Charity Farber Email & Phone Number

Champaign, Il, Us

Champaign, Il, Us

Serve as a key advisor to the Director of Programs and provide leadership and support to stakeholders, programs, projects, initiatives and staff members of the Programs Team. Manage the strategic initiatives of the Graduate Deans and the Vice Provosts for Faculty Affairs and lead key faculty development programs and large-scale grant initiatives, including the Academic Leadership Program, Deans Leadership Program, Department Executive Officers Program, Mellon Faculty Fellows Program, and… Show more Serve as a key advisor to the Director of Programs and provide leadership and support to stakeholders, programs, projects, initiatives and staff members of the Programs Team. Manage the strategic initiatives of the Graduate Deans and the Vice Provosts for Faculty Affairs and lead key faculty development programs and large-scale grant initiatives, including the Academic Leadership Program, Deans Leadership Program, Department Executive Officers Program, Mellon Faculty Fellows Program, and Professorial Advancement Initiative. Supervise the project coordinators responsible for various program and initiatives and manage a cross-functional team who support the portfolios of the Graduate Deans and Vice Provost for Faculty Affairs. Show less

Led or coordinated large-scale, multi-university collaborative professional development projects sponsored by external funding agencies. Served as the Principle Investigator for a $1.4 million NSF AGEP grant administered through the University of Illinois, which aimed at increasing the diversity of the professoriate across the Big Ten Academic Alliance member institutions, Co-Investigator on the $4.4 million National Institutes of Health-funded National Research Mentoring Network – CIC… Show more Led or coordinated large-scale, multi-university collaborative professional development projects sponsored by external funding agencies. Served as the Principle Investigator for a $1.4 million NSF AGEP grant administered through the University of Illinois, which aimed at increasing the diversity of the professoriate across the Big Ten Academic Alliance member institutions, Co-Investigator on the $4.4 million National Institutes of Health-funded National Research Mentoring Network – CIC Advancement Network grant led by the University of Chicago, which facilitated the efforts of member institutions in mentoring and developing postdocs/early career faculty, and served on the steering committee for the Associated Colleges of the Midwest’s $8.1 million Mellon-funded grant to increase the diversity of the professoriate in the humanities among small liberal arts colleges in the Midwest. I also managed program activities that advance the academic excellence of Big Ten Academic Alliance member institutions through our Academic Leadership Program (ALP) and Department Executive Officers (DEO) Seminar. Show less

Supported the initiatives of the CIC Graduate Deans and Vice Provosts. Implemented a wide range of collaborative programs and projects, including professional development for faculty, staff, and postdocs and facilitated the exchange of peer knowledge and foster collaboration among affiliate groups.

Supported the initiatives of the CIC Graduate Deans, Liberal Arts and Sciences Deans, International Programs, Vice Provosts for Faculty Affairs. Implemented a wide range of collaborative programs and projects and facilitated the exchange of peer knowledge and foster collaboration among affiliate groups.

M.A., Communication: Organizational And Professional Communication And Development

Ba, Communication And Culture

Activities and Societies: Phi Mu, Lambda Pi Eta