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The Quality Education for Minorities (QEM) Network received support in 2009 from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to establish the Historically Black Colleges and Universities Undergraduate Program (HBCU-UP) Leadership Development Institute (LDI). The Leadership Institute focused on campuses that have multi-year projects supported through HBCU-UP. The NSF award enabled QEM to support two cohorts of assistant professors in STEM disciplines at HBCUs with active HBCU-UP Implementation Awards.

The LDI was designed to: (1) enhance the leadership and research capabilities of STEM junior faculty from underrepresented groups at HBCUs; and (2) build a community of emerging leaders in STEM at HBCUs. To the extent possible, an institution was represented by two-person teams from different STEM departments.

LDI participants were prepared and expected to take a leadership role in the design, promotion, and management of new STEM Projects for their campuses as well as provide enhanced support to the principal investigators and project directors of current HBCU-UP projects at their institutions. As part of the HBCU-UP LDI project, participants developed individual STEM or STEM education research proposals for their institutions.
The HBCU-UP LDI participants were expected to share the knowledge and experience gained through the Institute with other faculty at their institutions and with colleagues beyond their campuses through presentations at professional meetings; use of the dedicated project website and listserv; and the promotion of campus efforts that combine STEM education and research. They formed the basis for a network of faculty leaders who can increase the number of students on their campuses who engage in STEM research and, thereby, increase the students’ preparation for graduate school or for successful entry into the Nation’s STEM workforce.

Click the links in the table below to view the proposal and leadership development resources distributed to LDI participants.

COHORT II: November 2010 – August 2011
The second cohort consisted of five (5) assistant professors in engineering:

Wayne Archibald University of the Virgin Islands	Elham Fini North Carolina A&T
Michael Awah Tuskegee University	Otsebele Nare Hampton University
Maria Calhoun Tuskegee University

The three LDI Cohort II sessions took place between November 2010 and August 2011. Cohort II members also attended a joint meeting with HBCU faculty who are participating in QEM’s NSF-supported education research project. Topics discussed at the sessions included scholarly productivity, characteristics of effective leadership, and professional development for STEM faculty. See the table below for links to the session agendas all presenters made at the sessions.

Session	Location	Date	Agenda
Session III	Arlington, VA	August 10-12, 2011	Agenda
Special Session	Baltimore, MD	May 20-21, 2011	Agenda
Session II	Albuquerque, NM	January 27, 2011	Agenda
Session I	Atlanta, GA	November 11-13, 2010	Agenda

COHORT I: August 2009 – August 2010
Seventeen (17) assistant professors completed the LDI Cohort I Sessions:

Elvira Caldwell Winston-Salem State University	Latonya Garner Mississippi Valley State University	Anne Osano Bowie State University	Alicia Washington Howard University
Kimarie Engerman University of the Virgin Islands	Kinesha Harris Southern University	Alexandra Peister Morehouse College	Cherese Winstead Delaware State University
John Fife Virginia State University	Amber Hodges Morgan State University	Harold Ramcharan Shaw University
Lawrence Flowers Fayetteville State University	Johnny Johnson Savannah State University	Zewelanji Serpell Virginia State University
Max Fontus Prairie View A&M University	Kimberly Kendricks Central State University	Michele Waddell Hampton University

LDI participants met four times between August 2009 and August 2010, three LDI sessions and a reunion meeting held in February 2011. The reunion was held in conjunction with the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Annual Meeting. QEM consultants and staff discussed a range of topics with LDI members, including promotion and tenure, developing a research agenda, and involving students in research. The table below displays the meeting dates and locations as well as links to the meeting agendas. Click the links to the agendas to view the presentations given at each session.

Session	Location	Date	Agenda
Reunion Meeting	Washington, DC	February 17-21, 2011	Agenda
Session III	Arlington, VA	August 2-6, 2010	Agenda
Session II	Atlanta, GA	February 5-6, 2010	Agenda
Session I	Washington, DC	August 10-14, 2009	Agenda