2026 Spring Faculty Fellowship
Each semester the Center for Innovation in Teaching and Learning invites faculty to submit proposals for collaboration with CITL and LTS staff on various aspects of their pedagogy and research with the goal of providing access to staff and technology resources to enhance and advance their teaching.
For the Spring 2026 semester, we encouraged faculty to submit proposals in five particular areas:
- Inquiry-based Learning,
- Generative AI as a Pedagogical Tool,
- Game-based Learning,
- Harnessing XR/VR Technologies,
- Writing Across the Curriculum,
- Integrating Data Visualization Strategies
2026 Spring Fellows
Joseph Amodei, MFA
Explore 3D interfaces and user experience design in diverse contexts, including Game Design, Virtual Reality (VR), and Music Videos.
Paola Cereghetti, PhD
Building a customized AI tutor for physics problem-solving, ensuring the tutor mirrors the instructor's specific methodology to provide 24/7 personalized support for students.
Teresa Cusumano, MA, MS & Jessica Harbaum, MEd
Facilitate a Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL) project. Focusing on community allyship, support for advanced GenAI tools and gamification development.
Jong Cheol Shin, PhD
Utilize "Inquiry-based Learning" to help students analyze health-related issues using GIS and StoryMaps.
Mariana De Maio, PhD & Luis Brunstein, PhD
Support this paired-course model brings together Journalism and Economics students to explore inequality through economic evidence and media narratives.
Lyam Gabel, MFA
Developing structured feedback workflows on Canvas and investigating how AI can help students summarize feedback and generate revision plans.
Haiyan Jia, PhD
Incorporating AI-facilitated tutoring and testing AI functionalities and capabilities for specific societal initiatives.
Michael Kramp, PhD
Support student active creation by developing short film segments that apply specific filmic and aesthetic concepts.
Michael S. Lehman, MD, MBA
Designing immersive XR spaces, allowing students to engage with peers and alumni across the globe.
Mary Anne Madeira, PhD
Designing assignments and classroom management strategies that foster sophisticated and student-driven dialogue.
Wynn Meyer, PhD
Redesign to connect statistical testing more explicitly with visual patterns. Focusing on improving course accessibility for visually impaired students.
Zakery Muñoz, PhD
Support on scaffolded learning design and the assessment of AI-assisted student work.
Kayleigh O'Keeffe, PhD
Utilize GenAI to help students practice communicating complex science to non-expert audiences.
Brooke Rollins, PhD & Lee Bauknight, PhD
Assisting with backwards design and training students with WordPress and data visualization.
E.J. Rovella, PhD Candidate
Advancing a capstone project for a patient-friendly online platform designed to convert complex medical bills into accessible formats.
Marie Schenk, PhD
Help make quantitative reasoning approachable for political science majors.
Lawrence Tartaglia, PhD
Support gamified case studies and facilitate interdisciplinary collaborations.
Wandi Wang, PhD
Support lessons engaging students with the "Three Perfections" of Chinese culture: poetry, calligraphy, and painting.
Juan Zheng, PhD
Support inquiry based learning and Generative AI with preservice teachers.