2018 Workshop
NEW APPLICATIONS ARE NO LONGER BEING ACCEPTED
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 (February 25, 2018) at 3:00 PM
- Workshop sessions will conclude on Tuesday (February 27, 2018) at 5:00 PM
EALs & Facilitators:
Confirmed Experienced Academic Leaders (EALS):
- Dr. Karen S. Bjorkman, Dean, College of Natural Sciences & Mathematics, The University of Toledo
- Dr. Michael Dennin, Professor of Physics and Astronomy, Vice Provost for Teaching and Learning and Dean Division of Undergraduate Education, University of California at Irvine
- Dr. Peter K. Dorhout, Vice President for Research, Kansas State University (and 2018 President of the American Chemical Society)
- Dr. Michelle Francl, Chair & Professor of Chemistry, Bryn Mawr College
- Dr. Andrew Feig, Associate Dean of the Graduate School, Wayne State University
- Dr. Robert J. Hamers, Director, NSF CCI Center for Sustainable Nanotechnology, University of Wisconsin, Madison (and former Department Chair)
- Dr. Rigoberto Hernandez, Gompf Family Professor, Johns Hopkins University
- Dr. Adam K Leibovich, Professor of Physics, Associate Dean of Faculty Recruitment and Research Development, University of Pittsburgh (and former Department Chair)
- Dr. Daniel Linzer, President, Research Corporation for Science Advancement (and former Provost of Northwestern University)
- Dr. Jennifer Ross, Associate Professor, University of Massachusetts Amherst
- Dr. Barbara A. Sawrey, Associate Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs, and Dean of Undergraduate Education, University of California, San Diego
- Dr. George Shields, VPAA & Provost, Furman University
- Dr. William B. Tolman, Professor and Associate Dean of Research in the College of Arts & Sciences, Washington University in St. Louis (former Department Chair at University of Minnesota)
- Dr. Beverly Wendland, Dean, Johns Hopkins University
Confirmed workshop facilitators and partners include:
- Dr. Ashley Donovan, American Chemical Society
- Dr. Philip W. Hammer, American Institute of Physics
- Dr. Jodi Wesemann, American Chemical Society
