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Karla Hunter, a professor in the School of Communication and Journalism with over with 30 years of experience teaching in higher education, is the author of "Interpersonal Development: 21st Century Skills for the 'Real' and Virtual World" (Kendall Hunt, 2021). Her unique, evidence-based classroom activities help students cultivate self-efficacy, empowerment and resilience though optimizing their communication skills. She is honored to work with Center for Professional Enrichment and Teaching Excellence and grateful for the opportunity to broaden the scope of her service to faculty and students in other disciplines.

Srinivas Janaswamy is an associate professor of food chemistry. The art of learning is a responsibility shared between the instructor and the student, and the instructor assumes many roles to create an engaging and supportive environment in the classroom. Herein, the Center for Professional Enrichment and Teaching Excellence has been playing an undeniable and indispensable role in continuously adjusting instructors’ pedagogical skills and teaching styles, and in turn, allowing every student to learn and succeed; thus, he enjoys working with them the most.

Christine Larson is a professor in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics. She have served on the Center for Professional Enrichment and Teaching Excellence advisory board, helped with New Faculty Orientation, and is a Center for Professional Enrichment and Teaching Excellence Faculty Fellow for the Honors College. 

Gregory Michna is an associate professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering. He has served as a Center for Professional Enrichment and Teaching Excellence Faculty Fellow for two years. His passion is working with students to foster their mechanical engineering interests and skills, and he is excited to be working with the Center for Professional Enrichment and Teaching Excellence to help bring evidence-based teaching strategies to the Jerome J. Lohr College of Engineering.

Tiffany Niemann is a medical laboratory science instructor and laboratory coordinator with the College of Pharmacy and Allied Health Professions. She has a deep love for teaching those new to the profession through methodologies that truly relate to the current lives of her students. Niemann has a goal of continued learning and growth of her own teaching styles; taking advantage of all that the Center for Professional Enrichment and Teaching Excellence offers, including workshops and national conferences. Because of these opportunities, innovative and progressive teaching/learning strategies have been woven into her classes with much success. 

Mandy Orth is a lecturer and lab coordinator in the Department of Biology and Microbiology. She loves working with students to provide the foundation for their continued college experience and future careers. She is especially interested in pedagogy related to large-enrollment courses and is excited to work with the Center for Professional Enrichment and Teaching Excellence and the College of Natural Sciences on continued faculty professional development.

Annette Ray is a lecturer and simulation coordinator with the College of Nursing. She has a passion for nursing education and strive to demonstrate excellence in all teaching practices. As the SDSU College of Nursing's Center for Professional Enrichment and Teaching Excellence Faculty Fellow, she has collaborated with SDSU faculty from other colleges to create and identify valuable professional development learning opportunities. These experiences have afforded faculty the opportunity to prepare for professional accreditation exams, generate innovative teaching learning activities, and learn more about SDSU supportive resources available to all SDSU students, staff and faculty. What she enjoys most about being a Center for Professional Enrichment and Teaching Excellence Faculty Fellow is having an active role in supporting faculty professional development which in turn leads to improved learning outcomes for our students.

Katelyn Romsa is associate professor of counseling and human development at South à£à£Ö±²¥Ðã State University. Romsa is coordinator of the administration of student affairs (M.Ed.) and college counseling (M.S.) programs at SDSU. Katelyn loves working with the Center for Professional Enrichment and Teaching Excellence because they've helped her to identify and enhance her strengths as a faculty. She is grateful for their partnership and investment in developing faculty like herself.

Paula Carson has served as faculty at the College of Nursing at SDSU. Although she has formally retired, she continues to work as needed with nursing simulation during the semester. She enjoys her work with the Center for Professional Enrichment and Teaching Excellence because of the wonderful opportunities to meet and collaborate with faculty across the campus programs. She gets to observe a variety of creative teaching styles as well as offer her teaching experiences.

Cody Christensen is an associate professor in the School of Health and Human Sciences where he teaches in aviation. Christensen has worked with the Center for Professional Enrichment and Teaching Excellence office for many years and enjoys the benefits of learning new skills to increase student learning. He believes that active engagement by other professionals through a collaborative review process makes SDSU stronger and bolsters our reputation of developing phenomenal educators. As a faculty mentor, Christensen strives to provide positive feedback and help support colleagues across the campus.

Tracy Nelson has an Ed.D. in adult and higher education, an M.S. in educational administration and a B.S. in health, physical education, recreation and dance, specializing physical education, teacher education and a minor in health education, from SDSU. Nelson has taught physical education and heath (K-8), where she developed and taught a developmentally appropriate physical education and health curriculum. Recently, Nelson has developed and implemented a hybrid high school personal fitness and lifetime activities course. She coordinates the physical education teacher education program and instructs teacher candidates at South à£à£Ö±²¥Ðã State University.

Cody Wright is a professor in the Department of Animal Science, where he teaches courses in à£à£Ö±²¥Ðã nutrition, ruminant livestock production and integrated ranch management. He has been actively involved with the Center for Professional Enrichment and Teaching Excellence over the past decade as both a participant and as a Center for Professional Enrichment and Teaching Excellence Faculty Fellow and Faculty Mentor. As a mentor, Wright enjoys the opportunity to work with teaching faculty from all corners of campus. He is not only able to provide support for colleagues, but also gather creative ideas from the talented teachers he is fortunate to collaborate with, all with the goal of enhancing student learning.

Mary Bowne is a professor in the School of Education, Counseling and Human Development and the early childhood education coordinator. As a Center for Professional Enrichment and Teaching Excellence Faculty Mentor, Bowne enjoys working with a variety of colleagues across the university related to their teaching skills and strategies. She believes peer observations are a great tool as they provide an objective viewpoint to one’s teaching as well as unique strengths and potential ideas to strengthen one’s teaching skills and enhance student learning. She thinks these types of observations as well as the center’s unique opportunities and resources not only enhances one’s teaching and learning but also creates a community where teaching and learning are valued among colleagues. 

Liz Droke is an associate professor in the School of Health and Human Sciences, where she teaches courses in nutrition and dietetics, both face to face and online. She has been actively involved with the Center for Professional Enrichment and Teaching Excellence as a participant and now as a Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Fellow. Droke enjoys working with colleagues across various disciplines to provide support and to enhance student learning.