Fellowship programs provide opportunities to expand leadership, teaching, learning, and research in different ways with the support of facilitators and a network of colleagues in each cohort. Below are this year’s fellowship participants including information on the programs and projects for the upcoming year. In early spring, look for an informational session that will introduce these many opportunities to engage, learn, and build your networks.
AAN Leadership Fellowship
This year-long experience is open to faculty and academic staff who are interested in learning about diverse leadership roles. Fellows will be individually matched with current administrators at MSU who will serve as mentors. Learn more about the AAN Leadership Fellowship
Timeline of fellowship
2021-2022 Academic Year
This year’s cohort:
- Michael Boivin, Professor, Psychiatry, Osteopathic Medicine
Mentored by Prabu David, Dean, College of Communication Arts & Sciences - Jeremy Francis, Clinical Professor, College of Law
Mentored by Kristine Bowman, Associate Dean, College of Education - Senta Goertler, Associate Professor, Second Language Studies and German, College of Arts and Letters
Mentored by Joe Salem, Dean, MSU Libraries - Amol Pavangadkar, Senior Teaching Specialist and Professor of Practice, Journalism, College of Communication Arts & Sciences
Mentored by Phil Duxbury, Dean, College of Natural Science - Amy Ralston, Associate Professor, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, College of Natural Science
Mentored by Thomas Glasmacher, Director, Facility for Rare Isotope Beams
Advice for this year’s cohort:
“Take the time to dream together, and stay open to learning new ways of seeing and leading. The AAN fellowship was a unique opportunity to think about the big picture, and consider important topics around academic leadership and how to live our values at MSU, all while being mentored by one an outstanding DEI supportive leader,” previous AAN Leadership Fellow, Sieglinde Snapp from the Center for Global Change and Earth Observations.
Contact:
Cindi Leverich
Big Ten Academic Alliance Academic Leadership Program
The Big Ten Academic Alliance Academic Leadership Program, (ALP) provides intensive leadership and managerial development, addressing the challenges of academic administration at major research universities, like tightening budgets, changing student populations, and increasing pressures from external sources. Many of the program’s nearly 1,000 fellows have gone on to serve as college presidents, provosts, and deans. Learn more about the Big Ten Academic Alliance Leadership Program
Timeline of fellowship
2021-2022 Academic Year
This year’s cohort:
- Terah Venzant Chambers, Professor, Educational Administration and Associate Dean, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, College of Education
- Melissa Del Rio, Chief of Staff,The Graduate School
- Terrence Frazier, Special Assistant to the Vice President and Chief Diversity Officer
- Teresa Mastin,Professor and Chairperson, Advertising and Public Relations,College of Communication Arts & Sciences
- Dawn Misra, Professor and Chairperson, Epidemiology and Biostatistics, College of Human Medicine
Contact: Cindi Leverich, youngcin@msu.edu
Lilly Fellowship
The program is intended to advance the University’s continuing efforts to support excellence in teaching and learning. The program supports a cohort of six faculty or academic specialists at all ranks with at least five years of service to the institution. The goal is to develop academic leaders who will guide the University into the near future with regard to learning, teaching, and educational programming. Participants are expected to focus their work on a project of their choosing that will make a substantial contribution to a unit’s educational efforts. The Program also provides an opportunity for Fellows to expand relationships and collaborative engagement with peers and colleagues across the University, while beginning to identify ways in which their commitment to teaching and learning is enhanced by developing leadership self-efficacy. Learn more about the Lilly Fellowship.
Timeline of fellowship
2021-2022 Academic Year
This year’s cohort:
- Catalina Bartlett, Assistant Professor, College of Arts and Letters
- Megan Halpern, Assistant Professor, Lyman Briggs College
- Jon Keune, Assistant Professor, College of Osteopathic Medicine
- Mangala Sasasivan, Associate Professor, College of Osteopathic Medicine
- Julie Sinclair, Associate Director, OISE, College of Education
- Bryan Smith, Associate Professor, College of Education
Advice for this year’s cohort:
“Take on any opportunity that allows you to engage with people outside of your bubble. It is a unique opportunity to get to know campus as a whole and openly share successes and frustrations to ultimately collaboratively develop ideas for change,” said Senta Goertler, Director of the German Basic Language Program, Associate Chair for Undergraduate Studies and Associate Professor of Second Language Studies and German.
Contact: Marilyn Amey amey@msu.edu
Adams Academy Fellowship
Adams Academy Fellows explore the literature on effective university teaching and learning practices and consider how this robust body of research can be used to guide instructional decisions in the courses they teach. Participants learn from and contribute to a community of teacher-scholars committed to excellence in teaching and learning. Learn more about the Adams Academy Fellowship.
Timeline of fellowship
2021-2022 Academic Year
This year’s cohort:
- Piril Atabay, Assistant Professor Fixed-Term, College of Arts & Letters
- Pia Banzhaf, Assistant Professor of German Fixed-Term, College of Arts & Letters
- Tyler Becker, Assistant Professor Fixed-Term, College of Agriculture and Natural Resources
- Lorelei Blackburn, Assistant Professor Fixed-Term, College of Arts & Letters
- Brandy Ellison, Assistant Professor Fixed-Term, College of Social Science
- Nicole Geske, Assistant Professor Fixed Term, College of Osteopathic Medicine
- Sadam Issa, Assistant Professor of Arabic Fixed-Term, College of Arts & Letters
- Raven Jones Stanbrough, Assistant Professor Fixed Term, College of Education
- Marty Jordan, Assistant Professor Fixed-Term, College of Social Science
- Jiahang Li, Assistant Professor Fixed-Term, College of Education
- Garth Sabo, Assistant Professor Fixed-Term, College of Arts & Letters
- Elizabeth Tinsley Johnson, Assistant Professor Fixed-Term, College of Natural Science
Advice for this year’s cohort:
“It is important to participate in a sustained conversation about why we are engaged in teaching and how to keep it responsive to both anticipated and unanticipated challenges. To that end, we need to foster multifaceted learning communities such as the one the Adams Academy Program nurtures. The program offers a rare opportunity to interact with faculty members from various academic units and programs. I particularly appreciate the diversity embodied by this cohort and our in-depth conversations about all aspects of teaching. I now have a better sense of a wide range of learning that takes place at MSU outside my own disciplinary home. I have gained a body of rich resources (all digital tools, academic articles, and presentation materials shared by the cohorts) and a tight and supportive network of Adams Academy fellows. My largest takeaway is a newly acquired sense of belonging to a community of passionate teachers at MSU,” said Catherine Ryu, Associate Professor of Japanese Literature and Culture.
Contact: Michael Lockett mlockett@msu.edu
Hub Faculty Fellowship
The purpose of the Hub Faculty Fellows program is to provide an opportunity for faculty to work on a project that will improve the learning experience for students at MSU. Successful topics will address one or more of the following issues: enable the faculty member to initiate a project designed to reimagine a learning experience at MSU; help to create an intellectual community interested in student learning; support directed research and development focused on learning with technology. Learn more about the Hub Faculty Fellowship.
Timeline of fellowship
Summer 2021 and Fall 2022
This year’s cohort:
- Meagan Driver, Assistant Professor, College of Arts & Letters
- Sarah Gibbons, Assistant Professor, College of Arts & Letters
- Silvina Bongiovanni, Assistant Professor, College of Arts & Letters
- Adolfo Ausin, Assistant Professor, College of Arts & Letters
- Jon Keune, Assistant Professor, College of Arts & Letters
- Jeana-Dee Allen, Academic Specialist in Experiential Learning, Communication Arts and Sciences
- Robey B. Champine, Assistant Professor of Public Health, College of Human Medicine
- John Monberg, Academic Specialist, College of Arts and Letters
Advice for this year’s cohort:
“Accountability comes as part of the fellowship. It’s so easy to delay work until the last minute because we have so many things to do. The fellowship provides a structure to make us on track. At the same time, it provides a place for us to present our project to a group of people who are encouraging and supportive but also constructive in their suggestions and questions. The most interesting learning moments were hearing what my colleagues were doing and how they were approaching their project. Even if someone was in an area completely unrelated to mine, I found something that I could potentially use for my own project or in my classes. In addition, the support and the sharing of resources, in particular tech stuff, from both the recipients and the HUB leaders were very helpful,” said Ann Violin-Wigent, Romance and Classical Studies.
Contacts
- Summer Issawi sissawi@msu.edu
- Rashad Muhammad rashadm@msu.edu
Congratulations to this year’s fellowship awardees!