Meet the Instructors

Our Seminar Instructors are academically successful graduate students who are interested in teaching and supporting freshman students.

Amy McElhinney

Intended Degree(s):
PhD Biology (marine, evolutionary, developmental)

What club or activities are you involved in?
Associate instructor for several courses, Gallery instructor at Wonderlab, humane association in past

What is your favorite place on campus?
Life Sciences library, Jordan River area, Morrison Hall

What is your current career goal?
PhD Biology with intent of being professor at smaller liberal arts school

Andrew Barrett

Intended Degree(s):
PhD Instructional Systems Technology

What club or activities are you involved in?
GIST (Graduate students in Instructional Systems Technology), Rock Climbing, Hiking

What is your favorite place on campus?
Fountain in front of IU Auditorium

What is your current career goal?
Get tenure track faculty position

Andy Gipe

Intended Degree(s):
MS/PhD Counseling Psychology

What club or activities are you involved in?
GPSO & Cog Science/Psych

What is your favorite place on campus?
Jordan River

What is your current career goal?
Private and Recovery Therapy

Annie Cornett

Intended Degree(s):
B.S. Retail Studies (May 2009) M.S. Therapeutic Recreation (May 2011)

What club or activities are you involved in?
Students in Free Enterprise (SIFE), Retail Studies Organization (RSO), Therapeutic Recreation Club

What is your favorite place on campus?
SRSC

What is your current career goal?
Work with an adapted sports program for children with disabilities

Antwione Haywood

Intended Degree(s):
Ph.D. Higher Education and Student Affairs

What club or activities are you involved in?
Ritmos Latino's

What is your favorite place on campus?
Fountain in front of Jacob's School of Music

What is your current career goal?
Dean of Students

Bethany Gray

Intended Degree(s):
Masters Library ScienceArt Librarianship

What club or activities are you involved in?
American Library AssociationStudent chapter; Social Chair for Special Library Assoc.; T.C. Steele Historic Site; ARLIS Art Library

What is your favorite place on campus?
Fine Arts Building

What is your current career goal?
Work in a public library w/ instruction & art & programming & marketing

Craig Harper

Intended Degree(s):
Masters of Environmental Science, Masters of Public Affairs & Environmental Policy

What club or activities are you involved in?
Rock Climbing Club, Bloomington Bicycle Group

What is your favorite place on campus?
Woods near the Sample Gates & SOFA Gallery

What is your current career goal?
Teach/Professor

Danny Weddle

Intended Degree(s):
Business; Sculpture BFA

What club or activities are you involved in?
MASSTreasurer; Bloomington Think Tank

What is your favorite place on campus?
3D Rotating Room

What is your current career goal?
Trying to teach a class in the SpringTeach for America intern on Farms & return as a professor

Karen Ross

Intended Degree(s):
PhD, Comparative & International Education/Inquiry Methodology

What club or activities are you involved in?
Commission on Multicultural Education, mediation with the Bloomington Community Justice and Mediation Center, Graduate Emissary for Student Diversity

What is your favorite place on campus?
Arboretum

What is your current career goal?
Teaching in an academic environment as well as continuing to be involved directly in peace-building work

Laura Knudsen

Intended Degree(s):
Environmental Science & Public Affairs (Masters)

What club or activities are you involved in?
Ritmos Latinos, City of Bloomington Latino Outreach Program, Community Events, e.g.: Lotus Festival, Environment Mgmt Association

What is your favorite place on campus?
Leo K Dowling International Center

What is your current career goal?
Work with project development and execution with EPA and gov, with regards to solid waste issue. 2. Private electronic technology company, work with sustainability issues (electronic waste)

Lauren Miller

Intended Degree(s):
PhD in Anthropology (Social, Cultural (Capoeira))

What club or activities are you involved in?
Capoeira group, AGSA (Anthropology Graduate Student Association)

What is your favorite place on campus?
Outside Herman B. Wells library, cross country trail

What is your current career goal?
Anthropology Professor

Stacy Weida

Intended Degree(s):
PhD in Gender Studies (Have BA in English, MA in American Studies)

What club or activities are you involved in?
Teaching in Gender Studies Program

What is your favorite place on campus?
Outside "deck" of Memorial Hall

What is your current career goal?
To finish my exams in the fall and decide on a dissertation topic.

Tara Kirkpatrick

Intended Degree(s):
Anthropology BA Minorenvironmental Biology Studies, M.S. in Environmental Studies PH.D. Criminal Justice

What club or activities are you involved in?
Alternative Justice Group Community Service, Rescue Dog Association

What is your favorite place on campus?
Hidden Corners of the library

What is your current career goal?
Start and finish my dissertation and then become a professor.

Tiffani Saunders

Intended Degree(s):
PHD Sociology

What club or activities are you involved in?
Diversity Committee

What is your favorite place on campus?
Dunn Meadow

What is your current career goal?
Instructor

Tyler Nolting

Intended Degree(s):
Master of Public Health

What club or activities are you involved in?
Sports Coach @ Banneker Community Center; President of Master of Public Health Association

What is your favorite place on campus?
Assembly Hall

What is your current career goal?
Obtain Ph.D. in Health Behavior and teach and/or work for Public Health organization; Men's College Basketball Coach

Whitney Stewart

Intended Degree(s):
Counseling Psych.Ph.d.

What club or activities are you involved in?
Graduate school keeps me pretty busy :( FIGs!!!

What is your favorite place on campus?
The fountain

What is your current career goal?
To finish graduate school and become a Counseling Psychologist specializing in marriage & family