2025 NFO Agenda

Riggs Library 3rd Floor unless indicated otherwise

Tuesday, August 19th, 2025

8:00-8:30 am Check-In/Breakfast

8:30-8:40 am Welcome | Katharine Donato, Vice Provost for Faculty

8:40-9:15 am Georgetown’s Jesuit and Catholic Heritage & Mission | Fr. Mark Bosco, S.J., Vice President, Mission and Ministry

9:20-9:50 am Welcome by Senior Leadership | Interim Provost Soyica Colbert 

10:00-10:40 am Academic Leadership Panel I

  • David Edelstein, Dean, Georgetown College Arts & Sciences (CAS)
  • Paul Almeida, McDonough School of Business (MSB)
  • Joel Hellman, Dean, School of Foreign Service (SFS)
  • Carole Roan Gresenz, Dean, McCourt School of Public Policy (MSPP)

10:45-11:20 am Academic Leadership Panel II

  • Ifedapo Adeleye Vice Dean, School of Continuing Studies (SCS)
  • Pablo Irusta, Associate Dean, School of Health (SOH)
  • Peter Marra, Dean, Earth Commons (ECo)
  • Alexander Sens, Dean, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (GSAS)

11:30-12:00 pm Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at Georgetown | Rosemary Kilkenny, Vice President, Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Chief Diversity Officer

12:00-1:15 pm Lunch/Introductions

  • Faculty Governance:
    • Blythe Shepard, Second Vice Chair, Main Campus Executive Committee (MCEF)
    • George Luta, President, Faculty Senate
  • Ombuds for Faculty – Catherine Langlois

1:30-1:50 pm Speech and Expression Policy at Georgetown | Adam Adler, Vice President and General Counsel

1:50-3:30 pm Teaching and Learning at Georgetown | Edward Maloney, Executive Director, CNDLS, Margaret Debelius, Senior Director of Faculty Initiatives, CNDLS, Joselyn Lewis, Director of Inclusive Pedagogy, CNDLS

3:30-3:40 pm Break

3:45-4:45 pm Overview of Benefits | Charles DeSantis, Chief Benefits Officer, Associate Vice President of University Benefits and Wellness

4:45-6:00 pm Hands-on-Help | Happy Hour

  • Benefits – Jessica Ham, Information & Service Specialist
  • CNDLS – CANVAS (Georgetown’s Course Management System) | Peter Janssens, Associate Director of Instructional Resources and Lee Skallerup Bessette, Assistant Director of Digital Learning, 

Wednesday, August 20th, 2025

(From 9-11:15 am NTL Faculty meet in White Gravenor, Room 213. Combined NTL & TL Faculty sessions in Riggs begin again at 11:15 am)

8:30-9:00 am Breakfast 

9:00-11:15 am Breakout session for Non-Tenure Line (NTL) Faculty Framework 

Location: White-Gravenor Hall, Room 213

  • Barbara Schone, Teaching Professor and Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, MSPP
  • Rebecca Patterson, Professor of the Practice, SFS 
  • Patrick Johnson, Associate Teaching Professor, Department of Physics, CAS

9:00-10:30 am Breakout session for Tenure Line Faculty: Navigating Rank and Tenure

  • Aviel Roshwald, Professor, Department of History, CAS 
  • Andrew Zeitlin, Associate Professor, McCourt
  • Diana Kim, Associate Professor, SFS
  • Robin Dillon-Merrill, Professor and Vice Dean, MSB

10:30-11:15 am Breakout session for Tenure Line Faculty: Research at Georgetown

  • Jeff Urbach, Vice Provost for Research
  • Carol Sargent, Office of Scholarly Publications
  • Neha Mookuparambil, OHSP
  • Tatiana Litvin-Vetchnyak, OTC
  • Richard Cecil, JORA
  • Provides an overview of the resources for supporting faculty research, including internal grants and grants administration.

11:15-11.30 am Break

11:30-12:30 pm Strategic Initiatives

  • Academic Programs: Capital Campus
    Douglas Reed, Vice Provost for Education
  • Pathways to Social Justice
    Adam Rothman, Professor and Chair, Department of History 
  • Tech and Society
    Lynn Overmann, Chair of Tech & Society Initiative, Executive Director Beeck Center for Social Impact+Innovation
  • Center for Digital Ethics
    Laura DeNardis, Professor and Endowed Chair, Director, Center for Digital Ethics, Communication, Culture & Technology Program

12:30-1:30 pm Lunch/Introductions

  • Classroom Technology (CETS) – John Steitz, Associate Director and Kathleen Julien, Senior Classroom Manager and Event Lead 
  • Ombuds for Students – Daniela Brancaforte

1:30-2:50 pm Teaching in the Era of Artificial Intelligence

Molly Chehak, Director of Digital Learning, CNDLS

Ella Csarno, Digital Learning and AI Specialist, CNDLS

2:50-3:00 pm Break

3:00-4:00 pm Academic and Student Supports 

  • Academic Resource Center – Joseph Fisher, Executive Director
  • Honor Council – Ali Whitmer, Executive Director, and Alex Theos, Honor Council Faculty Chair
  • Student Health and Wellness – Jen Luettel Schweer, Associate Director of HES and Director of Sexual Assault Response and Prevention
  • Counseling and Psychiatric Services – Wenzhi Pan, BIPOC Specialist Staff Clinician at Georgetown CAPS
  • Library Services – Joe Williams, Associate University Librarian for Scholarly Resources and Services

4:00-5:00 pm Faculty Group Photo on Healey Hall Steps, followed by Campus Tour

5:00 pm President’s Reception