Lumen Circles Certificate Recipients
Lumen Circles programs provide a unique professional development opportunity for faculty to hone their expertise as teachers through virtual communities of practice. Lumen awards Certificates in Effective Teaching to faculty fellows who engage well with their virtual communities and complete at least 80% of the assigned activities.
For additional detail about what faculty fellows have accomplished in order to earn a Lumen Circles certificate, see the “Program Achievements” at the bottom of the page.

Lumen Circles Certificate in Effective Teaching with Lumen Courseware
Program: Success Accelerator for Waymaker
Certificate Recipients
Minette Beabes, SUNY College at Geneseo
Silvia Bliss, Morrisville State College
Laura Dohner, SUNY Oneonta
Elizabeth Gaudino-Goering, Nassau Community College
Elise Gervais, SUNY at Albany
Steven Greenlaw, University of Mary Washington
Lisa Korman, Nassau Community College
Keith Landa, SUNY at Purchase College
Julie Manley, Coppin State University
Maria Manni, University of Maryland Baltimore County
Crystal Quillen, Middlesex County College
Jodell Raymond, Monroe Community College
Rachel Rigolino, SUNY at New Paltz
Stacey Souther, Cuyahoga Community College
Timothy Strode, Nassau Community College
Jessica Traylor, Gordon State College
Program: Success Accelerator for OHM
Certificate Recipients
Debbie Fries, Wor-Wic Community College
Sophia Georgiakaki, Tompkins Cortland Community College
Heather Lieb, Monroe Community College
Alketa Nina, Wor-Wic Community College
Ronald Olszewski, SUNY Westchester Community College
Thomas Peebles, SUNY at Albany
Lumen Circles Certificate of Effective Teaching Practice
Program: Active Learning
Certificate Recipients
Peter Carroll, Massachusetts Maritime Academy
Ariel Goodman, SUNY College at Plattsburgh
Odessa Jordan, Calhoun Community College
Amanda Miller, Mohawk Valley Community College
Orquidea Morales, SUNY College at Old Westbury
Rachael Mulvihill, SUNY College at Brockport
Steven Murphy, Binghamton University
Andrew Perron, Massachusetts Maritime Academy
Tony Podlaski, Hudson Valley Community College
Pat Rind, SUNY at Purchase College
Paul Szwed, Massachusetts Maritime Academy
Program: Evidence-based Teaching
Certificate Recipients
Robert Faivre, Adirondack Community College
Ron Keeney, SUNY College of Technology at Alfred
Andrew Wood, SUNY College of Technology at Canton
Trudi Jacobson, SUNY at Albany
Yibin Liu, University at Buffalo
Bhakti Sharma, SUNY Buffalo State
Program: OER & Open Pedagogy
Certificate Recipients
Christopher Ankney, College of Southern Maryland
Emily Bailey, Towson University
Paul Bernhardt, Frostburg State University
Peggy Biser, Frostburg State University
Sam Bloom, Fashion Institute of Technology
Jacqueline Bollinger, Erie Community College
Tammy Bowers, Towson University
Sara Cano, College of Southern Maryland
David Caskey, Anne Arundel Community College
Ruth Childs, SUNY College at Brockport
Michelle Christian, College of Southern Maryland
Rhonda Coffelt, Calhoun Community College
LaPorchia Davis, Morgan State University
Barbara Delano, SUNY Downstate Medical Center
Gauri Desai, University at Buffalo
Brigitte Desport, SUNY Downstate Medical Center
Deborah Devlin, Frostburg State University
Thane Doubet, Tompkins Cortland Community College
Christine Dubowy, Hagerstown Community College
Debora Faccion Grodzki, Binghamton University
Katharine Fernstrom, Towson University
Lakisha Ferebee, College of Southern Maryland
Matthew Fox, SUNY College at Brockport
Heather Gable, Frostburg State University
Pallavi Guha, Towson University
Mary Guzzy, Corning Community College
Jennifer Hawley, Chesapeake College
Christopher Hollister, University at Buffalo
Karen Huffman, Erie Community College
Steve Hymowech, Fulton-Montgomery Community College
Jennifer Jones, SUNY Westchester Community College
Jessica Kruger, University at Buffalo
Lauren Liburd, Suffolk County Community College
John Lombardi, Frostburg State University
Katie Lynch, Rockland Community College
Eileen MacAvery-Kane, Rockland Community College
Thalia MacMillan, SUNY Empire State College
Theresa Mastrodonato, Frostburg State University
Lorena Mathien, SUNY Buffalo State
Patsy McKenzie, Allegany College of Maryland
John McMullen, Frostburg State University
Kenneth Nichols, SUNY College at Oswego
Jillian Nissen, SUNY College at Old Westbury
Kristin Osborne, Massachusetts Maritime Academy
Marjorie Paoletti, Anne Arundel Community College
Kinning Poon, SUNY College at Old Westbury
Daphne Powell, College of Southern Maryland
Danna Prather Davis, Suffolk County Community College
Petita Rentz, College of Southern Maryland
Christine Robinson-Cooley, Hudson Valley Community College
Mary E. Robinson, EdD, Montgomery College – Germantown Campus
Julio Rodriguez, SUNY Westchester Community College
Nazik Roufaiel, SUNY Empire State College
Duncan RyanMann, SUNY Empire State College
Doris Santamaria-Makang, Frostburg State University
Roberta Schlehr, Erie Community College
Jennifer Scott, Towson University
Alyxandra Sherwood, SUNY College at Geneseo
Grace Sikorski, Anne Arundel Community College
Nicole Simon, Nassau Community College
Michelle Speach, Mohawk Valley Community College
Kathleen Speicher, Corning Community College
Jeff Stueber, Moraine Park Community College
Patricia Szobonya, Rockland Community College
Jamie Tabone, SUNY Buffalo State
Judi Salsburg Taylor, Monroe Community College
Trang Thai, SUNY College at Brockport
John Thompson, SUNY Buffalo State
Sonja Thomson, SUNY Empire State College
Lynwood Townsend, College of Southern Maryland
LaToya Trowers, SUNY Downstate Medical Center
Mari-jo Ulbricht, University of Maryland Eastern Shore
Diantha Watts, SUNY College at Brockport
Brandy Whitlock, Anne Arundel Community College
Jie Zhang, SUNY College at Brockport
Program: Online Teaching Foundation
Certificate Recipients
Sheryl Aaron-Tristani, Harford Community College
Kaite Anderson, Harford Community College
Karen Arnold, Massachusetts Maritime Academy
Renee Arnold-O’Regan, SUNY Orange
Laura Bailey, Onondaga Community College
Jennifer Brown, Harford Community College
Sarah Chojnacki, Moraine Park Community College
Jessica Curran, SUNY College at Old Westbury
Jane Fleming, Harford Community College
Kevin Fleming, Harford Community College
Mike Gutierrez, Massachusetts Maritime Academy
Thomas Hoerl, Harford Community College
Anne Marie Holler, Niagara County Community College
Stephanie Huffnagle, Erie Community College
Jung-Whan de Jong, Fashion Institute of Technology
Laila Kadi, Florida State College at Jacksonville
Kristine Keay, Harford Community College
Richard Lee, SUNY Oneonta
Christine Marchese, Nassau Community College
Julianne Messia, Hudson Valley Community College
Becky Norton, Massachusetts Maritime Academy
Sarah Reiman, Harford Community College
Mark Schmidt, Moraine Park Community College
Kadi Simmons, Harford Community College
Gail Stephens, Massachusetts Maritime Academy
Victoria Vieira-Potter, University of Missouri-Columbia
Scott Walton, Harford Community College
Donna Williams, Harford Community College
Program Achievements
In order to earn a Lumen Circles certificate, faculty fellows met the following criteria associated with their Lumen Circles program. In addition, they completed at least 80% of their assigned fellowship activities including weekly reflections and peer feedback.
Certificate of Effective Teaching with Lumen Courseware
- Expanded understanding of how to use Lumen courseware in support of student success using evidence-based teaching practices
- Explored the Lumen Circles framework of evidence-based teaching practices to make the learning environment more a) supportive, b) challenging, c) varied, and d) organized, in support of student success
- Applied reflective teaching methods to plan, apply, and analyze the impact of evidence-based teaching strategies using Lumen courseware
- Engaged in a virtual community of practice to share ideas and feedback with peers
- Completed a pedagogical inventory about familiarity and use of evidence-based teaching practices
Certificate of Effective Teaching Practice: Teaching with OER & Open Pedagogy
- Expanded understanding of how to use OER and open pedagogy in support of student success using evidence-based teaching practices
- Explored the Lumen Circles framework of evidence-based teaching practices to make the learning environment more a) supportive, b) challenging, c) varied, and d) organized, in support of student success
- Used reflective teaching methods to identify, apply, and analyze the impact of evidence-based teaching strategies using OER and/or open pedagogy
- Engaged in a virtual community of practice to share ideas and feedback with peers
- Completed a pedagogical inventory about familiarity and use of evidence-based teaching practices
Certificate of Effective Teaching Practice: Online Teaching Foundation
- Expanded understanding of how to support student success in online instruction using evidence-based teaching practices
- Explored the Lumen Circles framework of evidence-based teaching practices to make the learning environment more a) supportive, b) challenging, c) varied, and d) organized, in support of student success
- Used reflective teaching methods to identify, apply, and analyze the impact of evidence-based teaching strategies using best practices in online teaching
- Engaged in a virtual community of practice to share ideas and feedback with peers
- Completed a pedagogical inventory about familiarity and use of evidence-based teaching practices
Certificate of Effective Teaching Practice: Evidence-based Teaching
- Expanded understanding of how to create an evidence-based teaching environment in order to support student success
- Explored the Lumen Circles framework of evidence-based teaching practices to make the learning environment more a) supportive, b) challenging, c) varied, and d) organized, in support of student success
- Used reflective teaching methods to identify, apply, and analyze the impact of evidence-based teaching strategies on instruction and student engagement
- Engaged in a virtual community of practice to share ideas and feedback with peers
- Completed a pedagogical inventory about familiarity and use of evidence-based teaching practices
Certificate of Effective Teaching Practice: Active Learning
- Expanded understanding of how to support student success by applying active learning strategies grounded in evidence-based teaching practices
- Explored the Lumen Circles framework of evidence-based teaching practices to make the learning environment more a) supportive, b) challenging, c) varied, and d) organized, in support of student success
- Used reflective teaching methods to identify, apply, and analyze the impact of evidence-based teaching strategies using principles of active learning
- Engaged in a virtual community of practice to share ideas and feedback with peers
- Completed a pedagogical inventory about familiarity and use of evidence-based teaching practices