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| Christian Aguiar | Research Interests | Scholarly & Creative Works |
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he/him Assistant Professor English
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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. |
| Bushra Ahmad Saeed | Research Interests | Scholarly & Creative Work |
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she/her/hers 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 |
| Abed Sami Almala | Research Interests |
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he/him/his Visiting Professor Life and Physical Sciences |
STEM Community College Education |
| Ronnie Brown | Research Interests |
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Assistant Professor of Engineering Science Engineering Science; Mathematics |
Engineering Education Culturally Responsive Teaching Mathematics Education |
| Lauren Grimes | Research Interests | Scholarly & Creative Work |
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Adjunct Professor Division of Humanities and Criminology |
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 Pedagogy, edited 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. |
| Dorothy Phaire | Scholarly & Creative Work |
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she Associate Professor Humanities, General Education |
Novel: Murder and the Masquerade Novel: Blind Delusion See Website
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| Dr. Anil Pyakuryal | Research Interests | Scholarly & Creative Works |
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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) |
Quantum Information Science Nanotechnology Biomedical Physics |
Please see Google Scholar |
| Samuel Sanders | Research Interests | Scholarly & Creative Works |
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he/him Professor of Entrepreneurial Development Workforce Development |
Entrepreneurship Play Creativity |
Sanders, Sam. Your Next Big Idea: Improve Your Creativity and Problem-Solving. Heard Publishing, LLC, 2021. 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. |
