Faculty, Staff to Participate in 2025 ACC Academic Leaders Network

Five members of the Syracuse University community have been selected to participate in the 2025 Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) Academic Leaders Network.

Kevin Adonis Browne

The program is designed to facilitate cross-institutional networking and collaboration among academic leaders while building leadership capacity at participating ACC institutions.

Syracuse University members included in the 2025 cohort are:

• Kevin Adonis Browne, associate professor of writing studies, rhetoric and composition and chair of the Humanities Council,
  

  Brad Horn

• Brad Horn, professor of practice in public relations and associate dean for strategic initiatives, S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications
• Elizabeth (Beth) Kubala, teaching professor, executive director of clinical education and executive director of the Betty and Michael D. Wohl Veterans Legal Clinic, College of Law
  

  Elizabeth Kubala

• Lindsay Quilty, assistant dean for undergraduate programs, Martin J. Whitman School of Management
• Miranda Staats Traudt, assistant provost for arts and community programming, Office of Strategic Initiatives, Office of Academic Affairs
  

  Lindsay Quilty

Miranda Staats Traudt

The program will kick off with a virtual event on Feb. 7, followed by three on-site sessions at Wake Forest University (March 26-28), the University of Miami (June 23-25) and Georgia Institute of Technology (Oct. 20-22).

The sessions will focus on leadership topics and trends in higher education while promoting leadership growth, awareness and effectiveness.

Participating faculty members from all member institutions have received foundational leadership training and served at least one year in a relevant leadership role.