Fellows

2021 Fellow

Cheri Lemieux Spiegel will study Nonviolent Communication, and examine how this can be applied to teaching argument and persuasion in English 111 and 112.

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2020 Fellow

Catherine Gaiser will explore and incorporate into her teaching the principles of self-authorship and meaning-making.

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2019 Fellow

Paula Rodgers will research strategies for cooperative learning in hybrid classes, and apply what she learns to redesign her hybrid courses in anatomy and physiology.

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2018 Fellow

Yuemin He will explore research on using learning-focused syllabi to promote active student learning.  She will then develop and test learning-focused syllabi for her own courses.

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2017 Fellows

gillian-backus-image Gillian S. Backus will attend the 2017 SENCER conference to learn how current issues can engage science students, and apply this civic engagement model to biology courses.

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Mihaela Chamberlin and Ritu Kansal will attend the 2017 POGIL workshop to study guided inquiry learning, and apply what they learn to chemistry courses.

Biographies    Proposal    Final Report

Karen Murph will attend the Center of Applied Linguistics (CAL) Institute on Research-Based Vocabulary Instruction for English Learners, and apply what she learns to teaching vocabulary in ESL courses.

Biography    Proposal    Final Report