Stearns Center for Teaching and Learning

Spring and Summer 2026 CTL Funds Recipients

The Stearns Center is pleased to announce recipients of our Spring and Summer Curriculum and Teaching Leadership (CTL) Funds!

Spring-Summer 2026 Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) CTL Funds recipients:

  • Student Experiences in Hybrid Writing Courses and Faculty Resource Development
    • PI: Ariel Goldenthal, CHSS
    • Investigator: Courtney Adams Wooten, CHSS
    • Investigator: Christina Greico, CHSS
    • Investigator: Shyam Patel, CHSS
    • Investigator: Colleen Reynolds, CHSS
  • AI-Enhanced Scenario Learning Toolkit for Healthcare Leadership Education
    • PI: Renee Geschke, CPH
    • Co-PI: John Cantiello, CPH
  • Advancing AI-Enabled Teaching and Learning in Information Sciences and Technology
    • PI: Ioulia Rytikova, CEC
    • Co-PI: Mihai Boicu, CEC
    • Investigator: Hoda Hassan, CEC
    • Investigator: Humaira Akhtari, CEC
    • Investigator: Harry Foxwell, CEC
    • Investigator: Hussna Azami, CEC
    • Investigator: Sharmin Sultana, CEC
    • Investigator: Irina Hashmi, CEC

Summer 2026 Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) CTL Funds recipients:

  • Pilot Integration of Generative AI/Large Language Models for Improving Student Outcomes in ECE Courses
    • PI: Alexander Sprintson, CEC
  • Integrating Biogeography and Advanced GIS for Freshwater Ecosystem Assessment in Fairfax County
    • PI: Maction Komwa, COS
    • Co-PI: Dann Sklarew, COS

Spring 2026 Writing Across the Curriculum (WAC) CTL Funds recipients:

  • Enhancing CONF 301
    • PI: Silvia Danielak, Carter School for Peace and Conflict Resolution
    • Investigator: Leslie Dwyer, Carter School
    • Investigator: Agnieszka Paczyńska, Carter School
    • Investigator: Douglas Irvin-Erickson, Carter School

Check back on our Funding webpage in July and October 2026 for more CTL Funds opportunities.

*WAC is running a later Summer 2026 CTL Funds cycle with proposals due April 19, 2026. We will announce those recipients in a later post. Learn more and apply here: https://wac.gmu.edu/funding/