Engaged Teaching Scholars | Teaching and Learning Center

The goal of the Engaged Teaching Scholars program is to better integrate faculty members into the WVU Teaching and Learning Center, while supporting their scholarly teaching efforts. Engaged Teaching Scholars, in consultation with the Director of the Center, will identify and produce a scholarly teaching project to benefit those who teach across West Virginia University.

2026-2027 Engaged Teaching Scholars

Kimberlyn Gray, Senior Engaged Teaching Scholar

Professor of Chemical Engineering

Leonard C. Nelson School of Engineering

WVU Institute of Technology

Aida Jiménez Esquilín, Senior Engaged Teaching Scholar

Associate Professor of Biology

School of Arts and Sciences

WVU Institute of Technology

Scott Myers, Engaged Teaching Scholar

Professor and Peggy Rardin McConnell Chair

Eberly College of Arts and Sciences
West Virginia University

Andrea Schafer, Senior Engaged Teaching Scholar

Associate Professor of Education

Liberal Arts Division

WVU Potomac State College

Katrina Stewart, Senior Engaged Teaching Scholar
Service Assistant Professor
Eberly College of Arts and Sciences
West Virginia University

Grace Savoy-Burke, Engaged Teaching Scholar
Assistant Teaching Professor
Eberly College of Arts and Sciences
West Virginia University

Previous Appointments

2025-2026 Engaged Teaching Scholars

Omar Al-Shebeeb, Teaching Assistant Professor
Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resources, West Virginia University

Catherine Mezera, Teaching Associate Professor

College of Creative Arts and Media, West Virginia University

Kimberlyn Gray, Professor of Chemical Engineering

Leonard C. Nelson School of Engineering, WVU Institute of Technology

Aida Jiménez Esquilín , Associate Professor of Biology

School of Arts and Sciences, WVU Institute of Technology

Andrea Schafer, Associate Professor of Education

Liberal Arts Division, WVU Potomac State College

2024-2025 Advisory Group

Faculty and student representatives provided direction during the first year of the Center’s growth. Under recommendation from the Center's Advisory Group, the WVU Teaching and Learning Center transitioned to the Engaged Teaching Scholars program in the 2025-2026 academic year.

Rhonda Black
Director of First-Year Experience, West Virginia University

Sheri Chisholm
Associate Professor of Biology and Honors Program Coordinator, WVU Potomac State College

Gina Martino Dahlia
Teaching Professor and Associate Dean of Student Success and Enrollment, College of Creative Arts and Media

D. Jake Follmer
Assistant Professor, Educational Psychology, West Virginia University

Lakshmi Garladinne
Associate Professor, Oral and Maxillofacial Radiologist, West Virginia University

Kelli George
Teaching Assistant Professor, Human Nutrition and Foods, West Virginia University

Kimberlyn Gray
Associate Professor, Chemical Engineering, WVU Institute of Technology

Vicki Huffman
Biology Professor and Associate Dean of Academic Affairs, WVU Potomac State College

Katrina Stewart
Service Assistant Professor, Department of Biology, West Virginia University

Stephanie Young
Teaching Professor and Eberly College Director of the STEM Collaborative, West Virginia University

Zachary L. Ellis
Undergraduate Student Representative, Biochemistry, West Virginia University

Kaitlin Stewart
Doctoral Student and Graduate Teaching Assistant, Geography, West Virginia University