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Members

Kelly Dalton
Executive Director, Board on Health and Human Sciences
(202) 465-8533
kdalton@aplu.org

Susan Thomas
Associate, Board on Health and Human Sciences
(202) 478-6031
sthomas@aplu.org

BHHS Leadership Fellows and Awards

The BHHS is launching an inaugural Leadership Fellows Program. We are seeking faculty who have an interest in becoming administrative leaders in our human sciences fields and would welcome the opportunity to work closely with the BHHS, its leaders, and its members in developing their administrative leadership skills.

Selected fellows will be awarded up to $3000 to support their projects and will be assigned mentors to support their activities as fellows. Project funds (including travel stipends) will be awarded to the fellows for a period of one year, to begin immediately following the BHHS annual meeting and to culminate in attending and presenting at the following BHHS annual meeting. Two cohorts of fellows will collaborate to plan an annual leadership development conference to begin in 2023 and coincide with the BHHS annual meeting.

View the fellowship brochure for more information. Applications for the second cohort are closed.

Leadership Fellows

Alleah Crawford

Alleah Crawford
Associate Dean, Academic Affairs, College of Human Sciences
Auburn University
Project: Developing Storytelling and Articulation Skills
around High-Impact Practices to Enhance Placement
in the Human Sciences

Jacqueline Holland

Jacqueline Holland
Department Chair, Family and Consumer Sciences
Morgan State University
Project MARS: Marketing and Recruiting Students to FCS
Jennifer Margrett

Jennifer Margrett
Associate Dean, Research and Graduate Education,
College of Human Sciences
Iowa State University
Project: Facilitating Health and Human Sciences
Faculty Onboarding and Engagement

Mentors

  • John Buckwalter, Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs, Boise State University
  • Jana Hawley, Dean and Professor, College of Merchandising, Hospitality, and Tourism, University of North Texas
  • Susan Hubbard, Dean, College of Human Sciences and Executive Director, Hunger Solutions Institute, Auburn University
  • Laura Jolly, Dean, College of Human Sciences, Iowa State University
  • Nina Lyon Bennett, Assistant Dean for Academics, School of Agriculture, Fisheries, and Human Sciences, University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff
  • Lise Youngblade, Dean, College of Health and Human Sciences, Colorado State University

Facilitators

  • Erik Porfeli, BHHS Vice Chair, Professor and Chair, Department of Human Sciences, The Ohio State University
  • Kelly Dalton, BHHS Executive Director, Director, Food, Agriculture, & Natural Resources, Association of Public & Land-grant Universities (APLU)

Leadership Fellows

Swarn Chatterjee

Swarn Chatterjee
Department Head and Bluerock Professor of Financial Planning
University of Georgia

Brian Focht

Brian Focht
Professor and Vice Chair, Department of Human Sciences
The Ohio State University
Kim Williams

Kim Williams
Professor and Chair, Department of Hospitality and Tourism Management
University of North Texas

Mentors

  • John Buckwalter, Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs, Boise State University
  • Valerie Giddings, Associate Professor and Chairperson, Department of Family and Consumer Sciences, North Carolina A&T State University
  • Laura Jolly, Dean, Department of Human Sciences Administration, Iowa State University
  • Linda Kirk Fox, Professor and Dean Emeritus, College of Family and Consumer Sciences, University of Georgia
  • Nina Lyon Bennett, Assistant Dean for Academics, School of Agriculture, Fisheries, and Human Sciences, University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff
  • Michael Newman, Professor and Director, Agricultural Extension and Education, Mississippi State University

Facilitators

  • Jana Hawley, BHHS Chair, Dean and Professor, College of Merchandising, Hospitality, and Tourism, University of North Texas
  • Erik Porfeli, BHHS Vice Chair, Professor and Chair, Department of Human Sciences, The Ohio State University
  • Kelly Dalton, BHHS Executive Director, Director, Food, Agriculture, & Natural Resources, Association of Public & Land-grant Universities (APLU)

Nominations for the Ellen Swallow Richards Public Service Award, Lifetime Achievement Award, Outstanding Engagement Award, and Undergraduate Research Mentor Award are due September 1, 2023. For more information about nomination requirements, visit the award pages below.

Ellen Swallow Richards Public Service Award

The purpose of the Board on Health and Human Sciences Ellen Swallow Richards Public Service Award is to honor a nationally-recognized leader who has a significant history of promoting and advancing the Human Sciences. It is likely that the nominees for the BHHS Ellen Swallow Richards Public Service Award will be individuals who have supported higher education, and especially the mission of the Human Sciences and other programs in land-grant universities. The award is named in honor of Ellen Swallow Richards, who dedicated her life to applying research to enhance the well-being of individuals, families and communities.

Lifetime Achievement Award

The purpose of the Board on Health and Human Sciences Lifetime Achievement Award is to honor a nationally-recognized leader who has a significant history of promoting and advancing the Human Sciences. Nominees for the BHHS Lifetime Achievement Award are individuals who serve or have served in significant faculty and/or administrative roles in higher education. Also, candidates will be individuals who earned recognition for advancing the mission of the Human Sciences and related disciplines in colleges and universities.

Outstanding Engagement Award

The Purpose of the Board on Health and Human Sciences Outstanding Engagement Award is to recognize an individual who is a “campus based” or a “state level faculty member” for exceptional creativity and scholarship in the development, application, and evaluation of outreach, extension, and public service programs.

Undergraduate Research Mentor Award

The purpose of the Board on Health and Human Sciences Undergraduate Research Mentor Award is to recognize a faculty member in the Human Sciences for exceptional performance as a research mentor for undergraduate students. This award was developed to advance the purposes of the Undergraduate Research Community in the Human Sciences. The Undergraduate Research Community focuses on the scholarship of learning and teaching in preparing students for graduate education, the workplace and responsible citizenship. It enhances the experimental content of undergraduate education in the Human Sciences.

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