Bronze Teaching Recognition Award
LEARN & PLAN
The Bronze Award in Teaching Development recognizes learning evidence-based practices for instruction and developing a plan to use them. An award recipient will:
- Learn about evidence-based practices for instruction through attending workshops, participating in learning communities and/or reading
- Consult with the Center for Teaching and Learning or the Online Learning Team (for online classes) regarding practices learned and plans for implementation*
- Develop a plan to enhance or redesign an aspect of an existing course or create a new course at Kent State (such as implementing a new teaching/learning or assessment strategy) 
- Reflect on the plan (potential challenges, potential impacts on students)
*If you have not completed a consultation related to your project, please click here to set up an appointment
Faculty are listed in alphabetical order by their last name. Their names are followed by the title of the their Bronze Teaching Award Project Title
2024-2025 Academic Year Recipients
- Deepshikha Bhati: Belonging and Student Engagement in Asynchronous Environments
- Sheren Farag: Belonging and Student Engagement in Asynchronous Environments
- Sheren Farag: Enhancing Student Engagement and Learning through Interactive Strategies: Debates and the Jigsaw Method
- Ethan Gross: Revised Training for Online Writing Instruction (OWI): Design, Build, Teach Pathways (DBT) - Kent State Online
- Jennifer MacLure: Flipped Classroom Pedagogy
- Jennifer MacLure: Technology Integration: Using COVE Studio in the Classroom
- Michael Sacco: Public Goods Asynchronous Activity
- Shayna Sharpe: Designing a Student-First Syllabus
- Shayna Sharpe: Fabulous First Days
- Shayna Sharpe: Ethical Use of AI Workshops
- Heather Soyka: Planning for Critical Engagement with AI Tools in the Online Information Classroom
Faculty are listed in alphabetical order by their last name. Their names are followed by the title of the their Bronze Teaching Award Project Title
2023-2024 Academic Year Recipients
- Daisy Arokiasamy: Inclusive Online Summer Course Set
- Amanda Cole: Reflecting Teams in Counseling Practicum Courses
- Mark Dalman: Puzzle Me This: Unraveling the Four Hypersensitivities through a Flipped Classroom Jigsaw Activity in Medical School
- Mark Dalman: Establishing Integrative, Genetic Modules of Precision Medicine for Podiatric Students
- Claudia Garcia: Institutional Audit Jigsaw Activity
- Sonya Irving: Fostering Perseverance in Mathematics
- Katherine Knies: Using Metacognitive Strategies and Study Skills Self-tracking in an Introductory Biological Sciences Laboratory
- Harun Miller: Group Roleplay in History Lecture
- Chelsea Monheim: Social Psych - Inclusivity Plan
- Zachary Morris: Student Mentorship in Online Courses
- Zachary Morris: Create Your Own Public Policy in a Flash
- Zachary Morris: Video Games in College Teaching
- Trask Roberts: Harnessing AI to Improve Instructor Efficiency in Online Class Creation
- Trask Roberts: Improving Online Asynchronous Engagement
- Bonnie Shaker: News Literacy in Today's Environment
- Amanda Shuluga-Strogin: Choose Your Own Adventure
- Lori Singer-Bare: Innovation Summer Session - Flipping the Classroom
- Mary Step: Supporting Ethical Information Accessibility in the Public Health Ethics Course
- Colleen Trhlik: Think-Pair-Share
- Colleen Trhlik: Minute Paper
- Velvet Weems-Landingham: ZoomRoom Hybrid Course
- Yee Lin Elaine Yuen: Object Based Learning for Hybrid Class
2022-2023
- Sorina Ailiesei: Flipped Module on APA Citations
- Sarah Andreas: Engagement Strategies
- Reem Alsuhaibani: Towards Better Online Learning Experience
- Daisy Arokiasamy: Spring Reading - Implementation
- Lara Boman: Active Learning: Creating Questions
- Ambre Emory-Maier: Dance Technique Class Assessments
- Jeremy Foust: Leveraging Technology to Support Large Class Learning
- Jeremy Foust: Fostering Activity-Based Learning
- Paul Hurley: Re-Assessing Participation in the Acting Classroom
- Caitlin Kane: Activating Theatre Histories
- Melanie Kirin: Gamify CTTE
- Kim Laurene: Improve Course Through Surveys
- Zachary Morris: Create Your Own Political Party
- Greta Polites: Canvas in a Flash
- Christa Porter: Guidelines for Group Work
- Amanda Shuluga-Strogin: It's Okay to Make Mistakes
- Melanie Tabak: Teaching Independent t-tests using Flipped Methodology
- Mindy Uhrig: Remote Instruction
Previous year's recipients
- David Adjei: Canvas in a Flash
- David Airhart: Canvas in a Flash
- Maha Allouzi: Canvas in a Flash
- Maha Allouzi: Designing Online Course
- Katherine Amey: Remote Teaching
- Hayley Arnold: Engaging Students Effectively When Remote
- Erin Bailey: Canvas in a Flash
- Christopher Banks: Teaching/Learning Remote Instruction Workshop
- Andrew Barnes: Remote Instruction Workshop
- Christie Bartholomew: Canvas in a Flash
- Bette Beck: Canvas in a Flash
- Bette Beck: Remote Instruction
- Frank Cervone: Canvas in a Flash
- Ning-Kuang Chuang: Collaborate - Breakout Rooms
- Darren Clawson: Canvas in a Flash
- Anthony Philip Coetzer-Liversage: Canvas in a Flash
- Robin Dever: Finding Balance in Teaching
- Elizabeth Devore: Canvas in a Flash
- Patrick Dillon: Canvas in a Flash
- Qunxing Ding: Flipped Classroom in STEM Education
- Qunxing Ding: Remote Instruction -Tools & Strategies
- Kelly Dragomir: Canvas in a Flash
- Sarah Eichler: Canvas in a Flash
- Doug Ellison: Remote Instruction
- Julie Evey: Planning to Flip Quantitative Methods I, Psychology
- Patrick Faller: Canvas in a Flash
- Muhammed Farooq: Canvas in a Flash
- Aaron Foster: Canvas in a Flash
- Evgenia Fotiou: Remote Teaching
- Alex Funk: Canvas in a Flash
- Kim Garchar: Flipped Module Development
- Marie Gasper-Hulvat: Canvas in a Flash
- Marie Gasper-Hulvat: Making a Habit of your Online Course
- Donald Gerbig: Canvas in a Flash
- Elizabeth Graham: An Action Plan for Implementing Online Instruction of the Introduction to Human Communication Course
- Abbie Hagen: Canvas in a Flash
- Mariann Harding: Canvas in a Flash
- Leslie Heaphy: Student Engagement
- Wendy Hildebrant: Remote Teaching
- Tammy Honesty: Creating an Equitable Learning Environment in the Midst of Pandemics
- Ginny Horvath: Canvas in a Flash
- Tara Hudson: Canvas in a Flash
- Rebecca Hug: Innovation Intersession: Flipping Your Classroom
- Jeff Huston: Innovation Intersession: Flipping Your Classroom
- Grace Keenan: History of Costume and Textile for Theatre
- Carol Kropp: Canvas in a Flash
- Donald Kulpa: Canvas in a Flash
- Bethany Lanese: Medicare/Medicaid Learning Module
- Kiwon Lee: Canvas in a Flash
- Kiwon Lee: Connecting Values
- Amy LePard: Canvas in a Flash
- Lynn Leija: Canvas in a Flash
- Lawrence Marks: Canvas in a Flash
- Jennifer McCullough: Canvas in a Flash
- Lisa Mittas: Canvas in a Flash
- Ben Montesano: Canvas in a Flash
- Ellen Mulqueeny: Logs in Life
- Melissa Owen: Canvas in a Flash
- Mary Parr: Canvas in a Flash
- Mary Parr: Leisure & Culture - Educating for Change
- Roshinee Perera: Flipped Classroom - Flipped Module
- Greta Polites: Remote Instruction: Course Delivery & Design
- James Ponder: Inclusive Teaching Faculty Learning Community
- Daniela Popescu: Canvas in a Flash
- R. Dirk Remley: Canvas in a Flash
- Norman Rose: Canvas in a Flash
- Mary Russell: Canvas in a Flash
- Tina Saunders: Canvas in a Flash
- Charlene Schauffler: Canvas in a Flash
- Mary Schreiber: Canvas in A Flash
- Rekha Sharma: Canvas Learning Management System Training
- Rekha Sharma: Communication Grammar Review Student Engagement Study
- Rekha Sharma: Fostering Cultural Humility in the Classroom
- Jeanne Smith: Canvas in a Flash
- Michelle Souza: Costume Design - Remote
- Michael Testa: Canvas in a Flash
- Scott Tobias: Canvas in a Flash
- Joanna Trzeciak Huss: Russian language learning using Kaltura
- Lisa Valendza: Remote Learning
- Steven Michael Walters: Canvas in a Flash
- Debra Warstler: Canvas in a Flash
- Jonathan Weaver: Canvas in a Flash
- MaryAnn Weber: Canvas in a Flash
- Emariana Widner: Remote Instruction
- Haiyan Zhu: Application of Collaborate Ultra in College Teaching
- Haiyan Zhu: Canvas in a Flash