Alert: Plaza Building Is Closed
The Plaza Building will be closed through at least Dec. 6 because of a water line break and expected repairs. The Health Center, located in the building, will only offer Telehealth until further notice. Please check the Auraria Campus website for updates.
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Center for Faculty Development & Advancement Director
Karen Sobel, EdD
Karen Sobel has directed the Center for Faculty Development & Advancement (CFDA) at CU Denver since May 2020. She is also a Professor and Teaching & Learning Librarian at the Auraria Library. She holds a Doctor of Education in Leadership for Education al Equity from CU Denver; a Master of Science in Library Science and a Master of Arts in English from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; and a Bachelor of Arts in English from the Pennsylvania State University.
Karen’s special interests in faculty development focus on building community to support faculty throughout their professional lifecycle. She works extensively in creating mentoring opportunities and groups where faculty members of all career stages & faculty ranks may support each other and gather to learn.
Some of the CFDA programs that Karen has developed are:
- Associate to Full Professor's Program
- Early Career Faculty Mentoring Circles
- New Faculty Orientation Program
- Full Professor's Group
- Caregivers' Community of Practice
- Current Version of the Dossier Library
- Overseeing the Multicultural Mentoring Certificate Program
To speak with Dr. Sobel, please email her at karen.sobel@ucdenver.edu.
