The Office of the Provost, in collaboration with the Office of Equity and Inclusion and the Graduate School, has awarded seven graduate students and six faculty members funding to attend the Annual Future World Changers of the Academy (FWCA) National Conference April 10-13 in Arlington, Virginia.
Now in its 13th year, the conference provides a unique educational and professional opportunity for faculty, administrators, postdocs and graduate students in higher education to engage, learn and network with colleagues from around the country. UMass Amherst is an institutional sponsor for the FWCA Conference, which is hosted by Virginia Tech.
This year’s conference theme is “Empower, Elevate, and Excel: Leading the Academy into the Future.” Through interactive sessions, intentional networking and collaborative knowledge sharing, participants will gain tools and insights to advance their careers and enhance their impact within academia. It will also feature talks and workshops that focus on leadership development, research excellence, career advancement and scholar activism.
Graduate students:
- Emefa Adawudu, Nursing, Elaine Marieb College of Nursing
- Jonisha Auburn, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, College of Engineering
- Ankita Gupta, Computer Science, Manning College of Information and Computer Sciences
- Maud Muosieyiri, Biostatistics and Epidemiology, School of Public Health and Health Sciences
- Geraldine Puerto, Health Promotion and Policy, School of Public Health and Health Sciences
- Imani Wallace, Student Development, College of Education
- Fuyu Zheng, Sociology, College of Social and Behavioral Sciences
Faculty members:
- María Barbón, Professor of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, College of Humanities and Fine Arts
- Katrina Calhoun, Assistant Professor of Educational Policy, Research and Administration, College of Education
- Melinda Gonzales-Backen, Associate Professor of Psychological and Brain Sciences, College of Natural Sciences
- Felicia Griffin-Fennell, Lecturer in the Department of Sociology, College of Social and Behavioral Sciences
- Airín Martínez, Associate Professor of Health Promotion and Policy, School of Public Health and Health Sciences
- Charmaine Nelson, Professor of History of Art and Architecture, Slavery North Initiative, College of Humanities and Fine Arts
More information about the Future World Changers of the Academy can be found on the FWCA website.