CITL - Amber Sullivan: Global/Cultural

Meet Your 2025 High Impact Practices (HIPs) Ambassadors

A high impact practice is a pedagogical approach which requires an investment of time and energy over an extended period that has unusually positive effects on student engagement in educationally purposeful behavior (Kuh, 2010). High impact practices are evidence-based teaching and learning practices that have been widely tested and shown to be beneficial for college students (Kuh, 2008).

Characteristics of high-impact activities include: setting appropriately high expectations of students; interaction with faculty and peers about substantive matters; experiences with diversity; frequent feedback; reflection and integrative learning; real-world applications; and demonstrated competence.

Meet Your 2025 HIP Ambassadors:

Amber Sullivan from Volunteer State Community College

Name: Amber Sullivan

Institution: Volunteer State Community College

Email: amber.sullivan@volstate.edu

Office Number: 615-433-7046

Degrees earned and institution(s): B.A., Mathematics and Mathematics Education, Austin Peay State University; M.S. in Statistics, University of Kentucky; ABD for Ph.D. in Mathematics in Education, University of Kentucky

How long have you worked at your institution? 5 years

What is your teaching/research focus area(s)? Mathematics education, Statistics, and Math for General Studies

What do you appreciate most about the HIP(s) that you have infused into the courses you teach?

I appreciate that the Global/Cultural HIP that I have infused into my courses allowed my students to view the world through the lens of others living in it without the barriers that money, time, and travel require.

Amber Sullivan is your HIP Ambassador for Global Cultural Awareness Courses.

Minimum Definition of Practice-

Global and cultural awareness courses are credit-bearing experiences in which students learn how to communicate across cultures while developing an understanding of global interdependence and how it is influenced by culture – understood as the values, beliefs, practices, traditions, heritage, rituals, and behaviors held by groups of people. These courses will provide tools to increase students’ critical analysis of the global and intercultural nature of society and practice ethical reasoning to successfully navigate this world.

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Getting Started with HIPs

A high impact practice is a pedagogical approach which requires an investment of time and energy over an extended period that has unusually positive effects on student engagement in educationally purposeful behavior (Kuh, 2010). High impact practices are evidence-based teaching and learning practices that have been widely tested and shown to be beneficial for college students (Kuh, 2008). Characteristics of high-impact activities include: setting appropriately high expectations of students; interaction with faculty and peers about substantive matters; experiences with diversity; frequent feedback; reflection and integrative learning; real-world applications; and demonstrated competence.

Want to learn more?

You can request that Dr. Heidi Leming come and present at your campus for in-service or other even.
View "Work Smarter, Not Harder: Simplifying HIPs" presentation (47 minutes)
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