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CUES Staff

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​​​​​Guada Lozano
Director and Endowed Chair, CUES
Director, External Relations, School of Mathematical Sciences
Research Professor of Mathematics
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Amy Kimme Hea
Acting Co-Director, CUES (Spring/Summer 2025)
Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Student Success, College of Social and Behavioral Sciences
Professor, English

Advisory Board Member, CUES

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​​​​​Vicente Talanquer
Acting Co-Director, CUES (Spring 2025)
University Distinguished Professor
Professor, Chemistry and Biochemistry

Advisory Board Member, CUES

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Jana Kalnins
Program Coordinator, CUES
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Nina Bates
Director, Operations and Strategic Initiatives

CUES Advisory Board

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Sanlyn Buxner
Associate Research Professor, Teaching, Learning & Sociocultural Studies

Advisory Board Member, CUES

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Sonia Colina
Director, National Center for Interpretation
Regents Professor, Spanish and Portuguese

Advisory Board Member, CUES

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James Hunt
Senior Assistant Dean, Career and Academic Services, CALS
Associate Professor of Practice, Family and Consumer Sciences

Advisory Board Member, CUES

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Ronald Marx
Interim Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost
Advisory Board Member, CUES (ex officio)

 

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Matthew Mugmon
Associate Professor, Music
Associate Professor, Applied Intercultural Arts Research - GIDP
Advisory Board Member, CUES
2019 CUES Distinguished Fellow

2024 CUES Distinguished Fellows

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Jennifer Jenkins
Professor, Southwest Studies Center
Professor, English
2024 CUES Distinguished Fellow

 

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Emily Jo Schwaller
Assistant Professor of Practice, University Center for Assessment, Teaching & Technology (UCATT)
Assistant Director, Writing Across the Curriculum
2024 CUES Distinguished Fellow

 

2024 CUES Spanning Boundaries Teams

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A linguistically responsive Teaching Assistant (TA) training model

Shelley Staples, Professor, English; Professor, Second Language Acquisition/Teaching - GIDP; Julieta Fernández, Associate Professor, Spanish and Portuguese; Christine Tardy, Professor, English; Associate Director, Writing Program; Ana Carvalho, Professor, Spanish and Portuguese; Professor, Second Language Acquisition/Teaching - GIDP; Cassidy Reis, Lecturer, Spanish and Portuguese; Shelley Rodrigo, Writing Specialist, English; Senior Director, Writing Program

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Composite headshots of 2024 CUES Spanning Boundaries Team members: Corin Gray, Arin Haverland, Emily Dykstra, Susan Hester, Sarah Grace, Elizabeth Eadie, John Kanady, Daniel McNabney, Lisa Rezende, Allyson Roof, Alma Tejeda Padron, Laura Van Dorn
Teaching teams as communities supporting student belongingness and self-efficacy

Corin Gray, Assistant Professor of Practice, Molecular and Cellular Biology; Arin Haverland, Assistant Professor of Practice, Environmental Science; Emily Dykstra, Director, Introductory Biology Labs; Susan Hester, Assistant Professor of Practice, Molecular & Cellular Biology; Sarah Grace, Assistant Professor of Practice, Psychology; Elizabeth Eadie, Associate Professor of Practice, Anthropology; John Kanady, Senior Lecturer, Physiology; Daniel McNabney, Senior Lecturer, Physiology; Lisa Rezende, Associate Professor of Practice, Molecular & Cellular Biology; Allyson Roof, Senior Lecturer, Physiology; Alma Tejeda Padron, Assistant Professor of Practice, Psychology; Laura Van Dorn, Associate Professor of Practice, Chemistry & Biochemistry

2023 CUES Distinguished Fellows

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Alex Braithwaite
Professor, School of Government & Public Policy
Associate Director, School of Government & Public Policy
2023 CUES Distinguished Fellow

 

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Katrina Henry
Assistant Professor of Practice, Environmental Science
2023 CUES Distinguished Fellow

 

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Li Xu
Professor, Applied Computing & Computer Science
2023 CUES Distinguished Fellow

 

2022 CUES Distinguished Fellows

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Kathleen Kennedy
Associate Professor of Practice, Retailing & Consumer Sciences
2022 CUES Distinguished Fellow

 

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Shelley Rodrigo
Associate Writing Specialist, Department of English
Senior Director, Writing Program
2022 CUES Distinguished Fellow

 

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Caleb Simmons
Associate Professor, Religious Studies/Classics
Director, General Studies Program
2022 CUES Distinguished Fellow

 

2022 CUES Spanning Boundaries Team

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Caitlyn Hall
Assistant Professor of Practice, Biosystems Engineering
2022 CUES Spanning Boundaries Challenge Grantee

 

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Nicole Antebi
Assistant Professor, Illustration and Animation
2022 CUES Spanning Boundaries Challenge Grantee

 

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Aaron Bugaj
Senior Research Specialist, Biosphere 2
2022 CUES Spanning Boundaries Challenge Grantee

 

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Lysette Davi
Assistant Director, Honors Global Experience
2022 CUES Spanning Boundaries Challenge Grantee

 

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Laura Horley
Associate Director, Communications, W.A. Franke Honors College
2022 CUES Spanning Boundaries Challenge Grantee

 

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Kenneth Kokroko
Assistant Professor, Landscape Architecture
2022 CUES Spanning Boundaries Challenge Grantee

 

2021 CUES Distinguished Fellows

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Jonathan Bean
Assistant Professor, Architecture & Sustainable Built Environments
Affiliated Faculty, Marketing & Architectural Engineering
2021 CUES Distinguished Fellow

 

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Janine Hinton
Clinical Assistant Professor, Nursing
Director, Steele Innovative Learning Center
2021 CUES Distinguished Fellow

 

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Jessica Retis
Associate Professor, Journalism
Director, Master's in Bilingual Journalism
2021 CUES Distinguished Fellow

 

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Aresta Tsosie-Paddock
Assistant Professor, American Indian Studies
Assistant Professor, Linguistics
2021 CUES Distinguished Fellow

 

2020 CUES Distinguished Fellows

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Molly Bolger
Associate Professor, Molecular & Cellular Biology
2020 CUES Distinguished Fellow

 

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Diana Daly
Assistant Professor, School of Information
Director, Undergraduate and Individual Studies, School of Information
2020 CUES Distinguished Fellow

 

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William Paul Simmons
Professor, Gender and Women's Studies
Director, Human Rights Practice Program
2020 CUES Distinguished Fellow

 

2020 CUES Spanning Boundaries Team

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Anne Boustead
Assistant Professor, School of Government & Public Policy
2020 CUES Spanning Boundaries Challenge Grantee

 

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Victor Braitberg
Assistant Professor, W.A. Franke Honors College
Assistant Professor, School of Anthropology
2020 CUES Spanning Boundaries Challenge Grantee

 

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David Sidi
Ph.D. Candidate, School of Information
2020 CUES Spanning Boundaries Challenge Grantee

 

2019 CUES Distinguished Fellows

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Bryan Carter
Associate Professor, Africana Studies
Director, Center for Digital Humanities
2019 CUES Distinguished Fellow

 

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Matthew Mugmon
Assistant Professor, Music
Daveen Fox Endowed Chair (2017-19)
2019 CUES Distinguished Fellow

 

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John Pollard
Associate Professor of Practice, Chemistry & Biochemistry
Assistant Dean, W.A. Franke Honors College
2018, 2019 CUES Distinguished Fellow

 

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Shelley Staples
Associate Professor, English
Associate Professor, Second Language Acquisition / Teaching - GIDP
2019 CUES Distinguished Fellow

 

2018 CUES Distinguished Fellows

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Mahmoud Azaz
Assistant Professor, School of Middle Eastern and North African Studies
2018 CUES Distinguished Fellow

 

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Paul Blowers
University Distinguished Professor, Chemical & Environmental Engineering
Professor, Public Health
2018 CUES Distinguished Fellow

 

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Cheryl Lacasse
Clinical Professor, Nursing
Director, Teaching/Learning Practice and Evaluation
2018 CUES Distinguished Fellow

 

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Brian Mayer
Associate Professor, Sociology
Associate Professor, Public Health
2018 CUES Distinguished Fellow

 

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Vignesh Subbian
Assistant Professor, Biomedical Engineering
Assistant Professor, Systems and Industrial Engineering
2018 CUES Distinguished Fellow