FACULTY

Program Leadership

Robin Fowler

Interim Director and
Assistant Research Scientist

Dr. Fowler studies patterns of power and influence in team communication and decision making.

Research Areas: Diversity, equity, and inclusion; design and creativity; Instructional innovation and change

Website

rootsr@umich.edu

Core Faculty

Shanna Daly

Associate Professor,
Mechanical Engineering

Dr. Daly studies student and practitioner front-end design approaches and the integration of these more comprehensive skillsets into engineering.

Research Areas: Diversity, Equity and Inclusion; Students and practitioners; Design and creativity

Website

srdaly@umich.edu

Cindy Finelli

Professor, ECE
Professor, Education

Dr. Finelli currently researches student resistance to active learning and faculty adoption of evidence-based teaching practices.

Research Areas: Diversity, Equity and Inclusion; Students and practitioners; Instructional innovation and change

Website

cfinelli@umich.edu

Mark Guzdial

Professor, CSE

Dr. Guzdial studies barriers to success in computing and creates task-specific programming languages for non-STEM classes.

Research Areas: Diversity, Equity and Inclusion; Engineering skills in K12; Students and practitioners; Learning sciences; Computing education

Website

mjguz@umich.edu

James Holly, Jr.

Assistant Professor
Mechanical Engineering

Dr. Holly, Jr.’s research critically examines systemic racism’s reproduction of inequity in educational outcomes for Black engineering students

Research Areas: Diversity, Equity and Inclusion; Engineering skills in K12; Instructional innovation and change

Website jhollyjr@umich.edu

Aaron Johnson

Assistant Professor
Aerospace Engineering

Dr. Johnson studies how students engage in the productive beginnings of professional practices and how pedagogy can support these productive beginnings.

Research Areas: Diversity, Equity and Inclusion; Students and practitioners; Instructional innovation and change.

Website

aaronwj@umich.edu

Lisa Lattuca

Professor, Education;
Professor, Integrative Systems and Design

Dr. Lattuca studies students’ experiences in engineering courses and programs with the goal of improving curricula, teaching, and learning and broadening participation of marginalized students.

Research Areas: Diversity, Equity and Inclusion; Students and practitioners; Instructional innovation and change

Website

llatt@umich.edu