FLA, administered by the Office of Faculty Professional Development Programs and Services (OFPD), runs for six months and is designed to “foster and develop faculty members for leadership.” It includes three major components: a short-term, high-impact project; cohort meetings and activities; and leadership development resources. Each apprentice also receives $5,000 for program development support or to participate in a faculty development activity. The apprenticeship runs from January through June 2022. 

Joining Dutta in the 2022 cohort are Kyriaki Kalaitzidou, Rae S. and Frank H. Neely Professor and associate chair of faculty development in the George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering, and Juergen Rauleder, assistant professor of aerospace engineering and associate director of the Vertical Lift Research Center of Excellence.

Dutta earned her Ph.D. in English from University of Miami in 2021, shortly before joining the Marion L. Brittain Postdoctoral Fellowship in Fall 2021.

To learn more about the FLA Program, visit the OFPD website.

The Marion L. Brittain Postdoctoral Fellowship is administered by the Writing and Communication Program in LMC. It offers an opportunity for emerging scholars to develop innovative teaching and scholarship in writing and communication in their role as faculty members.