Twenty-six individuals participated in Arkansas Tech University new faculty orientation at the outset of the fall 2020 semester.
The program is offered by the ATU Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning.
“We appreciate that these faculty members spent time learning about the university and their new roles at the university,” said Dr. Robin Lasey, director of the ATU Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning. “We know that it is a busy time getting ready for the start of the school year. Some of the participants were in the process of moving to a new home. We hope that they learned something useful and met other faculty across campus they can lean on for support.”
Some of the new faculty orientation programming was offered face-to-face, while some was offered in a virtual environment.
“New faculty orientation succeeded in its goals to build a cohort and get incoming faculty ready for their role at Arkansas Tech,” said Dr. Hanna Horton, assistant director of the ATU Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning. “The hybrid format proved to be an excellent training opportunity for faculty for in-class and hybrid experiences they will encounter this fall.”
Below are the fall 2020 ATU new faculty orientation participants:
- Afsana Ahamed, assistant professor of electrical engineering
- Dr. Surya Banerjee, assistant professor of biology
- Dr. Michael Bradley, associate professor of recreation and parks administration
- Brittany Burris, visiting instructor of nursing
- Dr. Jeffrey Cass, professor of English and dean of the College of Arts and Humanities
- Dr. Shahedur Chowdhury, assistant professor of finance
- Dr. Susan Colvin, assistant professor of fisheries science
- Dr. Chantell Corkern, assistant professor of nursing
- Dr. Theresa Cullen, professor of curriculum and instruction and head of the ATU Department of Curriculum and Instruction
- Dustin Dunnick, assistant professor of health and physical education
- Dr. Matthew Hankins, assistant professor of physics
- Dr. Chad Harwood, assistant professor of accounting
- Dr. Kristin Jaye Henderson, assistant professor of nursing
- Dr. Chih-Hsin Hsu, assistant professor of teaching English to speakers of other languages
- Manami Ishimura, visiting lecturer of art
- Dr. Joshua Lynch, assistant professor of anthropology
- Dr. Rohollah Moghadam, assistant professor of electrical engineering
- Dr. Scott O’Neil, assistant professor of English
- Christopher Sheach, visiting instructor of emergency management
- Krystal Shipp, visiting instructor of curriculum and instruction
- Jacob Siebach, assistant professor of geology
- Dr. Heather Stefanski, assistant professor of curriculum and instruction
- Dr. Suresh Subedi, assistant professor of biology
- Dr. Dana Tribble, assistant professor of student affairs administration
- Jonathan Welch, visiting assistant professor of art
- Dr. Georgeanna Wright, assistant professor of health information management and informatics
The ATU Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning continues to support new faculty throughout the academic year by offering a new faculty academy that meets twice per month.
Learn more about the ATU Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning at www.atu.edu/cetl.
