Jill Flynn

Jill Flynn, English

A former high school English teacher, Jill Ewing Flynn is currently Associate Professor of English and the Student Teaching Coordinator for the English Education program at UD. Her research and teaching interests include teacher preparation and critical multicultural education, including how issues of race and culture can be productively taken up in middle school, high school, and university classrooms.

Stephanie Hansen

Stefanie Hansen, Theatre

Stefanie Hansen has been a faculty member at UD since 2004. Currently an Associate Professor in the Theatre department, she also serves as the Properties Director for the Resident Ensemble Players (UD’s professional theatre company) and routinely designs scenery for the REP. In service to the university, Stefanie is Co-Chair of the LGBTQ Caucus, member of the University Promotion and Tenure Committee and routinely assists university departments and organizations by providing props for various events.  She has worked extensively as a scenic designer and assistant scenic designer at numerous regional and summer stock theatres as well as on several national tours, Broadway, and Off-Broadway.


Lindsay Hoffman

Lindsay Hoffman, Communication

Lindsay H. Hoffman, Ph.D. (The Ohio State University, 2007) is Associate Professor of Communication with a joint appointment in Political Science & International Relations. She also serves as Associate Director of the University of Delaware’s Center for Political Communication, and is the Director of that Center’s annual National Agenda speaker series. In Fall of 2015, National Agenda took on the theme of “Race in America: Conversations about Identity and Equality.” The combined speaker and film series featured eight conversations and four films about a variety of topics surrounding race in America and at UD. Included were two prominent Black Lives Matter activists (Netta Elzie and DeRay Mckesson), a CBS correspondent who covered the march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama, in 1965 (Bill Plante); an Iranian-American comedian whose just-published memoir is titled “I’m Not a Terrorist, But I’ve Played One on TV” (Maz Jobrani); and many others. To view all the conversations, go to www.del.edu/nationalagenda.


Claire McCabe has been teaching writing full-time in the University of Delaware’s English Department since 2004. She regularly incorporates experiential learning, service learning, and problem-based learning into her first-year composition courses as well as her advanced writing courses. Prior to teaching, she was a public information writer and editor at the University for 13 years.

Nike Olabisi

Nike Olabisi, Biological Sciences

Nike is an Assistant Professor whose primarily teaches freshman introductory biology courses at the Interdisciplinary Science Learning Laboratory.  She obtained her doctorate degree from Rutgers Medical School in Microbiology and Molecular genetics with a focus on Cancer research.  As an NIH postdoctoral fellow in teaching and cancer research she had hands on experiences in the classroom and creates avenues to bring her knowledge of cancer research and molecular biology into her teaching.  She has also been a participant and facilitator at the National academies summer teaching institute and consistently engages active learning strategies and evidence based learning methodologies to get students interested in Science careers.

Rosalie Rolón Dow

Rosalie Rolón Dow, Education

Rosalie Rolón Dow is an Associate Professor in the College of Education and Human Development and Associate Director of the Center for the Study of Diversity at University of Delaware. Her research focuses on the intersections of sociocultural identities and educational equity and opportunity and on the application of Latino/a critical race theory (Lat/Crit) to educational problems. In 2008, she received a Ford Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship to support a research project at the University of Puerto Rico. Her most recent publication, Diaspora Studies in Education: Toward a Framework for Understanding the Experiences of Transnational Communities, is an edited book focused on the educational experiences of Puerto Rican students. Current research projects include a study on the educational experiences of Latino/a students in higher education, a study on promoting racial literacy among pre-service teachers and a cultural mapping initiative with the Ese’eja Indigenous Nation in Peru. She also serves as Co-Chair of the Latino/Hispanic Faculty and Staff Caucus at the University of Delaware.

Elizabeth Soslau

Elizabeth Soslau, Education

Dr. Elizabeth Soslau is an assistant professor in the School of Education. Dr. Soslau’s research focuses broadly on teacher education and more specifically on experiential learning. The participants of her research are usually student teachers who are working full-time in field placements. Elizabeth’s research explores questions such as: How do student teachers’ social-emotional needs interrupt their ability to process their learning experiences? What opportunities do student teachers have to develop adaptive teaching expertise during field experiences and supervisor-led conferences? In what ways can teacher educators promote student teachers’ agency?  Her previous work in urban contexts centers on experiential learning and teaching for social justice through service learning pedagogy. Her clinical work includes coordinating the student teaching practicum and teaching graduate and undergraduate courses in social emotional growth and diversity.

Délice Williams

Délice Williams, Postdoctoral Researcher

Délice Williams is a Postdoctoral Researcher at the University of Delaware, where she teaches 1st-year writing. Her other teaching and research interests include South Asian fiction, 19th-century British literature, environmental justice, and postcolonial literature. Her current research focuses on environmental justice and representations of the body in contemporary South Asian fiction.  Before coming to UD she taught writing and literature at an independent K-12 school.

Lynn Worden

Lynn Worden, Human Development & Family Studies

Lynn Jensen Worden, Assistant Professor, has been a member of the faculty of the department of Human Development and Family Studies since 2003. She serves as the department’s Undergraduate Coordinator and, in her role as the Early Childhood Education (ECE) Coordinator, teaches and mentors teacher candidates in the ECE major. She is honored to be a part of the Collaborative to Diversify Teacher Education at UD. This semester, she joined two of her colleagues in piloting learning experiences about Racial Literacy specifically for teacher candidates. 

Cheryl Richardson

Moderator: Cheryl Richardson, Center for Teaching and Assessment of Learning

Cheryl R. Richardson, Assistant Director of the UD Center for Teaching and Assessment of Learning, works with faculty on exploring new pedagogies and improving existing teaching practices in order to enhance student learning. She brings to this session research, experience working with individual faculty on Scholarship of Teaching and Learning projects at other institutions as well as her own university teaching experiences.

Anna Wik

Anna Wik, Landscape Design

Anna Wik is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Plant and Soil Sciences. Anna was most recently a landscape architect for the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society. During her time there, she was responsible for the design, documentation, and construction administration of many projects in Philadelphia, working with partners including Philadelphia Parks and Recreation, the Philadelphia Water Department, and numerous community groups. Prior to working for PHS, Anna worked for a private firm whose focus was on large scale public and semi-public work, such as hospitals, streetscapes, and public gardens, including the Longwood East Conservatory Plaza renovation.  Her appointment at U of D is primarily teaching, and she looks forward to imparting her love of design and interest in sustainability to future generations of landscape designers.

Jenni Buckley

Jenni Buckley, Mechanical Engineering

Dr. Buckley received her Bachelor’s of Engineering (2001) in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Delaware, and her MS (2004) and PhD (2006) in Mechanical Engineering from the University of California, Berkeley, where she worked on computational and experimental methods in spinal biomechanics. Since 2006, her research efforts have focused on the development and mechanical evaluation of medical devices, particularly orthopaedic, neurosurgical, and pediatric devices. In 2011, Dr. Buckley joined the faculty at the University of Delaware Department of Mechanical Engineering, where she teaches a range of courses as part of the undergraduate curriculum. Dr. Buckley also serves as the Chief Scientific Officer for The Taylor Collaboration, an orthopaedic biomechanical testing laboratory, and also the Executive Director of The Perry Initiative, which sponsors outreach programs to inspire young women to pursue careers in Orthopaedic Surgery and Engineering.

Lydia Timmins

Lydia Timmins, Communication

Adebanjo Oriade

Adebanjo Oriade, Physics and Astronomy | Dupont Interdisciplinary Science Learning Laboratories

As a preceptor in the ISLL, Professor Oriade has contributed to the curricular redesign of an undergraduate physical science course for nonscience majors, SCEN 101. Under Dr. Oriade’s guidance, the high-tech learning experience of SCEN 101 students is enriched with dynamic group interactions that augment student skills in prediction, data acquisition and analysis, and scientific communication through regular electronic poster conferences. Professor Oriade utilizes his training in computational condensed matter physics to engage in the challenge of designing, implementing, and assessing learning tools for science educational purposes. These tools include project-specific rubrics that serve the needs of both students and graduate teaching assistants, design of group tasks, and development of nine new laboratory exercises grounded in the 5Es instructional model. He has also, in collaboration with others in ISLL, developed and implemented Origami Science FabLab/Makerspace (SCEN115). This unique course is designed for nonscience majors and employs Origami and paper sculpture manipulatives that enhance the active learning process of concepts rooted in science, art, and mathematics.

Christina Wesolek

Christina Wesolek, Interdisciplinary Science Learning Laboratories

Christina Wesolek is a Preceptor in the Interdisciplinary Science Learning Laboratories; concentrating on the SCEN101 course which focuses on Physical Science and Astronomy for non-science majors. Her research spans the social sciences, animal behavior, comparative hearing and communication, and conservation biology. Her current research supports community knowledge and culture, and provides an effective model that considers human, animal, and environmental sustainability. She is able to guide students to connect concepts learned in Physical Science and Astronomy to real-life situations and other disciplines by using her own work and experiences as examples.

Christina has experience as an educator, scientist, and administrator designing and implementing curricula for a variety of ages and disciplines. She uses her interdisciplinary background to collaborate with others in ISLL to promote holistic student development, and encourage individual and group participation through experiential learning. In addition to her current role as Preceptor, Christina has taught interactive courses in Anatomy and Physiology and Animal Behavior, and led environmentally-related programs and workshops. Christina’s collaborative work has impacted students, communities, and groups in the United States, China, Japan, Costa Rica, Greece, and Africa.