KU expands senior administrative fellows, announces 2016-17 class
LAWRENCE — The Office of the Provost has selected the 2016-2017 senior administrative fellows.
The program identifies and cultivates current and potential leaders already on the University of Kansas faculty. Now in its 24th year, the Senior Administrative Fellows Program was expanded to prepare even more tenured faculty for leadership at KU.
“This year we had an extraordinary degree of interest in the program from faculty in disciplines across KU,” said Mary Lee Hummert, vice provost of faculty development. “We are fortunate to have so many faculty eager to learn more about academic leadership.”
The Senior Administrative Fellows Program offers tenured faculty interested in leadership roles the opportunity to see the nuts and bolts of administrative activities and responsibilities. In addition to learning more about major units of the university, fellows meet with KU’s senior leadership and take part in discussions surrounding academic leadership, public policy and the future of higher education.
“Previous participants in the program have gone on to administrative leadership positions at KU, so this level of interest bodes well for KU’s future,” Hummert said. “I look forward to working with this year’s fellows.”
The class of fellows is selected from applications solicited late in the spring semester of the previous academic year. This year to accommodate interest, two cohorts of fellows have been formed.
2016-17 senior administrative fellows
Wednesday cohort
- Jim Backes, professor, pharmacy practice; associate dean, School of Pharmacy
- Caroline Bennett, associate professor, civil, environmental and architectural engineering; School of Engineering
- Chris Brown, professor, environmental studies and geography; director of environmental studies, College of Liberal Arts & Sciences
- Florence DiGennaro-Reed, associate professor and chair, applied behavioral science, College of Liberal Arts & Sciences
- David Fowle, associate professor, environmental studies and geology; associate director of environmental studies, College of Liberal Arts & Sciences
- Mugur Geana, associate professor, William Allen White School of Journalism & Mass Communications
- Liz MacGonagle, associate professor, history, College of Liberal Arts & Sciences
- Amy Mendenhall, associate professor, School of Social Welfare
- Laura Mielke, associate professor and associate chair, English, College of Liberal Arts & Sciences
- Jeremy Shellhorn, associate professor, design; associate dean, School of Architecture, Design and Planning
- Eric Stomberg, professor, bassoon; associate dean, School of Music
- Margot Versteeg, associate professor, Spanish & Portuguese, College of Liberal Arts & Sciences
Thursday cohort
- Genelle Belmas, associate professor, School of Journalism
- Nate Brunsell, professor and chair, geography and atmospheric science, College of Liberal Arts & Sciences
- Stephanie Fitzgerald, associate professor, English; director of indigenous studies, College of Liberal Arts & Sciences
- Chris Gamblin, professor, molecular biosciences, College of Liberal Arts & Sciences
- Heidi Hallman, associate professor, curriculum & teaching, School of Education
- Nicole Hodges Persley, associate professor and chair, theatre, School of the Arts, College of Liberal Arts & Sciences
- Elizabeth Kronk Warner, professor and associate dean, School of Law
- Michelle Johnson-Motoyama, associate professor and associate dean, School of Social Welfare
- Paola Sanguinetti, associate professor and chair, architecture, School of Architecture, Design and Planning
- Milena Stanislavova, professor, mathematics, College of Liberal Arts & Sciences
- Mike Wehmeyer, professor, special education, School of Education; director, Bureau of Child Research
- Bryan Young, associate professor, civil, environmental and architectural engineering; director, University Honors Program, College of Liberal Arts & Sciences
Hummert leads the program with Jenny Mehmedovic, executive associate to the vice provost for faculty development.