Faculty Leadership Institute
Overview
The Faculty Leadership Institute (FLI) is a program that helps identify, foster and support emerging leaders as they prepare to further their leadership trajectory. The Faculty Leadership Institute offers each cohort the opportunity to engage with campus leaders in targeted discussions regarding current campus issues and build leadership skills.ÌýSince its inception in 2013, FLI has had over 150Ìýfellows.Ìý
A group of 12-15 faculty members are chosen to make up the new leadership class each year. Monthly meetings throughout the academic year focus on two types of activities:
- Meetings with campus leadership:ÌýDuring these meetings, leaders explain their role in the university, share their leadership path, and engage in an open conversation on topics of concern to the faculty.
- Leadership skill development: Opportunities for leadership training are provided through workshops taught by certified experts throughout the year.Ìý
While formal meetings of the leadership cohort occur monthly, informal get-togethers occurring more frequently are encouraged and build upon the relationships between participants.
Faculty members interested in participating should complete an application formÌýduring the annual application period in the spring semester.Ìý Preference is given to Associate Professors and Associate Teaching Professors, although all ranks are welcome to apply.Ìý For questions about this program, please contact Anu Sharma,ÌýFaculty Fellow for the Faculty Leadership Institute.
Applications to participate in the AY 2025-26 cohort are now closed. Applications for AY 2026-27 will be open in April 2026.
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FLI News Stories
- Sep 9, 2025 - FLI welcomes 15 new fellows
- Mar 17, 2025 - FLI accepting applications through April 28
- Sep 10, 2024 - FLI welcomes 15 new fellows
- Apr 12, 2024 - FLI accepting applications through April 29
- Sep 21, 2023 - FLI announces this year's fellows
Meet the FLI Cohort and Alumni
- Melissa Cantrell, Associate Professor, University Libraries Ìý
- Angie Chuang, Associate Professor, Journalism Ìý
- Neal Evers, Teaching Associate Professor, Environmental Design Ìý
- John Farnsworth, Associate Professor, Aerospace Engineering Sciences Ìý
- Kate Fischer, Associate Teaching Professor, Arts & Sciences Residential Academic Programs (RAP)
- Oded Gurantz, Associate Professor, Education
- Azza Kamal, Associate Teaching Professor, Environmental Design Ìý
- Zachary Kilpatrick, Associate Professor, Applied Mathematics Ìý
- Xiang Li, Associate Professor, University Libraries Ìý
- Srinivas Parinandi, Associate Professor, Political Science Ìý
- Jeremy Reger, Associate Professor, Music Ìý
- Alice Reznickova, Associate Teaching Professor, Masters of the Environment Program
- Alexandra Siegel, Associate Professor, Political Science Ìý
- Ross Taylor, Associate Professor, Journalism Ìý
- Lizzy Trower, Associate Professor, Geological Sciences
- Terri S. Wilson, Associate Professor, EducationÌý
Check out the article about 2024-25ÌýFLI cohort in 91´«Ã½ Today!
- Aun Ali, Assistant Professor, Religious Studies
- Melinda Piket-May, Associate Professor, Electrical, Computer and Energy Engineering
- Rosie Cowell, Associate Professor, Institute of Cognitive Science
- Pui Fong Kan, Associate Professor, Department of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences
- Nicholas Villanueva, Associate Professor, Ethnic Studies
- Helanius Wilkins, Associate Professor, Theatre and Dance
- Colleen Reid, Associate Professor, Geography Ìý
- Kelly Parkes, Associate Professor, Music Education
- Laura Winkiel, Associate Professor, English
- David Drake, Associate Professor, Strategy, Entrepreneurship, and Operations
- Marina Vance, Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering
- Caroline Conzelman, Teaching Professor, Residential Academic Programs
- Carmen Pacheco, Scholar in Residence, Mechanical Engineering
- Mona El Helbawy, Teaching Associate Professor, Computer Science
- Taylor Jaworski, Associate Professor, Economics
- Robert Marshall, Associate Professor, Aerospace Engineering SciencesÌý
Check out the article about 2023-24ÌýFLI cohort in 91´«Ã½ Today!Ìý
- Nabilah Carlon, Teaching Associate Professor, Chemistry
- Sebastian Casalaina-Martin, Chair and Professor, Mathematics
- Erin Espelie, Associate Professor, Cinema Studies & Moving Image Arts
- Jolene Fisher, Assistant Professor, Advertising, Public Relations and Media Design
- Karen Gebhardt, Director, Undergraduate Online Learning and Director, Online Economics Program
- Andrew Goodwin, Associate Professor, Chemical and Biological Engineering
- Dejun "Tony" Kong, Associate Professor, Organizational Leadership
- Christopher Lowry, Associate Professor, Integrative Physiology
- Rahul Nandkishore, Associate Professor, Physics
- S.N. Nyeck, Associate Professor, Ethnic Studies
- Rachel Rinaldo, Associate Professor, Sociology
- Shawhin Roudbari, Assistant Professor, Environmental Design & Co-Director, CEDaR
- Núria Silleras-Fernández, Associate Professor, Spanish and Portuguese and Women and Gender Studies
- Julie Steinbrenner, Teaching Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering
- Noah Zikmund, Teaching Associate Professor, Organizational Leadership and Information AnalyticsÌý
Check out the article about 2023-24ÌýFLI cohort in 91´«Ã½ Today!Ìý
- Sam Boyd, Associate Professor, Religious Studies and Jewish Studies
- Melissa Braaten, Associate Professor, School of Education
- Juliann Couture, Associate Professor, University Libraries
- Celine Dauverd, Associate Professor, History
- Marissa Ehringer, Professor, Integrative Physiology
- Arne Höcker, Associate Professor, Germanic & Slavic Languages & Literatures
- Mija Hubler, Associate Professor, Civil, Environmental, and Architectural Engineering
- John Keller, Teaching Professor of Distinction, Astrophysical and Planetary Sciences
- Nancy Rodriguez, Associate Professor, Applied Mathematics
- Warren Sconiers, Associate Teaching Professor, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
- Bryan Semaan, Associate Professor, Information Science
- Mike Soltys, Teaching Associate Professor, Integrated Design Engineering
- Julia Staffel, Associate Professor, Philosophy
- Lev Szentkirályi, Assistant Teaching Professor, Social Responsibility and Sustainability
- Kay Weaver, Chair and Professor, Advertising, Public Relations and Media Design
- Sabrina D. Volpone, Associate Professor, Organizational LeadershipÌý
- Alaa Ahmed, Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering
- Leilani Arthurs, Associate Professor, Geology
- Stephanie Bonjack, Assistant Professor, University Libraries
- Emmanuel David, Associate Professor, Women and Gender Studies
- Ruth Hickerson, Senior Instructor, Communications
- Joseph Kasprzyk, Associate Professor, Environmental Engineering
- Cecilia Pang, Associate Professor, Theatre & Dance
- Kira Pasquesi, Instructor, Education
- Honor Sachs, Associate Professor, History
- Elias Sacks, Associate Professor, Religious Studies
- Stacey Schulte, Senior Instructor, Environmental Design
- Boswell Wing, Associate Professor, Geological Sciences
- Brian Zaharatos, Senior Instructor, Applied MathematicsÌý
- Amanda Carrico, Associate Professor, Environmental Studies
- Clint Carroll, Associate Professor, Ethnic Studies
- Jillian Heydt Stevenson, Associate Professor, English
- Steven Hobbs, Senior Instructor, Integrative Physiology
- Marianne Holbert, Assistant Professor, Environmental Design
- Carla Jones, Associate Professor, Anthropology
- Miriam Kingsberg Kadia, Associate Professor, History
- William Kleiber, Associate Professor, Applied Mathematics
- Rebecca Kuglitsch, Associate Professor, University Libraries
- Stacey Schulte, Senior Instructor, Environmental Design
- Evan Thomas, Associate Professor, Environmental EngineeringÌý