Congratulations to the 2019-20 cohort of The Women's Place President and Provost's Leadership Institute for completing this 16-month program.
The President and Provost's Leadership Institute (PPLI) focuses on long-term faculty leadership development. The primary goals of the institute are to create a pool of potential leaders from groups that traditionally have been underrepresented in key leadership roles and to develop leaders who can create a culture that is supportive of all faculty members by focusing on the nature of effective leadership.
In addition to the 2019-20 cohort, almost 200 Ohio State faculty have completed the institute. Members of the most recent and previous cohorts have the following to say about their experience:
"I was interviewed last year and asked 'What’s the best thing that’s happened to you in 18 years at OSU?' Without hesitation I replied, 'PPLI and my subsequent lasting relationship with the Women’s Place.' TWP has helped me find out who I really am and what my role is in the Academy."
"My work with the PPLI was instrumental in my ability to initiate and manage the work of an ad hoc Committee on Anti-Racism this past year. We developed an action plan, and we have made a number of significant changes in departmental operations this year."
"I have become more aware of my own strengths and of ways to manage people with different strengths. It's been eye opening to see the effects of putting the principles into practice both with my own research team and at the department level."
"After graduating from the program, I now get asked to take on leadership roles, solve problems, develop or move on projects."
"I don't know of anything else in my academic career that made such a big difference to me."
The members of the 2019-20 cohort listed below have completed an in-depth program making them uniquely qualified for higher education administration at Ohio State and ready to cultivate a culture in which all can thrive. Please consider these trained and motivated faculty, along with previous graduates, for leadership positions in your units and colleges.
2019-20 President and Provost's Leadership Institute Graduates
Name |
| Title and Department/Unit |
| Turi Aarnes | Associate Professor, College of Veterinary Medicine | |
| Kristine Browning | Masters Program Director, Nurse Practitioner, Associate Professor-Clinical | |
| Melissa Buelow | Associate Professor Psychology & Faculty Fellow, Newark | |
| Kristin Casper | Professor-Clinical & Chair, College of Pharmacy | |
| Jennifer Cheavens | Professor, College of Arts and Sciences | |
| Kristi Cheraime | Associate Professor, College of Arts and Sciences | |
| Susan Cole | Professor & Faculty Council Chair, College of Arts and Sciences | |
| Mary Gardiner | Professor & Chair of Graduate Studies, College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences | |
| Nadine George-Graves | Professor & Chair of Dance, College of Arts and Sciences | |
| Pelagia-Iren Gouma | Orton Chair, College of Engineering | |
| Francesca Hand | Associate Professor, College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences | |
| Michelle Johnson-Motoyama | Associate Professor, College of Social Work | |
| Jesse Kwiek | Associate Professor & Vice Chair, College of Arts and Sciences | |
| Scott Levi | Professor, Chair Department of History and Interim Chair, Department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures, College of Arts and Sciences | |
| Laura Lisbon | Chair, Department of Art, College of Arts and Sciences | |
| Jay Martin | Professor, College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences | |
| Jessica Page | Head of Vet Medicine Library, College of Academic Affairs | |
| Robyn Wilson | Professor, College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences | |
| Lingying Zhao | Professor, College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences |
