Faculty Leadership in Academia:

From Inspiration to Reality

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The Faculty Leadership in Academia: From Inspiration to Reality (FLAIR) program helps faculty prepare to advance their careers by taking on formal leadership roles. This leadership development program is for faculty with strong, untapped leadership potential who have the rank of associate or full professor (tenured, practice, research or extension) and who are either considering a leadership role or are in their first leadership position and considering continuing on a leadership path.


2024-2025 FLAIR Cohort

2022-23 FLAIR Cohort group
  • Kelsy Burke, professor, Sociology
  • Tony Bushard, professor, Glenn Korff School of Music and associate dean, Hixson–Lied College of Fine and Performing Arts
  • Nathan Conner, professor, Agricultural Leadership, Education, and Communication
  • Brittany Duncan, associate professor, Computing
  • Mikil Foss, professor, Mathematics
  • Melissa Gomis, associate professor of practice, University Libraries and chair, Collections Strategy and Open Scholarship
  • Iker González-Allende, professor, Modern Languages and Literatures
  • Richard Graham, professor, University Libraries and chair, Teaching Partnerships
  • Jemalyn Griffin, associate professor of practice, Advertising and Public Relations
  • Ted Hamann, professor, Teaching, Learning and Teacher Education
  • Max Mueller, associate professor, Classics and Religious Studies
  • Jenna Pieper, associate professor, Management
  • Kaci Richter, associate professor of practice, Broadcasting
  • Zhigang Shen, professor, Durham School of Architectural Engineering and Construction
  • Shinya Takahashi, associate professor of practice, Nutrition and Health Sciences
  • David Woodman, professor of practice, Biological Sciences

Past FLAIR cohorts