Eigel Center

Faculty Academy

Academy for Community Engaged Faculty - Spring 2025

Now accepting applications for the seventeenth cohort, the Academy for Community Engaged Faculty supports Xavier faculty making a significant revision to a chosen course or in creating a new course that integrates pedagogy and practices community-engaged learning, an innovative high-impact teaching practice. Xavier faculty from all four colleges have participated in this program and developed over 75 new or enhanced courses into the University Course Catalog.

Learn more about courses launched and supported through the Academy.
Click here for application for the Academy for Community-Engaged Faculty - Spring 2025
Email Sheena Steckl steckls@xavier.edu, Faculty Director, for questions.

Academy for Community-Engaged Faculty Cohort 2009 - 2024

The 2009 - 2024 cohorts represent a broad range of faculty interests and representation from each college within Xavier University.  Their areas of scholarship are diverse and include History, Theology, Physics, Art, Economics, Education, Modern Languages, Social Work, Music, Management, Entrepreneurship, Sociology, Counseling, and Communication Arts.  Graduates have collaborated with the Eigel Center to develop over 30 courses that integrate engagement and service to dozens of community partners.

2024 Academy for Community-Engaged Faculty Cohort

Dr. Conner Basset, Assistant Professor, English
Dr. Yalie Saweda Kamara, Assistant Professor, English
Dr. Marcie Lensges, Associate Professor, Management & Entrepreneurship
Dr. Liz Moreno-Chuquen, Assistant Professor, Spanish & Latin American Literature
Dr. Keturah Nix, Assistant Professor, English
Dr. Katherine Robiadek, Assistant Professor, Political Science & PPP
Dr. James Sikkema, Teaching Professor, Philosophy
Dr. Bashir Tofangsazi, Assistant Professor, RIGS
Dr. O’neil VanHorn, Assistant Professor, Theology

2023 Academy for Community-Engaged Faculty Cohort

Ms. Kelly Austin, Teaching Professor, English
Dr. Won-Jae Hur, Assistant Professor, Theology
Ms. Bethany Lam, Teaching Professor, English
Ms. Amelia Riedel, Teaching Professor, Communication
Dr. Heidrun Schmitzer, Professor, Physics
Dr. Nathan Sommer, Assistant Professor, Computer Science

2022 Academy for Community-Engaged Faculty Cohort

Dr. Dominique Kropp, Teaching Professor, Sport Science and Management
Dr. Richie Liu, Assistant Professor, Marketing
Dr. Martin Madar, Associate Professor, Theology
Dr. Cathy Messinger, Director, Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner Program
Dr. Matthew Regele, Assistant Professor, Management and Entrepreneurship
Dr. Tammy Sonnentag, Associate Professor, Psychology
Dr. Travis Speice, Teaching Professor, Race, Intersectionality, Gender, and Sociology
Dr. Ashley Stadler Blank, Assistant Professor, Marketing

2021 Academy for Community-Engaged Faculty Cohort

Dr. Laura Carney, Teaching Professor, Sports Studies
Dr. Adam Clark, Associate Professor, Theology
Dr. Katie DeBoer, Teaching Professor, Classics and Modern Languages
Dr. Leah Dunn, Associate Professor, Occupational Therapy
Dr. Ana Echevarria-Morales, Teaching Professor, Classics and Modern Languages
Dr. Alan Jin, Associate Professor, Management and Entrepreneurship
Ms. Hollie Johnson, Academic Program Officer, Education
Dr. Julie Kugler-Ackley, Senior Teaching Professor, Montessori Education
Dr. Mich Nyawalo, Associate Professor, Gender and Diversity Studies
Dr. Saurav Pathak, Associate Professor, Management and Entrepreneurship
Dr. Sheena Steckl, Teaching Professor, English
Dr. Juan Suarez Ontanada, Assistant Professor, Classics and Modern Languages

2020 Academy for Community-Engaged Faculty Cohort

Dr. Anne Fuller, Assistant Professor, Psychology
Dr. Greg Hardt, Assistant Professor, Management and Entrepreneurship
Fr. David Inczauskis, SJ, Visiting Faculty, Classics and Modern Languages
Ms. Jackie Lyon, Senior Teaching Professor, English
Ms. Carolyn Otthe-Moore, Teaching Professor, Counseling
Dr. Stacey Raj, Associate Professor, Psychology
Dr. Zachary Russell, Department Chair and Associate Professor, Management and Entrepreneurship
Dr. Ashley Theuring, Assistant Professor, Theology

2019 Academy for Community-Engaged Faculty Cohort

Dr. Lauren Angelone, Assistant Professor, Early Childhood Education
Dr. Randy Browne, Associate Professor, History
Dr. Karen Eutsler, Teaching Professor, Marketing
Dr. Renea Frey, Associate Professor, English
Dr. Jeffrey Gerding, Assistant Professor, English
Dr. Myron Jackson, Besl Chair, Philosophy
Dr. Richard Mullins, Professor, Chemistry
Dr. Kathleen Timmerman, Assistant Professor, Computer Science

2018 Academy for Community-Engaged Faculty Cohort

Dr. Donna Hutchinson-Smyth, Teaching Professor, Montessori Institute
Dr. Adam Konopka, Besl Chair, Philosophy
Dr. Shannon Lafayette Hogue, Visiting Assistant Professor, Classics
Dr. Anas Malik, Professor, Political Science
Dr. Julia O'Hara, Associate Professor, History
Dr. Thomas Wagner, Professor, Communication Arts
Dr. James Wood, Associate Professor, Philosophy

2017 Academy for Community-Engaged Faculty Cohort

Dr. Mee Shew Cheung, Professor, Marketing
Ms. Terri Enslein, Faculty, Nursing
Dr. Carla Gerberry, Associate Professor, Mathematics
Dr. Ashley Hinck, Associate Professor, Communications
Dr. Cheryl Johnson, Associate Professor, Criminal Justice
Dr. Tom Merrill, Director, Center for Innovation
Dr. Thomas Strunk, Associate Professor, Classics

2016 Academy for Community-Engaged Faculty Cohort

Dr. Thilini Ariyachandra, Professor, Management Information Systems
Dr. Betsy List, Teaching Professor, College of Nursing
Ms. Madeline Mitchell, Senior Teaching Professor, Center for International Education
Dr. Hee Kyu Heidi Park, Assistant Professor, Theology
Dr. Leslie Rasmussen, Associate Professor, Communication Arts
Dr. Kristen Renzi, Associate Professor, English
Dr. Norm Townsel, Clinical Coordinator, Clinical Mental Health Counseling Graduate Program

2015 Academy for Community-Engaged Faculty Cohort

Dr. Eileen Alexander, Associate Professor, Health Services Administration
Dr. Rachel Chrastil, Provost
Dr. James Helmer, Associate Professor, Theology
Dr. Gwyn Mellinger, Chair/Associate Professor, Communication Arts
Dr. Marcus Mescher, Associate Professor, Theology
Dr. John Sniegocki, Professor, Theology

2014 Academy for Community-Engaged Faculty Cohort

Dr. Gabe Gottlieb, Professor, Philosophy
Dr. Gary Lewandowski, Professor, Mathematics and Computer Science
Dr. Rebecca Luce, Associate Professor, Management, Entrepreneurship, and Sustainability
Dr. Victoria Zascavage, Associate Professor, Education

2013 Academy for Community-Engaged Faculty Cohort

Dr. Tylon Cook, Assistant Professor, Counseling
Ms. Blis DeVault, Professor, Communication Arts
Dr. Karen Enriquez, Assistant Professor, Theology
Dr. Wendy Maxian, Associate Professor, Communication Arts
Dr. Christopher Pramuk, Associate Professor, Theology
Dr. David Rodick, Assistant Professor, Philosophy

2012 Academy for Community-Engaged Faculty Cohort

Mr. Mathew Dunch, SJ, Visiting Faculty, Philosophy
Ms. Judi Godsey, RN, Assistant Professor, Nursing
Dr. Gennadi Gevorgyan, Assistant Professor, Communication Arts
Dr. Jennifer Gibson, Associate Professor, Psychology
Dr. Michelle Flaum, Professor, Counseling
Dr. Maureen Mullinax, Assistant Professor, Sociology
Ms. Tamika Odum, Associate Director, Women's Center and Gender/Diversity Studies
Dr. Kristine Suna-Koro, Professor, Theology

2011 Academy for Community-Engaged Faculty Cohort

Dr. Rashmi Assudani, Professor, Business
Mr. Ebenezer Ayesu, Visiting Professor, Theology
Dr. Jennifer Beste, Associate Professor, Theology
Dr. Greg Braun, Senior Teaching Professor, Physics
Dr. Jonathon Gibson, Professor, Art
Dr. Tamara Giluk, Assistant Professor, Management and Entrepreneurship
Dr. Michael Goldweber, Professor, Computer Sciences
Mr. George Gordon, Visiting Faculty, Management and Entrepreneurship
Dr. Lynda Kilbourne, Associate Professor, Management, Entrepreneurship, and Strategic Human Resources
Dr. Bree Lang, Assistant Professor, Economics
Dr. Leslie Prosak-Beres, Associate Professor, Education
Dr. Jessalynn Strauss, Assistant Professor, Communication Arts
Ms. Jennifer Tighe, Senior Academic Staff, Communication Arts

2010 Academy for Community-Engaged Faculty Cohort

Dr. Nancy Bertaux, Professor, Economics
Dr. Thomas Clark, Professor Management, Entrepreneurship, and Strategic Human Resources
Dr. Irene Hodgson, Professor, Modern Languages
Dr. Debora Kuchey, Associate Professor, Education
Dr. Mack Mariani, Professor, Political Science/Sociology
Dr. Rhonda Norman, Associate Professor, Counseling
Dr. Kaleel Skeirik, Professor, Music

2009 Academy for Community-Engaged Faculty Cohort

Dr. Gillian Ahlgren, Professor, Theology
Dr. Christine Anderson, Associate Professor, History
Dr. Diane Ceo-DiFrancesco, Professor, Modern Languages
Dr. Elizabeth Groppe, Associate Professor, Social Work
Dr. Tom Kessinger, Associate Professor, Education
Dr. Karim Tiro, Professor, History