Brown Innovation Fellows Program names professors | Stetson Today

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Back row (l to r): Craig Lind, Jared Rawlings, Matthew Hurst, Sven Smith, Michele Randall; Front row (l to r): Cynthia Alby [teaching and learning consultant], Laura Crysel, Ranjini Thaver, Mario Rodriguez, Rachel Core, Danielle Lindner, Elizabeth Lamerial Jacobson, Dejan Magoc.
The Brown Innovation Fellows Program at Stetson University offers teacher-scholar faculty dedicated time for study and reflection on learning as well as strategies to facilitate deep, integrative student learning anchored in Stetson’s mission of preparing students to lead lives steeped in personal growth, intellectual development, and global citizenship. Congratulations to the following Stetson University’s 2015-2016 Brown Innovation Fellows:

  • Rachel Core, Assistant Professor of Sociology
  • Laura Crysel, Assistant Professor of Psychology
  • Matthew Hurst, Assistant Professor of Finance
  • Elizabeth Lamerial Jacobson, Brown Teacher-Scholar Fellow in Counselor Education
  • Craig Lind, Brown Teacher-Scholar Fellow in Ecology
  • Danielle Lindner, Assistant Professor of Psychology
  • Dejan Magoc, Assistant Professor of Integrative Health Science
  • Michele Randall, Visiting Assistant Professor of English
  • Jared Rawlings, Assistant Professor of Music and Director of Music Education
  • Mario Rodriguez, Assistant Professor of Communication and Media Studies
  • Sven Smith, Assistant Professor of Sociology
  • Ranjini Thaver, Professor of Economics

This year’s Fellows will participate as a cohort in a year-long Brown Innovation Institute with teaching and learning consultant Cynthia Alby, Ph.D., lead instructor for the Georgia Governor’s Teaching Fellows Program and professor of education at Georgia College & State University. The institute will focus on innovative teaching and learning with an emphasis on course-building and high quality pedagogy. The first session of the Brown Innovation Institute was held on Sept. 25, and the next session will be held Oct. 23.

The Brown Innovation Fellows Program is a project of the Brown Center for Faculty Innovation and Excellence, made possible by generous donations from longstanding University Trustees Hyatt and Cici Brown. For more information, contact [email protected] or call (386) 822-7010.

Source: Stetson Today