The Center for Academic Excellence (CAE) offers opportunities for professional and organizational development for teaching and learning through various activities, including workshops, group or individual consultations, annual conferences, institutes, and resources.
Center for Academic Excellence
Master Your Craft
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Assessment
Resources to better understand our students as learners and ourselves as teachers.
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Faculty Opportunites
Leadership and professional development programs.
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Teaching Resources
New resources on a wide range of teaching topics.
Our Mission
The Center for Academic Excellence (CAE) supports innovation and scholarship in teaching and learning across Fairfield University. Our vision of education assumes that all of the diverse members of our university community serve as both teachers and learners who engage the world.
Drawing on the principles of Ignatian pedagogy, we encourage teaching that uses reflection on experience, action in the world, honest evaluation of results and awareness of context.
Through learning communities, workshops, events, consultations with individuals and groups, we support faculty members and professional staff as they experiment with innovations in professional practice throughout their careers. We also work with leaders, departments and other campus constituencies to promote organizational development.
Our objective is to create a community that promotes the strategic vision by focusing on integrating learning across the core and in the majors, and connecting learning to life outside the classroom.Below you will find an overview of the CAE's offerings.
Affiliates
2023-2024 Academic Year
Dr. Michael Andreychik
Associate Professor of Psychology
mandreychik@fairfield.edu
Spring 2024
Dr. Daniel Libatique
Vincent J. Rosivach Assistant Professor of Classical Studies
dlibatique@fairfield.edu
Dr. Ruchika Sachdeva
Assistant Professor of the Practice in International Business
rsachdeva@fairfield.edu
Dr. Silvia Marsans-Sakly
Associate Professor of the Practice in History
smarsans-sakly@fairfield.edu
Dr. Jason A. Smith
Assistant Professor of the Practice in Philosophy
jsmith45@fairfield.edu
Dr. Aaron Van Dyke
Associate Professor of Chemistry
avandyke@fairfield.edu
Fall 2023
Dr. Julie Berrett-Abebe
Assistant Professor of Social Work
jberrett-abebe@fairfield.edu
Dr. Shahrokh Etemad
Professor and Chair of Mechanical Engineering
setemad@fairfield.edu
Dr. Rachel Robinson-Zetzer
Assistant Professor of the Practice of English, Assistant Director of Core Writing
rrobinson-zetzer@fairfield.edu
Dr. Zhu Zhang
Assistant Professor of Politics
zzhang@fairfield.edu
2022-2023 Academic Year
Dr. Michael Andreychik
Associate Professor of Psychology
mandreychik@fairfield.edu
Carol Ann Davis
Professor of English and Director of MFA in Creative Writing
cdavis13@fairfield.edu
Spring 2023
Yifeng (Felix) Fan
Assistant Professor of Management
Dolan School of Business
yfan@fairfield.edu
Nomalia Manna
Assistant Professor of Finance
Dolan School of Business
nmanna@fairfield.edu
Christine Rodriguez
Professor of the Practice of Biology
College of Arts and Sciences
crodriguez@fairfield.edu
Fall 2022
Sergio Adrada-Rafael
Associate Professor of žžÀ² and Linguistics
sadradarafael@fairfield.edu
John Aland
Assistant Professor of Accounting
jaland@fairfield.edu
Gwen Alphonso
Associate Professor and Chair of Politics
galphonso@fairfield.edu
Mary Laughlin
Assistant Professor of the Practice in English
mlaughlin@fairfield.edu
2021-2022 Academic Year
Dr. Michael Andreychik
Associate Professor of Psychology
E-mail: mandreychik@fairfield.edu
Fall 2021
Dr. Gwen Alphonso
Associate Professor of Politics and American Studies
E-mail: galphonso@fairfield.edu
Dr. Bryan Ripley Crandall
Associate Professor of English Education and Director of the Connecticut Writing Project
E-mail: bcrandall@fairfield.edu
Nick Kapoor
Instructor of Mathematics
E-mail: nkapoor@fairfield.edu
Spring 2022
Dr. Katsiaryna (Katya) Bardos
Associate Professor of Finance and Chair of the Finance Department
E-mail: kbardos@fairfield.edu
Dr. Kevin Feeney
Visiting Professor of Classical Studies
E-mail: kfeeney@fairfield.edu
Dr. Dilani Perera
Professor and Chair of Counseling Education
E-mail: dperera@fairfield.edu
2020-2021 Academic Year
Dr. Michael Andreychik
Associate Professor of Psychology
E-mail: mandreychik@fairfield.edu
Fall 2020
Dr. N. Sila Alan
Assistant Professor of Finance
E-mail: nalan@fairfield.edu
Dr. Joshua Elliott
Assistant Professor of the Practice and Program Director for Educational Technology
E-mail: jelliott@fairfield.edu
Dr. Christine Rodriguez
Assistant Professor of the Practice in Biology
E-mail: crodriguez@fairfield.edu
Spring 2021
Dr. Kendra Andrews
Assistant Professor of the Practice for Core Writing
E-mail: kandrews@fairfield.edu
Dr. Uma Balaji
Associate Professor and Chair of Biomedical Engineering and Electrical Engineering
E-mail: ubalaji@fairfield.edu
Dr. Tom Schmidt
Visiting Assistant Professor of Religious Studies
E-mail: tschmidt@fairfield.edu
2019-2020 Academic Year
Dr. Michael Andreychik
Associate Professor of Psychology
E-mail: mandreychik@fairfield.edu
Fall 2019
Elizabeth Hohl
Assistant Professor of the Practice, History
E-mail: ehohl@fairfield.edu
Nicholas Kapoor
Visiting Instructor, Mathematics
E-mail: nicholas.kapoor@fairfield.edu
Matt Kubasik
Professor of Chemistry
E-mail: mkubasik@fairfield.edu
Spring 2020
Joshua Elliott
Assistant Professor of the Practice, Educational Technology
E-mail: jelliott@fairfield.edu
Shahrokh Etemad
Professor of Mechanical Engineering
E-mail: setemad@fairfield.edu
Jillian Smith-Carpenter
Assistant Professor of Chemistry
E-mail: jsmith-carpenter@fairfield.edu
Fall 2018
Dr. Michael Andreychik
Associate Professor of Psychology
E-mail: mandreychik@fairfield.edu
Dr. Susan Bartos
Assistant Professor of Nursing
E-mail: sbartos@fairfield.edu
Dr. Virginia Kelly
Professor of Counselor Education
E-Mail: vkelly@fairfield.edu
Spring 2019
Dr. Michael Andreychik
Associate Professor of Psychology
E-mail: mandreychik@fairfield.edu
Dr. Imara Liz Hernandez
Professor of the Practice in Modern Languages and Literatures
E-mail: ihernandez@fairfield.edu
Dr. John Jagtiani
Visiting Professor, Dolan School of Business
E-mail: ljagtiani@fairfield.edu
Dr. Joan Weiss
Professor of Mathematics
E-mail: weiss@fairfield.edu
Fall 2017
Dr. Michael Cavanaugh
Associate Professor of Management
E-mail: mcavanaugh@fairfield.edu
Dr. Laura McSweeney
Associate Professor of Mathematics
E-mail: lmcsweeney@fairfield.edu
Mehdi Safari
Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering
E-mail: msafariqariq@fairfield.edu
Spring 2018
Dr. Mike Andreychik
Associate Professor of Psychology
E-mail: mandreychik@fairfield.edu
Dr. Shannon Kelly
Associate Professor of English
E-mail: skelley@fairfield.edu
Dr. Valeria Martinez
Associate Professor of Finance
E-mail: vmartinez@fairfield.edu
Dr. Mike Andreychik
Associate Professor of Psychology
CAE Liaison
E-mail: mandreychik@fairfield.edu
Dr. Valeria Martinez
Associate Professor of Finance
CAE Liaison
E-mail: vmartinez@fairfield.edu
Dr. Kris Sealey
Associate Professor of Philosophy
CAE Liaison
E-mail: ksealey@fairfield.edu
Dr. Harsha Srinivas Sundarram
Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering
CAE Liaison
E-mail: ssrinivassundarram@fairfield.edu
Faculty Liaisons, 2014 - 2015
Dr. Betsy Bowen
Professor of English
CAE Liaison to Arts & Humanities
E-mail: bbowen@fairfield.edu
Dr. Laura McSweeney
Associate Professor of Mathematics
CAE Liaison to STEM & Nursing
E-mail: lmcsweeney@fairfield.edu
Dr. Kathy Nantz
Professor and Chair of Economics
CAE Liaison to Social & Behavioral Sciences, Business, and Education
E-mail: nantz@fairfield.edu
Dr. Valeria Martinez
Associate Professor of Finance
Dr. Glenn Sauer
Associate Professor of Biology
Dr. Emily Smith
Associate Professor of English Education
Our Team
How to Find Us
Center for Academic Excellence
Egan School of Nursing and Health Studies
Room 210
Fairfield University
1073 North Benson Road
Fairfield, CT 06824
Fax: (203) 254-5575
cae@fairfield.edu