Equity Champion Instructor Award

The Inclusive Course Redesign Initiative or ICRI began in Spring 2023 as an initiative focused on inviting faculty to consider course redesign with equity and inclusion at the core. Inclusive course redesign is a process of intentionally designing course materials and activities to be accessible and welcoming to all students, regardless of their backgrounds or abilities. By working in partnership with CITL instructors can create a more equitable learning environment that supports the success of all learners. Inclusive course redesign can involve changes to course syllabi, assessments, classroom policies, and more.

Equity Champion Instructors are awarded if meaningful improvement in course achievement gaps was observed.

2026 Awardees

Jose Andino Martinez, Chemistry
CHEM 104: General Chemistry II

Steven Ashby, School of Labor and Employment Relations
LER 100: Introduction to Labor Studies

Isaac Dilanni, Economics
ECON 102: Microeconomics Principles

Michelle Dutton, Spanish & Portuguese
SPAN 122: Intensive Elementary Spanish and SPAN 130: Intermediate Spanish

Max Fowler, Siebel School of Computing & Data Science
CS 105: Intro Computing: Non-Tech

April Hoffmeister, Mathematics
MATH 220: Calculus

Colleen Lewis, Siebel School of Computing & Data Science
CS 105: Intro Computing: Non-Tech

Christian Ray, Chemistry
CHEM 104: General Chemistry II

Jenny Srikant, Mathematics
MATH 220: Calculus

Kara Yarrington, Spanish & Portuguese
SPAN 122: Intensive Elementary Spanish and SPAN 130: Intermediate Spanish

Previous Awardees

2025

Lisa Travis, Mitch Fisher, and Tina Huang pose with their awards

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