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2024-2025 Faculty Fellow Cohort

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Meridith Balas

Meridith Balas

Service Assistant Professor, Hardy Family Hospitality and Tourism Program John Chambers College of Business and Economics

Heritage Tourism
(HONR 207)

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Lara Farina

Lara Farina

Professor of English Eberly College of Arts and Sciences

Green Worlds: Plants and the Cultural Imaginary
(HONR 205A)

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Kelli George

Kelli George

Teaching Assistant Professor of Human Nutrition and Foods Davis College of Agriculture and Natural Resources

Human Nutrition
(HN&F 171, Honors add-on)

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Ryan Hansen

Ryan Hansen

Teaching Assistant Professor of Statistics Eberly College of Arts and Sciences

Visual Math and Data Science
(HONR 203A)

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Ron Reaser

Ron Reaser

Teaching Assistant Professor Benjamin M. Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resources

Social Deduction Games
(HONR 206A)

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Jayme Scally

Jayme Scally

Teaching Assistant Professor of Multidisciplinary Studies Eberly College of Arts and Sciences

The Appalachian Other
(HONR 207A)

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2023-2024 Faculty Fellow Cohort

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Robin Hensel

Teaching Professor, Fundamentals of Engineering Program Benjamin M. Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resources

As part of “People-Friendly Design,” students will explore techniques for human-centered design.

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Amy Hirshman

Associate Professor of Anthropology Eberly College of Arts and Sciences

As part of “People-Friendly Design,” students will explore techniques for human-centered design.

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Katie Jones

Associate Professor of Fashion Design and Merchandising College of Creative Arts and Media

In "Masculine Fashion," students will explore the history and culture of menswear and masculine dress styles across time and space

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Adam Komisaruk

Professor of English Eberly College of Arts and Sciences

During “Material Texts,” students will develop a consciousness of books as objects and a self-consciousness of the ways we interact with them.

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2022-2023 Faculty Fellow Cohort

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Atheer Almasri

Teaching Assistant Professor FUNDAMENTALS OF ENGINEERING, BENJAMIN M. STATLER COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND MINERAL RESOURCES

In "Climate Change via Excel," students will study climate change and global warming through data analysis using Microsoft Excel.

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Jonathon Beckmeyer

Assistant Professor COLLEGE OF APPLIED HUMAN SCIENCES

“Youth and Societal Change” explores contemporary positive youth development within the context of our evolving society.

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Cari Carpenter

Professor ENGLISH, EBERLY COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES

An interdisciplinary course rooted in Native American Studies, English and Ecocriticism, “Indigenous Ecostudies” focuses on the different techniques Indigenous people bring to studying the environment.

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Jason Manning

Associate Professor SOCIOLOGY, EBERLY COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES

“Collective Violence” will explore America’s largely forgotten history of collective violence, including execution by lynch mobs, rioting against minorities, rebellions against the government and small-scale wars between settlers and natives.

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Brianne Taylor

Assistant Professor SCHOOL OF THEATRE AND DANCE, COLLEGE OF CREATIVE ARTS

Examining the anatomy of accents, the social impact of speaking with an accent, and the responsibility of artistic application in mainstream media is the primary exploration of “Artistry in the Accent.”

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Dan Totzkay

Assistant Professor COMMUNICATION STUDIES, EBERLY COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES

This course applies social science and public health communication research and theory to understand health disparities and how to better address them.

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