2024 ASM Conference for Undergraduate Educators

This session will focus on strategies for facilitating the training and professional development of faculty teaching course-based undergraduate research experiences (CUREs). In this session, I will highlight how the First-Year Innovation and Research Experience (FIRE) program at the University of Maryland trains and mentors our 15 professional track faculty. Attendees will learn how FIRE structures our training and professional development of new and existing faculty. Attendees will discuss best practices for training faculty running CURE-based courses. Attendees will also explore how to build communities of practice amongst faculty mentoring undergraduate researchers in CURE-based courses.