Delery and Stites Chosen as 2017 Chancellor's Academic Fellows

By Russell Cothren

l-r: Chancellor's Academic Fellows John E. Delery and Wesley Stites

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – John E. Delery, professor of management and Wesley Stites, professor of biochemistry, have been selected as the Chancellor’s Academic Fellows for the fall 2017 semester. They will have the opportunity to explore the work and challenges of administration by interning with the Chancellor Joe Steinmetz or Provost Jim Coleman. This program is sponsored through the Office for Faculty Development and Enhancement and is open to all senior and mid- career full-time faculty.

Delery and Stites each proposed a project relative to a current campus initiative as part of their application process.

John E. Delery holds the Raymond F. Orr Chair in Management in the Department of Management in the Sam M. Walton College of Business.

His administrative goal as a Chancellor’s Fellows is to engage with clinical and non-tenure track faculty, to more systematically identify their roles in the broad university community and their opportunities for continued professional development in order to develop and contribute to the university’s academic mission and improve overall morale.

Wesley Stites is a researcher, professor and department chair in the Department of Biochemistry in the J. William Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences.

His administrative goal as a Chancellor’s Fellow is to find ways to meet the needs for additional research space developing a campus consensus on the best use for new spaces, what existing space might be freed up and/or renovated, determine what resources are available to pay for these needs, and move into schematic design/design development as quickly as possible.