FUN Final Fridays
FUN Final Fridays
For those that were not able to join last year, or who might be new to FUN, these Final Friday meetups are intended to be informal gatherings to learn about, or remind ourselves of, strong pedagogical tools and to provide fun collegial support.
We heard your request to have more informal time to chat with FUN friends, so we will plan to open each session at 3:45 (EDT) and place participants in a breakout room just to visit until the presenters are ready to go at 4 pm – so, please, come early and chat with friends.
In addition, as a FUN member you can find all of last year’s recordings by clicking the link at the bottom of this FUN webpage and, after logging in, you will see the video links.
We welcome you to all or as many as you can attend.
Schedule 2024-2025
All meetings will take place on Friday, be one hour in length, and will begin at 4 pm (EST), unless otherwise indicated in the schedule. Here is our schedule:
THIS MONTH
Apr 25 (4 pm ET) - Did you see the SfN call for abstracts that just came out?
To be helpful, at this FFF, we will discuss inclusive practices for mentoring students through attending their first scientific conference. Just like many areas of academia, both in-person and virtual conference attendance have their own "hidden curricula". Thus, active demystifying of academic conferences helps make these experiences more visible, equitable, and impactful for our trainees.
Join Liz Leininger for a short presentation and discussion centered around the article "10 Simple Rules for Attending Your First Conference". In addition to taking away concrete strategies for mentoring trainees through conferences, we can also crowdsource ideas and advice from participants' own experiences.
Register here for the April 25th conversation.
FUTURE MONTHS
Starting in May, we will offer a 2-part series on the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning
Friday, May 30th, 4 pm (ET)
We will discuss publishing on the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning. This conversation is open to all – those with some ideas, those who know nothing about this area, and those with papers under review! We initiated this conversation during the SfN Professional Development session, continued it during an FFF session in November and now will be joined by members of the Journal for Undergraduate Neuroscience (JUNE) Editorial Board.
Register here for the May 23rd conversation.
Friday, June 27th, 4 pm (ET)
We will discuss the process of obtaining ethical approval (through your institutional review board or IRB) for the data that you collect for the Scholarship for Teaching and Learning study. Though some neuroscientists use IRB processes for their research, many of us are new to working with human research participants and this session will demystify ethical approval through discussion with experienced colleagues.
Register here for the June 27th conversation.
Information for 2025-2026 will be posted here when it is available.
Past Schedules and Resources
Information and resources from previous FUN Final Fridays
Questions? - Contact webmaster@funfaculty.org