Five Duke Faculty Members Hone Leadership Skills With ACC Peers
Duke University faculty members Meagan Dunphy-Daly, Christina Gibson-Davis, Tatiana Segura, Eleanor Stevenson and Lee Zou will serve as fellows in the 2025 Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) Academic Leaders Network program.
The provosts of the ACC member institutions created this program to develop the leadership potential of participating faculty.
All ACC fellows will participate in a year of joint institutional activities, beginning with a virtual kickoff in February and followed by on-site sessions at Wake Forest in March, the University of Miami in June and Georgia Tech in October.
Designed to build awareness and effectiveness in the context of academic leadership, these sessions also provide opportunities for faculty to engage with peers across the ACC and discuss issues and trends in higher education.
In Durham, Duke’s cohort will meet with key leaders and administrators who oversee such areas as academic affairs, student life, budgeting and financial planning, research, admissions, development and human resources, among others. These activities will help orient them more fully to the administrative workings of their own institution.
This leadership development opportunity is part of Duke Faculty Advancement’s portfolio of programs to support faculty and academic leaders. Deans were invited to nominate faculty members who hold administrative leadership positions.
2025 Duke ACC Academic Leadership Network Fellows
Meagan Dunphy-Daly
Assistant Professor of the Practice in Experiential Education and Associate Dean of Experiential Education and Undergraduate Research, Nicholas School of the Environment
Meagan Dunphy-Daly directs the Marine Laboratory Scholars Program and Climate Scholars Program and teaches undergraduate students. In addition to mentoring undergraduate scholars and graduate students, her research program focuses on using big data to inform policy decisions, reducing marine plastic pollution, and outreach programs based in experiential learning to enhance diversity in STEM careers.
Christina M. Gibson-Davis
Professor and Associate Dean for Academic Programs, Sanford School of Public Policy
Christina Gibson-Davis is a professor of public policy and sociology, a Faculty Research Scholar of Duke’s Population Research Center and an affiliate of the Center for Child and Family Policy. Her research centers on economic inequality, focusing on how wealth scarcity may impinge on the well-being of American children.
Tatiana Segura
Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Co-Director of the Center for Biotechnology and Tissue Engineering, Pratt School of Engineering
Tatiana Segura has received numerous awards and distinctions, including being named a senior member of the National Academy of Inventors and receiving the Acta Biomaterialia Silver Medal, a CAREER Award from the National Science Foundation and an Outstanding Young Investigator Award from the American Society of Gene and Cell Therapy. She was also named a fellow of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineers.
Eleanor Lowndes Stevenson
Clinical Professor and Interim Vice Dean for Global & Community Health Affairs, School of Nursing
Eleanor Lowndes Stevenson’s research area of inquiry focuses on the multidimensional psychological stress women who have conceived pregnancies via in-vitro fertilization experience as well as the adaptive behaviors of men with male-factor infertility. Her clinical career has focused on women’s health issues including clinical practice in various settings such as high-risk labor and delivery, mother-baby, antepartum, family planning and infertility services.
Lee Zou
George Barth Geller Distinguished Professor of Pharmacology & Cancer Biology and Chair of the Department of Pharmacology and Cancer Biology, School of Medicine
Lee Zou is internationally recognized for his pioneering research on the cellular mechanisms that respond to DNA damage and maintain genome integrity, as well as his innovative strategies to target genomic instability in cancer therapy. His work has uncovered critical pathways in DNA damage sensing and signaling in human cells, driving significant advancements in both basic and translational cancer research.
Previous Duke Cohorts
- 2024: Candis Watts Smith, Denise Comer, Norbert Wilson, Saskia Cornes and Shai Ginsburg
- 2023: Sharon Gerecht, Timothy Johnson, Hai “Helen” Li and Patrick Smith
- 2022: Steffen Bass, Lori Bennear, Iyun Harrison, Cory Krupp and Benjamin Smallheer
Main image: Meagan Dunphy-Daly, Christina Gibson-Davis, Tatiana Segura, Eleanor Stevenson and Lee Zou