Community College / Minority Serving Institution Education Advisor
Bryan Shuler
Bryan Shuler is the Community College / Minority Serving Institution Education Advisor for ACOR. He is an Assistant Professor in Cultural Studies, Curator for the Dr. Anthony L. Griffon Research Library, and both a Fulbright Scholar and Fellow in African and Afro-Brazilian Studies.
2024 Cohort
Dr. Layla Azmi Goushey
Dr. Layla A. Goushey is a Professor of English at St. Louis Community College in St. Louis, MO. She holds an M.F.A. in Creative Writing, a Graduate Certificate in Teaching Writing, and a Ph.D. in Adult Education: Teaching and Learning Processes. She will complete an additional Master’s Degree in History in May 2024. Dr. Goushey is a previous recipient of the Missouri Community College Association’s Governor’s Global Educator Award. She plans to continue her work in global education by developing one or more course modules using the ACOR-Jordan Digital Archive.
Dr. Jennifer Morey
Jennifer Morey is an Associate Professor of Psychology and department chair at Virginia Peninsula Community College. She has been at VPCC since 2015. She obtained her PhD in Life-Span Developmental Psychology from West Virginia University, and completed post-doctoral work at the University of Kentucky.
Dr. Ritu Kanduri
Ritu Gairola Khanduri is a cultural anthropologist, historian, curator and educator with research and teaching interests in visual culture, globalization, South Asia, and Gandhi. She is the author of Caricaturing Culture in India: Cartoons and the History of the Modern World published by Cambridge University Press and several journal articles and book chapters. Her research awards include multiple Fulbright fellowships and funding from the Wenner Gren Foundation, Social Science Research Council, and the Mellon Foundation. Dr. Khanduri is passionate about Student Success, and experiential learning, and shares her excitement about anthropology and the humanities through her teaching, lectures, exhibitions, and public engagement. She is an associate professor of anthropology at the University of Texas at Arlington. She also serves pro bono as the National Executive Director of the Lambda Alpha National Collegiate Honor Society which recognizes meritorious students in anthropology and awards funds for student research in anthropology. Dr. Khanduri was recently awarded the Texas Women in Higher Education grant for professional advancement.
2023 Cohort
Breanna Hooks
Breanne Hooks is a professor of mathematics at Santa Fe College. Her work focuses on internationalizing and humanizing mathematics. She is interested in the cultural influences on mathematics and education.
Dr. Monika Bachmann
Rebecca J. Johnston
2022 Cohort
Dr. Silvio Gaggi – Visual Art Unit: HUM 2020
Silvio Gaggi is Emeritus Professor of Humanities and Cultural Studies at the University of South Florida, serving a total of 15 years as Department Chair. Additionally, Dr. Gaggi has written numerous articles and books dealing with various aspects of modern art, literature, film, and music which has been a lifelong hobby of his.
Lori Merlak – Connecting Intercultural Studies
Lori Merlak currently serves as the Associate Dean on the Iowa City Campus at Kirkwood Community College in Iowa. Prior to taking on this role at Kirkwood, she was an Associate Professor and Coordinator for the Management Program at Kirkwood. She is passionate about global learning and has facilitated several global virtual exchange projects connecting her students with students from around the world including Iraq and Jordan.
Cassandra Farrell – Incorporating ACOR Photographs into Story Maps
Cassandra Farrell is Senior Map Archivist at Library of Virginia with extensive experience in teaching History at Thomas Nelson College, and is currently completing her Doctorate in Digital History at George Mason University. Cassandra is renowned for her curatorial work with antiquarian map exhibitions.
Cassandra’s project, Photographs from the American Center of Research, Amman, Jordan , utilizes StoryMaps to highlight various sites and photographers in the Digital Archive.
