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BU Faculty Coaches

Connecting Faculty with LfA Coaches

Peer-to-peer learning promotes engagement, collaborative thinking, and can be mutually fulfilling. This is the foundation for the LfA Faculty Coaches model.

Boston University faculty have access to practice-based, LfA peer coaches throughout BU Schools and Departments across both campuses. The  role of a LfA Faculty Coach is to provide faculty training and support, and serve as a peer guide to their cohort (the faculty members assigned to each coach) throughout the summer and fall semesters. LfA Faculty Coaches are committed to information sharing and are available to assist BU faculty in the following manner: 

  • advise faculty within their cohort (the faculty members assigned to each coach) on relevant pedagogical approaches and technological needs for LfA model,
  • point faculty to appropriate resources within the Center from Teaching & Learning, Educational Technology, and other related units, and 
  • direct faculty to appropriate training opportunities within the Center from Teaching & Learning, Educational Technology, and other related units.

The following list of LfA Faculty Coaches has been established and sorted by School/College. Please reach out to Coaches within your practice area. For additional questions, email ctl@bu.edu.

Access this list of BU faculty coaches and reach out to ctl@bu.edu with questions.

BU College of Arts & Sciences

STEM

Biology

John Finnerty

jrf3@bu.edu

Kathryn Spilios

kspilios@bu.edu

John Tullai

jtullai@bu.edu

 

Earth and Environment

Matt DiCinto

dicinto@bu.edu

 

Chemistry

Binyomin Abrams

abramsb@bu.edu

Rebecca Loy

rnloy@bu.edu

 

Computer Science

Abbas Attarwala

attarwal@bu.edu

Aaron Stevens

azs@bu.edu

 

Mathematics & Statistics

Kyle Capogna

kcapogna@bu.edu

Takashi Kimura

kimura@bu.edu

 

Neuroscience

John Tullai

jtullai@bu.edu

 

Psychological and Brain Sciences

Sam Ling

samling@bu.edu

Andrea Mercurio

aemerc@bu.edu

 

Physics

Robert Carey

carey@bu.edu

Jacob Willig-Onwuachi

willig@bu.edu


Humanities

Boston Playwrights’ Theatre

Darren Evans

darrene@bu.edu

 

Classical Studies

Brandon Jones

jonesbf@bu.edu

 

Core Curriculum

Robin Stevens

rjs01@bu.edu

 

English

Ken Alba

kenalba@bu.edu

Darren Evans

darrene@bu.edu

Jonathan Foltz

jfoltz@bu.edu

 

History

Phillip Haberkern

phaberke@bu.edu

 

History of Art and Architecture

Susan Rice

srice@bu.edu

 

Philosophy

Aaron Garrett

garrett@bu.edu

 

Religion

Deeana Klepper

dklepper@bu.edu

Romance Studies

Kirby Chazal

kchazal@bu.edu

 

Alison Carberry

carberry@bu.edu

World Languages and Literature

Peter Schwartz

pjs8@bu.edu

 

Amber Navarre

navarrea@bu.edu

Writing Program

Stephen Hodin

shodin@bu.edu

James Pasto

jpasto@bu.edu

 


Social Sciences

Anthropology

Cheryl Knott

knott@bu.edu

 

Economics

Ben Koskinen

bkosk@bu.edu

Stacey Gelsheimer

staceyg1@bu.edu

 

Earth and Environment

Matt DiCinto

dicinto@bu.edu

 

Political Science

Serrie Hamilton

serrieh@bu.edu

 

Sociology

Cati Connell

cati@bu.edu

BU College of Communication

Kathryn Burak, COM Writing Program

kburak@bu.edu

 

Anne Danehy, COM Department of Mass Communications, Advertising and Public Relations

adanehy@bu.edu

 

Michael Dowding, COM Department of Mass Communications, Advertising and Public Relations

mdowding@bu.edu

 

Deborah Jaramillo, COM Department of Film & Television

dlj@bu.edu

 

Amy Shanler, COM Department of Mass Communications, Advertising and Public Relations

shanlera@bu.edu

 

Peter Smith, Journalism

pasmith@bu.edu

BU College of Engineering

Ousama Aamar, BME General Lab

oaamar@bu.edu

 

Stormy Attaway, Mechanical Engineering

sa@bu.edu

 

Jeffrey Carruthers, Electrical & Computer Engineering

jbc@bu.edu

 

Caleb Farny, Mechanical Engineering

farny@bu.edu

 

Josh Semeter, Electrical and Computer Engineering

jls@bu.edu

 

Aleksandrs Zosuls, Biomedical Engineering

azosuls@bu.edu

BU College of Fine Arts

Felice Amato, Art Education

famato@bu.edu

 

Daniel Dona, School of Music

dldona@bu.edu

 

Clay Hopper, Theatre Arts

chopper@bu.edu

 

Kristin Leahey, School of Theatre

kleahey@bu.edu

 

Jon Savage, Fine Arts

jcsavage@bu.edu

 

Marc Schepens, School of Visual Arts

schepens@bu.edu

 

Douglas Sumi, School of Music

dsumi@bu.edu

 

Mary Yang, Graphic Design

yangm@bu.edu

BU College of General Studies

Kari Lavalli, Division of Natural Science

klavalli@bu.edu

 

Lynn O’Brien Hallstein, Division of Rhetoric

lhallst@bu.edu

BU Metropolitan College

Scot Arena, Computer Science

sdarena@bu.edu

 

Canan Corlu, Administrative Sciences

canan@bu.edu

 

Eugene Pinsky, Computer Science

epinsky@bu.edu

 

Kia Teymourian, Computer Science

kiat@bu.edu

 

Irena Vodenska, Administrative Sciences

vodenska@bu.edu

 

Vladi Zlatev, Administrative Sciences

zlatev@bu.edu

BU Pardee School of Global Studies

William Grimes

wgrimes@bu.edu

 

Jeremy Menchik

menchik@bu.edu

 

Kaija Schilde

kschilde@bu.edu

BU Questrom School of Business

Mark Kean, Markets, Public Policy, and Law

bird33@bu.edu

 

Peter Marton, Strategy & Innovation

pdmarton@bu.edu

 

Phyllis McGinnis, Marketing

phyll@bu.edu

 

Paul McManus, Strategy & Innovation

pmcmanus@bu.edu

 

Nelia Newell, Finance Department

cwnewell@bu.edu

 

Gregory Stoller, Strategy & Innovation

gstoller@bu.edu

 

Ray Wilson, Accounting

rpwilson@bu.edu

BU Sargent College of Health & Rehabilitation Sciences

Dustin Allen, Health Sciences

drallen@bu.edu

 

Jennifer Bentley, Speech, Language and Hearing Science

bentley1@bu.edu

 

Karen Jacobs, SAR Jacobs Lab

kjacobs@bu.edu

 

Erin Riley, Physical Therapy & Athletic Training

erileypt@bu.edu

BU School of Hospitality Administration

Sean Jung, Hospitality Analytics

sjung83@bu.edu

BU School of Law

Marni Caputo, Lawyering Program

mgcaputo@bu.edu

 

Stephen Donweber, Law

donweber@bu.edu

 

Gerald Leonard, Law

gleonard@bu.edu

 

Christina Rice, Graduate Tax Program

ricec@bu.edu

 

Christopher Robertson, Law

ctr00@bu.edu

 

Kate Silbaugh, Law

silbaugh@bu.edu

BU School of Medicine

Linda Barnes, Medical Anthropology & Cross Cultural Practice

lbarnes@bu.edu

 

Amy Brodeur, Biomedical Forensic Sciences

abrodeur@bu.edu

 

Andrew Clark, Psychiatry

abclark@bu.edu

 

Molly Cohen-Osher, Family Medicine

mcoheno@bu.edu

 

Laurie Craigen, Mental Health Counseling & Behavioral Medicine

lcraigen@bu.edu

 

Christine Crawford, Psychiatry

christine.crawford@bmc.org

 

Theresa Davies, Biochemistry; Assistant Dean Graduate Medical Sciences

tdavies@bu.edu

 

Elizabeth Ferrenz, Family Medicine

eferrenz@bu.edu

 

Priya Garg, Pediatrics, Associate Dean of Medical Education

prgarg@bu.edu

 

Ariel Hirsch, Radiation Oncology

ariel.hirsch@bmc.org

 

Simon Levy, Physiology & Biophysics

simonl@bu.edu

 

Robert Lowe, Gastroenterology

robert.lowe@bmc.org

 

Maryann MacNeil, Anatomy & Neurobiology

mamst@bu.edu

 

Cheryl McSweeney, Family Medicine

cmcswee@bu.edu

 

Manisha Mehta, Pathology & Laboratory Medicine

Manisha.Mehta@bmc.org

 

Mina Moussavi, Physiology & Biophysics

mmoussa@bu.edu

 

Caitlin Neri, Pediatrics

Caitlin.Neri@bmc.org

 

Stephanie Oberhaus, Microbiology

oberhaus@bu.edu

 

Gwynneth Offner, Medicine

goffner@bu.edu

 

Christine Phillips, Medicine

chphilli@bu.edu

 

Joe Rencic, Medicine

jrencic@bu.edu

 

Barbara Schreiber, Biochemistry – Schreiber Lab

schreibe@bu.edu

 

Omar Siddiqi, Medicine

omar.siddiqi@bmc.org

 

Jean-Jacques Soghomonian, Anatomy & Neurobiology

jjsogho@bu.edu

 

Lauren Stern, Medicine

lauren.stern@bmc.org

 

Kathleen Swenson, Genetic Counseling Program

kbb2010@bu.edu

 

Karen Symes, Biochemistry

symes@bu.edu

 

Louis Toth, Anatomy & Neurobiology

ljtoth@bu.edu

 

Marcin Trojanowski, Medicine

trojanma@bu.edu

 

Susan White, Physician Assistant Program

susanew@bu.edu

 

Aaron Young, Physiology & Biophysics

youngaw@bu.edu

 

Ann Zumwalt, Anatomy & Neurobiology

azumwalt@bu.edu

BU School of Public Health

Lisa Sullivan, Biostatistics

lsull@bu.edu

BU School of Social Work

Deborah Chassler, Muroff Research Group

chassler@bu.edu

 

Antoinette Delmonico, Lecturer

abdelmon@bu.edu

 

Faith Little, Charles River Campus Instruction

littlef@bu.edu

BU Wheelock College of Education and Human Development

Ellen Faszewski, Office of the Dean

efaz@bu.edu

 

Mary Hughes, Language and Literacy

mhughs@bu.edu

 

Grace Kim, Counseling Psychology & Applied Human Development

gkim15@bu.edu

 

Jerry Whitmore, Educational Leadership & Policy Studies

whitmore@bu.edu

BU School of Theology

Joe Kauslick
jmkaus@bu.edu

Other BU Departments

BU Academy

Olive Brown, Academic & Student Services

ocbrown@bu.edu

 

Daniel Ford, Academic & Student Services

djford@bu.edu

 

BU HUB

Eric Jarvis, BU HUB/Office of the Provost

ejarvis@bu.edu

 

Lynn O’Brien Hallstein, Cross College Challenge, BU HUB

lhallst@bu.edu

 

Center for English Language & Orientation Programs (CELOP)         

Michelle Smith

smithmj@bu.edu

 

Kilachand Honors College

Travis Franks

tbfranks@bu.edu

DL&I POV Faculty Coaches

Point Of View, July 2020

The College of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences: Sargent College’s Dustin Allen, Jennifer Bentley, Erin Riley, and Karen Jacobs are serving as LfA Faculty Coaches. In this Point of View, they share their thoughts on BU’s current teaching and learning climate, outline the role of a faculty coach, and share the strategies their team uses to support their colleagues. Read the POV.

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Recovery Plan Resources for Faculty & Staff

As we hear from employees regarding the return to campus and questions you may have, we will continue to develop resources and information that support the return to campus. The COVID-19 Employee Support Line at 617-358-4990 or covidhelp@bu.edu will continue to be an available resource, as will the Human Resources Service Center at 617-353-2380 or hr@bu.edu. Stay connected and learn more about BU’s plan to reopen.

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Health & Wellness Resources

  • BU Covid-19 Information
  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
  • Massachusetts Department of Public Health
  • World Health Organization
  • National Institutes of Health (NIH)
  • U.S. Department of State Travel Advisories
  • U.S. Department of State Smart Traveler Enrollment Program (STEP)

Questions or consultations?

For pedagogical guidance, email ctl@bu.edu. For technology guidance, email AskEdTech@bu.edu.

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