Faculty Institute for Inclusive Excellence
Thank you for your interest in the Faculty Institute for Inclusive Excellence! The deadline has passed to apply for the 2022-2023 cohort. Applications for the 2023-2024 cohort will open in Fall 2022.
About the Faculty Institute
The goal of the Faculty Institute for Inclusive Excellence is to create a learning environment for faculty to engage in topics of diversity and inclusion in pedagogy, curriculum, and campus communities. Participants in the program will explore civility, curriculum, and culture, with regard to diversity and inclusion best practices in the classroom.
The purpose of the Faculty Institute for Inclusive Excellence is to transform classrooms and positively influence campus climate such that awareness regarding diversity and inclusion is integrated within pedagogical practices. The intent is to develop awareness, knowledge, and skill sets that promote equity and social justice in educational settings. This Institute begins in the spring semester and runs through the following spring semester.
Since 2015, the Faculty Institute for Inclusive Excellence has been administered 5 times and awarded 40+ Fellows, who are listed below.
FIIE 2021 Program Report
The Faculty Institute for Inclusive Excellence Program Report (2021) is now available.
FIIE Team Wins Poster Award
Louise Jennings, Katie Hartmann, Shannon Archibeque-Engle, and Rachel McKinney were awarded a CHHS poster award (Diversity and Social Justice category) for their work on “Institutional Impacts of the Faculty Institute for Inclusive Excellence.”
Faculty Institute Fellows
| Name | Department | College/Division | Project Overview/Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aaunterria T. Bollinger-Deters | Ethnic Studies, Women and Gender Studies | College of Liberal Arts | A Comprehensive Ethnic, Women and Gender Studies Toolkit for Critical and Compassionate Educators |
| Allison C. White | Political Science | College of Liberal Arts | Promoting DEISJ Through Service-Learning with International Non-Governmental Organizations |
| Andrew Knight | School of Music, Theatre, and Dance | College of Liberal Arts | Best Practices of Music Therapy related to Inclusion and Equity |
| Annie Krieg | Art and Art History | College of Liberal Arts | DEISJ audit in ART 314, incorporating a global perspective |
| Cassie Shearholdt | Career Management Center | College of Business | Radical Collaboration for a Better World |
| Catie Cramer | Animal Sciences | College of Agricultural Sciences | The Effect of Implementing Inclusive Teaching Practices on Students’ Sense of Belonging and Perceptions to the Classroom in a Senior Dairy Management Course |
| Ellen Aster | University of Colorado – School of Medicine at Colorado State University | College of Vet Medicine & Biomedical Sciences | Introduction to Identifying and Responding to Microaggressions in Medical Education |
| Frankie Wilcox | Languages, Literatures and Cultures | College of Liberal Arts | Open Door Pedagogy Network in the College of Liberal Arts |
| Jason Quinn | Mechanical Engineering | Walter Scott College of Engineering | Dedicated a section within the MECH 516 Textbook on DEI and Classroom Community Building |
| John McKay | Agricultural Biology | College of Agricultural Sciences | Develop Evaluation Tools to Expand the BSURE Mentoring Program to Include Underrepresented Groups Outside of CSU |
| Kelly McKenna | School of Education | College of Health and Human Sciences | Toolkit for Inclusive Online Teaching |
| Leann Kaiser | School of Education | College of Health and Human Sciences | Toolkit for Inclusive Online Teaching |
| Lindsey Wilhelm | School of Music, Theatre, and Dance | College of Liberal Arts | Best Practices of Music Therapy related to Inclusion and Equity |
| Jess Rushing | School of Music, Theatre, and Dance | College of Liberal Arts | Best Practices of Music Therapy related to Inclusion and Equity |
| Madeline Harvey | School of Music, Theatre, and Dance | College of Liberal Arts | Inclusive Studio Practices for the Study of Ballet |
| Marcia Moraes | Computer Science | College of Natural Sciences | Inclusive and Equitable Teaching and Learning Framework for Computer Science Courses |
| Mera Faw | Communications Studies | College of Liberal Arts | Redesigning a Faculty Mentoring Program to Enhance Recruitment, Retention, and Promotion of Female Faculty at CSU |
| Michael Gross | Management | College of Business | Conflict Experiences in the Workplace of Indigenous Canadians through a Podcast |
| Rebecca Gruby | Human Dimensions of Natural Resources | Warner College of Natural Resources | Human Dimensions of Natural Resources Code, Accounting Set-backs of COVID |
| Robyn Roberts | Agricultural Biology | College of Agricultural Sciences | Curating a Repository of Resources to Support Faculty in Creating Inclusive Course Content for the Agricultural Biology Undergraduate Major |
| Tim Amidon | English | College of Liberal Arts | Lectures: Building Reciprocal and Culturally Sustaining Relationships with Communities and Pedagogies and Translingual. |
| Name | Department | College/Division | Project Overview/Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| Renee Harmon | School of Global Environmental Sustainability | School of Global Environmental Sustainability | Designing Inclusive Online Sustainability Education |
| Renae Watson | Libraries | Libraries | FIIE Project for CSU Libraries: Inclusive Pedagogy Recommendations |
| Jaclyn Stephens | Occupational Therapy | College of Health and Human Sciences | Enhancing Inclusive Teaching Practices for Future Cohort of Doctor of Occupational Therapy (OTD) Students |
| Jennifer Reinke | Human Development and Family Studies | College of Health and Human Sciences | HDFS 477: HDFS Professional Preparation Curricular Redesign with a Focus on Inclusion |
| Shari Lanning | Clinical Sciences | College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences | Universal Course Design for the Neurodiverse Student |
| Nicole Kelp | Microbiology, Immunology, and Pathology | College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences | Examining Inclusive Science Communication Training as a Tool to Empower Historically Disadvantaged STEM Students |
| Bruno Sobral | Microbiology, Immunology, and Pathology | College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences | Campeones de la Salud: Advancing Health Literacy to Enhance Equitable Community Responses to COVID-19 |
| Liba Pejchar | Fish, Wildlife, and Conservation Biology | Warner College of Natural Resources | Sexual Harassment Disproportionately Affects Historically Excluded Graduate Students in STEM |
| Karyl Sabbath | Communication Studies | College of Liberal Arts | Increasing Access for Internship Experiences for First Generation and/or Latinx Students in the Department of Communication Studies |
| Alyson Huff | Philosophy | College of Liberal Arts | Small Changes, Big Impacts: Working on Inclusive Course Curricula in Philosophy |
| Cayla Bellamy | School of Music, Theatre and Dance | College of Liberal Arts | Diversifying Classical Repertoire: Representation, Tokenization, and Curricular Outcomes in Updating Bassoon Performance Standards |
| Blythe LaGasse | School of Music, Theatre and Dance | College of Liberal Arts | Supporting Student Success in a New Curriculum (Music Therapy) |
| Joe Schicke | English | College of Liberal Arts | An Inclusive, Open-Access Developmental Writing Course |
| Mohammed Hirchi | Languages, Literatures, and Cultures | College of Liberal Arts | Inclusive Pedagogy in LARA 250: Arabic Literatures and Cultures |
| Mary Vogl | Languages, Literatures, and Cultures | College of Liberal Arts | Curriculum Enhancement for LFRE 335: Issues in French Culture |
| Julia Sharp | Statistics | College of Natural Sciences | Professional Strategies in Statistics Discussion Group |
| Tanya Dewey | Biology | College of Natural Sciences | Data Exploration in an Introductory Biology Course to Directly Confront Concepts of “Race” |
| Jennifer Neuwald | Biology and Graduate Degree Program in Ecology | College of Natural Sciences and Graduate School | JEDIfying Evolution: Inclusive Pedagogy in the College Evolution Classroom |
| Pinar Omur-Ozbek | Civil and Environmental Engineering | Walter Scott Jr. College of Engineering | Promoting Environmental Justice Awareness to Encourage Action in Engineering Students |
| Name | Department | College/Division | Project Overview/Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steve Simske | Systems Engineering | Walter Scott. Jr., College of Engineering | No Trigger: Showing the Harmful Effects of Discrimination Without Eliciting a Shutdown or Denial Reaction by the Audience |
| Alexandra Keller | Amplify Learning Community | College of Natural Sciences | CNS Amplify 2nd-Year Leadership Fellows: Redefining Leadership in STEM |
| Anna Lavoie | Human Dimensions of Natural Resources | Warner College of Natural Resources | Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Conservation and Natural Resources |
| Devon Fulford | English | College of Liberal Arts | Diverse Expressions: A Supplementary OER Literature Omnibus |
| Elizabeth Williams | Communication Studies | College of Liberal Arts | Closing Gaps and Building the Foundation for Inclusive Classrooms: Developing a Departmental New-to-the-Major Seminar |
| Theresa Wernimont | Management | College of Business | Inclusion and Diversity in BUS 300 – Business Writing and Communication: Examining Practices and Expanding Curriculum |
| Tianyang Wang | Finance and Real Estate | College of Business |
| Name | Department | College | Project Overview/Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| Molly Gutilla | Health and Exercise Science | College of Health and Human Sciences | Developing Inclusive Practices in Computer Labs |
| Ryan MacTaggart | School of Education | College of Health and Human Sciences | Curricula Redesign |
| Marie Villescas Zamzow | School of Social Work | College of Health and Human Sciences | Creation of SOWK530 Anti Oppressive Social Work Practice Course |
| Cindy O’Donnell-Allen | English | College of Liberal Arts | Colorado State Sustainable Teaching and Learning Collaborative |
| Erin Nishimura | Biochemistry and Molecular Biology | College of Natural Sciences | Biochemistry Lunch Matrix Survey and lunchMatrix Software Improvements |
| Tori Crain | Psychology | College of Natural Sciences | Infusing Inclusive Excellence with Occupational Health Psychology |
| Sean Bryan | Geosciences | Warner College of Natural Resources | Teaching in the Geosciences GTA Seminar Development |
| Donna Davis | Colorado State Forest Service | Warner College of Natural Resources | A Colorado State Forest Service Leadership Team Meeting Presentation |
| Rosa Mikeal Martey | Journalism and Media Communication | College of Liberal Arts | CSU Diversity and Inclusion Campus Inventory |
| Name | Department | College | Project Overview/Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| Asad Aziz | Management | College of Business | Inclusive Classroom Practices in the College of Business |
| Jennifer Vancil | Career Management Center | College of Business | Inclusive Classroom Practices in the College of Business |
| Chrissy Chard | Health and Exercise Science | College of Health and Human Sciences | Striving for Social Justice in Public Health Practice: A Beginner’s Guide for Students |
| Katie Knowles | Design and Merchandising | College of Health and Human Sciences | Teaching with Textiles: Creating an Inclusive Course |
| Natalie Perkins | Occupational Therapy | College of Health and Human Sciences | Breaking Down The Wall Of Academic Isolation |
| Patricia Stutz-Tanenbaum | Occupational Therapy | College of Health and Human Sciences | Inclusive Excellence in the Occupational Therapy Department |
| Tori Arthur | Journalism and Media Communication | College of Liberal Arts | Reporting Diveirsty: Inclusive Pedagogy in the Journalism and Media Classroom |
| Ashley Davies | English | College of Liberal Arts | Working with First Generation Students |
| Leslie Davis | English | College of Liberal Arts | Integrating Inclusivity – Making Diversity A Daily Choice |
| Sue Doe | English | College of Liberal Arts | Inclusive Excellence in CO150: A Curricular Re-Imagining |
| Andrea Duffy | History and International Studies | College of Liberal Arts | Develop a web-based educational resource for teaching topics and students with connections to the Middle East, North Africa, and/or Muslim world |
| Tara Opsal | Sociology | College of Liberal Arts | Creating an Accessible Undergraduate Department Mentorship Initiative |
| Elena Windsong | Sociology | College of Liberal Arts | Creating an Accessible Undergraduate Department Mentorship Initiative |
| Yu Wei | Forest and Rangeland Stewardship | Warner College of Natural Resources | Teaching Forestry Classes in a More Diverse Classroom |
| Name | Department | College | Project Overview |
|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Martin | Agricultural and Resource Economics | College of Agricultural Sciences | Inventory of Effective and Inclusive Teaching Practices in the College of Ag. Sciences |
| Franck Dayan | Agricultural Biology | College of Agricultural Sciences | Incorporating Pedagogical Methods to the Curriculum |
| Meagan Schipanski | Soil and Crop Sciences | College of Agricultural Sciences | Inventory of Effective and Inclusive Teaching Practices in the College of Ag. Sciences |
| Cynthia Brown | Agricultural Biology | College of Agricultural Sciences | Diversity plan for the Department of Bioagricultural Sciences and Pest Management. |
| Andrew Norton | Agricultural Biology | College of Agricultural Sciences | Inventory of Effective and Inclusive Teaching Practices in the College of Ag. Sciences |
| Tobin Lopes | School of Education | College of Health and Human Sciences | Injecting Diveristy, Inclusion, and Equity Awarenmess into Adult Education Courses at CSU |
| Tobi Jacobi | English | College of Liberal Arts | Join Me at the Lunch Counter: a space for informal conversation, moving lunch beyond keyboards, and inclusive dialogue within the English Department |
| Sharon Grindle | English | College of Liberal Arts | Curricular Infusion |
| Virginia Chaffee | English | College of Liberal Arts | Curricular infusion & Selection of Readings Which Promote Diversity for Course. |
| Jessica Hagman | Mathematics | College of Natural Sciences | Curriculur Infusion |
| Jozsef Vigh | Biomedical Sciences | College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences | Biomedical Sciences Major: How We Are Doing in the Undergraduate Arena? |
| Jennifer McLean | Microbiology, Immunology and Pathology | College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences | Diveristy Infusion Study in a Large STEM Course |
| Name | Department | College | Project Overview |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barbara Wallner | Horticulture and Landscape Architecture | College of Agricultural Sciences | Work with Bully Policy |
| Juliana Searle | School of Education | College of Health and Human Sciences | Symposium |
| Wendy Fothergill | School of Education | College of Health and Human Sciences | Symposium |
| Kalpana Gupta | School of Education | College of Health and Human Sciences | |
| Carmen Lopez Ramirez | Languages, Literatures, and Cultures | College of Liberal Arts | |
| Jaime Jordan | English | College of Liberal Arts | Course Infusion |
| Antonio Pedros-Gascon | Languages, Literatures, and Cultures | College of Liberal Arts | Course Infusion |
| Emily Moore | Art and Art History | College of Liberal Arts | Faculty meetings |
| Andrea Purdy | Languages, Literatures, and Cultures | College of Liberal Arts | Course Infusion |
| Elizabeth Sink | Communication Studies | College of Liberal Arts | Curriculum Redesign VM611 |
| Maite Correa | Languages, Literatures, and Cultures | College of Liberal Arts | |
| Krysta Chapin | Biomedical Sciences | College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences |
| Name | Department | College | Project Overview |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ruth Hufbauer | Agricultural Biology | College of Agricultural Sciences | Graduate seminar on DEIJ in the sciences |
| Lumina Albert | Management | College of Business | Creation of Mentoring Program for International Faculty |
| Paulo Borges de Brito | Management | College of Business | Curricular Infusion into Econ Class |
| Jordan Sowell | English | College of Liberal Arts | Curricular Infusion into English Class |
| Nancy Berry | English | College of Liberal Arts | Curricular Infusion into English Class |
| Debbie Crans | Chemistry | College of Natural Sciences | Curricular Infusion into Chemistry Class |
| Paul Laybourn | Biochemistry and Molecular Biology | College of Natural Sciences | Creation of Mentor Training Workshop Series & Curricular Infusion |
| Rebecca Atadero | Civil and Environmental Engineering | Walter Scott Jr. College of Engineering | Create workshops for students: PLI’s |
| Jamie Dahl | Forest and Rangeland Stewardship | Warner College of Natural Resources | Creation of Diversity Statement and Focus Groups |
| Maria Fernandez-Gimenez | Forest and Rangeland Stewardship | Warner College of Natural Resources | Personal Reflection Journal, Focus Groups of Students in Warner College, & Diversity Discussions |
Faculty Institute for Inclusive Excellence Impact Award
The Faculty Institute for Inclusive Excellence (FIIE) Impact Award recognizes efforts by FIIE Fellows who have made significant contributions towards exemplifying the mission of the FIIE toward increasing inclusive excellence in the following areas: departmental culture, classroom climate, curricular redesign, or pedagogical implementation. The award provides an important opportunity for the University to celebrate the contributions of our community toward increasing Inclusive Excellence at CSU.
Dr. Becki Atadero, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Walter Scott Jr. College of Engineering
Dr. Katie Knowles, Design and Merchandising, College of Health and Human Sciences
Dr. Chrissy Chard, Health and Exercise Science, College of Health and Human Sciences; Colorado School of Public Health
Dr. Andrew Norton, Agricultural Biology, College of Agricultural Sciences
Dr. Maria Fernandez-Gimenez, Forest and Rangeland Stewardship, Warner College of Natural Resources
Dr. Ruth Hufbauer, Agricultural Biology, College of Agricultural Sciences