Core Curricular Innovation Faculty Fellows

Since the 2021-2022 academic year, SLU's University Core has invited our faculty to propose innovative courses for our new University Core and has funded the creation of those courses with summer faculty development stipends.

Click here for a list of our Core Curricular Innovation Fellows to date, as well as links to past and future roundtable discussions about why and how these faculty members chose to develop these courses for the Core. 

Fall 2023 Roundtable Discussions:

Tuesday, Oct. 31, 2023 from 12:00-1:00pm CST [view recorded conversation here]

This third roundtable of the Core's second year features three faculty members who have developed or are developing Collaborative Inquiry courses in conversation with Dr. Ellen Crowell, Director of the Core, Dr. Liz Burke, Assistant Director of the Core, and Dr. David Kaplan, Associate Director of the Core for Collaborative Inquiry. Featured are: 

• Dr. Candice Thomas (Psychology, College of Arts and Sciences): Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in the Workplace

• Dr. Fabiola Martinez (Fine and Performing Arts, SLU-Madrid): Art and Politics: From Goya to the Cold War

• Dr. Ricardo Wray (Behavioral Science and Health Equity, College of Public Health and Social Justice): Communication/Design: Environment, Health and Justice

Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2023 from 12:00-1:00pm CST [view recorded conversation here]

This second roundtable of the Core's second year features three faculty members who have developed or are developing Collaborative Inquiry courses in conversation with Dr. Liz Burke, Assistant Director of the Core, Dr. David Kaplan, Associate Director of the Core for Collaborative Inquiry, and Dr. Tim Huffman, Associate Director of the Core for Eloquentia Perfecta: Oral and Visual Communication. Featured are: 

• Dr. Paul Lynch (English, College of Arts and Sciences): Rhetoric and Religion: Persuasive Catholicism

• Dr. Natalie Parks (Applied Behavioral Analysis, School of Social Work): A Behavioral View of Racism as it Relates to Systems in the United States 

• Dr. Saneta Thurmon (Speech, Language & Hearing Sciences, Doisy College of Public Health): Counseling

Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2023 from 12:00-1:00pm CST [view recorded conversation here]

This first roundtable of the Core's second year features two faculty members who have developed or are developing Collaborative Inquiry courses in conversation with Dr. Ellen Crowell, Director of the Core, Dr. David Kaplan, Associate Director of the Core for Collaborative Inquiry, and Dr. Tim Huffman, Associate Director of the Core for Eloquentia Perfecta: Oral and Visual Communication. Featured are: 

• Dr. Sheri Anderson Gutierrez (LLC, College of Arts and Sciences): Solving Problems in the World Through Languages, Literatures and Cultures

• Dr. Laura Muro (Accounting and International Business, SLU-Madrid): Transitioning to a Sustainable World

Fall 2021 Roundtable Discussions:

Tuesday, Nov. 16, 2021 from 12:15-1:15pm CST

Core Curricular Innovation Fellows Roundtable Discussion: Core Innovation at SLU Madrid

• Drs. Ana Granados and Ana Portilla (Mathematics, College of Arts and Sciences): Math Media: Reading News with Mathematical Eyes

• Dr. Anne Dewey (English and Women’s and Gender Studies, College of Arts and Sciences): Toward a More Perfect Union: U.S. Law and Literature since Brown v. Board of Education

• Dr. Fabiola Martinez (Art History, College of Arts and Sciences): Art and Politics: From Goya to the Cold War

Tuesday, Oct. 19, 2021 from 12:15-1:15pm CST  [View recorded conversation here]

Core Curricular Innovation Fellows Roundtable Discussion: Ways of Thinking and Core Attributes 

• Dr. Kenya Brumfield Young (Criminology and Criminal Justice, College of Public Health and Social Justice): Gender, Sexuality, and the Criminal Justice System

• Dr. Sridhar Condoor (Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering, Parks College of Engineering, Aviation and Technology): Innovation for Impact

• Dr. Rachel Lindsay (Theology, College of Arts and Sciences): Religions of the World

• Dr. Matthew Nanes (Political Science, College of Arts and Sciences): Nationalism and Ethnic Conflict

• Dr. Divya S. Subramaniam (Health Data Science, School of Medicine): Interprofessional Health Outcomes Research

 Tuesday, Sept. 21 , 2021 from 12:15-1:15pm CST  [View recorded conversation here] 

Core Curricular Innovation Fellows Roundtable Discussion: Collaborative Inquiry and Core Attributes 

• Dr. Harold Braswell (Healthcare Ethics, College of Arts and Sciences): Dying with Dignity in the Gateway City

• Drs. Gerardo Camilo and Dan Haybron (Biology and Philosophy, College of Arts and Sciences): Sustainable Happiness

• Dr. Christina Garcia (Languages, Literatures and Cultures, College of Arts and Sciences): Spanish for Health Professions

Tuesday, Sept. 14, 2021 from 12:15-1:15pm CST

This first roundtable features four faculty members currently teaching pilot Ignite First Year Seminars in conversation with Dr. John James, Associate Director of the Core for the Ignite Seminar, and Dr. Gina Merys, Director of SLU’s Reinert Center for Transformative Teaching and Learning. Featured are:

• Dr. Anne McCabe (English, College of Arts and Sciences-Madrid): Language Brings the World Around

• Dr. Mike Swartwout (Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering, Parks College of Aviation, Engineering and Technology): Living on Mars: Engineering for Wicked Problems 

• Dr. Ness Sandoval (Sociology and Anthropology, College of Arts and Sciences): The Ignatian City

• Dr. Mitzi Brammer (Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences, Doisy College of Health Sciences): The Power of Communication