Faculty Development Groups

Facilitated by Jennifer Corby (Political Science)

Faculty work is expansive and often overwhelming. Productivity Power Hour creates a shared, low-pressure, weekly space to pause, set a realistic goal, and move something forward—writing, grading, course design, research, or administrative projects. Each session includes a brief goal-setting round, 40 minutes of focused work, and a short closing reflection. There’s no expectation beyond showing up and trying. Whether you attend once or come regularly, the aim is simple: protect time, build momentum, and reconnect with a sense of shared purpose.

Learning Goals/Outcomes:

This groups principle objective is to support faculty in their academic writing by:

1) Providing motivation

2) Promote accountability

3) Developing regular writing habits

Meeting:

The Productivity Power Hour will meet every Friday from 12:00pm to 1:00pm until May 29 (No meeting Friday, April 3).

All meetings will be held over Zoom.

Zoom Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81145287977?pwd=o8qK8ttwYiGkhGsb5LEljipLPBXWpd.1

About the facilitator Jennifer Corby (Political Science)

Jennifer Corby is a political theorist whose research is principally concerned with the social production of time. More specifically, her work explores how sociopolitical institutions structure our perception of the past, present, future, in service of revealing opportunities for transformative change. She has published widely on this topic including Adventures in Modernism: Thinking with Marshall Berman (Terreform 2016), in New Political Science (2023), and in Philosophy and Social Criticism (2024). Her teaching similarly seeks to help students reveal possibilities within the present, and to empower students to make the most of these possibilities through inclusive, cutting-edge pedagogy. Her recent pedagogical research on ungrading can be found in Zeal (2023).

For more information or to join our group please contact Jennifer (Jennifer.Corby@kbcc.cuny.edu).