Megan Sullivan Completes Leadership Training at 2016 HERS Denver Summer Institute
Megan Sullivan, associate dean for faculty research and development and director of the Center for Interdisciplinary Teaching and Learning, joined other leaders in higher education for the 2016 Higher Education Resource Services Denver Summer Institute. Along with 62 women leaders from across the United States, Sullivan completed the intensive, 12-day leadership development curriculum that HERS offers to help participants “gain the knowledge and skills needed to lead change on their campus and positively affect higher education.”
HERS “is dedicated to creating and sustaining a community of women leaders through leadership development programs and other strategies with a special focus on gender equity within the broader commitment to achieving equality and excellence in higher education.” Its three Institutes have provided leadership and management development to approximately 5000 women faculty and staff members from 1200 campuses.
Sullivan participated in institute sessions such as Managing and Leading Change: Your Role in Re-inventing Higher Education, New Partnerships & New Pathways, Leaning into Turbulent Times, Exploring Inclusive Excellence and Reframing: Work-Life to Living Well. Faculty and guest speakers included: Betty Stewart, provost and vice president for academic affairs, Midwestern State University; Soraya Coley, president, Cal Poly Pomona; and Tuajuanda Jordan, president, St. Mary’s College of Maryland. Sullivan also worked on a project that she plans to further develop at BU — a website that would help faculty better understand how to help students with disabilities.
“The faculty at HERS, our guest speakers, and the other participants all taught me so much about what women can do as faculty and administrators in higher education. The experience was truly invaluable,” said Sullivan.
Sullivan has been serving as associate dean since 2013. She was previously associate professor of rhetoric at Boston University’s College of General Studies. Her recent achievements include securing grants for faculty development and co-editing her most recent book: Parental Incarceration: Personal Accounts and Developmental Impact (Routledge 2016). Her participation in the HERS Denver Institute was sponsored by The Office of the Provost and The College of General Studies.