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Learn More About Dr. Janel Curry

 

Throughout Dr. Janel Curry’s professional and academic career there have been three constant themes that have captured her attention:

Be Globally Informed

Intercultural competence is key to interacting in today’s world. Dr. Janel Curry’s work in global settings and pursuit of experiences that build understanding and relationships across cultures and places informs her leadership, which has been expressed via:

  • Fulbright fellowships—Canada, Hong Kong, Pakistan

  • Presentations and publications

  • Consulting, City University of Hong Kong

  • Consulting, Forman Christian College, Lahore, Pakistan

  • New Zealand research and experiences

  • Latin American experience

  • Book on Hong Kong

Assess and Evaluate Effectiveness

Organizations dedicated to achieving success recognize that good stewardship of resources and effort arises out of an openness to assessment, evaluation, and strategic alignment. Examples of where Dr. Janel Curry has worked with institution include:

  • Bethel University, St. Paul, MN, academic division strategic planning

  • Wheaton College, Illinois, consulting support for program priorities process

  • Medaille College, Buffalo, NY, interim VPAA with focus on academic restructuring and retention

  • Forman Christian College, Pakistan, evaluation of policies and budget models related to graduate programs

  • City University of Hong Kong, assessment of intellectual property policies and support the development of general education program

  • Kendall College of Art and Design, Grand Rapids, Michigan, strategic planning

  • Swan River, Manitoba, Clinical Pastoral Education Program assessment

  • Kings University College, Edmonton, Alberta, Environmental Studies Program evaluation

Grow Influential Leaders

Key to growing influential leaders lies in identifying successful strategies for developing a culture that incorporates the gifts that individuals bring to an organization and recognizing how to exercise those gifts. Dr. Janel Curry has played an essential role in several initiatives to grow leaders:

  • Mentored and coached individual leaders

  • Developed a 8-year faculty development pathway

  • Conducted faculty development workshops at Western Kentucky University, Gordon College, Calvin University, Bellarmine University, Indiana Wesleyan University, and Bethel University, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong University, Hong Kong Baptist University, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hang Seng School of Commerce (Pakistan), Forman Christian College (Pakistan)

  • Made national presentations and led workshops on best practices in leadership development

  • Carried out research that resulted in the promotion of best practices for women in leadership

  • Built a model of mentoring women in higher education