Meet the Trainers
SIUE IMPACT Academy Trainers are selected via a competitive application process. As champions for diversity, equity, inclusion and social justice, they lead and shape efforts to cultivate a more equitable and inclusive campus.
Inaugural Cohort (2019-2022)
- Maurina Aranda, PhD, Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences, College of Arts and Sciences
- Komie Bumpers, MA, Instructor of Applied Communication Studies, College of Arts and Sciences
- Lakesha Butler, PharmD, BCPS, Director of DEI and Clinical Professor of Pharmacy Practice, School of Pharmacy
- Shelly Goebl-Parker, MSW, LCSW, ATR-BC, Professor of Art and Design, College of Arts and Sciences
- Carlee Beth Hawkins, PhD, Assistant Professor of Psychology, School of Education, Health and Human Behavior
- Jennifer Hernandez, PhD, Assistant Professor of Teaching and Learning, School of Education, Health and Human Behavior
- Timothy Lewis, PhD, Assistant Professor of Political Science, College of Arts and Sciences
- John Matta, PhD, Assistant Professor of Computer Science, School of Engineering
- Brittany Peterson, PhD, Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences, College of Arts and Sciences
- Laurel Puchner, PhD, Professor of Educational Leadership, School of Education, Health and Human Behavior
- J.T. Snipes, PhD, Assistant Professor of Educational Leadership, School of Education, Health and Human Behavior
- Ashton Speno, PhD, Assistant Professor of Mass Communications, College of Arts and Sciences
- Elizabeth Stygar, MA, Instructor of Sociology, College of Arts and Sciences
- Ezra Temko, PhD, Assistant Professor of Sociology, College of Arts and Sciences
- Laura Wolff, MA, Instructor of Economics and Finance, School of Business
Former Trainers
Jaime Ball
Scott Belobrajdic
Lakeisha Butler
Taylor Cross
Jennifer Hernandez
Tarsha Moore
Current Trainers
The following cohort is fully certified through NCCJ St. Louis FaciliTrainer Certification Program (FTCP).
Jerrica Ampadu, PhD, RN, CCP
Director/Associate Professor
School of Nursing
Kelly Atkins, MSW
Assistant Director for Transition Services
Academic Advising
Kimberly Carter, PhD
Associate Professor of Social Work
College of Arts and Sciences
Florence Chears-Lawrence
Coordinator
Head Start
Dominic Dorsey, MS
Director
ACCESS
Connie Frey Spurlock, PhD
Director/Associate Professor
Successful Communities Collaborative
Director, Truth, Racial Healing and Transformation Campus Center; and Associate Professor of Sociology
Nathalia Garcia, DDS
Professor, Section of Periodontics
Applied Dental Medicine
Jayashree George, DA, ATR-BC, LMFT
Assistant Professor
Art Therapy Counseling Program
Shelly Goebl-Parker, MSW, LCSW, ATR-BC
Associate Professor of Art and Design
College of Arts and Sciences
Christopher Gordon, Ph.D.
Associate Dean/Professor
School of Engineering
Chad Huddleston, Ph.D
Instructor
Anthropology
Jenni Hunt, MBA
Instructor
Management and Marketing
Lydia Jackson, MS, M.S,
Assistant to the Provost and LIS Associate Dean
Associate Professor, Lovejoy Library
Rex Jackson, MEd
Associate Director
Residence Life University Housing
Ariel Jones, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Social Work
Jodi Jordan, EdD
Instructor
Department of Teaching and Learning
Theresa Kelly, MFA
Instructor
Department of Theater and Dance
Kevin Leonard, Ph.D.
Dean
College of Arts & Science
Mary Sue Love, PhD
Associate Professor
Management and Marketing
John Matta, PhD
Assistant Professor
Computer Science, School of Engineering
Sorin Nastasia, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Applied Communication
Getrude Pannirselvam
Associate Professor
Management and Marketing
Faculty Equity Fellow for EDA and IMPACT Academy
Alison Reeves, Ph.D.
Associate Professor and Associate Dean
Educational Leadership
Megan Robb, MA, ATR-BC, LPC, NCC
Associate Professor and Graduate Program Director
Art and Design
Katherine Robberson, MBA
Instructor
School of Business
Matthew Schunke, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Philosophy
J.T. Snipes, Ph.D.
Chair/Associate Professor, Co-Program Director
Educational Leadership
Elizabeth Stygar, M.A.
Instructor
Department of Sociology
IMPACT Curriculum Development Fellow
Rebecca Swartz, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Teaching and Learning
Lisa Thompson-Gibson, MA, MA, LCPC
Staff Counselor and Coordinator
Outreach and Prevention Initiatives Counseling Services
Kathleen Vongsathorn, D.Phil.
Assistant Professor
History Department
Laurie Wolff, MA
Instructor of Economics and Finance
School of Business
Elijah Zagorski, MS
Community Director
Bluff Hall
