Innovation Initiative

2024 Innovation Initiative Participants

Each participant flipped a module of their choice; you can see their home unit and the module they flipped beside their names below.  

• Kimberly DePaul (Nursing):  Medication Administration and Error Prevention 
• Sheren Farag (Horticulture):  Soil Texture, Density, and Permeability
• Katie Frey (Psychology):  The Construct of Age
• Elaine Hsiao (School of Peace and Conflict Studies):  Conflict Analysis for Environmental Conflicts
• Jennifer Maclure (English):  Victorian Poetry
• Jim Seelye (History):  We Won, So Now What?  American 1783-1789
• Dawn Marie Trehan (Mathematical Sciences): Inference with Proportions, Survey Sampling and Inference
• Joe Vanfossen (Physics):  Introduction to Problem Solving

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Above: The 2023 Innovation Summer Session participants (top left), 2022 Innovation Intersession participants (top right), 2019 Innovation Intersession participants (bottom left), 2018 Innovation Intersession participants (bottom right)

Below you will find each instructor who completed the Innovation Program, their home unit and what module the chose and flipped.  

2023

• Timothy Bell (Visual Communciation and Design, Photography):  Editorial Photography
• James Canacci (English):  Diagnostic Essay Writing
• Mark Dalman (Pre-Clinical Sciences, Podiatric Medicine):  Hypersensitivities
• Ambre Emory-Maier (Theatre and Dance):  Contemporary Ballet
• Linda Hoeptner-Poling (Art Education):  Microaggressions
• Mason Shuman (Modern, Classical and Language Studies):  The Preterite
• Lori Singer-Bare (Criminalogy and Justice Studies & Police Officer Training Academy):  Violent Women

2022

• Sorina Ailiesei (English):  APA Formatting
• Maha Allouzi (Computer Science):  Intrusion Detection
• Pena Bedesem (Lifespan Development and Educational Sciences):  Co-Teaching
• Ning-Kuang Chuang (Hospitality Management):  Hotel Budgeting
• Krista Hawkins (Nursing):  Focused Patient Assessments
• Linda Piccirillo-Smith (Africana Studies):  W.E.B. DeBois & Booker T. Washington & Supporting Community Needs
• Melanie Tabak (Psychology):  Independent T-Tests

2021

• Ali Barikroo (Health Sciences):  Anatomy and Physiology of Swallowing in Healthy Adults
• Amanda Burke (Health Education & Promotion):  Health Education and Promotion Organizations (HEDP)
• Kathleen Durant (Speech Pathology & Audiology):  Principles of Assessment:  Birth to Five
• Kim Garchar (Philosophy):  Introduction to MLK, racism and non-violet protest
• Kiwon Lee (School of Foundations, Leadership & Administration):  Yeast Breads
• Jason Lorenzon (College of Aeronautics and Engineering):  The Road to 9/11:  How did this Happen?
• Gerrey Noh (Music):  The Renaissance Modes and Two-Voice Counterpoint
• Jennifer McDonough (Biological Sciences):  Introduction to Epigenetics
• Roshinee Perera (Chemistry):  Chemistry Basic Matter and Measurement
• Rouzbeh Razavi (Management & Information Studies):  Introduction to R Programming

2020

• Lindsay Baran (Finance):  Using Financial Forecasts
• Natalie Caine-Bish (Health Sciences/Nutrition):  Choosing the Correct Statistical Test
• David Foster (Journalism and Mass Communication):  Manual Photography and Exposure Basics
• Min He (Mathematical Sciences):  Concept of a Function
• Laurie Hines (Foundations, Leadership, & Administration):  US’s First Party System
• Rebecca Hug (School of Lifespan Development & Educational Sciences):  Transgenerational Family Therapy
• Bethany Lanese (Health Policy and Management):  Medicare and Medicaid
• Karen Mascolo (Nursing):  Ethics of Nursing Practice
• John McDaniel (Exercise Science):  Blood Flow and Pressure Changes
• Dhruba Panthi (Engineering Technology Program):  Shear Force and Bending Moments in Beams
• Kasey Ray (Sociology):  The U.S. Court System
• Gina Severino (Nursing):  Atrial Arrhythmia’s
• Kimberly Talentino (Spanish):  The Use of Ser and Estar)

2019

• Loubna Bilali (Modern & Classical Language Studies):  Localization context and concepts
• Jenny Cureton (Lifespan Development and Educational Sciences):  Trait and factor theory
• Daniel Dankovich (Biological Sciences):  Lesson A) Introduction to anatomy, physiology, medical terminology, and organization of the human body, Lesson B)  Body's Organ systems
• Qunxing Ding (Biological Sciences):  Human population & pollution
• Abbey Eng (College of Public Health):  Hypothesis Testing
• Julie Evey (Psychology):  Statistics, Variability of measures of spread
• Joseph Kratky (Mathematics):  Triangle Trigonometry
• Rachel LoMonaco-Benzing (Fashion Design & Merchandising):  Anatomy of a garment
• Ellen Mulqueeny (Mathematics):  Logarithmic Functions
• Mindy Nett (Department of Accounting):  Itemized deductions
• Joan Steidl (Human Services Technology):  Listening and clinical note writing
• Eriko Tanaka (Modern & Classical Language Studies):  Lesson A - Japanese - Causative form, lesson B)  Causative form plus helping verbs

2018

• Heather Beaird (Epidemiology & Biostatistics):  Lesson A/B) measures of morbidity and mortality - extent of disease 
• David Bowers (Chemistry): Part I) Precipitation and acid Base Reactions, Part II) Redox Reactions
• Yijing Chen (Biological Sciences):  Lesson A) DNA Structure and function, Lesson B) DNA Replication
• Shawn Golden (Computer Technology):  Script analysis and writing
• Lynne Guillot Miller (Lifespan Development & Educational Sciences): Lesson A) Case Conceptualization, Lesson B) Goal & objective setting
• Sanhita Gupta (Biological Sciences):  Lesson A) Mendels Laws of inheritance, Lesson B) Predicting risks of transmission and inheritance of genetic disorders
• Robin Joynes (Psychology):  Overview and Longitudinal Correlation Design
• Jill Kawalec (Podiatric Medicine):  Lesson A)  Finding Medical Literature, Lesson B) Inferential Statistics, Lesson
• Robin Mermer (Nursing / Nursing Technology):  Lesson A) body fluids, IV fluids, electrolytes, acid-base imbalances and ABG Interpretation
• Marlo Miller (Early Childhood Education):  Phonics
• Mariana Romero (Modern & Classical Language Studies):  Spanish Vocabulary and expressions:  Lesson A) topics, family, professions, daily routines, Lesson B)  routines, Lesson C) routines part II
• Lauren Vachon  (Center for the Study of Gender & Sexuality):  Reading Queer Theory

2017

• Matthew Bryant (Physics):  Lesson A)  Momentum & Impulse, Lesson B)  Conservation of Momentum, Lesson C) Collision and Explosions
• Valerie Cubon-Bell (Chemistry):  Lipids - Introduction to Fatty Acids & Reactions involving Lipids
• Karen Gordon (Health Sciences / Nutrition):  Lesson A) Behavior change models, Lesson B) Linking Learning objectives to behavior change models
• Luis Hermosilla (Modern & Classical Language Studies):  Versions of culture - Spanish American Indigenous Culture
• Suzanne Holt (Center for the Study of Gender & Sexuality):  The Woman Question
• Jeffrey Huston (EHHS / Athletic Training):  Health Insurance, Billing & Coding
• Emily Mupinga (Lifespan Development & Educational Services):  Conception & Prenatal Development
• Lynette Phillips (Biostatistics):  Bias in epidemiologic studies: identifying and addressing bias
• John Staley (Health Policy & Management):  Policy Formation in Policy Making 101
• Gregory Tinkler (Biological Sciences):  DNA, Chromosomes, the Cell Cycle
• Maria Zaldivar (Modern & Classical Language Studies):  Language - English only or Bilingualism