2019 Impact Academy Fellows
Deans for Impact is pleased to welcome the fourth cohort of Impact Academy, our yearlong fellowship for leaders of educator-preparation programs. The 19 fellows in this cohort hail from 12 states ranging from Alaska down to New Mexico, Mississippi up to Massachusetts, and collectively they prepare more than 7,600 teachers each year. Over the next year, fellows will work with Deans for Impact to build capacity to catalyze program improvements and enhance teacher readiness.
- Stephen Atwater – University of Alaska Southeast
- Paula Summers Calderon – Southeastern Louisiana University
- Prentice T. Chandler – Austin Peay State University
- Stacey Edmonson – Sam Houston State University
- Deborah Erickson – Point Loma Nazarene University
- Beth Foley – Utah State University
- Penny Garcia – Eastern New Mexico University
- Kim Hawkins – Carson-Newman University
- Laurie Henry – Salisbury University
- Lisa Huffman – Texas Woman’s University
- Vessela Ilieva – Utah Valley University
- Katie Cole Kinney – University of North Alabama
- Peter Laipson – Woodrow Wilson Academy of Teaching and Learning
- Nancy Marchand-Martella – Purdue University
- Leah Nellis – Indiana University Kokomo
- Jennifer Shewmaker – Abilene Christian University
- Jabari Sims – Relay Graduate School of Education: Dallas-Forth Worth
- Thea Williams-Black – Tougaloo College
- Lisa Zagumny – Tennessee Technological University
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