2021-22 Emerging Leaders Program Cohort Selected

The sixth cohort of Georgia Tech’s Emerging Leaders Program has been selected.
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The sixth cohort of Georgia Tech’s Emerging Leaders Program has been selected. Starting in Fall 2021 and continuing through Spring 2022, participants will take part in a number of leadership development activities, including a fall weekend workshop, monthly workshops, small-group work, and a 360-degree assessment.

“I’m excited to welcome the sixth cohort of the Emerging Leaders Program,” said Steven W. McLaughlin, provost and executive vice president for Academic Affairs. “The program supports faculty invested in pursuing their leadership journey, which benefits the Institute’s strategic plan goals and the Georgia Tech community as a whole.”

The sixth cohort reflects many of Georgia Tech’s Schools and Colleges.

College of Design

  • Young Mi Choi, Associate Professor and Associate Chair, School of Industrial Design

Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts 

  • Justin B. Biddle, Associate Professor, School of Public Policy
  • Jenna Jordan, Associate Professor and Director of Graduate Studies, Sam Nunn School of International Affairs
  • Usha Nair-Reichert, Associate Professor and Director of Master’s Programs, School of Economics

College of Sciences 

  • Andrew Newman, Professor, School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
  • Zhigang Peng, Professor, School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
  • Chandra Raman, Professor, School of Physics

College of Engineering

  • Chloé Arson, Associate Professor, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering
  • Lakshmi Prasad Dasi, Rozelle Vanda Wesley Professor and Professor, Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering
  • Elliot Moore II, Associate Professor and Associate Chair for Undergraduate Affairs, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering
  • Kamran Paynabar, Fouts Family Early Career Professor and Associate Professor, H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering
  • Mary Lynn Realff, Associate Professor and Associate Chair for Undergraduate Programs, School of Materials Science and Engineering
  • Julian J. Rimoli, Pratt & Whitney Professor and Associate Professor, Daniel Guggenheim School of Aerospace Engineering
  • Iris Tien, Williams Family Early Career Professor and Associate Professor, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering
  • May Dongmei Wang, Professor, Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering
  • Shannon Yee, Associate Professor, George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering

The Emerging Leaders Program started in 2016 and is designed for associate and full professors who have attained tenure. The program is a collaboration between the Office of the Provost, the Office of the Executive Vice President for Research, the Institute for Leadership and Social Impact, and the Office of Graduate Education and Faculty Development. 

Learn more about the Emerging Leaders Program.

 

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