Looking Ahead to a Fulfilling Retirement: Resources, Conversations, and Opportunities
This program was designed for all MSU faculty and academic staff who were interested in looking forward and obtaining more information on retirement. Planning for a fulfilling retirement takes thought and preparation.
Lorelei Blackburn
Dr. Lorelei Blackburn is an Assistant Professor in the Writing, Rhetoric, and American Cultures (WRAC) Department at Michigan State University. She earned her Bachelor of Arts in English Literature from Purdue University,
Louise Mead
Louise Mead is an academic specialist in the Department of Integrative biology, originally trained as an evolutionary biologist, with a broad range of teaching and administrative experience. She holds an MS in Science Education and a PhD in Organismic and Evolutionary Biology.
Lynn L. Wolff
Lynn L. Wolff’s teaching and research interests encompass modern German literature and culture, in particular the relationship between literature and historiography, the representation of the Holocaust, theories of translation, practices of intermediality,
Lyudmila Sakhanenko
Lyudmila Sakhanenko is a professor in the Department of Statistics and Probability. Her area of expertise includes nonparametric statistics, high-dimensional probability, and empirical processes. She applies her methodology work to neuroscience.
M. Emin Kutay
Dr. M. Emin Kutay is a Professor at the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. His expertise encompasses a wide range of topics in transportation infrastructure evaluation and management, with a particular focus on asphalt mixture material characterization (both experimental and modeling),
Make Time for Leadership Development
A popular framework for developing academic leaders by Walter Gmelch and Jeffery Buller explores three areas that are key to the development process:
- conceptual understanding,
Making the Most of the Mid-Career as an MSU Academic
The mid-career is a time of opportunity and possibility for academics, but it can also pose a range of challenges. This symposium, which took place in April of 2018,
Mangala Sadasivan
Mangala Sadasivan is an associate professor in Medical Education at Michigan State University College of Osteopathic Medicine (MSUCOM) and adjunct faculty in the Department of Psychiatry. She holds a PhD in Speech Language Pathology focused on neuropathology from MSU.