Four U of A faculty members were named fellows of the 2025 Southeastern Conference Academic Leadership Development Program (SEC ALDP). The fellows are Jacquelyn Mosley, associate dean and professor of human development and family sciences in the Dale Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food and Life Sciences; Chase Rainwater, 21st Century Professor and department head of industrial engineering in the College of Engineering and 2025 Provost Fellow for AI; Christopher M. Schulte, associate dean for academic affairs in the Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences and interim program director and endowed professor of art education in the School of Art; and Marc A. Scott, associate department chair of supply chain management in the Sam M. Walton College of Business.

"I'm pleased to recognize this year's fellows for their exceptional leadership and being selected for this prestigious program," said Provost Indrajeet Chaubey. "This program provides a great opportunity for these faculty to engage with other academic leaders across the SEC, expand their leadership skillset and apply these new experiences to the important work they do every day at the university."

The SEC ALDP identifies academic leaders and provides growth opportunities to advance their leadership skills and roles within their universities and the SEC. The SEC ALDP is composed of three components: a university-level development program designed by each institution for its fellows, two SEC-wide, three-day workshops held at specified SEC universities for all program participants and a competitive alumni fellowship, which offers former fellows additional development opportunities.

Each SEC university selects up to four fellows to participate in the program each year. Read more about the University of Arkansas' SEC ALDP fellows below:

About Jacquelyn Mosley

Mosley started serving as the associate dean of Bumpers College on June 1. Prior to her role as associate dean, she served as assistant dean from 2022-2025. Her primary research appointment has been with the Division of Agriculture for the past 15 years focused on issues related to interpersonal relationships and cultural competence.

She has received several national research and teaching awards, including the National Agriculture Experiment Station Award (2023), APLU's USDA National Teaching Excellence Award (2022), the national Cognella Innovation Teaching Award in Family Science (2019) and both the U of A Teaching Academy New Fellow and Jack G. Justus Award for Teaching Excellence in Bumpers College. She has published over 60 research articles and secured over $4.2 million in federal funding.

Mosley received her Ph.D. in human development and family studies from Texas Tech University, Lubbock. She received her master's degree in human development and family studies from Arizona State University, Tempe, and she received her bachelor's degree in psychology from the University of Northern Iowa.

About Chase Rainwater

Rainwater has been a faculty member at the U of A since 2009.  In addition to serving as the department head of industrial engineering, he is the co-director of the Arkansas Security Research and Education Institute (ASCENT), and he previously served as director of the J.B. Hunt Innovation Center of Excellence. His research spans operations research, logistics, machine learning applications and network optimization. He has secured more than $20 million in research funding from agencies including the National Science Foundation, U.S. Department of Transportation, Walmart Foundation and Department of Education.

He has received multiple awards for teaching, research and service. He was recognized as a Fellow of both the Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers (IISE) and the U of A Teaching Academy. Rainwater also chaired the IISE Board of Trustees Scholarship Committee, the INFORMS Doing Good with Good OR Committee, the IISE annual conference and the U of A's AI Task Force. In addition, Rainwater is active in the Northwest Arkansas STEM community and has served as a mentor in the FIRST robotics program for the past 10 years.

Rainwater received a Ph.D. in industrial and systems engineering from the University of Florida and a bachelor's degree in industrial engineering from the U of A.

About Christopher M. Schulte

Schulte joined the School of Art in 2019 and has served in several leadership positions prior to his current role as associate dean, including undergraduate coordinator of art education, graduate coordinator of art education, assistant director of the School of Art and interim director of the School of Art. His research interests focus on the artistic, play-based and aesthetic practices of children. In support of this work, Schulte founded and now directs the Center for the Study of Childhood Art.

In addition to an extensive record of published scholarship, Schulte is a Distinguished Fellow of the National Art Education Association; a recipient of the Viktor Lowenfeld Award; an invited member of the Childhood, Law, & Policy Network; and an elected member of the Council for Policy Studies in Art Education. Schulte is also past-chairperson of the Seminar for Research in Art Education, past-coordinator of the Elliot Eisner Doctoral Dissertation Research Award and past-coordinator of the Marilyn Zurmuehlen Working Papers.

Schulte has a Ph.D. in art education from The Pennsylvania State University. He holds master's and bachelor's degrees in art education from the University of Northern Iowa.

About Marc A. Scott

Prior to his role as associate department chair, Scott served as the executive director of the Supply Chain Management Research Center and as the director of Strategic Supply Chain Initiatives. His research focuses on supply chain fulfillment operations, transportation and logistics markets, transportation economics, retail supply chains and mobility-related technologies in the supply chain. Scott has worked to secure over $2 million in industry-sponsored research funding. He also has worked with numerous Fortune 500 companies, public sector agencies and non-profit organizations to develop and deliver executive education and corporate training programs. Scott also serves in various other academic advisory capacities with a variety of corporations and organizations.

Scott has been actively involved with Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP), Decision Sciences Institute (DSI), Institute for Operations Research and Management Sciences (INFORMS), Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE), American Public Transportation Association (APTA), American Public Transportation Foundation (APTF) and the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE). Scott is also a member of the Phi Kappa Phi Honors Society.

Prior to academia, Scott led supply chain teams in the retail industry and has worked in applied research and consulting, public transportation, development banking, investment banking, energy and manufacturing industries. He received his Ph.D. in transportation and logistics with a focus in supply chain systems from North Dakota University. He received a master's degree in transportation and a bachelor's degree in economics from South Carolina State University.

For more information on the SEC ALDP, visit thesecu.com/programs/sec-academic-leadership-development-program.

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