12PM-1PM ET
Monthly Sessions in April, May, June, September, October, November, and December
Join us for this empowering and strategy-based lunch-time series where Dr. Gómez will guide you through each of her online resources in an informal, one-hour session. Want to get the most out of the series? Then, you’ll want to review the materials before each session. And of course, there will be opportunities to ask Dr. Gómez your questions.
Early Registration: $125
(until two weeks before the event)
Registration: $150
Bundled Registration: Three Sessions, One Attendee for $250
Unwaged Attendees: $75
Just the Recording
$1,499 includes one year subscription to Scholar tier of the Intersectionality Collective
About the Series
You followed all the steps. Got your doctorate. Got the academic job. You got tenure or the promotion or may still be on the track to get tenure or the other promotion. Regardless, you now find yourself in the most chaotic, fraught, turbulent and uncertain time to be a professor or academic researcher. The monumental madness of contemporary academic life notwithstanding, you still have work to do. And lots of it — the writing, the finding time to write, the publishing, the responding to reviewers, the rejection — if you’re going to accomplish your professional goals. It’s never been harder, but ITI has got your back.
The Gómez HOPE Lab Professional Development Series is a publicly available website chock full of user-friendly and tactical resources for teaching and research faculty and staff. This valuable resource has been developed and curated since 2019 by our own (as we always say, if you’ve been through any ITI program, we claim you first!) Dr. Jennifer M. Gómez. Dr. Gómez is a member of ISI 2023 cohort, was one of the luck attendees at ITI’s 2025 writing retreat in The Bahamas, and was our guest for her riveting November 2025 salon: “Is It All Cultural Betrayal? From Intersectional Oppression to Dreamstorming A World of Peace and Equality.”
Dr. Gómez doesn’t simply dreamstorm, however. As the multiple useful guides to academic career success that she has published affirm, she strategizes, plans, and relies on specific tactics for success.
She’s always been committed to sharing what she’s learned with others on the academic career path.
And as Dr. Gómez’s own academic success attests, her strategies are tried and true.
The above video is a snippet from the November 2025 Intersectionality Research Salon, where Dr. Gómez discussed her approach to sole-authoring articles and books.
About Dr. Gómez
Dr. Jennifer M. Gómez (ISI 2023) and (Salon 2025) is an active member of the ITI Community. Her November 2025 Salon focused on her book The Cultural Betrayal of Black Women & Girls: A Black Feminist Approach to Healing from Sexual Abuse (American Psychological Association; 2023), which won the 2024 Frank W. Putnam Outstanding Book Award from the International Society for the Study of Trauma & Dissociation (ISSTD) ISSTD.
She is an Associate Professor at Boston University School of Social Work (BUSSW), Faculty Affiliate at BU’s African American & Black Diaspora Studies, and Faculty Affiliate at BU’s Center for Innovation in Social Work & Health. She is also a faculty affiliate in Dr. Margaret Hicken’s University of Michigan Institute for Social Research (ISR) Transdisciplinary Approaches to the Study of Racism & Health Inequalities (RacismLab). She serves on the Boards of ISSTD, End Rape On Campus, and the Center for Institutional Courage. She is also a member of the Advisory Committee of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, & Medicine (NASEM) Action Collaborative on Preventing Sexual Harassment in Higher Education. Finally, she is the lead co-editor of the 2026 special issue of Journal of Trauma & Dissociation, Understanding, Preventing, & Healing Dissociation in the Context of Intersecting Inequalities.
Want to Write a Good Empirical Article for Peer Review: Logistical & (Emotional Strategies)
Wednesday April 29, 2026, 12PM-1PM ET
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From Chore to Joy: Transform Your Writing Process
Thursday May 21, 2026, 12PM-1PM ET
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Educate, Engage and Enliven! How to Give Great Presentations (& Deal with the Haters in the Room)
Monday, June 22, 2026, 12PM-1PM ET
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Get the Salary You Deserve Without Compromising Who You Are: Successful Tenure Track Negotiating Strategies
Thursday, September 17, 2026, 12PM-1PM ET
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Tips, Tricks, and Tactics for getting Tenure (& Staying Sane) at R1 Universities
Thursday, October 22 2026, 12PM-1PM ET
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Strategies for a Winning Promotion and Tenure Packet at R1 Universities
Thursday, November 12, 2026, 12PM-1PM ET
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Thinking About Writing a Book with an Academic Press? What You Need to Know
Thursday, December 3, 2026, 12PM-1PM ET
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