Welcome to today’s CIRTLCast
Faculty Careers at Different Types of Institutions
James Grover
Associate Dean for Research and Graduate
Studies and Professor, Department of Biology,
University of Texas at Arlington
Kenneth Abayan
Assistant Professor, Lone Star College
Shorna Allred
Associate Professor, Department of Natural
Resources, Cornell University
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Kendall T. Harris
Dean of the College of Engineering, Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Prairie View A & M
University
Doug Timmer
Associate Dean for Graduate Students and
Research, University of Texas Rio Grande
Valley
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Faculty Careers at Different Types of Institutions
Welcome & introductions
Discussion with James Grover, Kenneth Abayan, Shorna Allred, Kendall
Harris, and Doug Timmer
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November 4: Faculty Careers at Different Types of Institutions
Featuring James Grover, University of Texas at Arlington; Kenneth Abayan, Lone
Star College; Shorna Allred, Cornell University; Kendall Harris, Prairie View A&M
University; and Doug Timmer University of Texas Rio Grande
November 11: Women in STEM: Issues for Equity and Inclusion
Featuring Ashanti Johnson and Carter Tiernan, University of Texas at Arlington
November 18: How To Balance Your Portfolio: Research Portfolios and the CIRTL Experience
Featuring Pranesh Aswath, University of Texas at Arlington; and Wolfgang Kliemann, Iowa
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B) Postdoc
C) Other
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Building a Rewarding Faculty Career
Center for the Integration of Research, Teaching, and Learning
(CIRTL Cast Series)
Shorna Allred, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Dept. of Natural Resources
CIRTL Cast Panelist, Building a Rewarding Faculty
Career, November 3, 2015

(Bonnen 1998)

Land-grant
Universities
Cornell is Ivy League and a Land-Grant University
“Knowledge with a Public Purpose”

Cornell Mission
Cornell is a private, Ivy League university and the landgrant university for New York State. Cornell's mission is to discover, preserve, and disseminate knowledge; produce creative work; and promote a culture of broad inquiry throughout and beyond the Cornell community.
Cornell also aims, through public service, to enhance the lives and livelihoods of our students, the people of New
York, and others around the world.

Undergraduate 14,393 (10% Int.)
Graduate
Professional
5,023 (45% Int.)
2,177 (25% Int.)
Total university 21,593
1,628 Professors in 14 Colleges
R1/VH University

University Priorities
• “Engaged Cornell”
• Internationalization
• Multi-disciplinarity
– Atkinson Center for a Sustainable Future
– Multi-Department Major “Environmental Science and
Sustainability”
– Minors: e.g. Climate Change, Food System Sustainability
Studies

My career path …..
• Education
– B.S. Environmental Resource Management (Penn State) 1994
– M.S. Forest Resources (Education) (Penn State) 1997
– Ph.D. in Forest Resources (Policy and Education)(Oregon State) 2001
• 1 year as Professional Development Education Director (FT) at PSU in between B.S. and M.S.
• Assistant Professor, Dept. of Forestry and Natural Resources, Purdue
University (tenured 2007)(50% Research, 50% Teaching) 2001-2007
• Associate Professor, Dept. of Natural Resources, Cornell University
(2007-Present)
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My Academic Appointment at Cornell
Pre-tenure
50% Research
50% Extension
Post-tenure
40% Research
40% Extension
15% Administration
5% Teaching

Thank you srb237@cornell.edu

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November CIRTLCast Series: Faculty Careers at
Different Types of Institutions
November 4: Faculty Careers at Different Types of Institutions
Featuring James Grover, University of Texas at Arlington; Kenneth Abayan, Lone Star College;
Shorna Allred, Cornell University; Kendall Harris, Prairie View A&M University; and Doug
Timmer University of Texas Rio Grande
November 11: Women in STEM: Issues for Equity and Inclusion
Featuring Ashanti Johnson and Carter Tiernan, University of Texas at Arlington
November 18: How To Balance Your Portfolio: Research Portfolios and the CIRTL Experience
Featuring Pranesh Aswath, University of Texas at Arlington; and Wolfgang Kliemann, Iowa
State University www.cirtl.net