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Summer Leadership Institute

The SACNAS Summer Leadership Institute is the premier training module for underrepresented minority (URM) scientists interested in amplifying their leadership skills. Developed in collaboration with the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the Summer Leadership Institute is an intensive five-day course featuring small group exercises, keynote speakers, leadership development planning, networking opportunities, and extensive community building among selected participants. The summer institute series may be attended as a stand-alone training or, for more in-depth engagement in professional leadership development, participants are encouraged to take part in summer and conference institutes over one or more years.

2010 Summer Leadership Institute

When: July 19-23, 2010
Where: AAAS National Office, Washington D.C.
Who: 30 participants selected via application
Information: Please contact SACNAS national office at info@sacnas.org

Course Facilitators

Chief Facilitator: Joseph Garcia, PhD, Associate Dean & Director, Center for Excellence in Management Education, Western Washington University
Facilitator: Donna Maria Blancero, PhD, Vice President of Research & Intellectual Development for the National Society of Hispanic MBAs (NSHMBA); Founding Editor of The Business Journal of Hispanic Research
Facilitator: Ernest D. Márquez, PhD, ScD, Administrator (retired), National Institutes of Health

Course Overview

Led by Drs. Garcia, Blancero, and Márquez, participants will engage in a comprehensive curriculum. Sample sessions include:

Setting Expectations: Building a SACNAS Community of Aspiring Leaders
Self Discovery – Understanding and Assessing Leadership Styles and Skills
Professional Development: The 360 Leadership Model
Listening for Understanding
The Role of Mentors, Mentoring, and Career Coaches
Building and Maintaining High Performance Teams
Challenges for People of Color in Leadership Roles
Decision-Making and Delegation Skills
Personal Development: Creating a Leadership Development Plan (LDP)
Conflict, Conflict Management, and Conflict Resolution

Course Facilitator Biographies

Joseph Garcia, PhD

Dr. Garcia received a PhD from University of Utah in organizational and social psychology. He is associate gean and professor of management at Western Washington University’s College of Business and Economics; he has been at Western Washington University since 1985. He is also an alumnus of Western Washington University’s Masters program in psychology with an emphasis in college teaching. Over the course of his career he has taught students in community colleges, universities, and industry on topics such as managerial skills, managing diversity, change management, and comparative management.

Building effective communities in organizations is an important theme in Dr. Garcia’s work. The Center for Excellence in Management Education evidences this theme by providing faculty a place for engaging in dialog on curriculum design, content and delivery across the business disciplines.

In addition to his work with the Center, Dr. Garcia has actively contributed to the field of management education. In 1991 he hosted the North American Organizational Behavior Teaching Conference, serving on the Board of that organization from 1990–1993 and again as co-chair of the Board of Directors from 1994–1997. He also served as a member of and then as Chair of the organization’s international conference site selection committee. From 1997 to 1999 he chaired the Academy of Management’s Organizational Behavior Division Strategic Teaching Initiative Task Force on Teaching and Technology. In 2008, he was elected Vice President of the Management Faculty of Color Association.

In terms of teaching scholarship, he has served as an associate editor of the Journal of Management Education and currently serves on its board of reviewers. Dr. Garcia has also presented on the topic of management education at conferences in the U.S., Canada, Australia, Hong Kong, Italy, New Zealand, Singapore, and South Africa. He has published several books, book chapters, and articles on management education, leadership, diversity, and collaboration technology.

In 1999, Dr. Garcia received the Organizational Behavior Teaching Society»s Distinguished Service Award and, in 2000, the Organizational Behavior Division of the Academy of Management recognized him for exceptional leadership and service for his work as chair of their strategic teaching initiative. In 2000, he was the recipient of the Western Washington University Diversity Achievement Award. In 2008, he was selected as the recipient of the Peter J. Frost Excellence in Mentoring Award by the Organizational Behavior Teaching Society.

Donna Maria Blancero, PhD

Donna Maria Blancero, PhD, is the senior vice president of research & intellectual development for the National Society of Hispanic MBAs (NSHMBA) and the founding editor of The Business Journal of Hispanic Research. She earned her PhD in industrial and labor relations from Cornell University. Active with NSHMBA for more than 13 years, she was the chair of the Board in 2004–2005 and was also on the National Board of MENTóR, the National Hispanic Employee Association.

As a Fellow of the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, Dr. Blancero actively pursues innovative techniques inside and outside the classroom. Currently, she is a member of the faculty for UCLA’s Latino Leadership Institute. Previously, she was on the faculty at the W. P. Carey School of Business and a research faculty affiliate of the Hispanic Research Center, both at Arizona State University.

With more than 35 publications and dozens of national presentations, Donna’s area of research and expertise is Latinos in Corporate America, focusing on their experiences with regard to mentoring, developmental networks, work family balance, gender differences, discrimination, fair treatment, and psychological contracts.

Ernest D. Márquez, PhD, ScD (Honorary)

Dr. Márquez is recently retired from the National Institutes of Health (NIH). He currently serves on the SACNAS Board of Directors. He is a private consultant in academic development, providing guidance in the development of strategies for enhancing student and faculty development in the sciences. He is a part-time faculty member at Johns Hopkins University, where he teaches graduate level courses in biotechnology.

At the NIH, he served as associate director for special populations, in the Office of the Director, National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH). He also directed the Office of Rural Mental Health Research. Prior to coming to NIMH, Dr. Márquez served as director of the Minority Biomedical Research Support Program (MBRS), Minority Opportunities in Research Division, National Institute of General Medical Sciences.

Throughout his tenure at NIH, Dr. Márquez served in a variety of leadership roles on programmatic and committees and task forces. He received numerous awards, including an NIH Director’s Award for outstanding performance and an Honorary Doctor of Science degree from the Board of Trustees of the California State Universities.

Additional Information

To receive more information or assistance regarding the SACNAS Leadership Program and the Summer Leadership Institute, contact SACNAS national office-info@sacnas.org