Current CITL Faculty Fellows

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 Fall 2023 semester, we encouraged faculty to submit proposals in five particular areas:

• the use of generative AI, 
• the use of virtual Reality and immersive learning environments, 
• the inclusion of inquiry-based learning activities and assignments, 
• the creation of cross-disciplinary course moments, and
• the use of LTS flexible learning spaces to promote active learning

Fall 2023 CITL Faculty Fellows

Michelle L. Washington, Ph.D., Teaching Assistant Professor

• College/Department: College of Business, Department of Management
• Course: MGT 363, Managing Diversity & Inclusion in the Workplace
• Proposal: Incorporate a more formal opportunity for a "cross-disciplinary moment" related to hidden disabilities, such as neurodiversity or neurodivergence, in order to equip students with the ability to make "informed and empathic decisions as future employees, employers, managers, and business owners regarding workplace DEI."
• CITL/I&O Collaborators: Tarah Cicero, Holly Zakos, Mark Scott

Michael Lehman, M.D., M.B.A., Professor of Practice
Maureen Rinkunas, M.B.A., M.S., Adjunct Lecturer

• College/Department: P.C. Rossin College of Engineering & Applied Sciences, Technical Entrepreneurship (M.Eng.)
• Course: TE 461, Integrated Product Development (IPD) Projects
• Proposal: Identify current and emerging AI tools to integrate throughout both “immersive classroom-based workshops and project work/assignments students undertake.” Develop specific exercises in order to help students generate stronger prompts for AI in the context of their industry-related work.
• CITL/I&O Collaborators: Rob Weidman, Phil Hewitt, Steve Sakasitz

Will Lowry, M.F.A., Associate Professor
Lyam Gabel, M.F.A.,Assistant Professor

College/Department: College of Arts and Sciences, Department of Theatre
Course: THTR 090, First-Year Seminar: Can AI Make Art?
Proposal: Change methods of pedagogy in order to create a course that "smoothly intertwines physical and digital learning environments," allowing students to explore whether or not AI can create art, "with a specific focus on the role AI can play in theatre-making, media-making, and storytelling."
CITL/I&O Collaborators: Rob Weidman, Elizabeth Young Miller, Steve Sakasitz

Nik Nikolov, M.Arch., Associate Professor

College/Department: College of Arts and Sciences, Department of Art, Architecture, and Design
Course: ARCH 143, Architectural Design II
Proposal: Explore ways to utilize AI in preliminary architectural design. Introduce a 3-week assignment “that aims at two important aspects of design — the analysis of an existing problem and the conceptualization of a main idea.” Students will acquire increased comfort and proficiency in working with AI tools, become stronger at synthesizing questions into text-based commands, and “speculate on the future role of AI in generative creative processes.”
CITL/I&O Collaborators: Judd Hark, Holly Zakos, Justin Greenlee, Chris Harvey

Lawrence Tartaglia, Ph.D, Teaching Assistant Professor

College/Department: College of Arts and Sciences, Department of Biological Sciences
Course: BIOS 115, Genetics
Proposal: Explore various online platforms to create a more comprehensive assessment approach to more effectively gauge students’ understanding of content. Establish an independent class website to serve various purposes, such as the creation and dissemination of infographics on assigned topics to serve as reference tools for peers.
CITL/I&O Collaborators: Holly Zakos, Greg Skutches, Yvonne Lee, Brian Simboli, Rob Weidman

Rosa Zheng, Ph.D., Professor

College/Department: P.C. Rossin College of Engineering & Applied Sciences
Course: FE 005, Freshman Engineering ECE Labs
Proposal: Link ECE lab activities with the content of other introductory courses such as first-year math, physics, and chemistry. Ideally, this will create a more fun environment in the labs and motivate student learning within the other foundational courses.
CITL/I&O Collaborators: Jeremy Mack, Phil Hewitt

Lawrence Tartaglia,  Ph.D, Teaching Assistant Professor

College/Department: College of Arts and Sciences, Department of Biological Sciences
Course: BIOS 115/ BIOS 041, Genetics/ Cellular & Molecular
Proposal: Establish a new educational platform, The Dueling Scientist, "which aims to promote internal debate on medically relevant topics that are highly controversial in the media." Furthermore, create high quality video content within the platform to enhance classroom learning and be useful to students as supplementary material.
CITL/I&O Collaborators: Holly Zakos, Jarret Brown

Shan Li, Ph.D., M.S., Assistant Professor

College/Department: College of Health, Department of Communication and Population Health
Course: CGH 109, Introduction to Health Education
Proposal: Implement an inquiry-based learning approach within this new course, allowing students to "take a more active role in their learning by asking questions, investigating topics that interest them, and working collaboratively with their peers."
CITL/I&O Collaborators: Chris Harvey, Jasmine Woodson, Justin Greenlee 

Hyunok Choi, Ph.D., M.P.H, Associate Professor

College/Department: College of Health, Department of Communication and Population Health
Course: EPI 304, Methods in Epidemiology I
Proposal: Create a higher-stakes environment in the course by switching to a debate-driven format.
CITL/I&O Collaborators: Tarah Cicero, Jasmine Woodson, Jeremy Mack

Lorenzo Servitje, Ph.D., Associate Professor
Gabrielle String, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Departments of Community and Population Health and Civil and Environmental Engineering

College/Department: College of Arts and Sciences, College of Health
Course: HMS/ENG 090; CGH 096, Are We Living in the Post-Antibiotic Apocalypse?
Proposal: Design readings, assignments, course participation, and engagement in ways that “facilitate training students in the basic and essential skills of academia."
CITL/I&O Collaborators: Chris Harvey, Jasmine Woodson, Justin Greenlee

Stephanie Prevost, J.D., MLIS, Teaching Assistant Professor

College/Department: College of Business
Course: LAW 201, Legal Environment of Business
Proposal: Develop a more interactive method to help students navigate a business contract. "Many students are not comfortable with one on one negotiations in class, so I would like to set up the experience as a pseudo-negotiation, with provisions of the contract addressed individually to feel less overwhelming." This approach would be less daunting to students and would "help provide them with more real-world type experience than an exam or written assignment would. Reinforce the value of class concepts for the future, both professionally and personally.
CITL/I&O Collaborators: Steve Sakasitz, Tarah Cicero, Chris Harvey

Joseph Amodei, Assistant Professor of Media Design

College/Department: College of Arts and Sciences, Department of Theatre
Course: THTR 090, Making the Future: Analog, Immersive, and Emerging Media
Proposal: Develop succinct projects that allow students to “jump quickly into getting their hands onto these technologies and methodologies.” Curate experiences that show “the diversity of ways that different mediated spaces create environments, spaces, and places.”
CITL/I&O Collaborators: Steve Sakasitz, Tarah Cicero, Chris Harvey, Judd Hark, Heather Simoneau

Limei Shan, M.Ed., M.A., B.A., Teaching Associate Professor

College/Department: College of Arts and Sciences, Department of Modern Languages and Literatures
Course: CHN 197, Advanced-Intermediate Chinese Skills I; CHN 013, Intermediate Spoken Chinese I
Proposal: Conduct a study entitled "The Role of VR Facilitated Guided Virtual Tour Apps in a Chinese Classroom" to "evaluate and compare the influence of virtual reality tours on Chinese learners' proficiency focusing on narrating and writing skills." Continued use of Uptale as a tool for assessment with a focus on AI based voice analysis features; as well as a comparison of the VR integrated Oral Proficiency Interview (OPI) and the traditional OPI, in order to optimize the procedure.
CITL/I&O Collaborators: Steve Sakasitz, Chris Harvey

Ed Whitley, Ph.D., Professor

College/Department: College of Arts and Sciences
Course: ENGL/GS 090, What are the Histories and Cultures of Data?
Proposal: Incorporating a course moment with a climatologist to help increase students' understanding of data in a contemporary context as well as an historical context.
CITL/I&O Collaborators: Rob Weidman, Heather Simoneau, Elizabeth Young Miller

Michael O'Neill, M.A., TESOL, Language Specialist

College/Department: College of Arts and Sciences, Department of English
Course: ENGL 003, Composition and Literature I for Multilingual Writers
Proposal: Create micro-lecture videos to physically show students the individual steps of the academic writing process. Each video is 4-7 minutes in length, focusing on a single topic, with planned moments for students to stop and complete interactive tasks or reflect on questions to guide learning. Consultation needed to optimize use of Panopto.
CITL/I&O Collaborators: Holly Zakos, Heather Simoneau