Dr. Matt Ginzel was selected to participate in the Purdue Insights Faculty Forum, a leadership program
that focuses on preparing and supporting faculty to take on enhanced leadership roles. He was one of only two faculty members from the College of Agriculture selected for the program in 2024-25.
The Purdue Insights Faculty Forum is hosted by Faculty Affairs in the Office of the Provost. The program includes group forums, peer group meetings and a mentor connection.
"I am excited to be participating in the Purdue Insights Forum,” Ginzel said. “This program offers a unique opportunity to further develop my skills, engage with mentors, build peer networks, and gain deeper insights into university leadership."
The bimonthly forums address the “nuts and bolts” of leadership at a university, including personal leadership styles, traits of successful academic leaders, diversity and inclusion, transparency, building consensus, recognition and appreciation, and mentoring faculty and staff.
Peer group meetings provide an opportunity for participants to interact in small groups in order to learn more about how different departments and colleges operate and to discuss program content in depth.
Each participant also selects an experienced administrator at Purdue as a mentor. Participants and mentors are expected to meet 3-4 times per year to discuss the participant’s goals and personal progress toward leadership aspirations.
Ginzel is a professor with a joint appointment in Forestry and Natural Resources and Entomology. He also is the director of the Hardwood Tree Improvement and Regeneration Center. He came to Purdue in 2006 as an assistant professor, was promoted to associate professor in 2012 and to professor in 2019. He was named co-director of the HTIRC in 2017 and has served as the center’s director since 2018.
Ginzel received the Kohls Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching Award in 2018. He has served on the Purdue University Senate, as a reviewer for the AgSEED grant program in the Purdue College of Agriculture and as an editorial board member for Environmental Entomology with the Entomological Society of America among other leadership roles.
He is the chair of the research committee in the department of entomology and also serves on the teaching and curriculum committee. In FNR, Ginzel is a member of the woodlands management committee.
