Fellows Directory

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Julia Clarke

Alumni
Geological Sciences
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Jackson School of Geosciences
Initiative Focus
Undergraduate Research
Mentorship

 

 

Hands-on research experiences for undergraduates offer unique active-learning experiences with real-world questions. These experiences create communities and improve 4-year graduation rates. They may also help create a student body and alumni population that recognize the importance of the research mission of large R1 universities.

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Patrick Davis

Alumni
Pharmacy
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College of Pharmacy
Initiative Focus
Collaborative Learning
Mentorship

Professor of Pharmacy (Division of Chemical Biology and Medicinal Chemistry). Teaches required and elective pharmacy coursework in drug metabolism, infectious diseases, and interprofessional health education. Also teaches a First-Year Signature Course on historical pandemics and their impact on society.

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Cynthia LaBrake

Alumni
Molecular Biosciences
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College of Natural Sciences
Initiative Focus
Active Learning
Peer Education

Cynthia LaBrake is a former Chair of the Provost's Teaching Fellows. Cynthia was instrumental in the design and creation of the Provost's Teaching Fellows program, first as a faculty affiliate of the Center for Teaching and Learning, and then as a member of the 2015 cohort of Teaching Fellows. She served as 2017 Chair. Cynthia's current interest is in serving the CNS as the Badging Fellow. In this role, she is leading the college effort to create sustainable structures for the development and awarding of badged micro credentials.

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Sanford Leeds

Alumni
Finance
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McCombs School of Business
Initiative Focus
Skill-Building
Peer Education

Project Title: The McCombs Business Journal was an effort to give students an opportunity to read and write about research.  

 

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Luis Martins

Alumni
Management
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McCombs School of Business
Initiative Focus
Skill-Building
Peer Education

Luis Martins is the Herb Kelleher Chair in Entrepreneurship and the James B. Goodson Professor in Business at the McCombs School of Business at The University of Texas at Austin. He received his Ph.D. in Management and Organizational Behavior from the Stern School of Business at New York University. Dr. Martins teaches courses on leadership and organizational behavior, innovation, entrepreneurship, and change management in the McCombs School’s full-time, professional, and executive MBA programs, and in its non-degree executive programs.

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Sean Theriault

Alumni
Government
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College of Liberal Arts
Initiative Focus
Mentorship

Project Title: COLA’s Teaching Mentor Program 

 

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Jessica Toste

Alumni
Special Education
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College of Education
Initiative Focus
Mentorship
Student Success

Dr. Jessica Toste is an Associate Professor in the Department of Special Education at The University of Texas at Austin. She has research affiliations with the Meadows Center for Preventing Educational Risk and the Texas Center for Equity Promotion. Toste was the Chair of Provost’s Teaching Fellow in 2022-2023.