Five Georgia Tech leaders have been selected for the 2026 ACC Academic Leaders Network (ACC-ALN) Fellows program. ACC-ALN is designed to foster cross-institutional networking and collaboration among ACC institutions while increasing leadership capacity among the academic leaders at each institution.  

The new cohort includes: 

Tansu Celikel, Professor and Chair, School of Psychology 

J. Brandon Dixon, Woodruff Professor and Associate Chair, George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering 

Julie Ju-Youn Kim, William H. Harrison Jr. Professor and Chair, School of Architecture 

John B. Lyon, Professor and Charles A. Smithgall, Jr. Institute Chair, School of Modern Languages 

Franz H. Reneau, Interim Associate Provost for Academic Effectiveness and Senior Academic Professional, Office of Academic Effectiveness 

In 2026, fellows will participate in three in-person conferences at Southern Methodist University, the University of Notre Dame, and the University of Pittsburgh. Fellows form project teams coalesced around topics of interest to multiple universities, develop a paper or other deliverable, and present their findings at the final conference in November.

Learn more about the ACC-ALN program and past fellows here.