National Center for Faculty Development and Diversity

NCFDD, formerly the National Center for Faculty Development & Diversity, is an independent professional development center dedicated to supporting faculty, graduate students, and postdocs on their path to making successful transitions throughout their careers.

NCFDD content covers a broad array of topics integral to academic life, such as techniques to enhance writing productivity, effective strategies for time management and prioritization, developing mentor relationships, strategies for securing external funding, and finding a healthy work-life balance.

Access to NCFDD’s member platform offers a multitude of benefits including:

• 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, & moderated writing challenges 
• Unlimited access to the Member Library that includes webinar materials
• Accountability Buddy Matches
• 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.

For more information, click here (PDF) to review the Overview of NCFDD Institutional Membership presentation or visit the NCFDD website.

To take advantage of this opportunity, you can activate your confidential, personal membership by completing the following steps:

1. Go to http://ncfdd.org/join.
2. Choose your institution from the drop-down menu.
3. Select “Activate my Membership”
4. Complete the registration form using your UGA email address
5. Go to your UGA email to find a confirmation email. Click “Activate Account” in the confirmation email.

We encourage you to take advantage of the resources available to you through the NCFDD. 

If you have any questions or comments about institutional membership, please contact Marques Dexter at oidfsi@uga.edu . If you have any technical questions, please email NCFDD at Membership@FacultyDiversity.org