Dr. LaVaque-Manty is featured in ACUE’s modules: Delivering an Effective Lecture and Developing Self-Directed Learners.

LaVaque-Manty is the Arthur F. Thurnau Professor and Associate Professor of Political Science and Philosophy at the University of Michigan. His regular teaching includes 300-student introductory course in political theory, advanced political theory courses, and Social Science research design.

LaVaque-Manty is a political theorist and the author of The Playing Fields of Eton: Equality and Excellence in Modern Meritocracy (2009) and the forthcoming Writing in Political Science, co-written with Danielle LaVaque-Manty.

LaVaque-Manty graduated magna cum laude from the University of Southern California, where he earned his BA in Philosophy. He holds a PhD in Philosophy from the University of Michigan. He has won numerous teaching awards, including the Thurnau Professorship, the university’s highest undergraduate teaching award, as well as Congressional Quarterly-American Political Science Association 2014 Teaching Innovation Prize.

Ms. Karaylacin is featured in ACUE’s modules: Planning an Effective Class Session, Connecting With Your Students, and Helping Students Persist in Their Studies.

Karayalcin is a professor at the Department of Film and Television, School of Entertainment and Design Technology at Miami Dade College (MDC). She has worked on developing the curriculum and flow for the film program particularly for the production classes at MDC. Her area of expertise is in film directing, cinematography and production management.

Prior to joining MDC, Ms. Karayalcin worked as a videographer for Steven Spielberg’s Shoah Foundation. Her work is now kept in a digital archive in Los Angeles. She has worked freelance as a director, production manager, assistant director, and cinematographer on commercials, industrials, music videos, and short films. She has also served as a judge or panelist on various film festivals such as the Women’s International Film Festival, Florida Media Market, Urban Entertainment Conference, Miami Children’s Film Festival, 48 Hour Film Project, DocMiami International, and Miami International Film Festival, among others. At Miami Dade College, she is the primary advisor for the Film Society and the founding advisor for the college-wide Golden Key International Honor Society.

Karayalcin earned her BA in Economics from The City University of New York. She holds an MFA in Film Production from the University of Miami. She has been a recipient of many awards including Wachovia Bank Endowed Teaching Chair, NISOD Excellence in Leadership, Women in Business Endowed Teaching Chair. She is also listed in Who’s Who on America and Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers, which honors a select top 5% of nation’s teachers.

Dr. Jodl is featured in ACUE’s module: Facilitating Engaging Class Discussions.

Jodl is a Lecturer II in the University of Michigan Department of Psychology and specializes in teaching courses on lifespan development, human infancy, and emerging adulthood. She has been teaching at the University of Michigan since 1997 when she was a research fellow.

After a two-year NICHD post-doctoral fellowship at the University of Michigan, Jodl continued at Michigan as a research associate at the Institute for Social Research. Her research examined family influences on psychosocial adjustment and identity development in adolescence and during the transition to adulthood.

Jodl graduated with honors from the University of Minnesota with her BA in Child Psychology and History. She holds an MA and PhD in Developmental Psychology from the University of Virginia.

Dr. Jett is featured in ACUE’s modules: Motivating Your Students and Developing Self-Directed Learners.

Her contributions to ACUE’s Community of Professional Practice include:

• Insights: The Complexity of the Inclusive Classroom Dynamic

Jett is an Associate Professor of Political Science and Special Assistant to the Provost for Diversity and Inclusivity at Butler University. She is also an affiliate faculty member of the Gender, Women & Sexuality Studies Program. Jett teaches courses on US politics with a focus on the experiences of African Americans and other ethnic minorities such as Black Political Thought and The Politics of Alice Walker.

Jett’s research focus is on the post-Civil Rights Movement experiences of African Americans in rural communities in the southern US and she is currently writing on the recent settlements of Black, Native American, Women and Latino farmers against the United States Department of Agriculture for discrimination.

Jett earned her BA in Ethnic Studies as well as her MPA from California State University, Hayward (now East Bay). She holds a PhD in Public Policy and Public Administration from Auburn University. She is President of the Board of the American Civil Liberties Union of Indiana, is on the Indiana Debate Commission and is an elder at Witherspoon Presbyterian Church.

Dr. Hogan is featured in ACUE’s modules: Engaging Underprepared Students and Developing Fair, Consistent, and Transparent Grading Practices.

Her contributions to ACUE’s Community of Professional Practice include:

• Why We’re “Speaking Up” About Inclusive Teaching Strategies

Hogan is the Director of Instructional Innovation for the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s College of Arts and Sciences and a professor and Senior STEM Lecturer in the College’s Biology Department. Since 2004, she has been teaching 400-seat classes on campus using interactive teaching methods and technologies. Hogan’s approach centers on the philosophy that, with the right practice, everyone is capable of learning. By demonstrating the effectiveness of her methods in large lecture classes, her work has received national attention in publications such as The New York Times, The Atlantic, and The Washington Post.

Hogan works with many of Carolina’s faculty to help them reimagine their teaching and she has also shared her techniques with educators from institutions across the state and nation. Her teaching has also impacted a student audience far beyond those in her UNC Chapel Hill classes. As the co-author of several Biology textbooks (Campbell Biology’s Concepts and Connections and Essential Biology), Hogan has reached hundreds of thousands of students globally. She has also been recognized by her students through nine different campus, state, and national awards for teaching, mentoring, and advising, among them: The Pope Foundation for Higher Education 2011 Spirit of Inquiry Award, the Carolina Women’s Leadership Council 2014 Mentoring Award, the National Academic Advising Association’s 2015 Outstanding Advising Award for Faculty, and the 2015 Tanner Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching. Hogan was the commencement speaker for the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 2015.

Hogan earned her BS in Biology from the College of New Jersey. She holds a PhD from UNC Chapel Hill.

Ms. Jalene was filmed for ACUE’s Course in Effective Teaching Practices. She is featured in the module: Aligning Activities and Assignments With Course Outcomes.

Jalene is a Lecturer for the Department of Kinesiology and Nutrition Sciences at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. She has developed three courses for her department and teaches courses related to physical activity and health, anatomy and physiology, and neurophysiology. Additionally, Jalene created a campus-wide service project, Fitness4Finals, which serves over 1,000 students each year.

Jalene was awarded the Faculty Excellence Award for 2013-2014 and again for 2014-2015 as well as the Allied Health Science Distinguished Service Award for 2014-2015. She was also a recipient of the Milestone Course Development grant, Research-based Course Redesign grant, and Critical Thinking and Writing grant from the Office of the Provost.

As a PhD candidate, Jalene’s research focuses on EEG spectral analysis and tDCS as an intervention in various populations.

Dr. Gilson is featured in ACUE’s modules: Preparing an Effective Syllabus, Embracing Diversity in Your Classroom, and Using Advanced Questioning Techniques.

Gilson is a Professor and the Management Department Head at the University of Connecticut’s School of Business. She is the Faculty Director of the Geno Auriemma UConn Leadership Conference, and a visiting Scholar at Universidade Católica Portuguesa in Lisbon.

Gilson’s research focuses on individual and team creativity, why managers should want employees to be creative, team effectiveness, and virtual teams. Specifically, she is interested in examining teams in different organizational settings performing a diverse range of jobs, and determining how creativity, employee empowerment, diversity, fairness issues, leadership, and virtual communication influence effectiveness. Her research has been published in, Academy on Management Journal, Journal of Applied Psychology, Journal of Management, Leadership Quarterly, Journal of Organizational Behavior, Group and Organization Management, Small Group Research. In addition, Professor Gilson has provided consulting expertise to many multinational companies along with state and national agencies in the areas of leadership, women in leadership, virtual teams, managing change, and leading for creativity. She has given several invited keynote presentations on the topics of Women in Leadership as well as Leading for Creativity and Change.

Gilson teaches undergraduate, MBA, and executive-level students in the areas of Leadership, Managerial and Interpersonal Behavior, and Leading for Innovation and Change. She has been awarded the UConn School of Business MBA Professor of the year award and has been recognized as the MBA Management Professor of the year on multiple occasions. Gilson serves as the faculty advisor for the UConn Women’s MBA Association, she is the Senior Associate Editor for Group and Organizational Management, on the Editorial Board of Journal of Management, and on the OB Division Executive Committee for the Academy of Management.

Gilson earned her BS from Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service. She holds an MBA from Georgia Tech and a PhD in Organizational Behavior from the Georgia Institute of Technology.

Dr. Gunderson is featured in ACUE’s modules: Using Active Learning Techniques in Large Classes, Delivering an Effective Lecture, and Motivating Your Students.

Her contributions to ACUE’s Community of Professional Practice include:

• For This Large-Class Lecturer, Cartwheels and Communication are Key

Gunderson is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Statistics at the University of Michigan. She coordinates and teaches the largest undergraduate statistics course, Statistics and Data Analysis, with approximately 2200 students each term. She serves as the Graduate Student Instructor (GSI) Training Leader, developing and leading the training for all new Statistics GSIs. The training includes both general teaching pedagogy and course specific details. She is also the undergraduate advisor for students electing to major or minor in Statistics and a member of the Statistics Undergraduate Curriculum Committee. Her research focuses on Statistical Education, in particular using technology to enhance teaching and learning.

Gunderson received the UM Teaching Innovation Prize for her work on Infusing Technology for Guided Continuous Learning in a Large Gateway Course. By carefully selecting and interweaving technologies, instructors can guide groups of students through challenging material in a way that feels highly personalized. She was co-investigator for the UM grant Enhancing Undergraduate Education through the Deployment of Quality Learning Objects. Her work on this grant led to receiving the Innovative Use of MERLOT Award and a Sloan-C Effective Practice Award. She is involved in a number of projects that look at various interventions to help engage students and provide multiple paths for developing, practicing, and testing their understanding of concepts and relationships. These projects are focusing on the analysis and use of data about our students, courses, and programs for improving teaching and learning. Her more recent work has been in the Expansion of E2Coach to the Introductory Statistics Course. E2Coach (Electronic and Expert Coach) is a data-driven, personalized program that combines next-generation learning analytics with the best of behavioral change theory.

Gunderson holds a PhD in Statistics from The University of Michigan.

Mr. García is featured in ACUE’s modules: Helping Students Persist in Their Studies and Using Active Learning Techniques in Small Groups.

García is a professor of Chemistry at Miami Dade College.

Dr. Freeman is featured in ACUE’s module: Embracing Diversity in Your Classroom.

Freeman is a Lecturer in the Chemistry Department at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Previously, he taught Biochemistry at Johnson C. Smith University in Charlotte, NC during his postdoctoral fellowship.

A former SPIRE (Seeding Postdoctoral Innovators and Researchers in Education) Scholar, Freeman uses innovative teaching strategies to effectively teach students how to think like a scientist while learning Biochemistry. He aims to inspire future generations to achieve greatness through science and technology. A former member of the Parise Lab, he helped improve our understanding of how CIB1, a regulator of many cellular processes including adhesion, proliferation, and calcium signaling, interacts with integrin adhesion receptors.

Freeman earned his BS in Biochemistry from Xavier University of Louisiana. He holds a PhD in the same field from Tulane University.