Teaching Fellows Program | Faculty Resource Center

Our Mission

We recognize the importance and complexity of university teaching. Teaching requires time, continuous effort, and support. The Teaching Fellows provide guidance and consultation to faculty across the campus regarding evidence-based teaching and learning strategies, classroom engagement and equity issues, and assessment strategies.

Support Provided

Teaching Fellows engage in FRC-sponsored programs and events to include:

Faculty Consultant
- Brainstorming – Do you have a teaching idea and want to discuss it with a Teaching Fellow?
- Coaching – Would you like to implement a new teaching strategy in the classroom and want to know how to get started?
- Observation – Would you like constructive feedback about your teaching in the classroom?
- Curriculum Review – Would you like help selecting and integrating engaging curricular content in your courses?
Session Facilitator
- New Faculty Retreat
- Teaching and Learning Conference
- Great Ideas for Teaching (GIFT)
- Teaching Circle
Faculty Peer Reviewer
- Open Education Resource (OER)
- Online Learning Consortium (OLC) Quality Assurance
- Universal Design for Inclusive Teaching (UDIT)

Areas of Expertise

The FRC Teaching Fellows have implemented evidence-based high engagement teaching practices in one or more of these areas of expertise:

Community or Service Learning
Problem Solving and Inquiry-Based Instruction
Student Research, Project, and Capstones
Student Collaboration and Teamwork
Student Retention Strategies including Building Relationships with Students
Diversity and Inclusion including Universal Design for Learning Principles
Culturally Responsive Teaching
Assessment of Student Learning including Delivering Feedback
Open Education Resources (OER)
Online Learning Consortium (OLC) Quality Assurance Process
Information, Communication, and Technology Literacy

Teaching Fellows

Laurel Bidwell

Associate Professor
College of Public Service
Social Work

Student Collaboration and Teamwork
Student Retention Strategies
Diversity and Inclusion

Nicholas Fuselier

Assistant Professor
College of Education
Leadership, Research, and Foundations

Student Research, Project, and Capstones
Student Retention Strategies
Diversity and Inclusion

Stephanie Gangemi

Assistant Professor
College of Public Service
Social Work

Student Retention Strategies
Culturally Responsive Teaching
Trauma-Informed Teaching and Learning

Cerian Gibbes

Associate Professor
College of Letters, Arts & Sciences
Geography

Student Research, Project, and Capstones
Diversity and Inclusion
Problem Solving and Inquiry-Based Instruction

Catherine Grandorff

Teaching Professor
College of Letters, Arts & Sciences
English

Diversity and Inclusion
Culturally Responsive Teaching
Assessment of Student Learning

Shannon Johnson

Assistant Professor
College of Public Service
Social Work

Diversity and Inclusion
Assessment of Student Learning
Student Retention Strategies

Markus Moeder-Chandler

Assistant Teaching Professor
College of Education
Counseling and Human Services

Student Research, Project, and Capstones
Student Collaboration and Teamwork
Student Retention Strategies

Curtis Turner

Senior Instructor
UCCSTeach

Problem Solving and Inquiry-Based Instruction
Student Retention Strategies
Assessment of Student Learning

Paige Whitney

Senior Clinical Instructor
College of Nursing & Health Sciences
Health Sciences

Community or Service Learning
Student Collaboration and Teamwork
Student Research, Project, and Capstones

Kay Yoon

Professor
College of Letters, Arts & Sciences
Communication

Student Collaboration and Teamwork
Information, Communication, and Technology Literacy
Student Research, Project, and Capstones

Submit a Teaching Fellow Request Ticket

Submit your Teaching Fellow Request Ticket to be connected with a Teaching Fellow. Specify the area of expertise that you are seeking.

Submit Teaching Ticket (use your UCCS credentials if prompted to sign in).

Special Recognition to Our Past Teaching Fellows

We would like to recognize the faculty members who devoted service to the Teaching Fellows Program in the past:

Ann Amicucci, Associate Professor, College of Letters, Arts & Sciences, 2022-2024
Grant Clayton, Associate Professor, College of Education, 2022-2024
Johanna Creswell Baez, Assistant Professor, College of Public Service, 2022-2024
Baye Herald, Senior Instructor, College of Letters, Arts & Sciences, 2022-2024
Carole Woodall, Associate Professor, College of Letters, Arts & Sciences, 2022-2024
Katy Hudson, Senior Instructor, School of Public Affairs, 2021-2023
Jessica Kirby, Assistant Professor, College of Nursing and Health Sciences, 2021-2023
Tre Wentling, Assistant Professor, College of Letters, Arts, and Sciences, 2021-2023
Amanda Elder, Associate Professor, College of Nursing and Health Sciences, 2020-2022
Lynnane George, Senior Instructor, College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, 2020-2022
Karin Larkin, Assistant Professor, College of Education Letters, Arts and Sciences, 2020-2022
Janice Thorpe, Senior Instructor, College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, 2020-2022
James Van Scotter, Assistant Professor, College of Business, 2020-2022
Julie Albertson, Senior Instructor, College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, 2020-2021
YongJei Lee, Associate Professor, School of Public Affairs, 2020-2021
Scott Kupferman, Assistant Professor, College of Education, 2019-2021
Patrick McGuire, Associate Professor, College of Education, 2019-2021
Henriikka Weir, Associate Professor, School of Public Affairs, 2019-2021
John Adams, Senior Instructor, College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, 2019-2020