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Teaching & Learning Academy Graduates

Congratulations to all of the Teaching & Learning Academy (TLA) graduates! Since 2019, over 200 faculty have graduated from the TLA.

 

2023-2024 Yearlong Graduates

    • Natalia Almanza, adjunct faculty, student development
    • Luke Armstrong, full-time faculty, economics
    • Megan Baldwin, adjunct faculty, psychology
    • Okera Bishop, full-time faculty, accounting
    • Lily Garza Saldivar, classified, adult education
    • Teresa Gazella, adjunct faculty, composition and literary studies
    • Debbie Gilmore, adjunct faculty, student development
    • Arturo Gonzalez, adjunct faculty, computer science
    • Yvonne Hsi, adjunct faculty, fashion design
    • Joanne Ibarra, adjunct faculty, government
    • Sherri Lynn, full-time faculty, sonography
    • Maegen MacKenzie, full-time faculty, professional nursing
    • Kimberly McEathron, adjunct, continuing education
    • Devin Preston, full-time faculty, biology
    • Kathryn Roosa, adjunct faculty, business, government and technical communication
    • Cassie Smith, adjunct faculty, anthropology
    • Louisa Spaventa, adjunct faculty, composition and literary studies
    • Julie Vieyra, full-time faculty, criminal justice
    • Becky Villarreal, adjunct faculty, English
    • Felix Villarreal, full-time faculty, biology
    • Lisa Yates, classified, student experiences and outcomes

Summer 2023

    • Ivy Benoit, adjunct professor, student development
    • Jill Bosche, professor, composition and literary studies
    • John Busch, adjunct professor, composition and literary studies
    • Rebekah Chappell, adjunct professor, dance
    • Jared Chumsae, adjunct professor, government
    • Sarah De Villiers, adjunct professor, English
    • Rolando Duarte, adjunct professor, government
    • Lauren Elander, adjunct professor, composition and literary studies
    • Joseph Ferguson, adjunct professor, student development
    • Latasha Goodwyn, professor, English
    • Kelsie Hart, adjunct professor, anthropology
    • Karen Horan, professor, emergency medical services
    • Nabeel Khan, professor, computer information technology
    • Grant King, adjunct professor, composition and literary studies
    • Ray LaManna, adjunct professor, Music Business, Performance, and Technology
    • Cecil Lherisson, adjunct professor, biology
    • Tessa Livingstone, adjunct professor, composition and literary studies
    • Ryan Lopez, adjunct professor, composition and literary studies
    • Aimee Mackovic, adjunct professor, composition and literary studies
    • Jessica Menchaca, adjunct professor, biotechnology
    • Shawn Robinson, adjunct professor, advanced manufacturing
    • Torre Roenne, adjunct professor, mathematics
    • Patricia Romero, adjunct professor, Women & Gender Studies
    • Rebel Sanders, professor, biology
    • Kymberlie Schellin, adjunct professor, psychology
    • Celeste Schmid, adjunct professor, nursing
    • Amy Sharp, adjunct professor, English
    • Heather Smyer, professor, nursing
    • Nic Starkweather, adjunct professor, student development
    • Sunny Williams, adjunct professor, philosophy
    • Erica Wright, professor, business office technology

 

Previous TLA Graduates

Yearlong 2019-2020

  • Samantha Ackers, academic coach and adjunct professor, learning labs and English
  • Christie Allen, program specialist and adjunct professor, mathematics
  • Shannon Bailey, department chair and professor, English for speakers of other languages
  • Terry Barksdale, head librarian, Library Services
  • Janet Barlow, professor, sonography
  • Sherry Blum, professor, philosophy
  • Gene Browning, professor, integrated reading & writing
  • Ashley Carr, librarian and adjunct professor, Library Services and student development
  • Ping Chu, adjunct professor, psychology
  • Lola Cowling Watters, librarian, Library Services
  • Linda Cox, adjunct professor, philosophy
  • Samantha Croft, professor, biology
  • Sarai Czap, professor, nursing
  • Arlene Dettman, professor, nursing
  • Susan Diamond, professor, surgical technology
  • Kendall Dingee, instructional associate and adjunct professor, integrated reading & writing and developmental writing
  • Patricia Dungan, professor, integrated reading & writing
  • Curtis Eckerman, department chair and professor, biology
  • Vanessa Faz, instructional associate/faculty mentor and adjunct professor, VP instruction and government
  • Melissa Foote, adjunct professor, philosophy
  • Lydia French, college associate and professor, student affairs and English, adult education, and humanities
  • Sarah Garcia-Portillo, professor, nursing
  • Scott Gibby, professor, foreign language
  • Mary Gilmer, supervisor and adjunct professor, student support & success systems and mathematics
  • Carl Gregory, adjunct professor, computer science & information technology
  • Cedric Grice, adjunct professor, economics
  • Kelly Hamade, professor, nursing
  • Lynda Infante, librarian, Library Services
  • Marc Jimenez, enrollment advisor and adjunct professor, enrollment services and student development
  • Sonya Johnson, adjunct professor, child care & development
  • Nancy Johnson, professor, child care & development
  • Renee Kuhles, librarian, Library Services
  • Corynne Levy, professor, nursing
  • James Loomis, librarian, Library Services
  • Jon Luckstead, librarian, Library Services
  • Amber Luttig-Buonodono, adjunct professor, English
  • Danica MacRae, professor, nursing
  • Julia Maffei, instructional associate and adjunct professor, learning labs and English for speakers of other languages
  • Herman Massad, professor, diagnostic medical imaging-radiation
  • Katie McClendon, supervisor and adjunct professor, Digital Skills for Today’s Jobs – student affairs and English
  • MaryJane McReynolds, director of articulation and transfer resources, Teaching & Learning Excellence Division
  • Susan Meigs, instructional associate and adjunct professor, learning labs and English
  • Keri Moczygemba, librarian, Library Services
  • Kimberly Murphy, professor, biology
  • Mollie Nelson, adjunct professor, allied health services
  • Vanessa Nichols, professor, nursing
  • Kim Oliver, professor, English for speakers of other languages
  • Hilda Ollmann, adjunct professor, developmental reading & writing
  • Deborah Quinn, adjunct professor, history
  • Phil Roche, librarian, Library Services
  • Alicia Salzmann, adjunct professor, English
  • Ben Santana, adjunct professor, allied health services
  • Emi Schuster, adjunct professor, adult education and foreign language
  • James Shaw, adjunct professor, psychology
  • Amy Simons, professor, nursing
  • Victoria Taylor, department chair and professor, fashion design
  • Allison Teegardin, instructional associate and adjunct professor, business, government & technical communication
  • David Thornberry, adjunct professor, art
  • Laura Trellue, adjunct professor, developmental reading
  • Robin Wells, adjunct professor, adult education and computer information technology
  • Lynne Wiesman, professor, American Sign Language-interpreter training
  • David Wilson, librarian, Library Services
  • Gary Wright, professor, dental hygiene

 

Summer 2020

  • Angela Niedermyer, adjunct faculty, communication studies
  • Anne Fletcher, adjunct professor, developmental writing
  • Barbara (Prema) Strecker, adjunct faculty, dental hygiene
  • Chad Henrichs, adjunct faculty, emergency medical services professions
  • Daira Wilson, professor, professional nursing
  • Joyce Tolofari, professor, professional nursing
  • Kristin Gebhard, adjunct professor, professional nursing
  • Laura May, adjunct faculty, student development
  • Lillian Huerta, adjunct faculty, student development
  • Megan McGregor, professor, history
  • Richard Espinosa, professor and department chair, allied health sciences
  • Samantha Soebbing, adjunct faculty, chemistry
  • Shelley Mitchell, professor, professional nursing
  • Tenea Harvey, associate professor, professional nursing

Yearlong 2020-2021

    • Aaron Delgado, adjunct professor, mathematics
    • Adrian Rodriguez, adjunct professor, physics, astronomy and engineering
    • Amy Moreland, adjunct professor, earth and environmental science
    • Amy Hopkins, adjunct professor, fashion design
    • Brittany Blomberg, adjunct professor, environmental science and technology
    • Carrie Kaplan, adjunct professor, drama
    • Carrie Gits, librarian, Library Services
    • Caryn Newburger, professor, English
    • Christina McCourt, librarian, Library Services
    • Courtney Ahrenholtz, associate professor, marketing
    • Elizabeth Warren, instructor and part-time program coordinator, continuing education
    • Erica Lindy, adjunct professor, fashion design
    • Gaye Shook-Hughes, adjunct professor, psychology
    • Helen Dailey, adjunct professor, student development
    • Hoda Tavakoli, adjunct professor, mathematics
    • James (Jed) Stephens, professor, communication studies
    • Jennifer Zuba, adjunct professor, English
    • Jeremy Donald, librarian, Library Services
    • JoAnn Schrass, adjunct professor, biology
    • Jorge Lopez-McKnight, librarian, Library Services
    • Katherine Stingley, adjunct professor, English and journalism
    • Kathleen Shapley, adjunct professor, business, government, technical communications and accounting
    • Katie Campbell, adjunct professor, child care and development
    • Kevin Clark, adjunct professor, communication studies & student development
    • Kristine Hollingsworth, adjunct professor, biology
    • Lindsay Rerecich, adjunct professor, English
    • Maria Kelly, professor, diagnostic medical imaging-radiology
    • Mary Havens, librarian, Library Services
    • Morgan Sanders, adjunct professor, music
    • Nancy Ejuma, adjunct professor, psychology
    • Natalie Andreas, adjunct professor, business, government & technical communications
    • Paul Smith, adjunct professor, exercise science, student development
    • Paula Talley, adjunct professor, mathematics and student development
    • Ranju Bimali, adjunct professor, professional nursing
    • Robert Milne, adjunct professor, government
    • Rubi Medina, adjunct professor, sociology and student development
    • Sadaf Sajjad, adjunct professor, psychology
    • Silke Morin, assistant professor, biology
    • Stephanie Martin, assistant professor, biology
    • Stephanie Todd, professor, professional nursing
    • Valeria Flint, adjunct professor, psychology
    • Zachary Denton, adjunct professor, government

Yearlong 2021-2022

    • Alina Satkoski, adjunct professor, earth and environmental science
    • Donna Moore, professor, allied health science
    • Elizabeth Maze, continuing education
    • Jen Herrell, professor, biology
    • Jennifer Laine, professor, professional nursing
    • Kristin Calhoun, adjunct professor, art
    • LaKisha Barrett, professor, biology
    • Lisa Marie Coppoletta, adjunct professor, communication studies
    • Meg Flemming, professor, biology
    • Nancy Heise, adjunct professor, communication studies
    • Pat Recek, adjunct professor, professional nursing
    • Sally Holl, professor, geographic information systems
    • Shellee O’Brien, adjunct professor, government

Summer 2022

    • Alana King, adjunct professor, composition and literary studies
    • Alexandra Watkins, adjunct professor, communication studies
    • Amy Velchoff, adjunct professor, student development
    • Ashley Valentino, professor, professional nursing
    • Carla Coleman, professor, composition and literary studies
    • Catherine Tien, adjunct professor, dental hygiene
    • Chelsee Sandaker, adjunct professor, jewelry
    • Chelsey Dankenbring, professor, biology
    • Joelle Lardi, adjunct professor, art
    • Karen Eisman, adjunct professor, computer science and information technology
    • Karina Hernandez, adjunct professor, vocational nursing
    • Kristina Todd, adjunct professor, jewelry
    • Luis Garza, retention coordinator, health sciences
    • Sarah Porter, adjunct professor, general studies
    • Sherry Heiden, professor, anthropology
    • Suzanna Gallehugh, adjunct professor, fashion design
    • Tammie Petersen, adjunct professor, health sciences

Yearlong 2022-2023

    • Aaron Lawhon, adjunct professor, composition and literary studies
    • Ana Maria Valle Rivera, professor, biology
    • Andrea Heckler, librarian, Library Services
    • Ann Palmer, adjunct professor, composition and literary studies
    • Janie Kang, adjunct professor, fashion design
    • Job Hammond, adjunct professor, real estate
    • Lisa Brown, adjunct professor, teacher certification
    • Mary Demellier, professor, professional nursing
    • Melissa De Los Santos, professor, vocational nursing
    • Rebecca Wood-Spagnoli, adjunct professor, visual communications
    • Stephanie Atkinson, adjunct professor, fashion design
    • Suzanne Mitchell, professor, psychology
    • Tomeica Johnson, adjunct professor, student development
    • Toyya Cisneros, librarian, Library Services