The Cordes Teaching and Faculty Support Center is pleased to recognize 25 new faculty members with the Rapport Badge. In September, new faculty, defined as faculty within their first two years at the U of A, had the opportunity to participate in programming on campus offered by the center, submit a reflection and be recognized with an electronic badge.

The two programs that qualified for the badge were the new faculty luncheon event featuring Chris Estepp from the Department of Agricultural Education, Communications and Technology in the Bumpers College of Agricultural Food and Life Sciences and the Cordes Chair event featuring professor Molly Rapert of the Department of Marketing in the Sam M. Walton College of Business. 

The Rapport Badge was designed to help increase connections between professors and students. Connections between faculty and students can help foster a sense of belonging to the U of A community for both faculty and students. It is also designed to provide recognition to new faculty who are committed to the development of their teaching skills early in their careers at the U of A. Faculty awarded the rapport badge were:

Dale Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food, and Life Sciences

• William Doss (Agricultural Education, Communications, and Technology)
• Gershon Drescher (Crop, Soil, and Environmental Sciences)
• Samuel Fernandes (Agriculture Statistics Lab)
• Nick Johnston (School of Environmental Science)
• Rupesh Kariyat (Entomology and Plant Pathology)
• Derico Setyabrata (Animal Science)

College of Education and Health Professions

• Jeanice Ball (Nursing)
• Natalie Edwards (Curriculum and Instruction)
• Minju Hong (Educational Statistics and Research Methods)
• Kristi Mascher (Curriculum and Instruction)
• Elizabeth Parke (Health, Human Performance, and Recreation)
• Wyann Stanton (Curriculum and Instruction)

College of Engineering

• Lei Guo (Civil Engineering)
• Leksmhi Sasidharan (Civil Engineering)
• Jian Zhang (Biomedical Engineering)

J. William Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences

• Alexia Angton (Sociology and Criminology)
• Ann Louise Cole (World Languages, Literature, and Culture)
• Sisi Hu (Advertising)
• Rebecca Leach (Communication)
• Christiane Long (Social Work)
• Brad Peter (Geosciences)
• Emily Woodruff (Social Work)

School of Law

• Margie Alsbrook

University Libraries

• Kimberly Larson (Undergraduate Engagement Librarian)

Sam M. Walton College of Business

• Md Amzad Hossain (Economics)