The GLCA launched the GLCA Academic Leadership Fellows Program with an application process in fall 2025. This is part of our signature GLCA Academic Leadership and Innovation (or GALI) programming. 

In December 2025, ten Fellows were selected from across GLCA institutions in a competitive application process. The first cohort of Fellows are:

• Albion College, Peter Valdina, Stanley S. Kresge Associate Professor in Religious Studies
• Allegheny College, Michael Mehler, Professor of Theatre
• DePauw University, Jennifer Adams, Professor of Communication and Theatre
• Hope College, Matthew Farmer, Professor of Dance, Dorthy Wiley DeLong Endowed Chair of Dance
• Kalamazoo College, Babli Sinha, Professor of English
• Kenyon College, Pashmina Murthy, Associate Professor of English
• Oberlin College, Corey Barnes, Robert S. Danforth Professor and Chair of Religion
• Ohio Wesleyan University, Andrea Colvin, Associate Professor of Spanish
• Wabash College, Adriel M. Trott, Professor of Philosophy, Andrew T. and Anne Ford Chair in the Liberal Arts
• The College of Wooster, Ibra Sene, Associate Professor of History

Learn more about the Fellows here.

Fellows will serve through the 2026-27 and 2027-28 academic years.  They will hold a titled administrative position on their campus throughout the Fellowship, working on a specific project and/or overseeing a portfolio of academic administrative responsibilities. Additionally, the cohort of Fellows will meet regularly to foster their professional and leadership development grounded in self-reflection and strategic self-awareness while sharing their learning and their successes and challenges on their project and administrative responsibilities with each other according to the following timeline:

Please contact Mickey McDonald at [email protected] if you have questions about the GLCA Academic Leadership Fellows Program.