UCO-Based Educators’ Leadership Academy Celebrates Completion of Academic Leadership Fellows Program
April 17, 2025
The University of Central Oklahoma-based Educators’ Leadership Academy (ELA) recognized 12 higher education professionals for completing the 2024-25 Academic Leadership Fellows Academy.
Established in 2016, the Academic Leadership Fellows Academy, referred to as the Fellows Academy, provides opportunities for professional growth, mentoring and building collaborative networks among educators. The Fellows Academy is facilitated by established leaders in higher education who impart their knowledge based on years of professional experience.
Participants must complete a white paper, an authoritative report focusing on a problem and solution, based on the academy’s core learning concepts: mission and institutional culture; new programs and continuous improvement; institutional effectiveness, accountability and strategic planning and budget. The papers focus on how the participant’s institution might improve its culture, planning, and programs, as well as ideas and recommendations for implementing the concept.
Those participating in the 2024-25 Academic Leadership Fellows Academy include:
- Kanika Bhargava, Ph.D., UCO
- Terri L. Breeden, M.S., RN, UCO
- Linda Breslin, Ph.D., UCO
- Alissa Ball Crawford, Ph.D., UCO
- Lance Forshee, Ph.D., Alice L. Walton School of Medicine
- Sean Gausman, UCO
- Kristen Gregory, Ed.D., UCO
- Connie Harris, Ph.D., UCO
- Janaki Iyer, Ph.D., Northeastern State University
- Dana Kahl, PT, DPT, Ed.D., Arkansas Colleges of Health Education
- Hannah Miller Leftwich, Oklahoma Christian University
- Robyn Pasternack, M.F.A., UCO
The ELA Fellows Academy Faculty include:
- Lee Johnson, Ph.D., CPA, University of Toledo
- David Lowry, Ph.D. Oklahoma Christian University
- Luis Montes, Ph.D., UCO
- Lee Anne Paris, Ph.D., UCO
- Janet Smith, Ph.D., Pittsburg State University
For more information, contact Mary Howard, director of the Educators’ Leadership Academy, at 405-974-5561 or mhoward28@uco.edu.
For more information about ELA’s Academic Leadership Fellows Academy, visit go.uco.edu/ELA-Fellows.
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Cutline: The University of Central Oklahoma-based Educators’ Leadership Academy celebrates 12 higher education professionals for completing the 2024-25 Academic Leadership Fellows Academy. Pictured, left to right, Row 1: Linda, Breslin, Ph.D., UCO; Robyn Pasternack, M.F.A., UCO; Dana Kahl, PT, DPT, Ed.D., Arkansas Colleges of Health Education; Mary Howard, MBA, UCO; Row 2: Terri L. Breeden M.S., RN, UCO; Connie Harris Ph.D., UCO; Lance Forshee, Ph.D., Alice L. Walton School of Medicine; Row 3: Alissa Ball Crawford, Ph.D., UCO; Sean Gausman, UCO; Row 4: Hannah Miller Leftwich, Oklahoma Christian University; Luis Montes, Ph.D., UCO.
