2021-22 BTAA Academic Leadership Program Fellows
The following academics are fellows of MSU’s cohort for the 2021-22 Big Ten Academic Alliance (BTAA) Academic Leadership Program.
Terah Venzant Chambers
Terah Venzant Chambers is a professor of K-12 educational administration and Associate Dean for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in the MSU College of Education. Her research interests include post-Brown K-12 education policy and urban education leadership.
Dawn Misra
Dawn P. Misra, Ph.D. is a Professor and the Chair of the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics in the MSU College of Human Medicine. Dr. Misra received her BA and MHS (Maternal and Child Health) from the Johns Hopkins University and a Ph.D.
Teresa Mastin
Teresa Mastin, Ph.D. is a chairperson for the Department of Advertising + Public Relations at Michigan State University where she embodies a commitment to servant leadership for the greater good.
Terrence Frazier
Terrence Frazier is currently serving as a Special Assistant to the Vice President and Chief Diversity Officer at Michigan State University. Frazier has presented at several regional and national conferences and across numerous college campuses,
Melissa Del Rio
Melissa Del Rio is the Chief of Staff of the Graduate School at Michigan State University. In The Graduate School, Melissa leads a team that provides support, direction,
2021 Spring Symposium
AAN Spring Symposium: Imagining the Future of the University and Academic Work
Date: April 19, 2021
Time: 1:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Location: Zoom Webinar
The Academic Advancement Network (AAN) hosts a symposium each spring on a topic of importance for higher education in general and MSU in particular.
Leading in New Ways
Every university has a visible structure that identifies administrative positions by title and reporting lines and in many ways, represents authority and decision-making purview. Persons on the organizational chart certainly are ones to whom we look when in need of guidance and support but it is also not true that only these people are leaders at MSU.
Academic Administrators use Leadership Institute Series to Interact with Peers
Each year, the Leadership Institute series offers academic administrators the opportunity to interact with their peers around key topics. This series of 90-minute sessions are designed to expand upon themes introduced at New Administrator Orientation.
Christie M. Poitra, Ph.D.
Christie M. Poitra, Ph.D. is the Interim Director of the MSU Native American Institute (NAI). Dr. Poitra is Turtle Mountain Chippewa (Pembina Ojibwa), with family ties to Little Shell.