Each year the Future Professoriate Program (FPP) sponsors a professional development conference for FPP participants and faculty at Syracuse University and nearby schools.
May 13-14, 2026
Allyn Lodge Skaneateles, NY
The free conference will feature a full slate of FPP-themed programming and opportunities to engage with faculty from SU and diverse regional institutions in a relaxed environment.
Programming includes a combination of plenary and concurrent sessions that address multiple facets of graduate student and early-career faculty life. Common session topics include teaching strategies, job search preparation, the grad-student-to-faculty transition, grant seeking, academic publication, and more.
View the 2026 FPP Conference program!
Past conference programs and keynote videos are below.
FPP Conference Program 2025 (PDF)
FPP Conference Program 2024 (PDF)
- Video: Keynote address – Political Interference, Academic Freedom, and Shared Governance: Lessons from Florida and Beyond, Afshan Jafar, Sociology, Connecticut College
FPP Conference Program 2023 (PDF)
FPP Conference Program 2022 (PDF)
FPP Conference Program 2021(PDF)
- Video: Keynote address – Thriving in a Diverse and Inclusive Academy, Lena Hill, Dean of the College, Washington and Lee University
- Video: Keynote address – The Two Cultures of Higher Education and Their Impact on Academic Freedom, Dean Jeffrey Buller, Leadership and Professional Development, Florida Atlantic University
- Video: Keynote address – The Entrepreneurial Professor, Prof. George Justice, Liberal Arts and Sciences, Arizona State University
- Video: Keynote address – We Are All the Corporate University, Matthew Huber, Geography, Syracuse University