Acknowledgments & Gratitude
"It is only in relation to other bodies and many somebodies that anybody is somebody." -- Jimmy Boggs (Boggs, 1998).
We are so grateful for the intellectual generosity and solidarity of individuals and organizations who collaborated with us to provide this resource. We would like to thank the entire staff at the UT-Austin Faculty Innovation Center, with special gratitude to the product design team: Laura Struve, Molly Hatcher, and Matt Russell; our creative and gracious project manager, Chad Fulton; our heroic video production team, Tori Rivera, Noah Stroehle, Mike Wallace, and our incredibly talented student workers Kamil Ali and Jackson Grabois)
We are beyond fortunate to be supported by individuals who have devoted their time and energies brainstorming, reviewing, and editing this resource, and many of whom have shared their own resources with us to adapt and use along the way in our own journey:
Zaccheus Ahonle (Disability Studies, Former Program Manager, Texas Center for Disability Studies)
Ximena Alvarez (Student, Theatre Major, Graduated)
Courtney Austin (Student, College of Natural Sciences, Graduated)
Ezra Batista (Student, College of Business, Graduated)
Keffrelyn Brown (Associate Professor of Curriculum and Instruction)
Kim Burdine (Former Staff Psychologist, CMHC)
Scott Burghart (Director for Graduate and Postdoctoral Education, College of Natural Sciences)
Mary Crawford (Instructional Designer, College of Communication)
Andrew Dell'Antonio (Professor Butler School of Music; Associate Dean for Undergraduate Studies, College of Fine Arts)
Paul Eaton (Assistant Professor, Sam Houston State University) (check out his work on rhizomatic learning Links to an external site.)
Sarah Eichhorn (Executive Director, Texas Institute for Discovery Education in Science
College of Natural Sciences)
Liz Elsen (Director, Gender and Sexuality Center)
Alejandrina Guzman (President, UT Student Government Executive Committee, Graduated)
Kristen Hogan (Former Education Coordinator at the Gender and Sexuality Center)
Amanda M. Jungels (Assistant Director, Center for Teaching and Learning, Columbia University)
Suzanna Klaf (Associate Director, Center for Teaching and Learning, Columbia University)
Dan Knopf (Associate Dean for Graduate Education, Professor, College of Natural Sciences)
John Luk (Assistant Dean of Interprofessional Integration, Assistant Professor, Dell Medical School)
Cameron Maxwell (External Financial Director, UT Student Government Executive Committee)
Julie Minich (Associate Professor, Center for Mexican American Studies)
Eric Moore (Universal Design for Learning Specialist, University of Tennessee Knoxville) (check out his MOOC on UDL Links to an external site.)
Leonard Moore (Associate Vice President of Academic Diversity Initiatives and Professor of History)
Claire Norris (Student, RTF Major, Graduated)
Mark Phillipson (Director of Graduate Student Programs and Services, Center for Teaching and Learning, Columbia University)
Esther Raizen (Associate Professor; Associate Dean for Research, College of Liberal Arts)
Katy Redd (Associate Director for Prevention and Outreach, Counseling & Mental Health Center)
Richard Reddick (Assistant Professor of Educational Administration)
Brooke Rich (Senior Program Coordinator and Curriculum Specialist- Global Cultures, Cultural Diversity in the US, and Ethics & Leadership, Center for the Skills and Experience Flags)
Santiago Rosales (Chief-of-Staff, UT Student Government Executive Committee, Graduated)
Catherine Ross (Executive Director, Interim Director of Faculty Programs and Services, Center for Teaching and Learning, Columbia University)
Eric Saldanha (Internal Financial Director, UT Student Government Executive Committee, Graduated)
Steven Santoyo (Student, College of Communication, Class of 2019)
Paige Schilt (Program Administrator, Supplemental Instruction, Sanger Learning Center)
Amy Sharp (Executive Director, Texas Center for Disability Studies)
Emily Shryock (Assistant Director, Services for Students with Disabilities)
Christine Simonian Bean (Assistant Director, Center for Teaching and Learning, Columbia University)
Thomas Struppeck (Assistant Professor of Instruction, Department of Mathematics)
Betty Jeanne Taylor (Assistant Vice-President, Office for Inclusion and Equity, Office of the Vice President for Diversity and Community Engagement)
Tom Tobin (Faculty developer, professional consultant, author and international speaker on quality in distance education)
University of Michigan's Center for Research on Learning & Teaching
Shane Whalley (Adjunct Assistant Professor, Steve Hicks School of Social Work)
Lauren White (Former Prevention and Outreach Specialist, Voices Against Violence)
Micky Wolf (Vice-President, UT Student Government Executive Committee)
Thea Woodruff (Project Coordinator, Well-Being in Learning Environments, CMHC)