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 | |
| College of Business | |
|---|---|
| Department | Faculty Champion |
| Accounting | Linda Vaello |
| Economics | Edgar Ghossoub |
| Finance | Karan Bhanot |
| Information Systems and Cyber Security | Karen Williams |
| Management | Vic Heller |
| Management Science | Maho Sonmez |
| Marketing | Daniel David |
| Need a point of contact at the college level? Contact: Rita Mitra and Kevin Grant | |
| 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 | |
|---|---|
| Department | Faculty Champion |
| Biomedical Engineering/Chemical Engineering | Jingyong Ye |
| Civil and Environmental Engineering | Arturo Montoya |
| Electrical and Computer Engineering | Fatma Arslan |
| Mechanical Engineering | HungDa Wan |
| Need a point of contact at the college level? Contact: Mark Appleford | |
| 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 Oswalt |
| Psychology | Brenya Buchalski |
| Social Work | Lucinda Nevarez |
| Sociology | Michael Miller |
| Need a point of contact at the college level? Contact: Rob Tillyer | |
| 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 | Eddi Hernandez |
| Chemistry | John Frederick |
| Computer Science | Dawnlee Roberson |
| 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 | Kalia Glover |
| Need a point of contact at the college level? Contact: Jill Fleuriet | |
| University College | |
|---|---|
| Department | Faculty Champion |
| Academic Inquiry & Scholarship | Laura Riojas-Fitzpatrick |
| Multidisciplinary Studies | Karen Daas |
| ROTC | Kirk Hoffman AirForce |
| ROTC | Kristen Shifrin |
| Writing Program | Debra Pena |
| Need a point of contact at the college level? Contact: Jianwei Niu | |
