2016 ALT Workshop
Workshop Content:
- Generic leadership skills (through 360 feedback & discussion)
- Advice from experienced academic leaders (EALs) in panels and discussions
- Breakout discussions & networking with other participants and EALs
- Discussion of why and how to become an EAL
Possible Work Products:
- Individual Development Plan (IDP)
- A 2-page draft of a job application or center white paper focusing on management and vision
- Completed responses to one of the two following list:
- 10 mock questions to be asked by a Search Panel
- 10 mock questions to be asked by a Grant Review Panel
Agenda:
- Workshop sessions will begin on Sunday (January 31, 2016) at 3:00 PM
- Workshop sessions will conclude on Tuesday (February 2, 2016) at 5:00 PM
EALs & Facilitators:
- Confirmed Experienced Academic Leaders (EALS) include:
- Dr. Karen S. Bjorkman, Dean, College of Natural Sciences & Mathematics, The University of Toledo
- Dr. Peter K. Dorhout, Dean, College of Arts & Sciences, Kansas State University
- Dr. Paul Goldbart, Dean, College of Sciences, Georgia Institute of Technology
- Dr. Brent Iverson, Dean Of Undergraduate Studies, University of Texas at Austin (and former Department Chair)
- Dr. William B. Tolman, Chair, Department of Chemistry, University ofMinnesota
- Dr. Robert J. Hamers, Director, NSF CCI Center for Sustainable Nanotechnology, University of Wisconsin, Madison (and former Department Chair)
- Dr. Barbara A. Sawrey, Associate Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs, and Dean of Undergraduate Education, University of California, San Diego
- Dr. Peter Schiffer, Vice Chancellor for Research, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Dr. George Shields, Dean, College of Arts & Sciences, Bucknell University
- Confirmed workshop facilitators include:
- Dr. Philip W. Hammer, American Institute of Physics
- Dr. Rigoberto Hernandez, Georgia Institute of Technology
- Dr. Jodi Wesemann, American Chemical Society
