Our Team

IEL General Administration

Christina Downey Ph.D.

Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education Dean, University College Professor of Psychology

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Phone:: 317-278-3485
Email:: vprodue@iu.edu

Amanda Blevins

Administrative Assistant, Institiute for Engaged Learning and University College

Email:: akconyer@iu.edu

First-Year Engagement

Strengthening the foundation for student success. A unified, supportive experience for first-year students is key to retention and belonging. The first-year engagement team will steward Bridge Week, first-year seminars, learning communities with key general education courses, and the new second semester experience. Key goals:

Develop a robust second semester experience for all IU Indianapolis students, emphasizing career readiness and leadership development
Expand and enhance the first-year mentoring program within the IEL, strengthening community and a sense of belonging for first-year students
Collaborate with academic schools to support students' success in key general education courses through strategic learning community partnerships

Heather Bowman

Executive Director, First-Year Engagement

Email:: hebowman@iu.edu

Michele Luzetski

Associate Director, First-Year Experience

Email:: kluzetsk@iu.edu

Quinn Weikel

Academic Coordinator, First-Year Experience

Email:: qaweikel@iu.edu

Rachel Swinford

Senior Faculty Fellow, First-Year Experience
Clinical Professor, School of Health and Human Sciences (Department of Kinesiology)

Email:: rswinfor@iu.edu

Lisa Angermeier

Senior Faculty Fellow, First-Year Experience
Clinical Professor, School of Health and Human Sciences (Department of Kinesiology)

Email:: langerme@iu.edu

Eric Adams

Faculty Fellow Institute For Engaged Learning
Senior Lecturer of Mathematics in Science

Student Engagement

Empowering experiential learning beyond the classroom. This team will streamline cocurricular programs and student-facing initiatives, including current student employment and professional development programs, as well as launch new leadership development and civic engagement opportunities. From the Community Engagement Internship program to the Multidisciplinary Undergraduate Research Institute and Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program, this area will continue to empower students through transformative experiences. Key goals:

Improve the quality of student employment programs by focusing on increased access, effective mentoring, and assessment of learning outcomes
Increase cocurricular civic engagement opportunities offered to campus, organized by student leaders
Develop relevant leadership and professional development programming that is open to all IU Indianapolis students

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Lorrie Brown

Executive Director, Student Engagement

Email:: lorrbrow@iu.edu

Charli Lienemann

Program Director, Community Service and Civic Engagement

Email:: charli@iu.edu

Jamie Royce

Director, Undergraduate Research and Opportunity Program (UROP) and the Multidisciplinary Undergraduate Research Institute (MURI)

Email:: royceja@iu.edu

Derrick Brownie

Project Management Coordinator, Engaged Learning and Communication Strategy

Phone:: (317) 274-8034
Email:: dbrownie@iu.edu
Website:: https://crl.indianapolis.iu.edu/

Brooklyn Summers

Graduate Assistant, Student Engagement

Email:: bcsummer@iu.edu

High-Impact Curricular Engagement

Scaling authentic learning experiences in the classroom. This area will embed real-world, high-impact practices (HIPs) directly into major courses across campus. The team will consult with schools, design equity-focused experiences, and launch Communities of Practice (CoPs) to support faculty in this work. Key goals:

Offer a robust menu of professional development opportunities for faculty teaching high-impact courses, including CoPs, Faculty Learning Communities, workshops, and grants
Establish a strong team of IEL faculty fellows to build and maintain relationships with academic departments and support units across the campus
Create and manage systems for tracking and assessment of high-impact courses and career-readiness outcomes

Charity Bishop

Executive Director, High-Impact Curricular Engagement
Lecturer, Fairbanks of School of Public Health

Email:: charbish@iu.edu

Patrick Gentry

Faculty Fellow, Capstone Experiences
Lecturer, Department of Biology, School of Science

Sue Hyatt

Faculty Fellow, Service Learning and Community Engagement
Professor Emeritus, Department of Anthropology, School of Liberal Arts

Email:: suhyatt@iu.edu

Cam Macris

Faculty Fellow, Student Engagement and High-Impact Practices
Associate Professor, Earth Sciences, School of Science

Email:: camacris@iu.edu

Tom Stucky

Faculty Fellow, Undergraduate Research
Professor of Criminal Justice, O’Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs

Email:: tstucky@iu.edu

Debbie Oesch-Minor

Faculty Fellow, ePortfolio and Project-Based Learning
Teaching Professor, Department of English, School of Liberal Arts

Email:: djoeschm@iu.edu

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Aimee Zoeller

Faculty Fellow, Service Learning and High-Impact Practices
Director and Teaching Professor, Sociology Degree Program; Coordinator, Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, IU Indy Forum Fellow

Email:: anzoelle@iu.edu

Scholarship and Assessment of Engaged Learning

Measuring impact and advancing the field. Assessment and research on HIPs are central to our improvement efforts. This area will lead the assessment of student learning, evaluation of IEL initiatives, support faculty scholarship, and support cocurricular experiences' inclusion on the Experiential and Applied Learning Record. Tracking and analysis of the HIPs inventory will be conducted annually to inform professional development and future strategic efforts. Key goals:

Align learning outcomes with the IU Indianapolis Profiles and career readiness goals
Leverage direct and indirect assessment measures to enhance student success and post-graduate preparation
Conduct scholarship that identifies and examines experiences that impact student achievement

Tom Hahn

Director of Research and Assessment, Institute for Engaged Learning

Email:: tomhahn@iu.edu

Stephen Hundley

Professor of Organizational Leadership, School of Liberal Arts,
IEL Faculty Fellow for Leadership and Assessment,
Chair of the Assessment Institute,
Executive Editor of Assessment Update,
and Host of Leading Improvements in Higher Education Podcast

Email:: shundley@iu.edu