ACUE Program at UTSA
UTSA is proud to partner with the UT System and the Association of College and University Educators (ACUE) to offer faculty certificates and microcredential opportunities to explore and adopt evidence-based teaching practices that promote student success.
Opportunities for Faculty
Explore ACUE courses to enhance faculty development and boost student success through professional development opportunities that prioritize high-quality instruction.
AY 2024-2025
- Effective Teaching Practices, length is 9-10 months, starts January 27, 2025
- Effective Online Teaching Practices, length is 9-10 months, starts January 27, 2025
- Promoting Active Learning, length is 6-8 weeks, starts March 17, 2025
- Designing Learner-Centered Courses, length is 6-8 weeks, starts June 2,2025
AY 2025-2026
- Effective Teaching Practices, length is 9-10 months, beginning Fall 2025
- Promoting Active Learning, length is 6-8 weeks, beginning Fall 2025
- Inspiring Inquiry and Preparing Life-Long Learners, length is 6-8 weeks, Spring 2026
- Creating a Productive Learning Environment, length is 7-8 weeks, Summer 2026
- Designing Learner-Centered Courses, length is 6-8 weeks, starts June 2, 2025
Please fill out this form to share your interest:
ACUE Program Interest Form
If you have questions or would like to learn more about the ACUE courses, please join the Informative Sessions. Schedule your session at this link.
Explore the Opportunities Available at the UT System
Faculty and graduate students can register in one of the following microcredential courses offered through the UT System. Visit the UT System ACUE portal to find the list of courses and enroll in a course.
2024 Movement Maker Award
Additionally, the ACUE team honored the University of Texas System as a 2024 Movement Maker at the National Higher Education Teaching Conference (NHETC). This award celebrates exceptional advocacy for teaching excellence and embodies leadership and a steadfast commitment to student success and the Great Teaching Movement. The National Association of Higher Education Systems (NASH) presented the inaugural System Teaching Award to the Texas State University System for its exemplary faculty and staff development practices focused on teaching quality.
Our Faculty Testimonies
Meet the UTSA Faculty who have earned an ACUE microcredentials
- Deepa Chandrasekaran: Department of Marketing
- Stacy Conrad: Department of Accounting
- Kimberly Massaro: Department of Management Science and Statistics
- Min Wang: Department of Management Science and Statistics
- Wenbo Wu: Department of Management Science and Statistics
- Wenjing Yao: Department of Management Science and Statistics
ACUE Teaching Fellows:
- Robert Castaneda: Department of Information Systems
- Daniel Davied: Department of Marketing
- David Han: Department of Management Science and Statistics
- Rita Mitra: Department of Information Systems and Cyber Security
- Laura Sheehy: Department of Educational Technology
- Linda Vaello: Department of Accounting
- Marco Villarreal: Department of Information Systems
- Yi-Fan Li: Department of Interdisciplinary Learning
- RaLynn McGuire: Department of Interdisciplinary Learning
- Alex Mejia: Department of Bicultural and Bilingual Studies
ACUE Teaching Fellows:
- Sidury Christiansen: Department of Bicultural and Bilingual Studies
- Maria Gonzales: Department of Interdisciplinary Learning
- John Harrichand: Department of Counseling
- Vittorio Marone: Department of Interdisciplinary Learning and Teaching
- Priscilla Prasath: Department of Counselling
- Heather Trepal: Department of Counselling
- Victor Villarreal: Department of Educational Psychology
- Tanveer Bhuiyan: Department of Mechanical Engineering
- Chris Combs: Department of Mechanical Engineering
- Morteza Seidi: Department of Mechanical Engineering
ACUE Teaching Fellows:
- Omar Abbaas: Department of Mechanical Engineering
- August Allo: Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
- Ibukun Awolusi: Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Construction Management
- Jiannan Cai: Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Construction Management
- Guenevere Chen: Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
- Ao Du: Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Construction Management
- Mario Flores: Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
- Henry Griffith: Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
- Vikram Kapoor: Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Construction Management
- Joel Mejia: Department of Biomedical Engineering and Chemical Engineering
- David Matiella: Department of Architecture + Planning
- Ashok Nedungadi: Department of Mechanical Engineering
- Shrihari Sankarasubramanian: Department of Biomedical Engineering and Chemical Engineering
- Hatim Sharif: Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Construction Management
- Firat Testik: Department of Mechanical Engineering
- LesLeigh Conway: Department of Communication
- Julie Johnson: Department of Art and Art History
- Deborah Wagner: Department of Anthropology
ACUE Teaching Fellows:
- Maia Adamina: Department of English
- Andrea Aleman: Department of Political Science and Geography
- Sherri Baker: Department of Music
- Jennifer Beavers: Department of Music
- Jennifer Becker: Department of Communication
- Matais de Paula: Department of Modern Languages and Literatures
- Jennifer Dilley: Department of History
- Mary Dixson: Department of Communication
- Rami El-Farrah: Department of Music
- Kirsten Gardner: Department of History
- Anne Hardgrove: Department of History
- Matthias Hofferberth: Department of Political Science and Geography
- Mel Laracey: Department of Political Science and Geography
- Paul LeBlanc: Department of Communication
- Jamie McDonald: Department of Communication
- Ryan McPherson: Department of Communication
- Catherine Nolan-Ferrell: Department of History
- Laura Oliver: Department of Communication
- Jodi Peterson: Department of History
- Annette Portillo: Department of English
- Luca Pozzi: Department of Anthropology
- Michael Rushforth: Department of Modern Languages
- Stephanie Schoellman: Department of English
- Boyka Stefanova: Department of Political Science and Geography
- Drew Stephen: Department of Music
- Stephanie Westney: Department of Music
- Michael Davis: Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice
- Sandra Morissette: Department of Psychology
- Brandon Tregle: Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice
- Tianou Zhang: Department of Kinesiology
ACUE Teaching Fellows:
- Gina Amatangelo: Department of Public Administration
- Patricia Jaramillo: Department of Public Administration
- Alan Meca: Department of Psychology
- Donna Miller: Department of Sociology and Demography
- Derek Plantenga: Department of Social Work
- Vidya Sharma: Department of Nutrition and Dietetics
- Erica Wallace: Department of Public Health
- Ritu Arora: Department of Computer Science
- Edwin Barea-Rodriguez: Department of Integrative Biology
- Liao Chen: Department of Physics and Astronomy
- Jason Gagliadri: Department of Integrative Biology
- Matthew Grunstra: Department of Integrative Biology
- Diqui LaPenta Department of Integrative Biology
- Kareem Mattis: Department of Integrative Biology
- Sarah Oerther: Department of Chemistry
- Ramon Perez: Department of Math
- Nicolas Young: Department of Physics and Astronomy
- Xuan Zhou: Department of Physics and Astronomy
ACUE Teaching Fellows:
- Aaron Cassill: Department of Integrative Biology
- Anandi Dutta: Department of Computer Science
- Bernard Ku: Department of Computer Science
- Gwen Young: Department of Integrative Biology
- Janet Vote: Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences
- Kevin Eddy: Department of Environmental Science and Ecology
- Mauricio Alejandro Gomez Morales: Department of Computer Science
- Monica Juarez: Department of Integrative Biology
- Susan Thomas: Department of Chemistry
- Terri Matiella: Department of Environmental Science and Ecology
- Nicolas Large: Department of Physics and Astronomy
- Amy Jones: Department of Integrative Biology
- Hector Aguilar: Department of Chemistry
- Aanuoluwa Adelani: Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology
- Janis Bush: Department of Integrative Biology
- Jessica Beckham: Department of Integrative Biology
- Raymond Sadeghi: Department of Chemistry
- Tanoya Harris: Department of Integrative Biology
- Victoria Dougherty: Department of Chemistry
- Akanksha Matta: Department of Chemistry
- Dina Drozdov: Department of Physics and Astronomy
- Eddie Hernandez: Department of Integrative Biology
- Eric Schlegel: Department of Physics and Astronomy
- Gerardo Elguezabal: Department of Chemistry
- Hadi Arman: Department of Chemistry
- Lisa Shepard Department of Physics and Astronomy
- Wei Reeves: Department of Chemistry
- Xochitl Lopez-Lozano: Department of Physics and Chemistry
ACUE Teaching Fellows:
- Alegra Lozano: Department of Honors College
- Jesse Harasta: Department of AIS
- Melissa Murata: Department of Writing core Program
ACUE Teaching Fellows:
- Manjit Kaur: Department of Writing core Program
- Pamela Mahan: Department of Writing Program
- Shelley Howell: Department of AIS
- Debra Pena: Department of Writing Program
- Frances Matos: Academic Inquiry and Scholarship
- Betty Mkwinda Nyasulu: Department of Writing Program
- Karen Engates: Department of AIS
- Loretta Long: Department of Writing Program
- Marguerite Newcomb: Department of Writing Program
- Christina Frasier: Department of Writing Program
- Nancy Hall: Department of Writing Program
- Diana Amis: Teaching, Learning and Digital Transformation – Academic Innovation
- Sylvia Esparza: Institutional Compliance and Risk Services
- Joseph Mendez: Teaching, Learning and Digital Transformation – Academic Innovation
- Robert Rico: Department of Criminology criminal Justice
- Tara Schmidt: UTSA Library
- Brandi Scott: Multicultural Student Center
- Cate Wengelnik: Teaching, Learning and Digital Transformation – Academic Innovation
ACUE Teaching Fellows:
- Claudia Arcolin: Teaching, Learning and Digital Transformation – Academic Innovation
- Rocio Chavez: Teaching, Learning and Digital Transformation – Academic Innovation
- Mayra Collins: Teaching, Learning and Digital Transformation – Academic Innovation
- Shelley Howell: Teaching, Learning and Digital Transformation – Academic Innovation
- Frances Matos: Teaching, Learning and Digital Transformation – Academic Innovation
- Ana Fernandez: Teaching, Learning and Digital Transformation – Academic Innovation
More Information
For more information please contact AcademicInnovation@utsa.edu.