Common Career Design and Development Topics:  Recommended Resources

Resources for Faculty with Disabilities ^JH

ADA Compliance and Disability Accommodations ^JH

Resources for Faculty who Teach Students with Disabilities ^JH

Focus on Peer Review ^NM

This course is designed for those new to peer review or those looking to refresh their skills and will help you to understand the importance and responsibilities of peer reviews. Taught across 3-4 hours in bitesize 10-minute lessons, you will learn how to prepare peer review reports and discuss ethics and innovations in peer review.

​​​​​​​Persuasive Grant Writing ^NM

This course provides a deep dive into how the application of storytelling principles can yield advantage for you when writing grant applications. Throughout, you will learn how to use narrative tools when writing your grant proposal to make it more informative and persuasive. This course consists of 3 modules, with 3.5 hours of learning, all split into bitesize 15-minute lessons.

Networking for Researchers ^NM

This course has been developed for researchers looking to improve their networking skills and helps you to understand how to build stronger relationships within the research community both online and in person. Taught across 3 parts, with 4 hours of learning you’ll be taught strategies for leveraging your network to advance your research or career.

Interpreting Scientific Results ^NM

This course will teach you how to interpret scientific findings with more confidence or mentor others through the process. Developed in collaboration with a team of 5 international experts in interpreting results, the course consists of 1 module containing 12 bite-size lessons to provide an accessible, dip-in-and-out format for busy researchers.

Finding Funding Opportunities ^NM

This course has been developed for researchers looking to find funding opportunities or mentor others through the process. Throughout, you will learn how to analyze your funding requirements and will learn strategies to prioritize and select the opportunities that best fit your needs. This course, consisting of 1-module, was developed in collaboration with 5 experts in the field, and consists of 3-4 hours of learning split into bite-size lessons.

Effective Science Communication ^NM

This course has been designed for researchers looking to understand how storytelling techniques can build a compelling scientific story to communicate their research and apply strategies in an accessible and persuasive way to a non-scientific audience. In this 1-module course, there are 6.5 hours of learning, consisting of 10-30 minute lessons.

Formerly known as Effective Collaboration in Research ^NM, this course has been restructured and split into 3 separate components:

Introduction to Collaboration ^NM

This course provides insights for researchers in the natural sciences who wish to participate in collaborative projects. In this 1-module course spanning 2.5 hours of learning taught in 12-minute lessons, you will discover how becoming a more effective collaborator could help to further both your research and your career.

Leading a Collaboration ^NM

This course has been designed for researchers to identify and approach potential collaborators with the right expertise. Managing challenges including conflict between collaborators, ethical misconduct, and administering shared funds, you will learn to maximize the outputs, value, and impact of your collaboration. There are 3 modules and 11.5 hours of learning taught in 15-minute lessons.

Participating in a Collaboration ^NM

This course has been developed for researchers looking to make a meaningful contribution when joining a collaborative project. In this course, you will discover how to overcome possible roadblocks, to maximize the skills, ideas, and contacts you’ll gain from collaborating. In this 1-module course, there are 5 hours of learning, consisting of 15-minute bite-sized lessons.

Data Analysis: Planning and Preparing ^NM

This course provides insight and skills to create a successful data analysis plan. Working through all the important stages from preparation to completion and analysis, you will learn processes, key terms, and planning skills. There are 2 modules and 3-4 hours of learning taught in 20-minute lessons.

​​​​​​​Time Management for Scholarly Writing ^AI

Advancing Your Scientific Presentations ^NM

This course has been developed for researchers in the natural sciences who want to improve the quality of their peer-to-peer scientific presentations with both virtual and face-to-face audiences. In the course, you will discover how you can develop your research story, how to build a slide deck that supports and enhances your presentation, and how to prepare to deliver your presentation on the day. This 4-module course is delivered across 10 hours, split into 15-minute bitesize lessons.

Data Analysis: Conducting and Troubleshooting ^NM

In this course, you will learn how to develop your data analysis skills or mentor others through the process. The course, consisting of 3 modules, was developed in collaboration with 10 experts in data analysis including experienced statisticians and data scientists, journal editors, and early career researchers.

Managing Research Data to Unlock its Full Potential ^NM

This course is designed to develop your data management skills and help you to understand the benefits of using research data effectively. Throughout the course, you will learn how to create and maintain a data management plan, explore best practices for organizing and storing your data, and evaluate the different options for sharing research data. Made up of 4 modules, with 4-5 hours of learning, all split into bitesize 15-minute lessons.

Building Your Research Brand: A Guide for Academics ^AI

This academic branding video course is designed for researchers who want to create clarity around who they are as a scholar, their mission as a scholar, why they believe in their work, and the value it brings to others and their communities. Throughout the course, you will learn how to make strategic decisions that align with your long-term career vision, manage how they represent their work to others and how others perceive their work, and effectively communicate their work and brand to the right people.

The Ins and Outs of Publishing Your Scholarly Work: A Training for Faculty Researchers ^AI

This training will provide an overview on publishing including why you should publish, where to publish, how to develop a strategy that is in line with your overall career aspirations, and how to accept that initial manuscript rejection is part of the process and use it to your advantage.  

Crafting Your Mid-Career and Beyond as Faculty ^AI

​​​Key Components of Emotional Intelligence for Academic Teams ^AI

Maintaining Momentum, Productivity, and Purpose: A Program for Mid-Career Faculty ^AI

Reimagining the Faculty Mid-Career Stage: Reenergize Your Research and Find New Pathways ^AI

Crafting and Maintaining Your Career Vision: A Workshop for Early-Career Faculty ^AI

The Narrative Arc: Mapping Your Tenure, Promotion, or Reappointment Statement ^AI

The Ins and Outs of Publishing Your Scholarly Work: A Training for Faculty Researchers ^AI

Leading a Collaboration ^NM

This course has been designed for researchers to identify and approach potential collaborators with the right expertise. Managing challenges including conflict between collaborators, ethical misconduct, and administering shared funds, you will learn to maximize the outputs, value and impact of your collaboration. There are 3 modules and 11.5 hours of learning taught in 15-minute lessons.

Identifying and Mitigating Imposter Syndrome ^AI

Conflict Management: A Practical Workshop for Leaders ^AI

Women in STEM: Creating a Space Where You Can Thrive ^AI

Time Management: Focusing on Your Priorities and Purpose ^AI

​​​​​​​​​​​​​​Leading Change From Where You Are: Strategies for Faculty ^AI

Building Confidence as a New Leader: Overcoming Internal Barriers ^AI

​​​​​Setting up the Supervisory Relationship: Understanding and Adapting Your Supervisory Style ^AI

​​​​​​​Effective Leadership: An Introduction to Key Academic Leadership Skills & Competencies for Faculty, Part I ^AI

Effective Leadership: An Introduction to Key Academic Leadership Skills & Competencies for Faculty, Part II ^AI

available through various schools & divisions at Johns Hopkins

Faculty Lunch & Learns ^JH 

Faculty Forward Workshop ^JH 

Education Research Workshops and Courses ^JH 

Hopkins Universal Design for Learning (HUDL) ^JH 

Provost’s DELTA Teaching Forum (annual conference) ^JH 

Johns Hopkins Diversity and Inclusion Annual Conference ^JH 

Institute for Excellence in Education: Education Summer Teaching Camp ^JH 

Best Practices in University Teaching (Hopkins workshop offered twice a year) ^JH 

Teaching Innovation Grant ^JH 

Provost’s DELTA Teaching Grants ^JH 

Instructional Enhancement Grant Program ^JH