Office of Faculty Affairs
Community Building
Subject Guides & Resources
The Office of Faculty Affairs amplifies community building across its programming by bringing together faculty and academic leaders in face-to-face and virtual gatherings. We include relationship building as a dimension of our educational development paradigm. Further, we partner with the Center for Teaching and Learning to sponsor two Faculty Learning Communities each academic year. We also invite faculty to form their own communities via sponsorship of Faculty Interest Groups. Incoming faculty gather to enjoy events and workshops during their first year via the Keys to UGA: New Faculty Academy. For further details, explore the links below.
Opportunities
Faculty Interest Groups
Faculty Interest Groups create a community that organizes itself with faculty-led, informal meetings or events to share ideas for a pre-determined length of time, usually September-May.
Faculty Learning Communities
These structured communities of practice includes the key goals of building community, engaging in scholarly (evidenced-based) inquiry, and working toward a shared goal.
Keys to UGA: New Faculty Academy
Keys to UGA is a year-long series of events that provide incoming and early career faculty with resources and information valuable to success. All faculty are welcome.
UGA Human Resources Well-Being
The University of Georgia’s Well-being Resources provides a broad range of clinical and non-clinical resources to promote student well-being and success, creating a more active, healthy, and successful student body.
Select Books and Resources
- Bland, C. J., Taylor, A. L. Shollen, S. L., Webber-Main, A. M. and Mulcahy, P. A. (2012.) Faculty Success through Mentoring: A Guide for Mentors, Mentees, and Leaders.
- Felton, P. (2020). Relationship-Rich Education: How Human Connections Drive Success in College.
- Felton, P., Bauman, H. L., Kheriaty, A., Taylor, E. (2013). Transformative Conversations: A Guide to Mentoring Communities Among Colleagues in Higher Education.
- Pachter, B. (2014). The Power of Positive Confrontation: The Skills You Need to Handle Conflicts at Work, at Home, Online, and in Life, completely revised and updated edition (Revised edition).
- Phillips, S. L. and Dennison, S. T. (2015). Faculty Mentoring: A Practical Manual for Mentors, Mentees, Administrators, and Faculty Developers.
- Wenger-Trayner, E., Wenger-Trayner, B., Reid, P., and Bruderlein, C. (2022). Communities of practice in and across organizations: a guidebook.
- Wenger, E., McDermott, R., and Snyder, W. (2002). Cultivating communities of practice: a guide to managing knowledge.
Further Information
If you have questions or want to receive the OFA Faculty and Leadership Development newsletter, please email the Office of Faculty Affairs at [email protected].
