NCFDD

Through a collaboration between the Office of the Provost, Office of Inclusive Excellence, and Center for Teaching, Research & Learning, American University has joined NCFDD. Our institutional membership provides faculty, graduate students, and postdoctoral scholars with professional development, training, and mentorship opportunities. NCFDD offers a wide range of virtual programs to help you enhance your productivity, increase your sense of well-being, and connect to a larger academic community.

Resources available through AU’s NCFDD membership transcend discipline, rank, race, and gender, but they are specifically designed to address the challenges that underrepresented scholars may face during their careers.

Online tools that you can access include:

  • Weekly Monday Motivator
  • Monthly Core Curriculum Webinars
  • Hidden Handbook Series
  • Monthly Guest Expert Webinars
  • Access to Dissertation Success Curriculum for graduate students
  • Private Discussion Forum for peer-mentoring, problem-solving, and moderated writing challenges
  • 14-Day Writing Challenge: a 2-week free offering to foster consistent, productive writing habits and access to our WriteNow platform. Participants commit to daily writing, track progress, and engage with a supportive community
  • Unlimited access to the Member Library that includes webinar materials

Claim your free account by following these steps:

  1. Go to https://www.ncfdd.org/join
  2. Scroll down to “Select Your Institution,” and choose “American University”
  3. Select “Activate my Membership”
  4. Complete the registration form using your AU email address
  5. Check your email to find a welcome message and click to “Activate Account”

Once registered, you can take full advantage of our institutional membership.

Should you have any questions, please contact Sara Biggs, Director, Strategic Initiatives and Communication, at sbiggs@american.edu.

National Center for Faculty Development & Diversity