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LOUIS Interactive OER for Dual Enrollment Faculty Appointments

LOUIS: The Louisiana Library Network and the Louisiana Board of Regents are pleased to announce the selection of faculty to cohorts for the $2 million award for the Open Textbooks Pilot Program from the Department of Education through the project Interactive OER for Dual Enrollment. OER, or Open Educational Resources, are course materials that are freely accessible and that allow others to use, adapt, and redistribute them with no or limited restrictions.

Twenty-five cohorts have been formed, bringing together teaching faculty from public and private academic institutions across the state of Louisiana. These faculty have been selected to develop a deployable OER course for one of twenty-five dual enrollment general education courses. Together, the OER courses developed by the cohorts have the potential to reduce costs and improve outcomes for approximately 20,000 high school students and 250,000 total student enrollments statewide per academic year. Earlier in the year, Librarian Cohort Leaders were selected to work alongside teaching faculty throughout this process.

“We are ready to begin the hard and exciting work of developing and deploying these general education dual enrollment interactive courses. Each cohort consists of faculty who were selected based on their teaching experience, interest in expanding access to dual enrollment, and their commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion. The Librarian Cohort Leaders have been working with LOUIS staff to make this a fulfilling and impactful experience,” said Dr. Teri Oaks Gallaway Associate Commissioner and Executive Director for LOUIS. Dr. Gallaway serves as the Principal Investigator for the Interactive OER for Dual Enrollment grant.

Cohorts will begin their work with a kickoff event scheduled in late May 2021. Over the summer months, they will develop skills around open education resources, open publishing, and course development, among other topics. The cohorts will then spend the next year working on developing these general education courses. Completed courses will be implemented in a pilot phase in the fall of 2022. All twenty-five courses will continue to be taught and refined on campuses across the state in the spring of 2022 and beyond. LOUIS will work with leaders in secondary and post-secondary education, in the open education resource community, and through conference presentations to bring awareness to these freely accessible courses to ensure their continued development and use.

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American History I

Chresancio Jackson, Louisiana Delta Community College

Jennifer Lang, Delgado Community College

Sam Bono, River Parishes Community College

American History II

Jennifer Lang, Delgado Community College

Kevin McQueeney, Nicholls State University

Business & Professional Communication

Veronika Humphries, University of Louisiana at Monroe

Adrienne Abel, SOWELA

Joseph Williams, Louisiana Tech University

Sumita Roy, Southern University and A&M College

Sydney Epps, Louisiana State University

Chemistry I, Lecture + Lab (Science Majors)

Conrad Jones, Southern University and A&M College

Esperanza Zenon, River Parishes Community College

John Hopkins , Louisiana State University

Soma Mukherjee, University of Holy Cross New Orleans

Yu Wang, University of Louisiana at Lafayette

Computer Applications

Ann Williams, SOWELA

Dennis Sigur, Dillard University

Jennifer Lavergne, McNeese State University

Juana Moreno, Louisiana State University

Sudhir Trivedi, Southern University and A&M College

Dance Appreciation

Cissy Whipp

Roshanda Spears, Southern University Shreveport

Susan Perlis, Louisiana State University

Vanessa Kanamoto, University of Louisiana at Monroe

Elementary Spanish I (3-4 credit hours)

Giti Farudi, Xavier University of Louisiana

Yelani Feldman, Dillard University

Elementary Spanish I+II (6 credit hours)

Carolina Cobb, Southern University and A&M College

Isabel Matus, Louisiana State University

Handy Acosta Cuellar, Louisiana State University

Jerry Parker, Southeastern Louisiana University

English Composition I

Kirk Fontenot, Bossier Parish Community College

Shelly Rodrigue, University of Holy Cross New Orleans

Wanda Waller, Southern University Shreveport

Will Rogers, University of Louisiana at Monroe

English Composition II

Adam Falik, Southern University at New Orleans

Doreen Piano, University of New Orleans

Dorie LaRue, Louisiana State University Shreveport

Tracey Watts, Loyola University New Orleans

Exploring the Arts

Darius Spieth, Louisiana State University

Doris Hall, Southern University and A&M College

Kimberly Berkeley, Northshore Technical Community College (WRU)

Laura Kamath, River Parishes Community College

Fundamentals of Communication

Cynthia Sampson, Louisiana State University

Douglas Marshall, Southern University at New Orleans

Elizabeth Hornsby, Southeastern Louisiana University

Robin Johnstone, Delgado Community College

General Biology I (Science Majors)

Hope Clay, Delgado Community College

Illya Tietzel, Southern University at New Orleans

Jennifer Blanchard, Louisiana State University

Ruby Broadway, Dillard University

Waneene Dorsey, Grambling State University

General Biology I Lecture + Lab (Science Majors)

Christian Clement, Southern University at New Orleans

Peter Yaukey, University of Holy Cross New Orleans

Sarah Hunter, Delgado Community College

Stephanie Aamodt, Louisiana State University Shreveport

Waneene Dorsey, Grambling State University

General Biology II Lecture + Lab (Science Majors)

Dagne Hill, Grambling State University

Latoya Paul, Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady University

Lisa Mims-Devezin, Southern University at New Orleans

Sharon Lagarde, River Parishes Community College

Stephanie Villalba, Louisiana State University Shreveport

General/Introduction to Business Administration

Braden Watson, University of Louisiana at Monroe

Elisabeth Cason, Bossier Parish Community College

Nicole Ortloff, University of Holy Cross New Orleans

Philippe Lannelogue, University of Holy Cross New Orleans

Introduction to American Government

George Amedee, Southern University at New Orleans

James Gilley, Nicholls State University

Kenya Jackson, Delgado Community College

Introduction to Psychology

Ashley Ojo, Southern University at New Orleans

Bhrea Jones Vavasseur, South Louisiana Community College

Burton Ashworth, University of Louisiana at Monroe

Manyu Li, University of Louisiana at Lafayette

Sonia Cooper, Dillard University

Introduction to Sociology

Helen Wise, Louisiana State University Shreveport

Kristie Perry, Southern University and A&M College

Mary "Cathy" Leger, University of Holy Cross New Orleans

Tremika Cleary, South Louisiana Community College

Medical Terminology

Emily Jackson-Osagie, Southern University and A&M College

Kendra Anspaugh, University of Holy Cross New Orleans

Sandra Smith, SOWELA

Sarah W. Goncalves, Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady University

Music Appreciation

Bonnie Le, Fletcher Technical Community College

Brenda Wimberly, Southern University Shreveport

Francis Scully, University of Holy Cross New Orleans

Jessie Boyd, Delgado Community College

Steven Edwards, Delgado Community College

Public Speaking

Douglas Marshall, Southern University at New Orleans

James Yeargain, University of Holy Cross New Orleans

June Pulliam, Louisiana State University

Sara Kim, University of Louisiana at Monroe

Victoria VanNest, Fletcher Technical Community College

Western Civilization I

Kenya Jackson, Delgado Community College

Natasha Foret, Northshore Technical Community College

Sanford Robins, Southern University and A&M College

Sherman Houston, Southern University Shreveport

World Civilization I

Christopher Gilson, Northwestern State University

Diane Walker, Baton Rouge Community College

Emmitt Glynn, III, Southern University and A&M College

Vanessa Jacobs, Fletcher Technical Community College

World Civilization II

Christy Garrison-Harrison, Southern University and A&M College

Lise Namikas, Baton Rouge Community College

William Noseworthy, McNeese State University

Questions?  Contact teri.gallaway@laregents.edu

The contents of this press release were developed in support of an Open Textbooks Pilot grant from the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE), U.S. Department of Education. However, those contents do not necessarily represent the policy of the Department of Education, and you should not assume endorsement by the Federal Government.