Aspire Fellows
2024-2025 Aspire Fellows
In the Aspire Fellows cohort program, mid-career and senior faculty members will build upon their existing successes and strengths to create and complete a signature project that will extend their professional impact. To support this project, each fellow will formulate and adopt an individual professional development plan. Fellows will benefit from an interdisciplinary community of peers and from a structured approach to support their professional development and signature projects. Fellows will also engage in reflective practices to plan for the next phase of their careers.
Benefits of the Aspire Fellows Program:
- Framework to support successful completion of a significant project, designed by each Fellow
- Augmented skills essential to success as senior faculty (i.e., project management, leadership, team building, and improved communication across differences)
- An approach to planning for the changing demands of faculty life
- Connection and collaboration with a cross-disciplinary community of peers
- Enhanced knowledge and skills learned from sustained, individualized professional development
- Meetings with UGA experts who are selected by Aspire Fellows to be invited to a cohort meeting
Program time commitment: August 2024 to April 2025. Participants agree to devote approximately 6 hours per month. Further, participants will affirm that they can attend the scheduled meetings below.
Schedule: Meetings will take place on Tuesdays from 9:00-11:00 am in New College, Room 315. These meetings are in-person and will include light refreshments.
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Participants: Associate professors, professors, and mid-career/senior faculty on any career track who want to work towards an aspirational goal in a structured environment.
Application and nomination: Applicants nominate themselves and include a letter from their supervisor in the application. Applications now accepted until Thursday, May 23, 2024, at 5:00 pm. Once applications have been reviewed, finalists will have a 15 minute video meeting with Dr. Carney, who leads the program. Then, invitations to selected fellows will follow. To apply, please complete online Aspire Application and upload the following documents:
- Statement of interest (1-2 pages) that includes:
1. Name, title, email address
2. College, school, or related unit
3. Current aspirations, experience, and skills that you want to leverage for next stage of your career4. Idea for a significant project that will take you to new horizons in your career5. Expectations for how your participation in Aspire cohort will contribute to your success and that of your unit - Curriculum Vitae
- A brief letter of support (1 page) from the candidate’s supervisor discussing motivation, potential, and commitment to identify and achieve an aspirational goal.
Have Questions? Please contact OFA Faculty & Leadership Development
Fellows
2023-2024
- Carol Laws, Institute on Human Development and Disability
- Kevin Moore, Mathematics, Science, and Social Studies Education
- Ruchi Singh, Insurance, Real Estate, and Legal Studies
- Welch Suggs, Journalism
- Michelle vanDellen, Psychology
- Amitabh Verma, Environment + Design
- Dee Warmath, Financial Planning, Housing, and Consumer Economics
2022-2023
- Mary Ager, Social Work
- Elizabeth Davis, English
- Lindsey Harding, English
- Jamie Kreiner, History
- Savithri Nambeesan, Horticulture
- Janani Rajbhandari-Thapa, Health Policy and Management
- Jesse Schank, Physiology and Pharmacology
- Jill Stefaniak, Career and Information Studies
- Amy Stich, Louise McBee Institute of Higher Education
- Lou Tolosa-Casadont, Language and Literacy Education
- Laura Zimmermann, International Affairs
2021-2022
- Donald Chambers, Entrepreneurship
- Robert Foster, Religion
- Hitesh Handa, Engineering
- Demba Sarr, Infectious Diseases
- Shavannor Smith, Plant Pathology
- Sara Grace Steger, English
- Jennifer Walker, Microbiology
- Frans Weiser, Comparative Literature and Latin American Studies
2020-2021
- Kristy Archuleta, Housing and Consumer Economics
- Brandy Burgess, Food Animal Health and Management
- Kevin Burke, Language and Literacy Education
- Paige Carmichael, Pathology
- Andrew Carswell, Financial Planning, Housing and Consumer Economics
- Jennifer Ceska, Botanical Garden of Georgia
- Kamal Gandhi, Entomology
- Audrey Haynes, Political Science
- Bill Hollingsworth, Computer Science
- Mary Miller, Libraries
- Jen Osbon, Digital Marketing
- John Peroni, Large Animal Medicine
- Ruth Poproski, Center for Teaching and Learning
- Jennifer Samp, Communication Studies
- Fausto Sarmiento, Geography
- Julie Velasquez Runk, Anthropology
- John Weatherford, Entertainment & Media Studies
2019-2020
- Barry Croom, Agricultural Leadership
- Sonia Hernandez, Wildlife Disease & Wildlife
- Mary Hondalus, Infectious Diseases
- Lohitash Karumbaiah, Regenerative Bioscience Center
- Aliki Nicolaides, Adult Learning, Leadership and Adult Development
- Yoo-Kyoung Seock, Merchandising
- Ashfaq Sial, Entomology
2018-2019
- Sharon Crowell-Davis, Behavioral Medicine
- Cesar Escalante, Agricultural and Applied Economics
- Cheryl Fields-Smith, Educational Theory and Practice
- Lisa Fusillo, Dance
- Andreas Handel, Epidemiology and Biostatistics
- Victoria Hasko, Language and Literacy Education
- Jeff Hepinstall-Cymerman, Landscape Ecology
- Karin Myhre, Comparative Literature
- David Okech, Social Work
- Laurie Reitsema, Anthropology
- Wendy Ruona, Lifelong Education, Administration, and Policy
- Dorothy White, Math and Science Education
2017-2018
- Magdy Alabady, Plant Biology
- Joe Bartges, Small Animal Medicine
- Sherry Clouser, Center for Teaching and Learning
- Rebecca Gose, Dance
- Alice Hunt, Center for Teaching and Learning
- Jooyoung Kim, Journalism and Mass Communications
- Thomas McNulty, Sociology
- Kaori Sakamoto, Comparative Biomedical Science Program
- Kristin Sayeski, Communication Sciences
- Kyle Woosnan, Parks, Recreation & Tourism Management
