We’re delighted to welcome the 2026 VELI Cohort! These teams represent leadership from a diversity of institutions across the US. Their projects address this year’s core VELI themes of shared governance and transforming the underlying systems of academia such as budget, promotion and tenure, and institutional rankings. They will spend five days with the HuMetricsHSS team in facilitated and team-work sessions, identifying and operationalizing their own values and the values of their work, mapping their collective power and influence to bring about values-enacted change, and creating practical, tactical plans for making that change happen.
Read more about each team below.
From top left clockwise: Heather Hewett, Cyrus Mulready, Sheldon K. Johnson, Robyn Sheridan, Roberto Vélez-Vélez
Autonomy and Alignment: Values-Based Leadership for Interdisciplinary Collaboration
State University of New York at New Paltz
Abstract and Team BiosGreenhouse or Factory? CMU College of Fine Arts Strategic Plan
Carnegie Mellon University
Abstract and Team Bios
From top left clockwise: Daniel Cardoso Llach, Kyle Haden, Mary Ellen Poole, Jenn Joy Wilson
From top left clockwise: Katherine D. Harris, Mary Elizabeth Anderson, Janet Stemwedel, Shannon Miller
Redefining Leadership through the Advanced Institute for Ethical Technologies
San Jose State University
Abstract and Team BiosStrategic Planning in Precarious Times: Strengthening Language and Culture Studies for Current and Future Impact
Carnegie Mellon University
Abstract and Team Bios
From top left clockwise: Nevine Abraham, Anne Lambright, Adam van Compernolle, Seth Wiener, Therese Tardio
From top left clockwise: Dr. Michelle Brown, Dr. Bernadette Ludwig, Dr. Katherine Allocco, Dr. Jessica Anderson Schofield
The Macricostas School Way: Strategic Liberal Arts Innovation Through Community, Culture, Curriculum, and Assessment at Western Connecticut State University
Western Connecticut State University
Abstract and Team BiosTranslating Value: Building Strategic Plans and Resource Priorities in the Humanities and Social Sciences
University of Missouri-Kansas City
Abstract and Team Bios
From top left clockwise: Tamara Falicov, Caitlin Horsmon, Toya Like, Alexis Petri
From top left clockwise: Dr. Adekunle Adejumo, Dr. Patricia Williams Dockery, Dr. Nilajah Nyasuma Sims, Dr. Chad E. Smith
Values-Enacted Strategic Planning for a Three-Unit Academic Affairs Team
Morgan State University
Abstract and Team BiosVELI is generously supported by the Mellon Foundation and the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation.