RISE Faculty Fellowship Intiative
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.
2024-2025 RISE Faculty
- Carrie Wall, Ph.D. - Humanities/Teacher Education Division
- Colin Storm, Ph.D. - Communication Division
- Janet Trammell, Ph.D. - Social Science Division
- John Taden, Ph.D. - International Studies and Languages Division
- Kelly Todd - Fine Arts Division
- Laura Locke Estes, Ph.D. - Religion and Philosophy Division
- Réka Anna Lassu, Ph.D. - Business Administration Division
- Carrie Birmingham, Ph.D. - Humanities/Teacher Education Division
- Chad Duffy, Ph.D. - Humanities and Teacher Education Division
- Christina Littlefield, Ph.D. - Communication and Religion and Philosophy Divisions
- Donna Nofziger, Ph.D. - Natural Science Division
- John Struloeff, Ph.D. - Humanities/Teacher Education Division
- Katie Frye, Ph.D. - Humanities and Teacher Education Division
- Lena Udall, Ph.D. - International Studies and Languages Division
- Maire Mullins, Ph.D. - Humanities/Teacher Education Division
- Martin Premoli, Ph.D. - Humanities and Teacher Education Division
- Paul Contino, Ph.D. - Humanities/Teacher Education Division
- Stella Erbes, Ph.D. - Humanities/Teacher Education Division
2023-2024 RISE Faculty
- Carrie Wall, Ph.D. - Humanities/Teacher Education Division
- Dyron Daughrity, Ph.D. - Religion and Philosophy Division
- Janet Trammell, Ph.D. - Social Science Division
- Colin Storm, Ph.D. - Communication Division
- Réka Anna Lassu, Ph.D. - Business Administration Division
- Christina Littlefield, Ph.D. - Communication and Religion and Philosophy Divisions
- Carrie Birmingham, Ph.D. - Humanities/Teacher Education Division
- Donna Nofziger, Ph.D. - Natural Science Division
- Lisa Smith, Ph.D. - Humanities/Teacher Education Division
- Stella Erbes, Ph.D. - Humanities/Teacher Education Division
- Jonathan D. Riddle, Ph.D. - Humanities and Teacher Education Division
- Maire Mullins, Ph.D. - Humanities/Teacher Education Division
- Paul Contino, Ph.D. - Humanities/Teacher Education Division
- Jennifer A. Smith, Ph.D. - Humanities/Teacher Education Division
- Jacqueline Dillion, Ph.D. - Humanities/Teacher Education Division
- John Struloeff, Ph.D. - Humanities/Teacher Education Division
2022-2023 RISE Faculty
- Carrie Wall, Ph.D. - Humanities/Teacher Education Division
- Janet Trammell, Ph.D. - Social Science Division
- Réka Anna Lassu, Ph.D. - Business Administration Division
- Theresa de los Santos, Ph.D. - Communication Division
- Tuan Hoang, Ph.D. - Humanities/Teacher Education Division
- Christina Littlefield, Ph.D. - Communication and Religion and Philosophy Divisions
- Nataria T. Joseph, Ph.D. - Social Science Division
- Brian Newman, Ph.D. - Social Science Division
- Donna Nofziger, Ph.D. - Natural Science Division
2021-2022 RISE Faculty
- Theresa de los Santos, Ph.D. - Communication Division
- Janet Trammell, Ph.D. - Social Science Division
- Cooker Perkins Storm, Ph.D - Natural Science Division
- Louise Lofquist - Fine Arts Division
- Rachel Tan, Ph.D. - Natural Science Division
- Elizabeth Krumrei Mancuso, Ph.D. - Social Science Division
- Daniel P. Overton, Ph.D. - Communication Division Division
- Khanh Bui, Ph.D. - Social Science Division
Fellowship Opportunities
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, tenure-track, or fixed-term Seaver faculty member is eligible to apply. 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.
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, tenure-track, or fixed-term Seaver faculty member is eligible to apply. 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.