2023 Inaugural Members of the Aspiring and Research Leaders Academies

This past spring, the Office of the Executive Vice President and Provost (EVPP) launched two new programs to proactively prepare faculty for future leadership positions—the Aspiring Leaders Academy and the Research Leaders Academy.

Both opportunities were developed in recognition of our emerging academic leaders among faculty. Our academic leaders guide the strategic direction of the University by creating and fostering innovations in research, scholarship and teaching.

In developing these two new programs for faculty talent development, the University has placed significant emphasis on addressing the skills needed to succeed as an academic leader.

This fall, we are excited to welcome 15 faculty fellows in each inaugural cohort of the Aspiring Leaders Academy and the Research Leaders Academy.

The Aspiring Leaders Academy focuses on tenured faculty who are interested in leadership opportunities, but have not yet served in a major leadership position. The Aspiring Leaders Academy combines pedagogy with practice by pairing faculty fellows with an existing university leader to work collaboratively on new and existing initiatives.

Lucy Atkinson, Moody College of Communication, Advertising and Public Relations

Elisa Borah, School of Social Work, Psychiatry

Laura Bright, Moody College of Communication, Advertising and Public Relations

Michael Cullinan, Cockrell School of Engineering, Mechanical Engineering

Jacqueline Evans, College of Liberal Arts, Psychology

Peter Flemings, Jackson School of Geosciences, Geological Sciences

Stephanie Holmsten, College of Liberal Arts, Political Science

James Howison, School of Information

Esther Melamed, Dell Medical School, Neurology

Somshuvra Mukhopadhyay, College of Pharmacy, Center for Molecular and Cellular Toxicology

Michael Ray Charles, College of Fine Arts, School of Design and Creative Technologies

Navid Saleh, Cockrell School of Engineering, Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering

Nina Telang, Cockrell School of Engineering, Electrical and Computer Engineering

David Quinto-Pozos, College of Liberal Arts, Linguistics

Catherine Weaver, LBJ School of Public Affairs

The Research Leaders Academy is in partnership with the Office of the Vice President for Research, Scholarship and Creative Endeavors. It is designed for established principal investigators (tenured or professional track faculty, or research scientists) who aspire to lead, or who are already leading, large-scale research initiatives. Faculty fellows will learn how to scope a large-scale, shared scholarly vision with colleagues, how to secure external support to realize that shared vision, and how to successfully implement and manage their vision.

Vaibhav Bahadur, Cockrell School of Engineering, Mechanical Engineering

Steven Finkelstein, College of Natural Sciences, Astronomy

Stella Flores, College of Education, Education Leadership and Policy

Scott Graham, College of Liberal Arts, Rhetoric and Writing

Junfeng Jiao, School of Architecture, Community and Regional Planning

David Lankes, School of Information

Elizabeth Lippard, Dell Medical School, Psychiatry

Monica Martinez, College of Liberal Arts, History

Leticia Moczygemba, College of Pharmacy

Layla Parast, College of Natural Sciences, Statistics and Data Sciences

Paola Passalacqua, Cockrell School of Engineering, Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering

Kavita Radhakrishnan, School of Nursing

Phillip Schnarrs, Dell Medical School, Population Health

Keri Stephens, Moody College of Communication, Communication Studies

Hao Zhu, Cockrell School of Engineering, Electrical and Computer Engineering

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