Center CV
The Center for Teaching Excellence is committed to service, teaching, and research that advance the University's goal of transformational education and enrich educational development efforts and practices across our campus and beyond. Please find below the professional contributions that Center staff made during the 2021-2022 academic year.
Bowhay, C., Wickersham, T., Richardson, R., & Dunlap, K. (2022). Texas panhandle beef production tour, a high-impact compressed course in animal science, Translational Animal Science, 6(2).
Chang, C.N., Patterson, C.A., Vanderford, N.L., & Evans, T.M. (2021). Modeling individual development plans, mentoring support, and career preparedness relationships among Ph.D. trainees in the life sciences. F1000Research. doi: 10.12688/f1000research.53705.1.
Harlin, J., Patterson, C.A., Schweller, M., Seipp, A., & Butler-Purry, K. (2021). Institutionalizing high quality graduate mentoring: Process and implementation, In Dominguez, N. & Garcia, D. (Eds.). (2021). 14th annual mentoring conference (14th ed.) Mentoring in an Interconnected World. The Chronicle of Mentoring & Coaching. ISSN 2372-9848.
Meyer, A.R., Patterson, C.A. & Zimmer, W.N. (2021). Connecting college live mascots at the Sugar Bowl with oral history: An interdisciplinary study. Sound Historian. ISSN 1077-2979.
Patterson, C.A., Couri, D., Presley, S., & Fowler, D. (2021). A case for mentorship in doctoral education: Interviews with potential employers, In Dominguez, N. & Garcia, D. (Eds.). (2021). 14th annual mentoring conference (14th ed.) Mentoring in an Interconnected World. The Chronicle of Mentoring & Coaching. ISSN 2372-9848.
Patterson, C.A., Couri, D., Presley, S., & Harlin, J. (2021). Valuing faculty mentoring: A review of mentorship awards at an R1 university, In Dominguez, N. & Garcia, D. (Eds.). (2021). 14th annual mentoring conference (14th ed.) Mentoring in an Interconnected World. The Chronicle of Mentoring & Coaching. ISSN 2372-9848.
Patterson, C.A., Harlin, J., Couri, D., Fowler, D., & Duffield, N. (2021). Mentoring in artificial intelligence and materials science: Applying a new doctoral model, In Dominguez, N. & Garcia, D. (Eds.). (2021). 14th annual mentoring conference (14th ed.) Mentoring in an Interconnected World. The Chronicle of Mentoring & Coaching. ISSN 2372-9848.
Patterson, C.A., Presley, S., Couri, D., Fowler, D., & Harlin, J. (2021). The culture of mentoring model: Implementing an institution-wide mentorship initiative, In Dominguez, N. & Garcia, D. (Eds.). 14th annual mentoring conference (14th ed.) Mentoring in an Interconnected World. The Chronicle of Mentoring & Coaching. ISSN 2372-9848.
Payne, G. L. (2021). Language education as professional development: Assessing international instructors’ growth. The Language Educator, 16(2).
Rethman, C., Perry, J., Donaldson, J.P., Choi, D., & Erukhimova, T. (2021). Impact of informal physics programs on university student development: Creating a physicist. Physical Review Physics Education Research, 17(2).
Shields, S. M. (2022). Shifting pedagogical paradigms: The active learning in engineering program. [Unpublished doctoral dissertation]. Texas A&M University.
Chang, C.N., Patterson, C.A., Vanderford, N.L., & Evans, T.M. (2022). Modeling individual development plans, mentoring support, and career preparedness relationships among Ph.D. trainees in the life sciences. American Educational Research Association.
Cooper, B. & Payne, G. (2022). Promoting oral communication in the university through a support service, Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages international convention.
Donaldson, J. P. (2022). Conceptualizations of learning in 5 domains. Hawaii International Conference of Education.
Donaldson, J.P., Chowdhury, M., Dunlap, K., & Joseph, M. (2022). Student conceptualizations of learning in a Covid-19 survey study. Hawaii International Conference of Education.
Donaldson, J. P., Odom, S., Stoddard, K., Parker, D., & Zhao, Y. (2022). Design Thinking as a Structure for Collaborative Project-Based Learning. American Educational Research Association Annual Conference.
Donaldson, J. P. & Pace, D. (2022). Analysis of design features in a competency-based grading schema. Hawaii International Conference of Education.
Fogarty, M., Sallese, M. R. & Shields, S. (2021). Steering Your Educator Preparation Program Into the Future: A Data-Driven and Collaborative Curriculum Redesign Process. Conference presentation at the annual Teacher Education Division of the Council for Exceptional Children Conference. Fort Worth, TX.
Ganvir, A. & Donaldson, J. P. (2022). Using semantic network analysis to inform design moves in design-based research. American Educational Research Association Annual Conference.
Green, M., Juranek, I., Mehrubeoglu, R., & Richardson, R. (2021). "Más Fuertes Juntos”: Four Diverse Institutions Forging One Unique Alliance to be “Stronger Together.” AGEP Research Conference.
Harlin, J., Patterson, C.A., Schweller, M., Seipp, A., & Butler-Purry, K. (2021). Institutionalizing high quality graduate mentoring: Process and implementation. University of New Mexico's Mentoring Institute.
Lim, S.M., McLaughlin, V., Patterson, C.A., Richardson, R., Goodey-Pellois, J., Hilty, C., & Harthcock, M. (2022). Effective graduate training in soft skills in a full-day professional development workshop. 27th Biennial Conference on Chemical Education.
Montague, M.L., Shields, S., Gilson, C., Shikarpuriya, S., & Burton, L. (2021). Using former student data to “steer” curricular redesign decisions. Conversation session at the annual Teacher Education Division of the Council for Exceptional Children Conference.
Murphrey, T., Morris, L., Richardson, R., Walton, S., Ganesan, A., Butler-Purry, K., Moreira, R., & Kelly, K. (2021). Using the Case Study Method to Demonstrate URM STEM Graduate Student Success and How to Promote Participation. 44th Southwest Educational Research Association.
Murray, I., Patterson, C.A. & Poling, N. (2022). Responding to microaggressions and biases in your teaching and healthcare. Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) Group on Diversity and Inclusion (GDI).
Patterson, C.A., Carrillo, R. & Arroyave, R. (2022). Teaching for integration: Sharing experiences in graduate interdisciplinary design studio course. International Science of Team Science.
Patterson, C.A., Carrillo, R. & Couri, D. (2022). Interdisciplinarityness within and across the institution: An exploratory case study at a high-research university. International Science of Team Science.
Patterson, C.A., Couri, D., Presley, S., & Fowler, D. (2021). A case for mentorship in doctoral education: Interviews with potential employers. University of New Mexico's Mentoring Institute.
Patterson, C.A., Couri, D., Presley, S., & Harlin, J. (2021). Valuing faculty mentoring: A review of mentorship awards at an R1 university. University of New Mexico's Mentoring Institute.
Patterson, C.A., Harlin, J., Couri, D., Fowler, D., & Duffield, N. (2021). Mentoring in artificial intelligence and materials science: Applying a new doctoral model. University of New Mexico's Mentoring Institute.
Patterson, C.A., Harlin, J., Couri, D., & Pulukum, S. (2022). Student-centered mentoring with dignity at TAMU. Texas A&M University Race, Identity, & Social Equity conference.
Patterson, C.A., Presley, S., Couri, D., Fowler, D., & Harlin, J. (2021). The culture of mentoring model: Implementing an institution-wide mentorship initiative,. University of New Mexico's Mentoring Institute.
Perry, J., Donaldson, J. P., & Erukhimova, T. (2021). Comparing the impact of informal physics program on undergraduate versus graduate student facilitators. Physics Education Research Conference.
Randolph, J., Hay, E., Donaldson, J. P., Rethman, C., Erukhimova, T., & Perry, J. (2021). Comparing the impact of informal physics program on undergraduate versus graduate student facilitators. Physics Education Research Conference.
Reaves, M., Chowdhury, M., & Bowhay, C. (2022). Semantic Network Analysis and Cluster Analysis in Design Based Research. American Educational Research Association Annual Conference.
Shields, S. & LeChasseur, K. (2022). Institutional transformation using project-based learning: A systematic review of the literature Poster presentation at the annual NSF IUSE Summit. Washington, D.C.
Von Buettner, T. K. & Donaldson, J.P. (2022). Transformative learning theory and its use in the classroom. Hawaii International Conference of Education.
Wobbe, K., LeChasseur, K.Reese, M. & Shields, S. (2022). There Is No Template: A PBL Model for Supporting Professional Development. American Association of Colleges and Universities Conference. Washington, D.C.
Zowam, S., Wallace, W., Chowdhury, M., Donaldson, J.P., & Larson, B. (2022). Research, Teaching and Service Conceptualizations Relationship to Practices. American Educational Research Association Annual Conference.
Blake, J. Eliminating Bias in School Discipline Through Teacher Training, 2020-2024, Texas A&M University. Supported by Poling, N.
Butler-Purry, K., Moreira, R., & Fowler, D., Pellois, J., Carter-Sowell, A., & Richardson, R., (2021) The Texas A&M System AGEP Alliance: A Model to Advance Historically Underrepresented Minorities in the STEM Professoriate Managing Division. 2017-23, National Science Foundation Alliances for Graduate Education and the Professoriate, 1723255.
Shippen, D., Bondos, S. & Paez, X., (2022) Enhancing mentorship through a contemporary diversity equity and inclusion lens. 2021-22, National Institute of Health (supplemental award for T32 in Genetics PI Threadgill), 102931. Supported by Patterson, C.A.
Wilcox, B., Wu, X., Fuhlendorf, S., Walker, J., Goodman, L., & Twidwell, D. Enhancing Livestock Production in the Great Plains. 2019-24, USDA-NIFA program in Sustainable Agricultural Systems, 12726253. Supported by Poling, N.
Wobbe, K., LeChasseur, K., Fowler, D., Elmes, K., Mack, K., Miller, J., Reese, M., Shaver, I., Shields, S. Preparing Graduate Students for Convergence Research Careers: A Project-Based Learning Approach. 2020-22, National Science Foundation: IUSE-EHR.
Cooper, B., ACUE Bursary Funding ($18,000), 2021-22, Galloway Foundation.
Donaldson, J. & Chowdhury, M., Graduate Assistant Non-Teaching for IDEALS Lab ($37,500), 2021-22, Galloway Foundation.
Payne, G.L. & Cooper, B., Graduate Assistant Non-Teaching to develop Pronunciation Highlighter ($37,500), 2021-22, Galloway Foundation.
Payne, G.L. & Cooper, B., Graduate Assistant Non-Teaching to develop Virtual Language Lab ($37,500), 2021-22, Galloway Foundation.
Fowler, D.A., Shields, S.M., Erukhimova, T.L., Herzogenrath, J.R., & Pantuso, T.B. Digital Design for Student Success, 2022, The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board.
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| Department of History | Department of Nutrition |
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Cooper, Brandon
Fowler, Debra
Guillory, Jeanna
Patterson, Clint
Payne, Ginessa
Poling, Nate
Shields, Samantha
- member, Respect & Inclusion Curriculum Committee, First-Year Experience Program
Fowler, Debra
- member, Transformational Teaching & Learning Conference Steering Committee
- member, Masters of Urban Planning - Program (Re)Design Committee
- member, Masters of Visualization - Program (Re)Design Committee
- member, Department of Biology - Academic Vision Committee
- member, Texas Conference on Student Success Committee
- member, Student Success Operations Committee
Guillory, Jeanna
- member, Transformational Teaching & Learning Conference Steering Committee
Patterson, Clint
- distinguished speaker, Institute of Engineering Education and Innovation
- ex officio member, Graduate Mentoring Advisory Committee
Payne, Ginessa
- instructor, First-Year Experience
Poling, Nate
- instructor, First-Year Experience
- member, Forensic & Investigative Sciences - Program (Re)Design Committee
- member, Department of Nutrition - Program (Re)Design Committee
Shields, Samantha
- contact, Innovative Learning Classroom Building
- ex-officio member, University Curriculum Committee
- liaison, TAMU-Qatar Center for Teaching and Learning
- member, Department of Chemical Engineering - Program (Re)Design Committee
- member, Department of History - EDGE Grant Committee
- member, Division of Special Education - Program (Re)Design Committee
- member, School of Nursing - (Re)Vision Committee
Cooper, Brandon
- co-editor, As We Speak - newsletter of TESOL's Listening, Speaking, and Pronunciation Interest Group
Fowler, Debra
- member, Association of College and University Educators (ACUE) Board of Advisors
Patterson, Clint
- invited speaker, International Science of Team Science Education and Training Special Interest Group
- peer reviewer, International Science of Team Science conference proposals
- member, International Science of Team Science conference project team
- member, Texas Oral History Association (TOHA) advisory board