The ASSETT advisor position is designed to rotate among faculty members across the College of Arts and Sciences. The purpose is clear: ASSETT should be advised by different people as a means towards being聽more inclusive, more connected, and聽more responsive to the diversity of interests and pedagogical approaches encompassed聽by the incredible faculty, staff and students in the聽College.
It has been a pleasure to serve as a faculty advisor to ASSETT and I am especially thankful to all who participated in the Faculty Fellows program because I learned so much from you and gained an appreciation for the scope of the educational mission at CU. The Fellows include, in no particular order, Mona Attwa from Asian Languages and Carrie Vodenhnal of Environmental Studies聽with whom I hope to continue working on the gamification of curricula; Nabilah Carlon (CHEM), Becky Flowers and David Budd (GEOL), Michael Klymkowsky聽and Pamela Harvey聽(MCDB), Lee Robertson and Joseph Timmer (MATH), Rachael Simonetta (ENGL), Eliza Smith,聽Alina Ven Nelson and Suzanne Saurini聽(French and Italian), Gesel聽Mason and Donna Mejia (Dance), Cheryl Pinzone and Sam Flaxman (EBIO), Charles Hoeffer,聽Heidi Bustamante, and Jia She聽(IPHY), Rachael Baiduc and Jen Lewon (SLHS), Doug Duncan (APS), Rolf Norgaard, Lev Szentkiralyi, Christine McDonald, Lonnie Pierce聽(Writing and Rhetoric), Seth Wright (Sociology), Sarah Sokhey (Poitical Science), Avedan Raggio (Germanic and Slavic Languages), Lisa Dilling,聽Janet Donovan and Eve Hinckley聽(ENVS), McKell Carston (PSYC), Kira Hall (LING), Nicole Jobin (Sewall RAP), Kris Karnauskas (ATOC), David Paradis (HIST), and聽Brian Zaharatos (APPM). All of these people are developing education experts embedded in departments who should be consulted as often as possible when you or your聽unit plans to聽engage in activities designed to聽improve聽teaching and learning on campus. All of the fellows have much to offer. We work better when we work together.聽
Finally, I want to thank Amanda McAndrew who has been a fantastic and dedicated colleague and from whom I have learned how to be a better person and a better educator.聽
Thank you all for the opportunity to participate in developing community focused on education at CU.聽
I am always availabe to anyone who wants to think about, talk about, strategize about, or just whatever about education.聽
