How to Develop and Maintain a Scholarly Agenda

For many faculty members, keeping up with research and writing can feel like a constant uphill battle. Between teaching responsibilities, service commitments, and day-to-day demands, it’s easy for your scholarly goals to fall by the wayside. Without clear direction or dedicated support, staying productive and motivated in your academic work becomes increasingly difficult—and the long-term impact of your scholarship may suffer.

Designed for faculty at all career stages, this 20-Minute Mentor program provides a framework for articulating scholarly interests, mapping short- and long-term goals, and aligning scholarly work with institutional expectations, annual reviews, and career development. Faculty will also learn how to assess the relevance and impact of their work, seek meaningful feedback, and engage with mentor-mentee networks to remain active contributors to their field.

LEARNING GOALS

After viewing this Magna 20-Minute Mentor, participants will be able to:

• Identify common challenges to developing and maintaining a scholarly agenda
• Develop clear, measurable goals for scholarly productivity
• Prioritize scholarly projects based on relevance and impact
• Evaluate strategies for balancing research with other faculty responsibilities
• Engage with scholarly communities to support ongoing research efforts

TOPICS COVERED 

• Setting and prioritizing scholarly goals
• Managing time and balancing faculty responsibilities
• Overcoming barriers to scholarly productivity
• Engaging with scholarly communities and networks
• Aligning research with institutional expectations and career growth

AUDIENCE

This program will benefit:

• Full-time and part-time faculty
• Early-career and mid-career faculty
• Department chairs and program directors
• Faculty developers and teaching center staff
• Academic deans and administrators supporting faculty research

Product Code: PM25MA