Are you a junior faculty member at CUNY? Do you know about the Faculty Fellowship Publication Program, affectionately know as FFPP (or a varied combo and quantity of Fs and Ps that still gets the point across to those in the know)? If not, you absolutely should. For those tenure-track faculty who have so availed themselves, they know it’s a valuable support and information opportunity that helps in myriad ways on the road to tenure and promotion. The five women I talked with for this episode are proud alumnae and consummate FFPP ambassadors. They talk about how they discovered the program (it’s not always front and center in new faculty orientations) and what it’s meant to them in the four years since their initial participation. So far they have set the record for the longest continuing constellation to emerge from the FFPP, maintaining monthly meetings to discuss and critique one another’s works in progress (and talk about their lives, too, which is all part and parcel). If you’re like me, after listening to their conversation, you’ll be inspired and envious. To learn more about the members of this group and their research, take a look:
- Ria Banerjee, English Program, Guttman CC
- Megan Behrent, Dept. of English, NYC College of Technology; @MeganBehrent
- Alison Better, Dept. of Behavioral Sciences & Human Services, Kingsborough CC
- Sarah Hoiland (our guest on Episode 22), Behavioral and Social Sciences Dept., Hostos CC; @SarahHoiland
- Maria Julia Rossi, Department of Modern Languages and Literatures, John Jay
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