2020 Workshop
Applications are now closed!
Deadline was November 1, 2019.
Details here.
Applicants will be notified before December 2019.
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 lists:
- 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 23, 2020) at 3:00 PM
- Workshop sessions will conclude on Tuesday (February 25, 2020) at 5:00 PM
EALs & Facilitators:
Invited (unconfirmed) Experienced Academic Leaders (EALS):
- Dr. Karen S. Bjorkman, Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs, 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. Seth Cohen, Program Officer, DARPA, and Professor of Chemistry, UCSD
- Dr. Vicki Colvin, Director, Center for Biomedical Engineering, Brown University
- 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. Rigoberto Hernandez, Gompf Family Professor, Johns Hopkins University
- Dr. Brent Iverson,Dean of the School of Undergraduate Studies, University of Texas, Austin
- Dr. Adam K Leibovich, Professor of Physics, Associate Dean of Faculty Recruitment and Research Development, University of Pittsburgh (and former Department Chair)
- Dr. Melissa Reynolds, Research Associate Dean, College of Natural Sciences, Colorado State University
- 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 in the College of Arts & Sciences, Washington University in St. Louis
- Dr. John Toscano, Vice Dean of Research, Johns Hopkins Univeristy
- Dr. Kris Wammer, Associate Dean of the Collage of Arts and Sciences, University of St. Thomas
Confirmed workshop facilitators and partners include:
- Dr. Ashley Donovan, American Chemical Society
- Dr. Philip W. Hammer, American Institute of Physics
- Dr. Silvia Ronco, Senior Program Director, Research Corporation for Science Advancement
