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September 24, 2013

SEC Announces 2013-14 Academic Leadership Development Program Fellows

2013-2014 SEC Academic Leadership Development Program participants at the University of Georgia

By: Bryant Welbourne
SECU (Twitter: @TheSECU)

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Forty-nine faculty and administrators from Southeastern Conference universities have been selected as 2013-14 SEC Academic Leadership Development Program fellows, the SEC announced Tuesday.

The SEC Academic Leadership Development Program (ALDP) is a professional development program that seeks to identify, prepare and advance academic leaders for roles within SEC institutions and beyond. It has two components: a university-level development program designed by each institution for its own participants and two, three-day, SEC-wide workshops held on specified campuses for all program participants.

This year’s workshops will be held October 14-16 at the University of Georgia in Athens, and February 5-7, 2014 at the University of South Carolina in Columbia.

“The individuals selected by their SEC universities to participate in the SEC Academic Leadership Development Program represent the future of higher education administration,” said Torie Johnson, SECU Executive Director. “The leadership skills they already possess are sure to be enhanced by the SEC ALDP experience.”

Using its SECU academic initiative, the SEC sponsors, supports and promotes collaborative higher education programs and activities involving administrators, faculty and students at its member universities.

The SEC ALDP, established in 2008, fosters academic leadership among SEC faculty by allowing them the unique opportunity to address the challenges of academic administration at major research universities.

A complete list of the 2013-14 SEC Academic Leadership Development Program fellows is below.

Kim Bissell, University of Alabama, Associate Dean, College of Communication & Information Sciences

Kari Frederickson, University of Alabama, Department Chair, History

Tim A. Haskew, University of Alabama, Department Head, Electrical & Computer Engineering

Philo A. Hutcheson, University of Alabama, Department Chair, Educational Leadership, Policy & Technology Studies

Yvette Murphy-Erby, University of Arkansas, Director, School of Social Work

Michael T. Kidd, University of Arkansas, Department Head, Poultry Science

Kate Mamiseishvili, University of Arkansas, Interim Department Head, Rehabilitation, Human Resources & Communication Disorders

Rajiv Sabherwal, University of Arkansas, Department Chair, Information Systems

Jennifer Wood Adams, Auburn University, Director, School of Communication & Journalism

Sushil H. Bhavnani, Auburn University, Program Chair, Mechanical Engineering

Richard Burt, Auburn University, Head, McWhorter School of Building Science

Christopher M. Janelle, University of Florida, Interim Associate Dean, College of Health & Human Performance

Spiro K. Kiousis, University of Florida, Executive Associate Dean, College of Journalism & Communications

Rowan Milner, University of Florida, Department Chair, Small Animal Clinical Sciences

Julian A. Cook, III, University of Georgia, Professor, School of Law

Tracie Costantino, University of Georgia, Co-Chair, Art Education Program

Sarah F. Covert, University of Georgia, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, Warnell School of Forestry & Natural Sciences

Tom Reichert, University of Georgia, Department Head, Advertising & Public Relations

Nancy C. Jones, University of Kentucky, Department Chair, Theatre

Douglass S. Kalika, University of Kentucky, Department Chair, Chemical & Materials Engineering

Sue Roberts, University of Kentucky, Professor, Department of Geography

Deirdre A. Scaggs, University of Kentucky, Associate Dean, Special Collections

Stephen David Beck, Louisiana State University, Associate Dean, College of Music & Dramatic Arts

Roland W. Mitchell, Louisiana State University, Associate Director, School of Education

William W. Berry, III, University of Mississippi, Assistant Professor, School of Law

John C. Garner, III, University of Mississippi, Interim Department Chair, Health, Exercise Science & Recreation Management

Ethel Young-Minor, University of Mississippi, Associate Professor, College of Liberal Arts

Charlotte Fant Pegues, University of Mississippi, Assistant Provost, Department of Leadership & Counselor Education

Jeralynn S. Cossman, Mississippi State University, Department Head, Sociology

Jason E. Lueg, Mississippi State University, Department Head, Marketing, Quantitative Analysis & Business Law

J. Mike Phillips, Mississippi State University, Department Head, Plant & Soil Sciences

Julia Porter, Mississippi State University, Division Head, Education

Stephen P. Ferris, University of Missouri, Senior Associate Dean, College of Business

Jana M. Hawley, University of Missouri, Department Chair, Textile & Apparel Management

Sandy Rikoon, University of Missouri, Associate Dean for Research & Graduate Studies, College of Human Environmental Sciences

Gregory E. Triplett, Jr., University of Missouri, Director of Undergraduate Studies, Electrical & Computer Engineering

William D. Anderson, III, University of South Carolina, Associate Dean, School of Medicine

Cynthia J. Davis, University of South Carolina, Graduate Director, English Language & Literature

Valinda W. Littlefield, University of South Carolina, Department Director, African-American Studies

Joseph Rackers, University of South Carolina, Program Director, School of Music

Susan M. Benner, University of Tennessee, Associate Dean, College of Education, Health & Human Sciences

Joanne M. Hall, University of Tennessee, Professor, College of Nursing

Veerle Keppens, University of Tennessee, Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs, College of Engineering

Annette L. Ranft, University of Tennessee, Associate Dean, College of Business Administration

George Cunningham, Texas A&M University, Associate Dean, College of Education & Human Development

Sumana Datta, Texas A&M University, Executive Director, Honors & Undergraduate Research

Rosana G. Moreira, Texas A&M University, Assistant Department Head, Biological & Agricultural Engineering

John N. Stallone, Texas A&M University, Acting Department Head, Veterinary Physiology & Pharmacology