With the start of the fall semester, the Center for Graduate Life (CGL) has added two new faculty associates who will use their expertise to offer content-based development to graduate students at UNC Charlotte. The associates will support graduate teaching, writing and research through innovative workshops and credit bearing courses, providing students with real-world expectations.
Through the integrated resources and services of the CGL, the associates collaborate with each other, graduate faculty and campus departments to develop programming to meet the needs of graduate students. For example, Lisa Russell-Pinson works with the CGL’s thesis-dissertation coordinator Anita Smith and the Writing Resource Center to provide doctoral students attending "Dissertation Boot Camp" with guidance to complete their “first chapter.”
The fall 2013 faculty associate lineup includes:
Judith Krauss who serves as the faculty associate for graduate teaching and is an adjunct graduate faculty member. Krauss will coordinate efforts to support and train graduate teaching assistants or those students interested in a career in college teaching. As part of the Graduate Teaching Initiative, Krauss instructs "Teaching at the College and University Level" (GRAD 6001/8001). She also facilitates workshops on college teaching and best practice sessions intended to supplement training for teaching assistants across disciplines.
Krauss received a Ph.D. in developmental psychology from George Washington University and a bachelor's degree in psychology from St. John's University. Her research interests include the use of active learning to promote critical thinking.
Jo Ann Lee serves as the faculty associate for graduate research and ethics in the Center for Graduate Life. She teaches (GRAD 6002/8002) "Responsible Conduct of Research," which focuses on the nine areas of ethical behavior for which training is required by th
e National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the National Science Foundation (NSF). She also facilitates a variety of graduate student professional development workshops focusing on ethical behavior expected of scientists.
An associate professor emerita of psychology, Lee served as the coordinator of the industrial/organizational psychology master’s program of the University Institutional Review Board. Additionally, she was an American Psychological Association Congressional Fellow and worked with the U. S. Senate Subcommittee on Aging. She received her Ph. D. from the University of Georgia.
Lisa Russell-Pinson is the CGL's faculty associate for graduate writing. She facilitates a number of graduate student writing workshops and provides one-to-one writing consultation for doctoral students.
Russell-Pinson earned a Ph.D. in applied linguistics from Georgetown University. She has taught in UNC Charlotte’s Department of English, ELTI and the College of Education. Her primary research interests include English for specific purposes (particularly curriculum and materials design), academic writing, medical discourse and corpus linguistics.
For additional information, visit the CGL website or call 704-687-5661.