Learning
While learning is a component of everything I do, including leading, thinking, and teaching, I have had the opportunity to engage in more formal professional development. The following recent examples of professional development have challenged and influenced my thinking and daily practice in important and sometimes surprising ways.
Spring 2025
Registered to complete the Connecting Through Conversations course in Spring 2025.
8/2024
Participated in Resilient Leadership in the Workplace: Leveraging Neuroscience and Emotional Intelligence to Navigate Adversity.
8/2024
Participated in Foundations of Facilitating Dialogue training, as well as multiple webinars offered on related topics.
9/2023-5/2024
Participated in the HERS Executive Coaching Circle program, a customized, strengths-based executive coaching group designed to advance leadership skills and strategies.
2-3/2022 and 8/2016
Attended two HGSE professional development programs: the Leadership Institute for Academic Librarians (2016) and Ensuring Equitable Student Success (2022).
7/2021-6/2022
Participating in the Institute on Open Educational Resources with a cohort from Penn State.
1-6/2021
Participated in the Changing the Future for Women Faculty leadership program, sponsored by Penn State and facilitated through Next Level Leadership.
12/2018
Participated in the Library Management Skills Institute II: The Organization. The program was sponsored by Penn State and facilitated through DeEtta Jones and Associates: Next Generation Leadership.
11/2017
Participated in the Big Ten Academic Alliance Department Executive Officers Seminar and Fellowship. Press release.