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Meet the Office of Faculty Development Staff
Dr. Andrea L. Beach is the Director for Faculty Development and an associate professor in the Department of Educational Leadership, Research, and Technology at Western Michigan University, where she teaches in the Higher Education Leadership doctoral program. Her research centers on issues of organizational climate in universities, support of innovation in teaching and learning, and faculty development as an organizational change lever. She is co-author of Creating the Future of Faculty Development: Learning from the Past, Understanding the Present, and has published on the variation of faculty work, characteristics of the faculty development community, faculty development priorities at Historically Black Colleges and Universities, and faculty learning communities. She is currently PI and Co-PI on two NSF-funded projects that address change strategies in undergraduate Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) instruction.
Jacci Rivard is a graduate student in the Department of Educational Leadership, Research and Technology. Jacci earned her Bachelor's degree from the University of Wisconsin-Superior in Political Science with a minor in Women's Studies. She is in her first year of her master's program in which she has a concentration in Higher Education and Student Affairs.
Samuel Kallen is a graduate student in the Department of Psychology and is the graduate assistant to the Office of Faculty Development. Sam majored in Psychology as an undergraduate at Western Michigan University and is in his second year of the Industrial/Organizational Psychology master's program. His interests in the field include training and development, performance management, and systems analysis.