Fellowship programs facilitated by OFASD 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.
Academic Leadership Fellowship
This year-long experience is open to faculty and academic staff who are interested in learning about diverse leadership roles. Fellows are paired with a current administrator who serves as a mentor for the year. This program involves both a shadowing experience and work on a project developed jointly between the mentor and fellow that will effect change at the university.
Timeline of fellowship: Academic Year
This year’s cohort:
- Maria Isabel Ayala
Director, Chicano/Latino Studies and Associate Professor of Sociology
College of Social Science
ayalam@msu.edu
Mentored by: Chris Long, Dean, College of Arts and Letters and Honors College - Stephen Di Benedetto
Professor and Chairperson
College of Arts & Letters
dibened6@msu.edu
Mentored by: Judith Stoddart, Associate Provost, University Collections and Arts Initiatives - Ayalla Ruvio
Associate Professor
Eli Broad College of Business
ruvio@broad.msu.edu
Mentored by: Mary Finn, Dean, College of Social Science - Peter Savolainen
MSU Foundation Professor and Associate Chair for Graduate Studies
College of Engineering
pete@msu.edu
Mentored by: Marilyn Amey, Assistant Provost, Faculty and Academic Staff Development - Irving Vega
Director, Integrated Mass Spectrometry Unit and Associate Professor of Translational Neuroscience
College of Human Medicine
vegaie@msu.edu
Mentored by: Doug Gage, Vice President, Research and Innovation
Contact: Cindi Leverich (youngcin@msu.edu)
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.
Timeline of fellowship: Academic Year
This year’s cohort:
- Ruth Nicole Brown
Professor and Chairperson
College of Arts and Letters
rnbrown@msu.edu - Ming-Han Li
Professor and School Director
College of Agriculture and Natural Resources
minghan@msu.edu - Narayanan Parameswaran
Professor and Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs and Staff Administration
College of Human Medicine
narap@msu.edu - Lisa Reeves
Chief of Staff
College of Education
reevesl5@msu.edu - Kjerstin Thorson
Professor and Associate Dean for Strategic Initiatives
College of Communication Arts & Sciences
thorsonk@msu.edu
Contact: Cindi Leverich (youngcin@msu.edu)
Lilly Fellowship
The Lilly program is intended to advance the University’s continuing efforts to support excellence in teaching and learning. 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 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.
Timeline of fellowship: Academic year
This year’s cohort:
- Piril Atabay
Assistant Professor
College of Arts and Letters
atabaypi@msu.edu - Guo Chen
Associate Professor
College of Social Science
guochen@msu.edu - Alissa Cohen
Faculty
English Language Center
cohenal@msu.edu - Sarah Prior
Assistant Professor
College of Social Science
priorsar@msu.edu - Marcie Ray
Associate Professor
College of Music
raym@msu.edu - Eila Roberts
Academic Specialist
College of Natural Science
eroberts@msu.edu - Sara Roccabianca
Associate Professor
College of Engineering
roccabis@egr.msu.edu
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.
Timeline of fellowship: Academic year
This year’s cohort:
- Jeana Dee Allen
Academic Specialist
College of Communication Arts and Sciences
allenjea@msu.edu - Scott Farver
Assistant Professor
College of Education
farversc@msu.edu - Valerie Hedges
Assistant Professor
College of Natural Science
hedgesva@msu.edu - Anthony Ingle
Teaching Specialist
College of Engineering
ingleant@msu.edu - ChengChing Liu
Assistant Professor
College of Nursing
chengliu@msu.edu - Rachel Lund
Specialist
College of Natural Science
rlund@msu.edu - Seven Mattes
Assistant Professor
College of Social Science
bryant22@msu.edu - Ayman Mohamed
Assistant Professor
College of Arts & Letters
mohame44@msu.edu - Ryan Shadbolt
Instructor & Undergraduate Academic Adviser
College of Social Science
shadbolt@msu.edu - Wenying Zhou
Instructor/Assistant Professor
College of Arts & Letters
zhouweny@msu.edu
Contact: Marilyn Amey amey@msu.edu
We wish this year’s cohorts a wonderful adventure ahead. Anyone wishing to participate in next year’s cohorts should look for the call for applications in Spring of 2023.