Faculty Associates

The Faculty Associate designation is a recognition of significant leadership capabilities and considerable expertise. In general terms, Pew FTLC Faculty Associates partner with the Pew FTLC to offer programming that offers guidance and examples for success to GVSU faculty. Faculty Associates serve by leading Mentoring groups or Faculty Learning Communities.

Learning Communities

Through learning communities, faculty and staff support one another as they adopt new teaching methods and assess resulting student learning. These communities of practice are proposed and led by faculty and staff with a particular interest and/or expertise and are supported through internal grant funding. The particular responsibilities of a Faculty Associate facilitating a learning community are:

  • Convene a small group of faculty around a particular teaching topic over the course of a semester or academic year
  • Craft a description of the community and establish participant learning objectives
  • Propose and manage the learning community grant budget
  • Establish the meeting schedule and work with Pew FTLC staff to reserve rooms and order refreshments 
  • Identify resource materials and work with Pew FTLC staff to order books/resources for participants
  • Participate in an orientation session for learning community facilitators

Mentoring

Mentoring – particularly for early-career faculty – plays a pivotal role in long-term faculty success and, thus, the Pew FTLC offers several evidence-based mentoring programs. The particular responsibilities of a Faculty Associate facilitating a mentoring group are:

  • Convene a small group of new faculty on a regular basis during the 2019-2020 academic year, during which time the faculty mentor creates a climate where newer faculty are free to ask questions, form relationships outside their discipline, and locate expertise across campus.
  • Participate in an orientation session for faculty mentoring group facilitators
  • Review and select readings, discussion prompts, and supplemental materials that will engage faculty from diverse fields and with a broad range of higher education experiences
  • Facilitate discussions of readings and topics of interest to participating faculty in order to expand their teaching to include engaged pedagogies
  • Assist faculty in locating the wide variety of campus resources within their department, college or elsewhere in the university

Ellen Adams (Honors)
Feryal Alayont (Mathematics)
Chasity Bailey-Fakhoury (College of Education and Community Innovation)
Abishek Balsamy-Kamaraj (Engineering)
Mary Bair (College of Education and Community Innovation)
Krista Benson (Integrative Studies)
Jennifer Bourbina (Biomedical Sciences)
Karl Brakora (Engineering)
Dan Brown (English)
Caitlin Callahan (Geology)
John Capodilupo (Biomedical Sciences)
Erin Carrier (Computing)
KC Christopher (Engineering)
Breanna Chycinski (Occupational Therapy)
Grace Coolidge (History)
Sarah Cox (School of Interdisciplinary Studies)
Dan Cope (School of Interdisciplinary Studies)
Denise Goerisch (Integrative Studies)
Karen Gipson (Physics)
Abby Gautreau (History)
Steve Glass (Movement Science)
Lara Jaskiewicz (School of Community Leadership and Development)
Sherry Johnson (English)
Sarah Joseph (Professional Programs)
Leanne Kang (Literacy, Educational Foundations, & Technology)
Brian Kipp (Biomedical Sciences)
Whitt Kilburn (Political Science)
Jay Knight (Nursing)
Lauren Keough (Mathematics)
Haixia Liu (Integrative Studies)
Adrianna Lynn (CECI Support)
Amy Matthews (Psychology)
Cathy Meyer-Looze (College of Education and Community Innovation)
Kim McKee (Integrative Studies)
Susan Mendoza (Center for Scholarly & Creative Excellence)
Jakia Marie (Center for Scholarly & Creative Excellence)
Melissa Morison (Classics)
Dauvan Mulally (Writing)
Dana Munk (Movement Science)
Amy Russell (Biology)
Mary Ruge (University Libraries)
Peter Riemersma (Geology)
Kellie Riley (Nursing)
Ashley Rosener (Professional Programs)
Matthew Roberts (eLearning Technologies)
Mary Bower Russa (Psychology)
Justin Pettibone (School of Interdisciplinary Studies)
Lisa Perhamus (School of Interdisciplinary Studies)
Zsuzsanna Palmer (Writing)
Christina Ponzio (Literacy, Educational Foundations, & Technology)
Anthony Spencer (Communications)
Patty Stow Bolea (Social Work)
Kathryn Stieler (Music, Theatre, and Dance)
Ellen Shupe (Psychology)
Julia VanderMolen (School of Interdisciplinary Health)
Sheryl Vliestra (Teaching and Learning)
Jennifer Walenta (CECI Support)
Peter Wampler (Honors)


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