Re-Thinking and Re-Engineering Incentives for Scholarly Activities across the Research Enterprise in an Open Access Environment

Lied Lodge, Nebraska City, NE

July 18-20, 2018

Eighteen administrators, faculty, and students from five institutions in Kansas, Iowa and Nebraska attended the 2018 retreat, Re-thinking and Reengineering Incentives for Scholarly Activities Across the Research Enterprise in an Open Access Environment. Additionally, executives from the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association and National Library of Medicine/National Institutes of Health attended. The event marked the Merrill Center's 22nd retreat.

Pictured: first row, left to right: Gary Pratt, Mabel Rice, Joe Steinmetz, Michael Huerta, and Margaret Rogers. Second row: James Reecy, Rodolfo Torres, Belinda Sturm, Jennifer Larsen, M. Hashim Raza. Third row: Bob Wilhelm, Sarah Nusser, Mike Cannon, Adina Howe, Kathleen Kelsey Earnest. Fourth row: Dawn O. Braithwaite, Peter Smith, Richard Barohn, Deb Teeter, Perry Alexander, Suzanne Scales 

First row, left to right: Gary Pratt, Mabel Rice, Joe Steinmetz, Michael Huerta, Margaret Rogers. Second row: James Reecy, Rodolfo Torres, Belinda Sturm, Jennifer Larsen, M. Hashim Raza. Third row: Bob Wilhelm, Sarah Nusser, Mike Cannon, Adina Howe, Kathleen Kelsey Earnest. Fourth row: Dawn O. Braithwaite, Peter Smith, Richard Barohn, Deb Teeter, Perry Alexander, Suzanne Scales

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2018 RetreatView as gallery page

Retreat Participants

Keynote Speaker

  • Joseph E. Steinmetz, Chancellor of the University of Arkansas

American Speech-Language-Hearing Association

  • Mike Cannon, Director of Serial Publications and Editorial Services
  • Margaret Rogers, Chief Staff Officer for Science & Research

National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health

  • Michael Huerta, Associate Director for Program Development/Coordinator of Data Science and Open Science

Iowa State University

  • Adina Howe, Assistant Professor, Agricultural & Biosystems Engineering
  • Sarah Nusser, Vice President for Research
  • James Reecy, Associate Vice President for Research

Kansas State University

  • Gary L. Pratt, Chief Information Officer

University of Kansas

  • Mabel L. Rice, Fred and Virginia Merrill Distinguished Professor of Advanced Studies Director, Merrill Advanced Studies Center
  • Perry Alexander, AT&T Distinguished Professor & ITTC Director
  • Richard Barohn, Professor/Vice Chancellor for Research, KUMC
  • Kathleen Kelsey Earnest, Data Analyst, Postdoctoral Fellow
  • Carl Lejuez, Interim Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor
  • M. Hashim Raza, Assistant Professor, Child Language Doctoral Program
  • Peter Smith, Senior Associate Dean for Research, School of Medicine
  • Belinda Sturm, Interim Associate Vice Chancellor for Research
  • Deb Teeter, University Director, Office of Institutional Research and Planning
  • Rodolfo Torres, University Distinguished Professor of Mathematics

University of Nebraska-Lincoln

  • Dawn O. Braithwaite, Willa Cather Professor and Department Chair Department of Communication Studies
  • Bob Wilhelm, Vice Chancellor for Research and Economic Development

University of Nebraska Medical Center

  • Jennifer Larsen, Vice Chancellor for Research, Louise and Morton Degen Professor of Internal Medicine

Agenda

Lied Lodge, Nebraska City, NE

July 18-20, 2018

Wednesday, July 18

Opening Reception

Dinner

  • Welcome by Mabel Rice, Director of the Merrill Advanced Studies Center at KU
  • Introduction of Participants

Thursday, July 19

Breakfast

Brief group photo shoot on lobby stairs

  • Welcome and introduction of the keynote speaker - Mabel Rice

Keynote Address

  • Joe Steinmetz, Chancellor of the University of Arkansas, “The Role of Universities in Promoting Scholarly Work in the Emerging Open Access World”
  • Open Discussion – Moderator, Mabel Rice

Break

Researcher Administrator Panel

  • Richard Barohn, University of Kansas Medical Center, “Setting Realistic Expectations for Research Activity and Productivity for Junior Health Professions Faculty”
  • Jennifer Larsen, University of Nebraska Medical Center, “Strategies and Impediments to Reward Collaborative Research”
  • Open Discussion – Moderator, Margaret Rogers

Lunch

Research/Administrator Panel

  • Adina Howe, Iowa State University, “Launching Collaborations with Open Science”
  • Rodolfo Torres, University of Kansas, “New Challenges and Opportunities for International Research Collaborations on a More Level Playing Field”
  • Open Discussion – Moderator, Deb Teeter

Researcher Panel

  • Perry Alexander, University of Kansas, “Computing as a Liberal Art”
  • James Reecy, Iowa State University, “Efforts to Enable Credit for Data Sharing”
  • Open Discussion – Moderator, Mike Cannon

Break

Research Administrator Panel

  • Bob Wilhelm and Dawn Braithwaite, University of Nebraska, “Recognition and Incentive: The Value of an Institutional Strategy for Faculty Awards”
  • Peter Smith, University of Kansas Medical Center, “KUMC School of Medicine Allocation Model: Aligning Funding with Expectations”
  • Open Discussion – Moderator, Rodolfo Torres

Dinner

Friday, July 20

Breakfast

Opening Remarks – Mabel Rice

Administrator Panel

  • Sarah Nusser, Iowa State University, “Motivating Campus to adopt Open Science”
  • Gary Pratt, Kansas State, “From Collegial to Collaborative – the Long Road to Building a Sustainable and Standardized Research Technology Service”
  • Open Discussion – Moderator, Carl Lejuez

Break

Summative Remarks/Reactions

  • Mike Huerta
  • Joe Steinmetz

Final Discussion – Moderator, Mabel Rice

Lunch and Departure