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
Stephanie Baker
Associate Professor
Special and Early Education Education Large Enrollment, Online, Hybrid, Honors, Independent Study, Undergraduate, Graduate Active Learning Strategies, Course Design and Development, Online Teaching and Learning, Equity and Inclusion in the Classroom, Engaging Large Classes
Sinclair Bell
Presidential Teaching Professor
Art and Design Visual and Performing Arts General Education, Hybrid, Seminar, Honors, Undergraduate, Graduate Active Learning Strategies, Course Design and Development, Digital Literacy Strategies, Engaging Large Classes
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
Anne Britt
Board of Trustees Professor
Psychology Liberal Arts and Sciences General Education, Independent Study, Undergraduate, Graduate Active Learning Strategies, Course Design and Development
Brianno Coller
Distinguished Teaching Professor
Mechanical Engineering Engineering and Engineering Technology Large Enrollment, Honors, Independent Study, Undergraduate, Graduate Active Learning Strategies, Assessment and Evaluation, 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
Mylan Engel Jr.
Distinguished Teaching Professor
Philosophy Liberal Arts and Sciences General Education, Large Enrollment, Community-Engaged, Seminar, Undergraduate, Graduate Active Learning Strategies, Course Design and Development, Engaging Large Classes, Community-Engaged Learning, Professionalization and Career Preparation
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
Taylor Hartman
Instructor
World Languages and Cultures Liberal Arts and Sciences Online, Independent Study, Undergraduate Active Learning Strategies, Course Design and Development, Equity and Inclusion in the Classroom, Assessment and Evaluation
Jodi Lampi
Associate Professor
Curriculum and Instruction Education

General Education, Online, Hybrid, Seminar, Independent Study, Undergraduate, Graduate

Active Learning Strategies, Course Design and Development, Online Teaching and Learning, 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
Pallavi Singh
Associate Professor
Biological Sciences Liberal Arts and Sciences

Online, Seminar, Independent Study, Undergraduate, Graduate

Active Learning Strategies, Course Design and Development
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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