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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
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
Joi Mondisa
Assistant Professor,
Industrial & Operations Engineering
Dr. Mondisa examines mentoring approaches, programs, and relationships in STEM higher education.
Research Areas: Diversity, Equity and Inclusion; Students and practitioners; Instructional innovation and change
Website
jmondisa@umich.edu
