Dear colleagues:
We are conducting a study examining faculty developers' perspective, career trajectory, and institutional support of faculty developers around the country.
We are seeking adults over the age of 18 to participate in this study. Participants must identify themselves as faculty developers and in a faculty development role at their institution.
We refer to faculty development as a broad and inclusive term, used to describe all activities and supports designed to buttress faculty members within the individual sectors of their work – as well as across and beyond domains of professional growth and effectiveness as faculty members. (Castillo-Montoya, M., Bolitzer, L. A., & Sotto-Santiago, S. (2023). Reimagining faculty development: Activating faculty learning for diversity, equity, and inclusion. Higher education: Handbook of theory and research (Vol. 38, pp. 415–481). Springer International Publishing.)
The online survey takes no more than 10-15 minutes and includes questions about faculty development as a field, your career trajectory, institutional support, and job satisfaction. Finally, it also includes demographic questions. All responses are recorded anonymously so feel free to provide honest feedback.
This research is completely voluntary, and you may stop at any time by closing the browser. There are minimal risks you should be aware of; for example, you may feel uncomfortable answering some of the questions and you may experience fatigue as you complete the survey. To protect your privacy, no questions will be asked that could identify you, and only approved study personnel will have access to the secured study data. The data collected will solely be used for this study. You can also choose not to answer any question that may make you feel uncomfortable. We do not think you will have any personal benefits from taking part in this study, but we hope to learn things that will help other people, specifically faculty developers in the future.
This study is being conducted by
Dr. Sylk Sotto, Associate Professor of Medicine and Associate Vice Chancellor for Faculty Development and Inclusive Excellence, Health Sciences at University of Pittsburgh and
Dr. Russell Carpenter, Assistant Provost, Professor, and Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Faculty Development at Eastern Kentucky University. To learn more about Dr. Sotto's work you may access this
link. The study has been approved by the University of Pittsburgh's Human Subjects Protection Advocate of the Human Subjects Research Protection office (number: 1-866- 212-2668).
If you have questions about the study, please contact: Dr. Sylk Sotto at sys74@pitt.edu.By continuing to the survey portion of this email, you will be participating in this study, you confirm that you understand the risks and benefits of this research study, and agree that you meet the above criteria.
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Dr. Sylk Sotto
Associate Vice Chancellor for Faculty Development and Inclusive Excellence
University of Pittsburgh. Health Sciences
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