Geography professor Jennifer Balch has been named a RIO Faculty Fellow.ÌýTheÌýResearch & Innovation Office (RIO)ÌýFaculty Fellows ProgramÌýis a campus-wide research and creative works leadership program that supports rising ¶¶ÒõÂÃÐÐÉä Boulder faculty interested in furthering their leadership skills to achieve maximum impact within and beyond the campus.ÌýRIO Faculty Fellows seeks to identify and develop tenured and tenure-track assistant or associate professors who are poised to lead significant collaborative projects, develop vision and deliver novel and impactful scholarly work. The program was founded and will continue to be led by Faculty Director Alan Townsend and Program Director Kirsten Rowell.
Founded on lessons from the successfulÌýAldo Leopold Leadership Program, the program engages fellows as individuals and as a cohort on research and creative work leadership;Ìýcollaboration andÌýsystems thinking; along with team building and academic management; scholarly communication and values; equity; ethics;Ìýand personal and professional coaching.ÌýIts greatest promise may be in identifying a network of campus leaders, already experts in their respective fields, and equipping them to break down discipline-based silos on campus while strengthening the university’s reputation nationally and globally through deeper and wider collaborations beyond campus.
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