dr. Patricia Williams-Lessane
Associate Vice President, Morgan State University
Dr. James Palmer
Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs, Prairie View A&M University
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Meet the speakers
Join this session to ask questions of session speakers live!
The New Power University: The Social Purpose of Higher Education in the 21st Century
We are delighted to welcome Professor Jonathan Grant in conversation with Andrew Rosen, CEO of Interfolio, as they talk about putting social responsibility at the heart of the academic mission.
This interview will be based on themes explored in Professor Grant’s Amazon best-seller where he questions the social purpose of higher education and argues that in the 21st century universities must become advocates of the policy and political issues that matter to their communities.
The New Power University is available from all major online bookstores including The Book Depository, which provides free worldwide delivery.
“Jonathan Grant examines the trends and urges the shedding of old shibboleths in order to embrace a new future. Insightful and engaging, this book will spur and shape the urgent debates learning communities need to have and resolve to avoid being left behind.”
—Julia Gillard, Former Australian Prime Minister and Minister for Education; Chair-elect of the Wellcome Trust
Speakers
Andrew Rosen
CEO, Interfolio
Professor Jonathan Grant
Senior Advisor to Interfolio UK, Professor of Public Policy, King’s College London
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Principles of Data Ethics in Higher Education and Why it Matters
Data ethics is a key theme in today’s connected and data-driven world, but how is it impacting higher education? What are universities doing to ensure their data collection efforts, whether from interoperable systems on campus or related technologies, are being put in place with oversight, accountability mechanisms, and research into their broader implications? Join this session to learn about New York University’s (NYU) Algorithmic Advisory Alliance and hear how the team at NYU is helping institutions adopt core frameworks to ensure responsible and sustainable use of data on campus.
Interfolio Faculty Activity Reporting & Data Service
Data Architecture & Management
Post-Implementation
Speakers
Dr. Pieter De Leenheer
CTO, Zenoptics
Meredith Broussard
Associate Professor, Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute, NYU and Author of Artificial Unintelligence: How Computers Misunderstand the World, New York University
Charlton McIlwain
Vice Provost, Faculty Engagement & Development, NYU Center for Faculty Advancement; and Author of “Black Software: The Internet and Racial Justice, from the AfroNet to Black Lives Matter.”
Alysia Loshbaugh
Assistant Vice President for Business Relationship Management, Tulane University
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Product Demonstrations: Faculty Search and Review, Promotion & Tenure
Curious to see an Interfolio module in action? Please join us for a brief introductory demonstration of either the Faculty Search module or the Review, Promotion & Tenure module. These demos will take place concurrently.
Interfolio Faculty Search
Interfolio Review, Promotion & Tenure
Interfolio Faculty Information System
Speakers
Will Sickenberger
Solutions Engineer, Interfolio
Kafui Dzaka
Solutions Engineer, Interfolio
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Using the Interfolio API for Greater Flexibility in Review, Promotion & Tenure
This session will focus on how the School of Arts & Sciences at University of Pennsylvania has supplemented the native features of Interfolio Review, Promotion & Tenure with custom actions through the API to meet specific needs. We will get a look at the lightweight, open-source tool Penn Arts & Sciences has created to:
- Enable non-administrator users to initiate cases
- Incorporate institutional data from other systems into cases
- Dynamically adjust workflow steps according to data entered into the platform
Data Architecture & Management
Interfolio Review, Promotion & Tenure
In Implementation
Speakers
J. Reuben Wetherbee
Application Architect, University of Pennsylvania
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Closing Remarks
Speakers
Andrew Rosen
CEO, Interfolio