ACC Academic Leaders Network

Every year, five faculty from across UVA are nominated and selected to participate in a year-long leadership development program with faculty participants from all Atlantic Coast Conference universities. The program consists of three three-day meetings during the academic year, each held at a different ACC institution, as well as other opportunities for networking and collaboration across institutions.

2025 ACC Academic Leaders Network Fellows from UVA Announced!

John Comazzi
Associate Professor of Architecture, Associate Dean of Academics
School of Architecture
Nancy Deutsch
Linda K. Bunker Professor of Education, Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs
School of Education and Human Development
Claudrena Harold
Associate Dean for Social Sciences, Edward Stettinius Professor of History
College and Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
Brian Smith 
Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Senior Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs and Research
School of Engineering and Applied Science
Marquita Taylor
Associate Director for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
UVA Cancer Center
Assistant Professor of Public Health
School of Medicine

The ACC ALN Fellows will join cohorts of faculty leaders from all of the ACC schools for leadership development and networking meetings at Wake Forest University, University of Miami, and Georgia Tech University over the course of the year.