Tammy Rahhal, PBS Associate Chair for Teaching and Advising, has been awarded a 2024-25 Chancellor’s Leadership Fellowship by The Office of Faculty Development .
The Chancellor’s Leadership Fellowship program seeks to cultivate future campus leaders by offering a half-time, one-year temporary appointment to an administrative area on campus and providing mentoring from the leader of the host unit. In addition, fellows are expected to launch a significant program during their fellowship year.
“The Chancellor’s Leadership Fellows program is an important opportunity for both the campus and our faculty,” says Provost and Senior Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs Fouad Abd-El-Khalick. “I look forward to collaborating with each of them as they work on projects to expand their leadership development in ways that benefit our entire university.”
Rahhal will work on a broad array of issues in undergraduate education. Among these, she will review the general education program and the curricular and pedagogical aspects of the first-year experience.
For the last 20 years, Rahhal’s research has focused on improving student success in large, gen-ed courses by using technology, flexible learning environments and best practices for student inclusion and belonging. She also serves as the associate chair for teaching for the Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, where she focuses on undergraduate curricular development, mentoring faculty and graduate students in teaching and overseeing advising for the 2,200 psychology majors.
“I am excited to broaden my focus from improving student success for students in our large undergraduate program in the Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences to improving student success for all undergraduate students,” says Rahhal. “By examining our current general education curriculum with an eye towards creating pathways for our students, who are focused on careers post-graduation, we will best prepare them for life beyond university.”