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Professor Allison Martin and Assistant Dean of Diversity and Inclusion Patricia Kinney, J.D. ’02, have been named to the tenth cohort of IUPUI’s Next Generation 2.0 leadership development program.

Professor Martin is a clinical professor of law and teaches employment law, legal communication and analysis, litigation drafting, professional responsibility, and online legal research and writing for undergraduate students. She joined the IU McKinney faculty in 2003.

Dean Kinney joined the administration at IU McKinney in 2004, becoming assistant dean in 2011. She provides strategic leadership on diversity, inclusion, and equity initiatives. Dean Kinney also serves as a liaison with internal and external constituencies on and off campus and continues to recruit students from populations underrepresented in the profession and provides support to enrolled students.

The cohort will begin with an orientation in August and then start a nine-month curriculum in September that focuses on developing leadership skills and understanding contemporary issues in higher education. Participants will also have the opportunity to identify, plan and implement a capstone project, either individually or in a group, that responds to an identified need of their department, the IUPUI campus or the Indianapolis community.

IUPUI Next Generation 2.0 was renewed in 2015 with the help of Dean Karen Bravo. Professor Carrie Hagan, director of experiential learning and director of the law school’s Civil Practice Clinic, was part of the ninth cohort during the 2022-2023 academic year. Lauren Peña, J.D. ’13, was named to the sixth cohort of the program during the 2020-2021 academic year. Professor Yvonne Dutton was in the third cohort of the program during the 2017-2018 academic year. Professor Shawn Boyne, who is currently the director of Academic Quality and Undergraduate Education at Iowa State University, was part of the first cohort during the 2015-2016 academic year.