Grants & Research Awards

The RISE faculty fellowship initiative aims to equip faculty with resilience skills and strategies that could be integrated into the classroom to support student success and well-being. Additionally, RISE supports factulty to serve as liaisons for their respective academic departments and the RISE program within student affairs.

2022-2023 RISE Faculty

RISE Divisional Liaisons

Carrie Wall — **Carrie R. Wall, PhD, Associate Professor of Teacher Education**
Humanities and Teacher Education Division

**Janet Trammell, PhD, Associate Professor of Psychology**
Social Science Division

Reka Anna Lassu — **Réka Anna Lassu, PhD, Assistant Professor of Organizational Behavior**
Business Administration Division

Theresa DelosSantos — **Theresa de los Santos, PhD, Associate Professor**
Communication Division

RISE Teaching Stipend Recipients

**Tuan Hoang, Associate Professor of Great Books**
Division of Humanities and Teacher Education
GSHU 199.04: Asian Immigrants in America

**Christina Littlefield, PhD, Associate Professor of Journalism and Religion**
REL 301.02: Christianity and Culture

Nataria Joseph — **Nataria T. Joseph, PhD, Associate Professor**
Social Science Division
Psychology 450: Health Psychology

**Brian Newman, Professor of Political Science**
Social Science Division
POSC 104: American People and Politics

**Donna Nofziger Plank, PhD, Associate Professor of Biology**
Natural Science Division
BIOL 211: Biology of Cells

Fellowship Opportunities

RISE Faculty Fellowship Opportunities

RISE Divisional Liaison

The RISE program is seeking one faculty member from each division to function as the RISE Liaison to their division.

The role will include the following training and benefits:

In-person training (to total 4 hours)
$500 stipend for both the fall and spring semesters (total $1,000)

The role expectations will include the following:

Inform the division about RISE, including representing the RISE program in divisional meetings
Address questions within your division about RISE, including available resources, events, and available coaching opportunities, and how to promote resilience through class opportunities
Complete/participate in all required trainings
Attend the end-of-semester luncheons and provide feedback to improve the program and the role itself

Any tenured or tenure-track* Seaver faculty member is eligible to apply (*fixed-term faculty applications will also be accepted). Applicants should submit a current CV and a one-page description reflection on why they are seeking this role. Applications are typically due the first Sunday of June. Please email Jackie Nat with any questions.

RISE Teaching Fellow

The RISE program would like to provide interested faculty with resources to strengthen students' resilience skills through intentional integration of resilience skills with existing and new course materials. The goal is that students will learn about at least one of the six dimensions of resilience as presented in the RISE Program. Through this teaching stipend, faculty can integrate RISE resilience skills into the course experience to support students’ well-being.

The role will include the following training and benefits:

In-person training (to total 4 hours)
$750 stipend for the academic year for including resilience components in the syllabus and course work in at least one course taught regularly

Recipient will be expected to do the following:

Rework at least one syllabus to include intentional learning and practice of resilience and share the syllabus with the RISE program to be included in the faculty resource library
Incorporate classroom teaching such as a meditation moment, Resilience Tip of the Week, using resilience-related articles in teaching research methods, resilience readings/reflections as appropriate for class, guest speakers, etc.
Complete/participate in all required trainings
Attend the end-of-semester luncheons and provide feedback to improve the program

Any tenured or tenure-track* Seaver faculty member is eligible to apply (*fixed-term faculty applications will also be accepted). Applicants should submit a current CV, the current syllabus from the class, and a one-page description of changes related to resilience that they will be making. Applications are typically due the first Sunday of June. Please email Jackie Nat with any questions.