2021 Faculty Success Fellows Announced

Amel Ahmed, associate provost for equity and inclusion, is pleased to announce the 2021 Faculty Success Fellows. Fourteen faculty have been selected to participate in the program for the 2021-22 academic year.

The UMass Amherst Faculty Success Fellows Program supports faculty participation in the National Center for Faculty Development and Diversity (NCFDD) Faculty Success Program (FSP), a tweleve-week online program designed to help tenure-track and tenured faculty acquire skills to increase research and writing productivity while maintaining a healthy work-life balance. For the Faculty Success Fellows Program, a group of fellows is selected each year from a pool of applicants. Fellows receive funding to defray the costs of the NCFDD Faculty Success Program as well as mentorship, feedback and support throughout the year.

2021 Faculty Success Fellows:

Seyram Avle
Assistant professor, communication, College of Social and Behavioral Sciences

Jonique Childs
Assistant professor, student development, College of Education

Eleni Christofa
Associate professor, civil and environmental engineering, College of Engineering

Marialuisa Di Stefano
Assistant professor, teacher education and curriculum studies, College of Education

Karine Fénelon
Assistant professor, biology, College of Natural Sciences

Sarah Gonzalez-Nahm
Assistant professor, nutrition, School of Public Health and Health Sciences

Christian Guzman
Assistant professor, civil and environmental engineering, College of Engineering

Reika Katsumata
Assistant professor, polymer science and engineering, College of Natural Sciences

Anne Kerth
Assistant professor, Afro-American studies, College of Humanities and Fine Arts

Emily Kumpel
Assistant professor, civil and environmental engineering, College of Engineering

Chi Hyun Lee
Assistant professor, biostatistics and epidemiology, School of Public Health and Health

Sciences

Zhou Lin
Assistant professor, chemistry, College of Natural Sciences

Jimmy Worthy II
Assistant professor, English, College of Humanities and Fine Arts

Viviana Chiu Sik Wu
Assistant professor, School of Public Policy, College of Social and Behavioral Sciences