Dr. Beach is featured in ACUE’s module: Leading the First Day of Class.

Beach is an Associate Professor teaching courses in Composition, Linguistics and Drama, and a mentor in the Graduate Teaching Assistant/Fellow Program at Radford University. Beach is also on the Women’s and Gender Studies Advisory Council and is the faculty advisor for the Creative Writers Guild and Exit 109, the literary and arts magazine. Previously, Beach served as the Associate Coordinator of the Undergraduate Writing Program and a faculty fellow in the Teaching and Learning Commons at West Virginia University.

Beach has worked in higher education for almost 30 years and prior to that in corporate training/global education. He has taught Composition and Rhetoric, Drama, and Business Communications at George Mason University, American University, and the Czech Management Centre. His research interests include integration of information literacy into composition curricula, hypertextual argumentation, and representations of the male in modern drama. Earlier projects have focused on writing in business, writing in engineering, argumentation theories, and writing program administration. He is also a playwright, director, and dramaturg.

Beach earned his BA in English Language and Literature from Marymount University. He received an MA in English Linguistics, a PhD in Education with a focus on the use of educational technology in composition and rhetoric from George Mason University, and an MFA in playwriting with concentrations in directing and dramaturgy from Hollins University.

Dr. Bauman is featured in ACUE’s modules: Leading the First Day of Class and Embracing Diversity in Your Classroom.

Bauman is an Associate Professor of Religion and Chair of the Department of Philosophy, Religion, and Classics at Butler University. He is also affiliate faculty in Gender, Women, and Sexuality Studies; Peace and Conflict Studies; and International Studies. He teaches courses on Religion, with a special focus on Asian religions.

Bauman’s research focuses on the interaction of Hindus and Christians. He has published two monographs: Christian Identity and Dalit Religion in Hindu India, 1868-1947 (Eerdmans Publishers, 2008), and Pentecostals, Proselytization, and anti-Christian Violence in Contemporary India (Oxford University Press, 2015). In addition to teaching and chairing his department at Butler University, Professor Bauman is currently working on a project commissioned by the Berkley Center for Religion, Peace, & World Affairs at Georgetown University and the Center for Civic and Human Rights at Notre Dame University.

Bauman earned his BA in Bible & Religion from Goshen College, and his MDiv and PhD from Princeton Theological Seminary. He credits the Wabash Center for Teaching and Learning in Theology and Religion for helping shape his pedagogical vision in positive and productive ways, and an exercise he regularly assigns—the “Make Your Own Religion Project”—will be featured in the January 2016, issue of the Center’s journal, Teaching Theology and Religion.

Dr. Alexander is featured in ACUE’s modules: Embracing Diversity in Your Classroom and Developing and Using Rubrics and Checklists.

Alexander, a registered and licensed occupational therapist, has practiced for 28 years. She is currently an Associate Professor in the School of Allied Health Sciences at Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University (FAMU) teaching in the area of Pediatrics. She has worked at the Tallahassee Memorial Healthcare in the areas of acute care, pediatric outpatient rehabilitation, and neonatal nursery. She consulted for five years with the Florida Children’s Home Society working with children at high risk for developmental delays and she was instrumental in the initiation of car seat safety testing in the Tallahassee Memorial Healthcare neonatal nurseries.

Through membership in several civic organizations, Alexander is involved in community work in the fields of cancer research, enrichment of young adults, and additional children’s issues. She is active on the University Athletic Committee in the area of academics, FAMU Faculty Pre Planning Conference, and several School of Allied Health Sciences committees where she is able to share best practices. She is also working on increasing therapeutic services available throughout her community to promote well-being and participation in those that are homeless, young adults transitioning from the foster system, and geriatric adults.

Alexander earned her BS in Occupational Therapy from FAMU where she completed 18 months of graduate work in Public Health. She holds an MS in Occupational Therapy from Boston University and completed her doctorate in Occupational Therapy at Chatham University. Alexander holds certifications in Neonatal Oral Motor Assessment Scale and in Kinesio Taping for Adults and Children.

Dr. Adamson is featured in ACUE’s modules: Promoting a Civil Learning Environment, Developing and Using Rubrics and Checklists, and Providing Useful Feedback.

Adamson is an Associate Professor of French at Elon University in North Carolina and Chair of the Department of World Languages and Cultures. She teaches a variety of courses on language, literature, and social inequalities in the Francophone world. She also teaches the first-year global experience seminar for the Elon Core Curriculum in which students examine personal and social responsibility in domestic and global contexts.

Adamson’s teaching and research interests include French and Francophone writing and the intersections of literature, identity, popular culture, film, media, and social criticism through humor. At Elon University, she received the Excellence in Teaching Award from Elon’s College of Arts and Sciences in 2010 and the university-wide Daniels-Danieley Award for Excellence in Teaching (2017).

Adamson earned her BA in French from Catholic University. She holds an MA and a PhD in French literature from the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill.

Dr. McGuire’s contributions to ACUE’s Community of Professional Practice include:

• Saundra McGuire: Strategies to Teach Students How to Learn

Her recent publications include:

• Teach Yourself How to Learn: Strategies You Can Use to Ace Any Course at Any Level (Stylus Publishing 2018)

McGuire is the Director Emerita of the Center for Academic Success at Louisiana State University (LSU) in Baton Rouge, Louisiana where she formerly held the positions of Assistant Vice Chancellor and Professor of Chemistry. Prior to joining LSU in August 1999, she spent 11 years at Cornell University, where she received the coveted Clark Distinguished Teaching Award. Dr. McGuire has been teaching Chemistry, working in the area of learning and teaching support, and mentoring students for over 40 years. She has delivered keynote addresses or presented her widely acclaimed student success and faculty development workshops at over 250 institutions in 41 states and six countries. Additionally, she has published her work in The Journal of Chemical Education, American Scientist, Science, The Learning Assistance Review, To Improve the Academy, and New Directions for Teaching and Learning. Her latest book, Teach Students How to Learn: Strategies You Can Incorporate into Any Course to Improve Student Metacognition, Study Skills, and Motivation, was released by Stylus Publications in October 2015. The teaching and mentoring tools she has developed have led to curriculum change at several institutions.

McGuire has received numerous awards for her work in improving student learning and mentoring students, the most recent of which is the 2015 American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Lifetime Mentor Award. In 2014, she received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Organization for the Professional Advancement of Black Chemists and Chemical Engineers. In 2012, she was elected a fellow of The Council of Learning Assistance and Developmental Education Associations, and in 2011 she was elected a Fellow of AAAS. In 2010, she was elected a Fellow of the American Chemical Society, and also became one of only seven individuals in the nation at that time to have achieved Level Four Lifetime Learning Center Leadership Certification through the National College Learning Center Association. In November 2007, the Presidential Award for Excellence in Science, Mathematics, and Engineering Mentoring was presented to her in a White House Oval Office Ceremony.

McGuire received her BS degree, magna cum laude, from Southern University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, where she was named a Department of Chemistry Distinguished Alumna in 2008. She earned her MS from Cornell University and her PhD from the University of Tennessee at Knoxville where she received the Chancellor’s Citation for Exceptional Professional Promise. She is married to Dr. Stephen C. McGuire, a professor of Physics at Southern University. They are the parents of Dr. Carla McGuire Davis and Dr. Stephanie McGuire, and the grandparents of Joshua, Ruth, Daniel, and Joseph Davis.