Emerging Leader in Residence Details
The GOALS of this program are to:
- Help integrate young professional women into the structure and functions of ACPA
- Promote involvement in ACPA and CWI
- Facilitate the development of professional writing and presentation skills
- Assist young professionals with career exploration and planning
The RESPONSIBILITIES of the Emerging Leader in Residence include:
- Writing a reflective piece for CWI’s blog, about her experience as the Emerging Leader in Residence
- Participate in mentoring sessions (via phone and email) post mid-year meeting
- Participate in monthly conference calls with CWI Directorate members
- Submit a program proposal for the ACPA Convention
- Participate in pre/post assessment of the Emerging Leader in Residence
The program BENEFITS include:
- Waived registration fee to the ACPA Convention
- Attendance at ACPA leadership meetings
- Attendance at CWI leadership and general meetings at the ACPA Convention
- Attendance at CWI Directorate mid-year meeting in the fall
- Mentoring sessions with CWI Directorate members (post-mid-year meeting)
- Opportunity to manage a project related to one of the existing CWI Directorate committees; technology, connections, intersectionality, research and education, convention or membership
- developing a workshop proposal based on her experiences for the ACPA Convention
Eligibility requirements:
- Must attend the ACPA Convention and the Fall mid-year meeting
- Current member of ACPA
- Current master’s level graduate student and/or less than two years of full-time experience in the field.
- Capable of fulfilling one-year term as ELR
For more information, please feel free to contact us at [email protected], or apply here.
Past Emerging Leader In Residence Participants (formerly EmpowHer/Empower Fellow):
Emerging Leader Recipients
2019-2020 Jacquelynn Akins, University at Albany, SUNY
2018-2019 Bridget Sullivan, Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences (MCPHS) University
Empower Fellowship Recipients
2017-2018 Michelle MacLeod, New York University
2015-2016 Annie Le,
2014-2015 Renata Baptista, Dartmouth College
EmpowHer Fellowship Recipients
2013-2014 Kate Curley, Pennsylvania State University
2012-2013 Hannah Retzkin, Loyola University Chicago
2011-2012 Kayti Protos, Vanderbilt, Cassandra Aman (Nice), Canisius College
2010-2011 Mari Knuth, Bowling Green State University and Selyna Perez, Rochester Institute of Technology
2009-2010 Mireya Moreno, California State University at Northridge
2008-2009 Robyn Kaplan, University of Connecticut
2007-2008 Sarah Hoffert, University of Vermont
2006-2007 Tiffany Davis, Bowling Green State University
2005-2006 Brooke Smith, Shippensburg University
2004-2005 Colleen Yout, The George Washington University
2003-2004 Heather Kind-Keppel, University of Missouri
2002-2003 Rosemary Perez, University of San Francisco
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