SPARC is thrilled to introduce the 2022-2023 cohort of the SPARC Open Education Leadership Program! This intensive professional development initiative to empower academic professionals to lead impactful open education initiatives. The 22-23 cohort is composed of 19 fellows from a wide range of backgrounds. Our sixth year running the program builds upon its tried-and-true, largely asynchronous, online format with a focus on strengths-based leadership development. The fellows were selected from a competitive application pool.
2022-2023 SPARC Open Education Leadership Fellows
- Amy Ballmer, Chair of Library Teaching, Learning & Collection Development, Pratt Institute
- Amy Gay, Assistant Head of Digital Initiatives for Digital Scholarship, Binghamton University
- Andrea Kingston, Social Sciences & STEM Librarian, University of Rochester
- Angela Boyd, Instruction / OER Librarian, San Diego Miramar College
- Beth Cummins, Flexible Learning Coordinator, Southwest Wisconsin Technical College
- Emilie Algenio, OER and Scholarly Communications Librarian, George Mason University
- Janice Winkler, Open Educational Resources Librarian, University of Manitoba
- Jess Williams, Assistant Director, Teaching & Learning, Texas State University
- Joanna Hunt, Head of Access Services, Central Washington University
- Kayla Reed, Systems, Discovery and Digital Strategy Librarian, Grinnell College
- Kristin Whitman, Library Director, Portland-Metro Campus, Oregon Tech
- Melissa Chim, Scholarly Communications Librarian, Excelsior University
- Michele Behr, Scholarly Communications and Open Educational Resources Librarian, Western Michigan University
- Nasser Saleh, Head Engineering & Science Librarian, Queen’s University
- Quetzalli Barrientos, Open Education Research Librarian, Harvard Graduate School of Education-Gutman Library
- Sabrina Davis, Open Educational Resources Librarian, Texas Tech University
- Sam Cheng, Open Education and Copyright Librarian, Sheridan College
- Sarah Northam, Scholarly Communications Librarian, Texas A&M University-Commerce
- Veronica Vold, Open Education Instructional Designer, Open Oregon Educational Resources
2022-2023 SPARC Open Education Leadership Mentors
- Amanda Larson, The Ohio State University
- Amy Blau, Whitman College
- Chris Barnes, Franklin & Marshall College
- Christina Hilburger, SUNY Fredonia
- Christina Riehman-Murphy, Penn State Libraries, Abington College
- Courtney Eger, Temple University’s Health Sciences Libraries
- Emily Carlisle-Johnston, University of Western Ontario
- Hailey Babb, SPARC
- Isaac Mulolani, University of Regina
- Jeanne Hoover, East Carolina University
- Jeff Gallant, Affordable Learning Georgia
- Jennifer Beamer, The Claremont Colleges
- Karla Fribley, Earlham College
- Katie Steen-James, SPARC
- Liz Thompson, James Madison University
- Nicole Allen, SPARC
- Nikki Cannon-Rech, Georgia Southern University
- Stephanie Quail, York University
- Tanya Spilovoy, OpenStax
