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Aguiar, Christian

Christian Aguiar Research Interests Scholarly & Creative Works

he/him

christian.aguiar@udc.edu

Assistant Professor

English

 

Working-class Studies

Working-class Literature

First-generation and Low Income (FLI) College Student Experience, Support, and Programs

Multimodal Writing Pedagogies

Democratic Classroom Practices

Collaborative Assessment

“Living Class in John Updike’s ‘A&P.’” The Explicator, vol. 58, no. 2, 2020.

Bridging the Academic Literacy Gap: Three Approaches.” Co-authored with Dorothy Phaire and Ahmad Wright. CEA-MAG Journal, vol. 27, no. 1, 2019.

“’What Work Is’: Writing about Work in First-Year Composition.” Teaching English in the Two-Year College, vol 46., no 2., 2018.

“’Chinese don’t drink coffee’”: Coffee and Class Liminality in Elaine Mar’s Paper Daughter.’” Asian American Literature: Discourses and Pedagogies, vol 6., no. 1, 2015.

“Bringing Theory to Practice: Universal Design Principles and the Use of Social Annotation to Support Neurodiverse Students.” Co-authored with Fatma Elshobokshy and Amanda Huron. Faculty Focus, 13 September 2021.

“Now More Than Ever: Why Collaborative Grading Works, Even Online.” Co-authored with Ahmad Wright and Andrew Howard. Faculty Focus, 13 November 2020.

“Review of Flower Darby and James M. Lang’s Small Teaching Online." Inquiry, vol. 23, no. 1., August 2020.

“Six Practical Approaches for Teaching Writing Online.” Co-authored with Albert Pearsall III. Faculty Focus. 22 May 2020.

“Going Multimodal: Five Tips for Making the Switch to Multimodal Assignments.” Faculty Focus. 20 November 2019.

“Review of Genesea M. Carter and William H. Thelin’s Class in the Composition Classroom.” Inquiry, vol. 22, no. 2, September 2019.

“Lesson Learned.” The College Writer at Work, ed. Paige Huskey. October 2018.

 

Ahmad Saeed, Bushra

Bushra Ahmad Saeed Research Interests Scholarly & Creative Work

she/her/hers

bushra.ahmadsaeed@udc.edu

Associate Professor

Division Director, Nursing Allied Health, Life and Physical Sciences

Biotechnology

Tissue Culture Technology

STEM programs

M. JAYABALAN, M. E. CABELLERO, B. SAEED et all (2021). Unrealized potential from smaller institutions: Four strategies for advancing STEM diversity. Cell 184, pg 5845-5850. https://www.cell.com/cell/fulltext/S0092-8674(21)01285-X

 

Almala, Abed Sami

Abed Sami Almala Research Interests

he/him/his

abed.almala@udc.edu

Visiting Professor

Life and Physical Sciences

orcid.org/0000-0002-9621-7751

STEM

Community College Education

 

Brown, Ronnie

Ronnie Brown Research Interests

ronnie.brown@udc.edu

Assistant Professor of Engineering Science

Engineering Science; Mathematics

Engineering Education

Culturally Responsive Teaching

Mathematics Education

Grimes, Lauren

Lauren Grimes Research Interests Scholarly & Creative Work

lauren.grimes@udc.edu

Adjunct Professor

Division of Humanities and Criminology

Website

Political Science Pedagogies

Civic Engagement

Global Citizenship

21st Century Competencies and Skills

Contributor to Reimagining a 21st Century Democracy (2019) pages 33-35

Grimes, Lauren (2017) "The Value of Black Lives: The Effect of the Digital Age on African American Identity and Political Participation," The Journal of Traditions & Beliefs: Vol. 5, Article 8.

Grimes, Lauren (2021) A Guidebook for Socially Responsible & Civically Engaged Youth

Grimes, Lauren (2022) A Guide for Socially Responsible & Civically Engaged Youth - Instructor Manual

Grimes, Lauren. "Systemic ELA Challenges at Post-secondary Institutions: Why Many Two-Year Students Aren't Prepared for College-Level Writing." The Palgrave Handbook of Political Research Pedagogyedited by Daniel J. Mallinson, Julia Marvin Hellwege, and Eric D. Loepp, Palgrave Macmillan, 2021, pp.425-434.

Grimes, Lauren. "Youth Citizenship and Civic Injustices within K-12 U.S. Social Studies Public Education." The Social Educator: Journal of the Social and Citizenship Education Association of Australia, Nov. 6, 2022, Vol. 40, No. 2, pp. 18-34.

Phaire, Dorothy

Dorothy Phaire Scholarly & Creative Work

she

dphaire@udc.edu

Associate Professor

Humanities, General Education

www.dorothyphaire.com

Novel: Murder and the Masquerade

Novel: Blind Delusion

See Website

 

 

Pyakuryal, Anil

Dr. Anil Pyakuryal Research Interests Scholarly & Creative Works

anil.pyakuryal@udc.edu

Senior Adjunct Faculty - UDC-Van Ness Campus - Division of Science and Mathematics

Visiting Assistant Professor - UDC-Community College - Division of Nursing, Allied Health, Physical and Life Sciences (NAHPLS)

Research Site

Quantum Information Science

Nanotechnology

Biomedical Physics

Please see Google Scholar

 

Sanders, Samuel

Samuel Sanders Research Interests Scholarly & Creative Works

he/him

samuel.sanders1@udc.edu

Professor of Entrepreneurial Development

Workforce Development

Website

LinkedIn

Entrepreneurship

Play

Creativity

Sanders, Sam. Your Next Big Idea: Improve Your Creativity and Problem-Solving. Heard Publishing, LLC, 2021.

Sanders, Sam. “13 Under-the-Radar L.A. Spots to Play Tabletop Games.” Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 13 Feb. 2023, www.latimes.com/lifestyle/list/where-to-play-tabletop-games-in-los-angeles.

Sanders, Sam. "These 11 Videogames Make Working Out Actually Fun." The Wall Street Journal, 26 Oct. 2023

Sanders, Sam. "What if NIMBY's Got Paid to Become YIMBYs?.The Boston Globe, 30 Dec. 2023. 

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