Wednesday, November 19, 8:00am – 11:00am
Kellogg Center, Room 105
(Registration at 8:00am; program begins at 8:30am)
Facilitator:
Deborah DeZure, Assistant Provost for Faculty and Organizational Development, MSU
Panelists:
Ellen Cushman, Director, Center for Applied Inclusive Teaching and Learning in the Arts and Humanities (CAITLAH) and Professor of Writing Rhetoric, and American Cultures, College of Arts and Letters
Bill Dutton, Director, Quello Center and Professor, Media and Information, College of Communication Arts & Sciences
Rita Kiki Edozie, Director of African American and African Studies and Professor, International Relations and African Affairs, James Madison College
Erik Goodman, Director of the BEACON Center for the Study of Evolution in Action and Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, College of Engineering
Bill Hart-Davidson, Senior Researcher, Writing in Digital Environments (WIDE) @ Matrix and Associate Dean of Graduate Studies, College of Arts and Letters
Joe Krajcik, Director of the CREATE for STEM Institute and Professor, Teacher Education, College of Education
Developing and leading a research center within Michigan State University comes with a variety of unique challenges and opportunities that can be quite different from those in an academic department, especially if the center has an interdisciplinary focus. The primary purpose of this seminar is to clarify the nature of what it means to be a Center Director: What does it entail? What are the challenges, benefits, and rewards? How can one prepare for these roles? What skills are needed? What can one expect? What is the learning curve? In this session, a panel of MSU Center Directors will reflect on what these leadership positions really entail. A second important focus of this session will be on supporting and promoting interdisciplinary initiatives by working with faculty across the disciplines and with funding agencies. Last, but not least, they will answer the question: Why do it? How can leading a Center enhance one’s leadership skills and opportunities? This will be a highly interactive session integrating participant questions throughout.
To register, please visit:
http://fod.msu.edu/events/directing-interdisciplinary-centers-and-programs
