About the Faculty Fellows Program
The Provost’s Faculty Fellows Program was launched in 2017 under the leadership of Provost Emerita Betsy Hendrey. The Program is modeled on the prestigious American Council on Education fellowship and is designed to mentor and support faculty to learn more about how the institution as a whole functions. Fellows work under the supervision of the Provost and in collaboration with members of the Provost’s and President’s Cabinets, on a year-long project addressing an area of improvement needed at the College. Fellows receive leadership training to supplement their project-specific learning.
The Program’s intent is to bring awareness to how the institution functions, to build productive collaborations between faculty and administration, and to deepen the leadership bench at Queens College. Previous Provost’s Faculty Fellows have gone on to serve in leadership roles in their department, division, the college, the PSC, and CUNY Central.
Applications for each cohort of Provost’s Faculty Fellows open in the spring of the year preceding the start of the Fellowship in the fall.
2025–26 Faculty Fellow: Concettina Pagano
Psychology professor Concettina Pagano is the Queens College 2025–26 Provost Faculty Fellow.
Launched in 2017, the Provost’s Faculty Fellows Program mentors faculty in learning how QC operates. Fellows work on year-long projects under the provost’s guidance, collaborating with cabinet members and receiving leadership training. Past fellows have advanced into leadership roles across QC, the PSC, and CUNY Central.
In addition to teaching and research, Pagano has taken on many important roles at Queens. Pagano is the deputy chair of the psychology department; serves on the faculty senate at QC and CUNY; is chair of the psychology department’s Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility committee; and is a member of the personal and budget committee and academic planning and curriculum committee. Pagano is also chair of the Nominating Committee—which submits nominations for committees to the Academic Senate—and co-chair of QC’s Middle States accreditation process for Standard VII: Governance, Leadership, and Administration. In 2025, Pagano was the recipient of the Presidential Faculty Award for Diversity and Inclusion.
Pagano has a PhD from the CUNY Graduate Center, an MA from Queens College, and a BA from NYU.
During the fellowship year, Professor Pagano will work with chairs and departmental advisors across all departments to maximize transfer equivalencies, take a closer look at transfer advising in the majors, and help to ensure that the college’s goal of creating clear and supported transfer pathways remains on track.
Past Fellows
2024-2025
Theresa J. Gurl (Secondary Education and Youth Services)
Peter Liberman (Political Science)
2023-2024
Christopher Williams (English)
Susan A. Davis (Music)
2022-2023
JV Fuqua (Women and Gender Studies)
Mayank Goswami (Computer Science)
2021-2022
Leslee Grey (Secondary Education and Youth Services)
Elizabeth Ijalba (Linguistics and Communications Disorders)
2020-2021
Soribel Genao (Education and Community Programs)
Edisa Weeks (Drama, Theatre and Dance)
2019-2020
Bobbie Kabuto (Elementary and Early Childhood Education)
Mihaela Robila (Family, Nutrition and Exercise Sciences)
2018-2019
Christopher Hanusa (Mathematics)
Tao Wang (Economics)
2017-2018
Alicia Alvero (Psychology)
Meghan Healey (Drama, Theater, and Dance)