Advancing Leadership in STEM and Global Engagement
President’s Special Session
Friday, July 18, 2025. 9 AM – 10:30 AM (9 AM CST Mex. City/11 AM EST/8 AM PST
Features presentation of the “GUIDE” from the book Academic Leadership in Engineering Education, think tank reports, ideas from university and organizational leaders, discussions of global partnerships for science and engineering, and an invitation to engage in hemispheric collaboration.
Order of program:
- Introduction of the topic: Advancing Leadership in STEM and Global Engagement
- Introduction of speakers:
- Dr. Cecilia Paredes Verduga, Past President – LACCEI; Rectora (President), Escuela Superior Politécnica del Litoral (ESPOL), Guayaquil, Ecuador
- Dr. Stephanie G. Adams, Past President – American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE); Dean of the Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer Science, and Lars Magnus Ericsson Chair in Electrical Engineering, University of Texas at Dallas, Dallas, Texas
- Dr. Dawit Haile, Interim Vice Provost for Academic Affairs; Dean, College of Engineering and Technology; Professor, Department of Applied Engineering Technology, Virginia State University, Member: Global Engineering Deans Council (GEDC), Petersburg, Virginia
- Dr. Marcello Nitz, Reitor (Chancellor) – Centro Universitário do Instituto Mauá de Tecnologia, São Paulo, Brazil; Executive Committee – Global Engineering Deans Council (GEDC)
- Dr. Brandon Jones, President – American Geophysical Union, Federal Scientist
- Dr. Loreto Valenzuela Roediger, Decan (Dean)-Facultad de Ingeniería, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile
- Summary of Chapter: “Models for International Collaborations to Nurture Students into Global Engineers from the book: Academic Leadership in Engineering Education – Renetta Tull
- “A View on Leadership” – Dr. Cecilia Paredes Verduga, 2025 LACCEI Medalist
- Speaker short presentations at the podium.
- Speaker Questions: Moderator (R. Tull) to Speakers
- Questions from Respondents (TBA) and plenary audience
Respondents:
- Dr. Geraldine Gooding, Director – Engineering Education and Outreach, ASME
- Dr. Trina Fletcher, Associate Dean, School of Arts and Sciences; Associate Professor, Engineering and ITMAE; Director, READi Lab – University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff
- Dr. Idalis Villanueva, Chair and Professor, Department of Engineering Education, Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering, University of Florida
Bio our speakers
- Dr. Cecilia Paredes Verduga (President, Escuela Superior Politécnica del Litoral – Ecuador)
https://laccei.org/laccei-academic-merit-medalist-2025/

- Dr. Stephanie Adams (Eng Dean, University of Texas at Dallas – United States)
https://chairs.utdallas.edu/biographies/dr-stephanie-g-adams/

- Dr. Dawit Haile (Eng. Dean, Virginia State – United States):
https://www.vsu.edu/about/leadership/office-of-the-president

- Dr. Marcelo Nitz (Rector, MAUA – Brazil)
https://www.gedcouncil.org/regular_members/nitz/

- Dr. Brandon Jones (Pres. American Geophysical Union – United States)
https://www.agu.org/learn-about-agu/about-agu/governance/board-directors/presidentbio

- Dr. Loreto Valenzuela (Dean, Pontificia Universidad Católica – Chile)
https://www.ing.uc.cl/en/nuestra-escuela/autoridades-y-equipos/decana/

Coordinator: Dr. Renetta Garrison Tull, University of California, Davis
rgtull@ucdavis.edu
More information: info@laccei.org