Find a Teaching Mentor

Search for a teaching mentor by college, courses taught, or teaching expertise and reach out to schedule a conversation! If you have questions about the teaching mentorship process or would like assistance in finding a teaching mentor, please email Jason Rhode, associate vice provost for Teaching, Learning, and Digital Education.


Name / Title Department College Courses Taught Expertise

E. Taylor Atkins
Distinguished Teaching Professor
History Liberal Arts and Sciences General Education, Large Enrollment, Online, Seminar, Honors, Independent Study, Undergraduate, Graduate, Study Abroad Active Learning Strategies, Course Design and Development, Online Teaching and Learning, Equity and Inclusion in the Classroom, Engaging Large Classes, Study Abroad
Brian Bender
Instructor
Operations Management and Information Systems Business Large Enrollment, Online, Hybrid, Honors, Independent Study, Undergraduate, Graduate Active Learning Strategies, Course Design and Development, Online Teaching and Learning, Digital Literacy Strategies, Engaging Large Classes
Purushothaman Damodaran
Presidential Teaching Professor
Industrial and Systems Engineering Engineering and Engineering Technology Online, Seminar, Undergraduate, Graduate Course Design and Development, Online Teaching and Learning, Assessment and Evaluation
Daryl Dugas
Associate Professor
Leadership, Educational Psychology and Foundations Education General Education, Synchronous Online, Hybrid, Seminar, Undergraduate, Graduate Active Learning Strategies, Course Design and Development, Equity and Inclusion in the Classroom, Supporting Belonging / Social Emotional Needs
Kimberly Gatz
Instructor
Communication Liberal Arts and Sciences General Education, Online, Community-Engaged, Honors, Undergraduate Active Learning Strategies, Course Design and Development, Online Teaching and Learning, Equity and Inclusion in the Classroom, Assessment and Evaluation
Laurence Lurio
Distinguished Teaching Professor
Physics Liberal Arts and Sciences

General Education, Large Enrollment, Seminar, Honors, Independent Study, Undergraduate, Graduate

Engaging Large Classes
Jamie Mayer
Associate Professor
Allied Health and Communicative Disorders Health and Human Sciences

Community-Engaged, Independent Study, Undergraduate, Graduate

Active Learning Strategies, Assessment and Evaluation, Community-Engaged Learning, Engaging Small to Medium Classes
Shanthi Muthuswamy
Presidential Teaching Professor
Engineering Technology Engineering and Engineering Technology

Online, Undergraduate, Graduate

Active Learning Strategies, Course Design and Development
Kevin Palencia Infante
Assistant Professor
Mathematical Sciences Liberal Arts and Sciences

General Education, Large Enrollment, Undergraduate

Active Learning Strategies, Classroom Technology, Course Design and Development, Equity and Inclusion in the Classroom, Assessment and Evaluation
Nick Pohlman
Presidential Teaching Professor
Mechanical Engineering Engineering and Engineering Technology

General Education, Large Enrollment, Hybrid, Seminar, Honors, Undergraduate

Active Learning Strategies, Course Design and Development, Assessment and Evaluation
Jeanette Rossetti
Distinguished Teaching Professor
Nursing Health and Human Sciences

Online, Hybrid, Seminar, Honors, Independent Study, Undergraduate, Graduate, Study Abroad

Active Learning Strategies, Course Design and Development, Online Teaching and Learning, Assessment and Evaluation, Engaging Large Classes, Study Abroad
Donna Werderich
Presidential Teaching Professor
Curriculum and Instruction Education

Online, Hybrid, Community-Engaged, Seminar, Independent Study, Undergraduate, Graduate

Active Learning Strategies, Course Design and Development, Online Teaching and Learning, Community-Engaged Learning

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