ReDI Leadership Program
For professors who show promise for leadership on a wider scale.
Initiated in fall 2012, ReDI is a leadership program for associate and early full professors who show promise for leadership on a wider scale. ReDI participants come from all disciplines. The university actively seeks to recruit into each year’s ReDI cohort a diverse group of faculty members, and ReDI intentionally prepares faculty members to lead across differences of working styles, approaches, backgrounds, and disciplines.
The ReDI program spans six months, requires 40-50 hours of commitment from participants, and comprises three major activities:
- Workshops aimed at developing participants’ self-awareness as a leader in addition to specific leadership capabilities
- Team work in a cohort challenge that investigates an important challenge facing the university and culminates with recommendations presented to the Provost’s leadership team
- Meetings with university leaders and administrators on how the university works and what motivates their own leadership.
ReDI Selection Process
The Vice Provost for Academic Affairs (VPAA) annually solicits faculty nominations from each college dean. Each nominee is vetted within their college and all nominees must be supported by their department chair (where applicable) as well as their dean in order to advance to the Provost’s Office. The VPAA then reviews nominations and invites selected participants. Faculty members nominated but not placed in a given year’s cohort will be considered for subsequent years. Faculty members interested in being nominated to ReDI should speak with their department chair and/or dean.
ReDI Value to Past Faculty Participants
The ReDI leadership experience provides not only new skills and time for their application, but also an opportunity for faculty members to reflect on their career aspirations in their totality. Past ReDI participants have this to say about their experiences in the program:
“Thinking of the analogy of the orchestra, I used to think that it was fine to play an instrument and to play it well, but now I see that I need to take a step back and be a conductor and a leader.”
“I really needed to understand the ramifications around establishing multi-disciplinary degrees from a top-down and bottom-up perspective and my cohort challenge was *extremely* helpful in that regard. I would not have gotten such a broad perspective had I not been in the cohort. So I am very grateful my dean got me into ReDI.”
“Now I’m taking over the rather large grant with two other universities and I am not afraid to do so because ReDI showed me how to deal with it and what to do what not to do.”
“I think it’s a fantastic program and it really did feel luxurious to think about my own career and to be encouraged to think about my career was fantastic.”
“Participation in ReDI definitely played a role in my decision to pursue and accept (a leadership position) just because I felt more comfortable I think with tools that I might use and approaches that I might take, again things I learned from the program, seeing what other people in similar sort of positions were pursuing, . . . [and,] again, a general feeling that the university felt that I could do this so I was supported in it.
Previous ReDI Cohorts
Sari Altschuler
Associate Professor of English; Founding Director, Health, Humanities, and Society Minor and Initiative
Carey Barry
Department Chair, Associate Clinical Professor, Department of Medical Sciences, Faculty, Physician Assistant Program
Kabria Baumgartner
Dean’s Associate Professor of History and Africana Studies; Associate Director of Public History
Q. Jim Chen
Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering & Marine and Environmental Sciences
Paul Chiou
Director, MathWorks Lab for FinTech and Quantitative Analytics; Associate Teaching Professor of Finance
Meredith Clark
Founding Director of the Center for Communication, Media Innovation and Social Change
Luis Dau
Associate Professor, International Business & Strategy; Robert & Denise DiCenso Professor
Nathaniel Derbinsky
Teaching Professor, Associate Dean of Teaching Faculty
Pamela Donlan
Associate Clinical Professor Interim Program Director,Department of Physical Therapy, Movement & Rehabilitation Sciences, Faculty
Randall Erb
Associate Professor, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering & Affiliated Faculty, Chemical Engineering
Julian Fray
Associate Teaching Professor and Associate Dean for Digital Strategy
Associate Teaching Professor and Associate Dean for Digital Strategy
Joshua Hertz
Teaching Professor, First Year Engineering Program
Michael Hoppmann
Associate Dean for Undergradate Programs
Alexander Ivanov
Associate Professor, Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Barnett Institute for Chemical & Biological Analysis
Beverly Kris Jaeger-Helton
Teaching Professor and Director for Industrial Engineering Undergraduate Curriculum, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
Xiaoning Jin
Associate Professor, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
Robert Leeman
Professor and Department Chair
Alina Oprea
Associate Professor, Khoury College of Computer Science
K.J. Rawson
Associate Professor of English and Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies; Co-Director of NULab for Texts, Maps, and Networks
Amit Shesh
Teaching Professor, Director – MSCS Boston Program
Gustavo Vincentini
Teaching Professor of Economics; Undergraduate Program Director
Maria Elena Villar
Department Chair, Professor, Communication Studies
Emily Zimmerman
Associate Professor; Department Chair; Associate Chair for Research and Innovation, Department of Communication Studies and Disorders, Faculty
Brooke foucault welles
Associate Dean for Research, College of Arts, Media and Design
Cheryl Mitteness
Associate Teaching Professor, Entrepreneurship and Innovation, D’Amore-McKim School of Business
Connie lorette
Assistant Clinical Professor & Director, DNP Nurse Anesthesia Program, Bouvé College of Health Sciences
Dawn cisewski
Associate Teaching Professor, Associate Chair Psychology Department, College of Science
Debra auguste
Professor of Chemical Engineering, College of Engineering
Earlene avalón
Associate Teaching Professor, College of Professional Studies
Elizabeth zulick
Associate Teaching Professor & Associate Dean, College of Professional Studies
Francesca grippa
Teaching Professor, College of Professional Studies
Francisco Hung
Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering, College of Engineering
Gilbert n. nyaga
Associate Professor, Supply Chain and Information Management Group Chair, D’Amore-McKim School of Business
guohao dai
Associate Professor, Bioengineering, College of Engineering
jason w. lancaster
Clinical Professor, Department of Pharmacy and Health Systems Sciences, Bouvé College of Health Sciences
jessica edwards george
Clinical Professor, Director of Counseling Psychology (PhD), Bouvé College of Health Sciences
jun ma
Professor of Economics, College of Social Sciences and Humanities
laura dudley
Associate Clinical Professor, Department of Applied Psychology, Bouvé College of Health Sciences
laurie nardone
Teaching Professor in English; Director of the Writing Program, College of Social Sciences and Humanities
linda kowalcky
Professor of the Practice in Public Policy and Urban Affairs; Associate Director, School of Public Policy and Urban Affairs, College of Social Sciences and Humanities
melissa ferrick
Professor of the Practice, College of Arts, Media and Design
mya poe
Associate Professor of English, College of Social Sciences and Humanities
Randall hughes
Associate Dean for Equity, Full Professor, Marine and Environmental Sciences, College of Science
renée j. Miller
Distinguished Professor, Khoury College of Computer Science
Taskin Padir
Director of the Institute of Experiential Robotics, Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, College of Engineering
Toyoko orimoto
Associate Professor of Physics, College of Science
Dan Adams
Director and Associate Professor of Architecture
Debra Copeland
Director of the Office of Experiential Education, and Associate Clinical Professor of Pharmacy
John Dencker
Associate Professor of Management and Organizational Development
Kimberly Eddleston
Schulze Distinguished Professor of Entrepreneurship and Innovation
Edgar Goluch
Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering
Kimberly Larson
Director of the Doctor of Law and Policy Program, and Associate Teaching Professor
Yingzi Lin
Associate Professor of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
Costas Panagopoulos
Director of the Big Data and Quantitative Methods Initiatives, and Professor of Political Science
Purnima Ratilal-Makris
Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Andrea Raynor
Interim Chair and Full Teaching Professor of Photography
Justin Ries
Associate Professor of Marine and Environmental Science
Abhi Shelat
Associate Professor of Computer and Information Science
Ming Su
Associate Chair of Graduate Studies and Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering
Corliss Brown Thompson
Associate Teaching Professor of Graduate Studies
Ke Zhang
Associate Professor of Chemistry and Chemical Biology
Nicole (Niki) Boyson
Associate Professor of Finance
Özlem Ergun
Associate Professor of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
Lori Gardinier
Director and Associate Teaching Professor of the Human Services Program
Laura Green
Professor of English
Stephen Intille
Associate Professor of Computer & Information Science; Health Sciences
Carolyn Lee-Parsons
Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering; Chemistry & Chemical Biology
Carla Mattos
Professor of Chemistry and Chemical Biology
Shan Mohammed
Associate Clinical Professor of Health Services
Mark Niedre
Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Nicole Aljoe
Director of African American Studies & Associate Professor of English
Alvaro Cuervo-Cazurra
Professor of International Business & Strategy
Carlos Cuevas
Associate Professor of Criminology & Criminal Justice
Yunsi Fei
Associate Professor of Electrical & Computer Engineering
Greg Goodale
Associate Professor of Communication Studies
Elizabeth P. Howard
Associate Professor of Nursing
Rachel Jones
Associate Professor of Nursing
Jamie Ladge
Associate Professor of Management & Organizational Development
Alisa Lincoln
Associate Professor of Health Sciences and Sociology
Carol Livermore
Associate Professor of Mechanical & Industrial Engineering
Kristin Madison
Professor of Law and Health Sciences
Marilyn Minus
Associate Professor of Mechanical & Industrial Engineering
Beth Molnar
Associate Professor of Health Sciences
Cristina Nita-Rotaru
Professor of Computer Science
Antonio Ocampo-Guzman
Associate Professor of Theatre
Armen Stepanyants
Associate Professor of Physics
Elizabeth Bucar
Associate Professor of Religious Studies
Jennifer Dy
Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Deniz Erdogmus
Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Amy Farrell
Associate Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice
Veronica Godoy-Carter
Associate Professor of Biology
Jonathan Grabowski
Associate Professor of Marine and Environmental Sciences
Neal Lerner
Associate Professor of English
Stacy Marsella
Professor of Computer and Information Science, Psychology
Hilary Poriss
Associate Professor of Music
Carmen Sceppa
Professor and Chair of Health Sciences
Anand Venkateswaran
Associate Professor of Finance
Kate Ziemer
Professor of Chemical Engineering, Associate Vice Provost for Curriculum
Rebecca Carrier
Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering
Jack Dennerlein
Professor in the Department of Physical Therapy, Movement, and Rehabilitation Sciences
Magy Seif El-Nasr
Associate Professor of Computer Science & Director of Game Educational Programs and Research
Natasha Frost
Associate Professor, School of Criminology and Criminal Justice & Associate Dean for Academic Programs in the School of Criminology and Criminal Justice
April Gu
Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Matthew Hunt
Professor of Sociology & Chair of Sociology and Anthropology
Ying-Yee Kong
Associate Professor of Speech Language Pathology and Audiology
Latika Menon
Associate Professor of Physics
Guevara Noubir
Professor of Computer Science
Sandra Shefelbine
Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Michael Tolley
Associate Professor of Political Science
Steve Vollmer
Associate Professor of Biology
Jay Aslam
Professor of Computer and Information Science, Associate Dean of Faculty
Penny Beuning
Associate Professor of Chemistry and Chemical Biology
Tim Bickmore
Associate Professor of Computer and Information Science
Heather Clark
Associate Professor of Pharmaceutical Science
Erin Cram
Associate Professor of Biology
Elizabeth Maddock Dillon
Professor and Chair of English
Auroop Ganguly
Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Jessica Hoffman
Associate Professor of Counseling and Applied Educational Psychology
Pete Manolios
Professor of Computer Science
Shashi Murthy
Professor of Chemical Engineering
Rupal Patel
Professor of Speech Language Pathology and Audiology and Computer and Information Science
Nate Rickles
Associate Professor of Pharmacy and Health Systems Sciences
Jeff Ruberti
Professor of Bioengineering