Members of the PPLI 2023-24 cohort celebrate their graduation at the Faculty Club.
Twenty-three Ohio State University faculty graduated from the President and Provost's Leadership Institute (PPLI) in December 2024. The 2023-24 cohort is comprised of faculty members who represent eight colleges and the libraries. The three-semester institute facilitated by The Women's Place focuses on long-term faculty leadership development, preparing them for administrative positions. Open to tenure-track and clinical faculty at the rank of associate or full professor, the program's goal is to create a pipeline of faculty leaders from backgrounds underrepresented in administration.
Having explored the following topics, the 2023-24 cohort graduates are ready to put their advanced leadership skills into practice:
- Strategic Planning with Data & Metrics
- Principles and Practices of Fiscal Decision-Making
- Managing Employees and Crucial Conversations
- Career Mapping
- Communications Skills for Leaders
- Leading Inclusive Departments and Teams
- Identifying Your Leadership Style with DiSC
- The University and Its Publics
Learn more about the rising stars who make up the 2023-24 cohort of the President and Provost's Leadership Institute below.
2023-24 President and Provost's Leadership Institute Cohort
Name |
| Title and Department/Unit |
Rebecca Andridge |
| Associate Professor, Public Health – Division of Biostatistics |
Floor Backes |
| Professor, Medicine – Obstetrics and Gynecology |
Abraham Badu-Tawiah |
| Professor, Arts & Sciences – Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry |
Mollie Blackburn |
| Professor, Education and Human Ecology – Department of Teaching and Learning |
Emily Buck |
| Professor, Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences – Department of Agricultural Communication, Education, and Leadership |
Kristen Carpenter |
| Clinical Associate Professor, Medicine – Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health |
Dawn Chandler |
| Associate Professor, Medicine – Department of Pediatrics |
Marco Coutinho da Silva |
| Clinical Professor, Veterinary Medicine – Department of Veterinary and Clinical Sciences |
Ann Marie Davis |
| Associate Professor, Arts & Sciences – Department of East Asian Languages and Literature |
Anna Doubeni |
| Professor, Medicine – Department of Family and Community Medicine |
Theodora Dragostinova |
| Professor, Arts & Sciences – Department of History |
Carrie Freed |
| Clinical Professor, Veterinary Medicine – Department of Veterinary Preventive Medicine |
Elizabeth Hewitt |
| Professor, Arts & Sciences – Department of English |
Hannah Kosstrin |
| Associate Professor, Arts & Sciences – Department of Dance |
Alice Li |
| Associate Professor, Fisher College of Business – Department of Marketing and Logistics |
Allison Quick |
| Associate Professor, Comprehensive Cancer Center – Department of Radiation and Oncology |
Vidya Raman |
| Clinical Professor, Medicine – Department of Anesthesiology |
Christina Roup |
| Associate Professor, Arts & Sciences – Department of Speech and Hearing Science |
Sandra Soto-Cabán |
| Associate Professor, Engineering – Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering |
Annie Specht |
| Associate Professor, Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences – Department of Agricultural Communication, Education, and Leadership |
Mytheli Sreenivas |
| Professor, Arts & Sciences – Department of Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies |
Ceren Yarar-Fisher |
| Associate Professor, College of Medicine – Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation |
Etsuyo Yuasa |
| Associate Professor, Arts & Sciences – Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures |