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Dr. Emily Rónay Johnston earned her PhD in English Studies from Illinois State University. Her teaching and research focus on first-year writing as a critical space for cultivating student resilience. Emily has served as the associate director and a lecturer in the Dimensions of Culture Writing...

Dr. Barnes earned his Ed.D. in Educational Leadership from University of California, Davis. His research focuses on academic resilience in first-generation students of color, resilience-building systems, resilience narratives, help-giving and help-receiving dynamics in higher education, strengths...

Holly Fulton Osborn earned her BA in Education, her MA in Creative Writing, and her PhD in American Literature. She now works as a Lecturer in the Writing, Rhetoric, and Digital Studies Department at University of Kentucky. Her research interests include first year writing pedagogy, American...

Maria obtained her B.A. in Psychology at UC Riverside in 2016, her M.A. in Psychological Sciences at UC Merced in 2018, and her Ph.D. in Psychological Sciences at UC Merced. Maria’s research interests include the resilience process of stress, emotion regulation, coping, and health during the high...

Eileen has a degree in English (B.A.) and graduate degrees (M.A. and Ed.D.) in Higher Education. Since 1997, she has been an instructor, curriculum designer, and faculty pedagogy coordinator. She spent five years as director of a university writing program, which included chairing the Developmental...

Kirk's pedagogical research focuses on STEM student success with attention to self-efficacy, self-compassion, and self-narrative as essential components of resilience development.

25+ years teaching in higher ed; 10+ years fostering initiatives to promote accessible, equitable, learner-centered, and evidence-informed teaching, course design, and assessment practices. I design and facilitate workshops, programs, and learning communities and create on-demand resources to...

BA: English and Theater, Occidental College MA: Education, University of the Pacific Isabella holds dual-credentials in secondary English and Social Science. She taught Humanities courses to seniors and sophomores for four years in Southeast Los Angeles before relocating to the borderlands, where...

Cher's research interests are: Hood and Trap feminism, Black feminist theories, Gender affirming care, Reproductive Justice, Health Literacy and Pedagogy, LGBTQ2+ (Queer) studies; Spirituality, religion, and witchcraft, Health disparities, and Critical Race Theory. Cher’s research primarily focuses...