William Paterson University Launching New Round of Predoctoral Fellowships (2025-2027) Launched in 2021, the predoctoral fellowship program at William Paterson University supports advanced-standing doctoral candidates who desire a teaching career at an institution that emphasizes teaching quality and encourages multiple forms of scholarship. The program invests in the success of predoctoral students—coursework completed and working on dissertation—from underrepresented backgrounds either at the institutional or disciplinary levels. Departments commit to mentoring these fellows and to providing similar levels of research support as they would for tenure-track faculty. The fellows teach in the department and participate in a cohort experience designed to position them for success in a tenure-track appointment at William Paterson or other institution of higher education after degree completion. This year the fellowship program also includes one teaching fellow opportunity in computer science or information technology at either the predoctoral or postdoctoral level with the same mentoring support. Fellowships available in the following fields: Predoctoral fellowship in Urban Planning and Policy » Predoctoral fellowship in Business Analytics » Predoctoral or Postdoctoral fellowship in Computer Science or Information Technology »
Webinar Keynote Address Dr. Lorgia García Peña, PhD "How to Survive and Thrive in Academia: Community as Praxis" Dr. Lorgia García Peña is a Latinx Studies scholar, activist and writer. Currently, she serves as Professor in the Effron Center for the Study of America and the Department of African American Studies at Princeton University. She is also the co-editor of the University of Texas Press series, Latinx, the Future is Now. Through a transnational, multidisciplinary lens, grounded on humanistic approaches to history and literature, García Peña studies blackness, colonialism, migration and diaspora with a special focus on Black Latinx. In her keynote address, García Peña will discuss some of the lessons that have helped her thrive as a scholar of color despite the political climate, budget cuts, and other challenges. Information Session, Featuring: Dr. Kara Rabbitt, Associate Provost for Academic InitiativesDr. Jeanne Arnold, Chief Diversity Officer Register Now
