The Board of Directors of the National Organization of Research Development Professionals (NORDP) is pleased to name 13 long-time members to the charter class of NORDP Fellows.
As announced during NORDP’s recent Year in Review meeting, the Board is introducing several new ways to recognize individuals whose work is advancing the organization’s mission. Included among these new forms of recognition is designation as a NORDP Fellow.
Selection as a NORDP Fellow is an honorific distinction that recognizes the accomplishments of members who have made sustained contributions to NORDP and worked tirelessly to advance research development as a profession and/or as a field.
NORDP Fellow status is considered the highest professional honor our organization may bestow on a member. The charter NORDP Fellows are:
- Jan Abramson, University of Utah
- Jeff Agnoli, Ohio State University
- Susan Carter, Santa Fe Institute
- Kathy Cataneo, University of New Hampshire
- Holly Falk-Krzesinski, Elsevier
- Gretchen Kiser, University of California, San Francisco
- Alicia Knoedler, Exaptive
- David Stone, Oakland University
- Peggy Sundermeyer, Trinity University
- Kay Tindle, Texas Tech University
- Barbara Endemaño Walker, University of California, Santa Barbara
- Kari Whittenberger-Keith, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
- Anne Windham, Brown University
The Board chose to seat an inaugural class of 13 NORDP Fellows to honor NORDP’s founder Holly Falk-Krzesinski plus each of the 12 years the organization has hosted an annual conference. Nominations for the charter class of NORDP Fellows were solicited among and considered by the Board of Directors.
Charter Fellows were selected based on distinctive and sustained contributions to NORDP, ranging from organizational development and growth to fostering a culture of diversity and inclusive excellence to peer network development and mentoring.
In the future, members will have the opportunity to nominate colleagues for NORDP Fellow status, new awards for innovation and leadership in research development, and the long-standing Rising Star Award.
A call for nominations for all NORDP awards to be made in 2021 will be issued before the end of September 2020.
The charter class of NORDP Fellows and the recipients of NORDP’s 2021 awards will be formally recognized in conjunction with the 2021 NORDP Annual Research Development Conference. Information about prior recipients of NORDP awards is available here.
NORDP fosters a culture of inclusive excellence by actively promoting and supporting diversity, inclusion and equity in all its forms to expand our worldview, enrich our work, and elevate our profession.
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