Cohorts

Kathy Berlin, Associate Professor, Director of Undergraduate Program, School of Health & Human Sciences
Project: Digital Literacy - Empowering Faculty for Student Success 

Katherine Brinkmeyer, Visiting Lecturer in English, School of Liberal Arts
Project: Providing Pre-Admission Support for International Students at IU Indianapolis

Marianne Cardwell, Director of Geoinformatics, The Polis Center

Elizabeth Cassell, Director of Graduate Affairs, Adjunct Instructor, School of Informatics and Computing
Project: Supporting Students with a Graduate Peer Mentor Program

Kimberley Coles, Associate Director of Administration, School of Medicine
Project: Creating a 12-month onboarding process for staff in the Department of Emergency Medicine

Alissa Conklin, Assistant Professor of Clinical Obstetrics and Gynecology, School of Medicine
Project: Mentorship in Research and Promotion & Tenure for Clinical Faculty

Melissa Evans, Director of Development, School of Dentistry
Project: International Dentist Program (IDP)

Sara Griffin, Social Media Specialist, IU Studios
Project: Creating a Student Advisory Group for IU Indianapolis marketing materials

Carrie Hagan, Clinical Associate Professor of Law, McKinney School of Law
Project: Creating a Strategic Plan for Experiential Education at McKinney School of Law

Julie Ji, Director of the Graduate Program, Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering, School of Engineering and Technology
Project: Envisioning a Purdue Indianapolis BME Graduate Program

Alyssa Luna, Senior Assistant Director of Recruitment and Outreach, Office of Admissions
Project: Division of Enrollment Management Staff Mentorship Program

Chaunteia Marshall, Financial Administrative Specialist - Business Manager, School of Medicine
Project: Community Volunteering

Shannon McCullough, Assistant Dean of Admissions and Student Affairs, Adjunct Professor, Herron School of Art + Design
Project: Creating a Culture of Care: Peer Ambassadors for Mental Health at Herron School of Art & Design

Wendy Morrison, Associate Professor, School of Liberal Arts
Project: Supporting At-Risk Students, in Times of Instructor Resource Constraints

Kim Raby, Events Sales and Planning Manager, IU Indianapolis Event and Conference Services
Project: Jag Bag Legacy Kit

Angela Ritchie, Clinical Assistant Professor, School of Dentistry
Project: Enhancing Pre-Graduate Dental Education: There is More than Just Teeth in the Oral Cavity

Megan Siehl, Director of Clinical Placement and Coordination, School of Nursing
Project: Piloting the Harm Prevention Partners Program with Nursing Fundamentals Students

Robert Smith, Associate Director of Onboarding and Career Development, Kelley School of Business
Project: Strategies to Engage Employer Partners in the Classroom

Yves Ambroise, Assistant Director of Outreach and Community Services, Counseling and Psychological Services, Division of Student Affairs
Project: Peer Support Communities (PSC)

Sarah Glener, Director of Admissions and Scholarship Programs, Honors College, Division of Undergraduate Education
Project: Developing a Strong Community of Scholars

Virgil Gregory, Associate Professor, School of Social Work
Project: Professional Student Organization for African American Research (PSO FAAR)

Enjoli Hampton-Brown, Associate Director of Professional Development and Engagement, Kelley School of Business
Project: Developing Career Focused Pre-College Programs

Deanna Hart, Director of Student Success for Graduate and Professional Programs, School of Health and Human Sciences
Project: Implementing AdRx for Graduate Programs

Monica Henry, Associate Director, IU Indianapolis Graduate Office
Project: Increasing Capacity of Graduate Education through Accelerated Bachelor's to Master's Programs

Laura Holzman, Associate Professor and Public Scholar of Curatorial Practices and Visual Art, School of Liberal Arts and Herron School of Art and Design
Project: Strengthening Formal Relationships for Interdisciplinary Collaboration

Christine Kung’u, Assistant Director of Interpersonal Violence Prevention and Response, Counseling and Psychological Services, Division of Student Affairs
Project: Know More: Preventing Sexual and Intimate Partner Violence

Tiffany S. Kyser, Associate Director for Engagement & Partnerships, Midwest & Plains Equity Assistance Center, School of Education
Project: Equity World Cafe Institutes: Towards an Intersectional Anti-Racist Agenda for Realizing Education Justice for All

Shaina Lawrence, Assistant Director, Student Advocacy and Support, Division of Student Affairs
Project: Childcare Resources for IU Indianapolis Students with Dependents

Deanne Ludwig, Senior Business Manager, Division of Clinical Pharmacology, School of Medicine
Project: Business Managers and Soft Skills Development

Emily McLaughlin, Clinical Associate ProfessorofInterior Design, School of Engineering and Technology
Project: Adjunct Faculty Resources: Creating a Web Repository

Pamela L. Morris, Assistant Professor of Communication Studies, Division of Liberal Arts, IU Columbus
Project: Media Literacy Across the Curriculum

Darrell D. Nickolson, Clinical Assistant Professorof Architectural Technology, School of Engineering and Technology
Project: Expanding STEM in Underrepresented K-12 Through Core Teacher Training

Danielle Tate McMillan, Assistant Director of Special Programs, Multicultural Center, Division of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
Project: IMPACT: Creating an On-Campus Summer Experience for Students of Color

Lauren Pena, Associate Director of Student Recruitment, Robert H. McKinney School of Law
Project: Bringing Disability to your Diversity Conversation

Jaime Sperandio, Director of Pre-Professionaland Career Advising, School of Science
Project: Developing Professional Readiness in Science Students

Cassandra Williams, Clinical Assistant Professor, School of Liberal Arts
Project: Changing the Role of Academic Units: Recruiting and Retaining African American Students

Lin Zheng, Clinical Associate Professor of Accounting, Kelley School of Business
Project: Building a Supporting Network: Virtual Exchange Community of Practice

Javier Barrera Cervantes, Webmaster and Marketing Coordinator, School of Education
Project: Moving From Crisis Remote Learning into Cross Reality (XR) Learning

Laura Bergdoll, Associate Director of Financial Management, School of Medicine
Project: Building Connections between IU Medicine Research Administrators to Break Down Silos and Share Best Practices

Sharice Booker, Director of Graduate Programs, School of Education
Project: Grad S.T.E.P. “Increasing Enrollment by Exploring Recruitment from Within”

Chandra D. Dyson, Assistant Dean for Student Services, School of Nursing
Project: A Mentored Research Program to Recruit, Retain, and Build Confidence in Underserved, Underrepresented Nursing Students

Mark Jaime, Assistant Professor of Psychology, IU Columbus
Project: A Mentored Research Program to Recruit, Retain, and Build Confidence in Underserved, Underrepresented Nursing Students

Sally Krause, Director of Marketing and Strategic Communication, School of Nursing
Project: Reconsidering Remote Work for IUSON Staff in a Post-Pandemic Workplace

Ina McBean, Assistant Dean for Diversity and Student Success, School of Dentistry
Project: Diversity Pre-Dent Scholars Program

Laura Masterson, Director of Student Engagement and Success, School of Health and Human Sciences
Project: Insights Into Attrition of Students Placed on Academic Warning or Probation

Kenzie Mintus, Assistant Professor of Sociology, School of Liberal Arts
Project: Promoting Liberal Arts Health-Related Curricula

Niki Munk, Assistant Professor of Health Sciences, School of Health and Human Sciences
Project:  Improving Massage Access for Medically Underserved Populations while Building Sustainable Careers for Underrepresented Students and Massage Therapists

Thu Suong Thi Nguyen, Interim Chair and Associate Professor of Educational Leadership & Policy Studies, School of Education

Nicole Oglesby, Director of Strategic Neighborhood Alliances for P-20 Education, Office of Community Engagement
Project: Equity of Opportunity: Positively Impacting Students and Families across the State

Ukamaka M. Oruche, Associate Professor of Community and Health Systems, School of Nursing
Project: Educational QUality-improvement in APRN Learning: Reducing Health Inequities for ALL Program (EQUAL-ALL Program)

Loukisha Porter, Assistant Director of Student Development, School of Science
Project: Designing an Online Training Course for Peer Advisors

Eugene Pride III, Associate Director for Enrollment Management and Diversity Initiatives, Paul H. O'Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs
Project: I Claim to be Strategic, but am I?

Anusha Rao, Assistant Director, Center for Teaching and Learning
Project: Showcase of Reflections and Work of Emerging Leaders of Resilient Teaching and Learning

Becky Schlomann, Assistant Director of Recruiting and Admissions, Evening MBA Program, Kelley School of Business
Project: Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee at Kelley School of Business at IU Indianapolis

Tonya L. Shelton, Program Director of Diversity Undergraduate Research Programs, Division of Undergraduate Education

Diana Sims-Harris, Director of Student Affairs, School of Science
Project: Promoting Student Success in Science First Year Seminars

Valerie A. Strunk, Director of Clinical Education and Associate Clinical Professor of Physical Therapy, School of Health and Human Services
Project: School of Health and Human Sciences Diversity Equity and Inclusion Strategic Plan

Rachel Wheeler, Associate Professor of Religious Studies, School of Liberal Arts
Project: Responding to COVID

Lisa Angermeier, Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Kinesiology, School of Health & Human Sciences
Project: Creating a Faculty Mentoring Infrastructure for Teaching Excellence in the School of Health and Human Sciences

Amanda L. Bonilla, Assistant Director for Social Justice Education, Division of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
Project: Creating Cultural Competence through Canvas: A Look at Creating Online Diversity Trainings

Jennifer Conner, Division Head and Associate Professor of Language Education, IU Columbus
Project: Responding to an Accreditation Stipulation as a New Leader with a New Faculty

Natasha Flowers, Clinical Associate Professor, Teacher Education, School of Education
Project: CC-ME (See Me): A Collective for the Critical Mass in Education

Silvia Garcia, Assistant Director for Research, Office of Community Engagement
Project: From Community Placed Research to Community Engaged Research: How IU Indianapolis Faculty Engages the Community in Research Activities

Beth Goodman, Assistant Director of Undergraduate Student Services, Department of Psychology, School of Science
Project: Creating a Model for Using Peer Advisors in First-Year Seminars

Tabitha M. Hardy, Assistant Dean for Student Development and Academic Affairs, University Graduate School
Project: A Multifaceted Approach to Addressing Graduate Student Mental Health

Heather Hennen, Business Manager, Department of Medicine – Division of General Internal Medicine and Geriatrics, School of Medicine
Project: Staff Professional Development across Clinical and Academic Entities

Marva Hunt, Director of Undergraduate Programs, Kelley School of Business, Indianapolis
Project: Parent/Caregiver College Education Program

Soonhwan Lee, Associate Professor, School of Health & Human Sciences
Project: Developing a Preliminary Plan: Increasing the Number of International Undergraduate Students at IU Indianapolis

Breanca Merritt, Senior Research Analyst, IU Public Policy Institute, School of Public and Environmental Affairs
Project: Pro Bono Research and Evaluation Clinic: Engaging Students, Community, and Researchers

Molly Morin, Program Manager, Leading Informatics for Tomorrow (LiFT) Scholars Program, School of Informatics and Computing
Project: Better Understanding the Experiences of Full-Time Women of Color Professional Staff at IU Indianapolis

Jomo W. Mutegi, Associate Professor, Science Education, School of Education
Project: The STEM Learning Lab as a Vehicle for Undergraduate Research, Graduate Student Development and Faculty Productivity

Hongmei Nan, Associate Professor, Department of Epidemiology, Richard M. Fairbanks School of Public Health
Project: Examples of Community Engaged Research

Julie L. Otte, Associate Professor, Department of Science of Nursing Care, School of Nursing
Project: Creating an Enrollment Management Plan for the IU School of Nursing PhD Program

Karen Rogers, Compliance and Privacy Officer, Dentistry Administration, School of Dentistry
Project: Planning for our Future in the School of Dentistry

Sharmin Taylor, Department Business Administrator, Department of Oral Surgery and Hospital Dentistry, School of Dentistry
Project: The Pathway to Success for Minority Dental Assisting Students

Jennifer Williams, Director of Career Services, School of Engineering and Technology
Project: Collaborating for Student Success: An Integrated Model of Academic Advising and Career Services

Ronda Henry Anthony, Associate Professor, Departments of English and Africana Studies, Director of Africana Studies, IU School of Liberal Arts, IU Indianapolis
Project: The Center for the Study of Undergraduate Researchers of Color

Michelle Benberry, Special Projects Manager and Unit Liaison, Office of the IU Vice President of Engagement

Silvia Bigatti, Associate Professor, Department of Social and Behavior Sciences, IU Richard M. Fairbanks School of Public Health, IU Indianapolis
Project: Faculty Well-Being at IU Indianapolis

Leslie Bowles, Associate Director of Annual Giving and Stewardship, IU Indianapolis School of Engineering and Technology

Leslie A Bozeman, Director of Curriculum Internationalization, IU Indianapolis Office of International Affairs
Project: Curriculum Internationalization Development Abroad Program for Faculty, Staff, and Administrators

Gwen Chastain, Director of Educational Partnerships and Student Success, IU Indianapolis Division of Student Affairs
Project: Holistic Approaches for Professional Development for the Division of Student Affairs

Andrea Copeland, Associate Professor and Interim Chair, Department of Library and Information Science, IU School of Informatics and Computing, Indianapolis
Project: The SoIC Junior Faculty’s Assessment of Early Career Support

Yvonne Dutton, Associate Professor of Law, IU Robert H. McKinney School of Law
Project: Assessing Online Programming

Tasha Gilson, Associate Executive Director of Research and Graduate Education, IU Indianapolis School of Science
Project: Staff Onboarding

Emily Hardwick, Director of Research Operations, Office of Research Support, IU School of Nursing
Project: Staff Onboarding

Marjorie Rush Hovde, Associate Professor of Technical Communication, Department of Technology Leadership and Communication, IU Indianapolis School of Engineering and Technology
Project: Improving recruiting of graduate students in the Department of Technology Leadership & Communication

Pierre-Andre Jacinthe, Professor, Department of Earth Sciences, Director of the Center for Earth and Environmental Sciences, IU Indianapolis School of Science
Project: Funding sources diversification to sustain science education at the Center for Earth and Environmental Science

Sharon Kandris, Associate Director, The Polis Center, IU School of Liberal Arts, IU Indianapolis
Project: Enhancing Data-informed Planning and Decision Making at IU Indianapolis

Mary Maluccio, Associate Professor of Surgery, Director of the Transplant Immunology Laboratory, IU School of Medicine
Project: Defining a strategy for integrating palliative care services into the outpatient clinic setting

Karen Sookyung Myung, Assistant Professor of Orthopedics, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, IU School of Medicine
Project: Developing a Riley Hospital for Children Pediatric Spine Center of Excellence

Godwin Charles Ogbeide, Associate Professor; Department of Tourism, Convention and Event Management; IU Indianapolis School of Physical Education and Tourism Management
Project: Overcoming Apathy-Developing a Culture of Effectiveness

Iyabode Okoro, Team Coordinator/Student Success Advisor, IU Indianapolis University College Education and Tourism Management
Project: University College - Moving the Needle on Retention

Kathleen Stanton-Nichols, Associate Professor, Department of Kinesiology, IU Indianapolis School of Physical
Project: Developing Publically Engaged Scholarship Criteria for Promotion and Tenure

Brian Starkel, Assistant Director for Leadership Development and Civic Engagement, IU Indianapolis Division of Student Affairs
Project: Holistic Approaches for Professional Development for the Division of Student Affairs

Morgan Studer, Director of Faculty and Community Resources, IU Indianapolis Center for Service and Learning
Project: Developing a New Framework to Move from Community BASED Work-Study to Community ENGAGED Work-Study

Tamra O. Wright, Director of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion; Lecturer; IU School of Public and Environmental Affairs, Indianapolis
Project: SPEA Innovation Board Fellows Program

Cortnee Yarbrough, Director of Development, IU Indianapolis University Library
Project: Applying Alumni Survey to Development Strategy

Brenda Blacklock, Senior Lecturer, Chemistry and Chemical Biology, School of Science
Project: A Mentoring Program for Lecturers in the School of Science

Richard Bray, Director, Faith Based Partnerships and Economic Development, Office of Community Engagement, and Assistant Director, Undergraduate Recruitment, Division of Enrollment Management
Project: Pathway for Employee Development, Retention, and Sustainability

Anna Carmon, Assistant Professor of Communication Studies, IU Columbus
Project: Boarding and Membership Program for New Tenure-track Faculty at IU Columbus

Jennifer Custer, Programs Manager, Underserved Medicine and ENLACE Global Health, School of Medicine
Project: Do No Harm: Creating International Service Learning Experience for Interdisciplinary and Interprofessional Learners

Janie Faulkner, Director of Finance and Administration, Office of Community Engagement
Project: Best Practices for Successful Reorganization (What Leadership should know regarding the areas of Human Resource & Fiscal Management)

Carolyn Gentle-Genitty, Associate Professor, Director BSW Program, School of Social Work
Project: ROAR-Development of an IU Indianapolis Registry of Options and Resources for Students, Faculty, and Staff: Support Beyond Financial Aid

Julie Goodspeed-Chadwick, Director, Office of Student Research, Associate Professor of English, IU Columbus
Project: Office for Women at IU Columbus

Roxanne Gregg, Director, TRIO Upward Bound, University College/Division of Undergraduate Education
Project: Using Mentoring to Assist with College Success

Jennifer Guiliano, Assistant Professor of History, School of Liberal Arts
Project: Modeling Net Income for Departmental Growth

James Hill, Associate Professor of Computer and Information Science, School of Science
Project: Center for Software and Innovation

Coretta King, Assistant Director of Leadership, Division of Student Affairs
Project: Tools for Reinforcing, Recognizing, and Promoting Employee Growth or Development

Karen Lee, Director of Academic Affairs and Strategic Initiatives, Office of Academic Affairs
Project: Project Management at IU Indianapolis

Kimberly Lewis, Associate Registrar, Division of Enrollment Management
Project: Academic Advisement Report Standardization at IU Indianapolis

Willow King Locke, Director, Pre-Professional and Career Advising, School of Science
Project: Building Social and Cultural Capital through Career Exploration and Engagement

Willie Miller, Assistant Librarian, Informatics and Journalism, University Library
Project: The Case for University Library Renovation

Amy Powell, Director, Themed Learning Communities, University College/Division of Undergraduate Education
Project: Using a Taxonomy for Program Scale-up with Fidelity

Mary Price, Director of Faculty Development, Center for Service and Learning, Office of Community Engagement
Project: Coaching Toolkit for Promotion and Tenure Planning for Community-engaged Scholars

Priya Thomas, Clinical Assistant Professor and Clinic Director, Comprehensive Care Clinic, School of Dentistry
Project: Diversity in Admissions at IUSD

Carol Riley Thompson, Associate Director for Graduate Medical Education, School of Medicine
Project: Pathway for Employee Development, Retention, and Sustainability

Marsha VanNahmen, Assistant Director, Center for Teaching and Learning, IU Columbus
Project: Dissemination and Sustainability of Funded Initiatives

Emily Werner, Coordinator of Health and Wellness Initiatives, Division of Student Affairs

Aimee Zoeller, Lecturer of Sociology, and Coordinator of Sociology and Women's Studies Program, IU Columbus
Project: Integrating Sexual Violence Prevention into the Curriculum 

Tina Baich, Associate Librarian, University Library
Project: University Library Mentoring Program

Shawn Boyne, Professor of Law, McKinney School of Law
Project: IU McKinney Summer Pre-Orientation: Pointing Students in the Right Direction

Susannah Gawor, Director, Graduate Business Programs in Medicine, Kelley School of Business
Project: Implementing a Constituent Relationship Management System for the Kelley Indianapolis Graduate Programs

Kathleen Hanna, Associate Librarian, University Library

Wayne Hilson, Director of Multicultural Academic Relations, Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Project: Development of an Affinity Faculty/Staff Councils Assessment Infrastructure at IU Indianapolis: Phase 1

Tara Hobson-Prater, Director, Indiana Biomedical Gateway Program for Ph.D. Study, School of Medicine
Project: Choosing the Biomedical Professoriate: Fractured Pipelines, Pitfalls, and Perceptions of Career Outcomes

James O. Jackson, II, Laboratory Operations Manager, School of Medicine/Neurosciences Administration
Project: Increasing Communication in the Stark Neuroscience Research Institute

Komal Kochhar, Research Analyst, Department of Family Medicine, School of Medicine
Project: Medical Education Pipeline: A Process to Improve Data Collection and Communication

Daniella Kostroun, Associate Professor of History, School of Liberal Arts
Project: Chairing the Department of History

Marilyn Kuhn, Chief Operating Officer, Lilly Family School of Philanthropy
Project: Spaces, Faces, and Places Would you Want to Work Here?

Kimdy Le, Assistant Professor of Psychology, IU Columbus
Project: Needs Assessment for an IU Columbus Office Supporting Women

Stephanie Leslie, Director of Study Abroad, Office of International Affairs
Project: Expanding and Enhancing Study Abroad at IU Indianapolis

Asha McCauley, Special Programs Coordinator, SPAN Program, University College/Division of Undergraduate Education
Project: Developing Resiliency for Academic Success

Joan Poulsen, Associate Professor and Director, Undergraduate Psychology Program, IU Columbus
Project: Lessons Learned from Leadership in the Columbus Faculty Mentoring Program

Elizabeth Ramos, Clinical Assistant Professor of Periodontics and Allied Dental Programs, School of Dentistry
Project: Improving the Oral Health of Hoosiers: A collaborative effort between the IU School of Dentistry and the Indiana State Department of Health

Keva Rop, Business Manager, Ruth Lilly Medical Library, School of Medicine

Tammy Sajdyk, Associate Research Professor in Psychiatry, School of Medicine, and CTSI Chief Navigator, IU Indianapolis
Project: Can We Help Our Junior Faculty Succeed?

Damon Spight, Administrative Support Specialist, Office of Academic Affairs, School of Dentistry
Project: Engaging Civility in Multiculturalism

Anibal Torres Bernal, Assistant Professor of Psychology and Mental Health Counseling, IU Columbus
Project: Becoming an Academic Program Director

Crystal Walcott, Associate Professor, Division of Education, IU Columbus
Project: Reimagining the IU Columbus Center for Teaching and Learning