Online Teaching Faculty Champions
Chosen by the college deans or department chairs, the following faculty champions are faculty who are experienced with teaching online and are willing to help their fellow faculty. They are in place to serve as peer mentors for the faculty in their departments and colleges. Please reach out to your department or college contact listed below at any time for support. You may also contact academicinnovation@utsa.edu for assistance.
| College of Architecture, Construction and Planning | |
|---|---|
| Department | Faculty Champion |
| Architecture | Curtis Fish |
| Construction Science Management | Ibukun Awolusi |
| Need a point of contact at the college level? Contact: David Matiella | |
| Alvarez College of Business | |
|---|---|
| Department | Faculty Champion |
| Accounting | Linda Vaello |
| Economics | Shakira Flores |
| Finance | Karan Bhanot |
| Information Systems and Cyber Security | Yvette Sands |
| Management | Albert Huang |
| Management Science | Maho Sonmez |
| Marketing | Daniel Davied |
| Need a point of contact at the college level? Contact: Rita Mitra | |
| College of Education and Human Development | |
|---|---|
| Department | Faculty Champion |
| Bicultural-Bilingual Studies | Gilberto Lara |
| Counseling | Priscilla Prasath |
| Educational Leadership and Policy Studies | Vanessa Sansone |
| Educational Psychology | Victor Villarreal |
| Interdisciplinary Learning and Teaching | Vittorio Marone |
| Clinical Teaching & Field Experience | Jennifer Swoyer |
| Race, Ethnicity, Gender and Sexual Studies | Sonya Alemán |
| Need a point of contact at the college level? Contact: Marisol Johnson | |
| College of Engineering and Integrated Design | |
|---|---|
| Department | Faculty Champion |
| Architecture | Curtis Fish |
| Construction Science and Management | Ibukun Awolusi |
| Biomedical Engineering | Jingyong Ye |
| Civil and Environmental Engineering | Vikram Kapoor |
| Electrical and Comouter Engineering | Fatma Arslan |
| Mechanical Engineering | HungDa Wan |
| Need a point of contact at the college level? Contact: Arturo Montoya and David Matiella | |
| College for Health, Community, and Policy | |
|---|---|
| Department | Faculty Champion |
| Demography | Corey Sparks |
| Criminology and Criminal Justice | Richard Hartley |
| Kinesiology | Sakiko Oyama |
| Public Administration | Francine Romero |
| Public Health | Sara B. Oswalt |
| Psychology | Brenya Buchalski |
| Social Work | Lucinda Nevarez |
| Sociology | Michael Miller |
| Need a point of contact at the college level? Contact: Alberto Cordova | |
| College of Liberal and Fine Arts | |
|---|---|
| Department | Faculty Champion |
| Anthropology | Luca Pozzi |
| Art and Art History | Libby Rowe |
| Communication | Ryan McPherson |
| English | Sue Hum |
| History | Jodi Peterson |
| Modern Languages and Literatures | Michael Rushforth |
| Music | Drew Stephens |
| Philosophy and Classics | Dain Wood |
| Political Science and Geography | Nazgol Bagheri |
| Need a point of contact at the college level? Contact: Tricia Schwennesen | |
| College of Sciences | |
|---|---|
| Department | Faculty Champion |
| Biology | Eddie Hernandez |
| Chemistry | Victoria Dougherty |
| Computer Science | Sam Silvestro |
| Environmental Science and Ecology | Jessica Beckham |
| Geological Sciences | Janet Vote |
| Mathematics | Cynthia Roberts |
| Physics and Astronomy | Lorenzo Brancaleon |
| Need a point of contact at the college level? Contact: Terri Matiella | |
| Honors College | Faculty Champion |
|---|---|
| College-wide | Jill Fleuriet |
| Need a point of contact at the college level? Contact: Alegra Lozano | |
| University College | |
|---|---|
| Department | Faculty Champion |
| Academic Inquiry & Scholarship | Laura Riojas-Fitzpatrick |
| Multidisciplinary Studies | Karen Daas |
| ROTC | Timothy Ball - Army |
| Writing Program | Melissa Murata |
| Need a point of contact at the college level? Contact: Jianwei Niu | |
