Mentoring & Professional Development

Nature Masterclasses

Nature Masterclasses offers professional development courses for scientific researchers at all career stages. Topics include grant writing, finding funding, designing experiments, data analysis, scientific writing, making presentations, and much more. Please click ... Read more about Nature Masterclasses

"The Science of Effective Mentorship in STEMM" (National Academies Guide)

From "The Science of Effective Mentorship in STEMM" guide: "In December 2017, the National Academies assembled the Committee on the Science of Effective Mentoring in Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics, and Medicine to produce a new consensus study on evidence-based approaches to mentorship in STEMM for students at the undergraduate and graduate levels. To inform the committee’s deliberations and supplement an intensive literature review, the committee convened 3 public workshops and held 18 listening sessions. The committee incorporated the output of these evidence-gathering activities throughout the report and in this online guide. This website highlights the key lessons from the committee’s 22 months of work." 

Harvard Public Affairs and Communications

Harvard Public Affairs and Communications facilitates the University's relationships with neighboring communities; local, state, and federal government; the media; and the general public. HPAC manages the University's homepage, the Harvard Gazette, and Harvard's Information Center.

FAS Office of Communications

The FAS Office of Communications handles media inquiries, develops publications, and can provide media training and advice to faculty interacting with the press.

Center for Workplace Development

The Center for Workplace Development offers a wide range of courses in technology, organizational management and leadership, and career development.

Office of the Senior Vice Provost for Faculty Development and Diversity

The Office of the Senior Vice Provost for Faculty Development & Diversity (FD&D) serves as Harvard University’s central faculty affairs office. Working closely with colleagues across the University, it oversees and guides institutional policies and practices in all areas of faculty affairs. FD&D holds events throughout the year to advance faculty members' professional development, foster discussion on issues of interest to faculty, and build community.

Navigating Harvard: Teaching and Advising Resources for Non-Ladder Faculty

"Navigating Harvard," which takes place in August, is a one-day orientation for new associate senior lecturers, Benjamin Peirce Fellows, Briggs-Copeland Lecturers, College Fellows, lecturers, preceptors, and visiting faculty that focuses on Harvard policies, benefits, and resources for teaching and advising in the FAS. For more information, please click on the link above.

Standing Committee on Women (FAS)

The Standing Committee on Women (SCW) supports women faculty at the FAS. It helps women advance in their careers, address work-life issues, and build a strong community. The SCW fulfills its mission through events and by working with departments, areas, divisions, the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, and the administration to bring about structural change. For information on SCW events (many of which are by invitation only), please contact Andrea McDonough, amcdonough@fas.harvard.edu.

FAS New Faculty Institute

Each August, the NFI provides a two-day orientation for new ladder and senior faculty in the FAS, including overviews of Harvard resources, workshops on teaching and course development, and information on topics ranging from the undergraduate curriculum to mentoring and career development. Additional information on the program is sent to incoming faculty at the start of each summer.

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