LEAP Faculty
Lauren Aimonette Liang, Ph.D.
Director of LEAP
Ph.D. Curriculum and Instruction - Literacy Education,
University of Minnesota
Steve Maisch, Ph.D.
Assistant Director for Assessment
Ph.D. Economics,
University of Utah
Jennifer Seagrave, Ph.D.
Peer Advisor Coordinator
Ph.D. English, British, and American Literature,
University of Utah
Seetha Veeraghanta, Ph.D.
Lead Faculty for Engineering LEAP
Ph.D. Sociology,
University of Kentucky
Seetha Veeraghanta, Ph.D.
Ph.D. Sociology, University of Kentucky
Awards
- General Education Teaching Excellence Award
- “While I was Telling your Story Project” Undergraduate Student Experts on Teaching
- Distinguished Teaching Award by Beta Epsilon Chapter of the Sigma Chi Fraternity
- Developed the Curriculum for the Engineering LEAP and built-in information literacy in progressively constructed library instruction and team assignments
Ann Engar, Ph.D.
Ph.D. English Language and Literature, University of Washington
Awards
- Outstanding Professor, Hinckley Institute of Politics
- Distinguished Honors Professor, University of Utah
- Excellence in Teaching Award, University of Utah
- Excellence in Education, LDS Institute of Religion
- Favorite Professor, Beehive Honor Society
- Tri-Delta Top Professor Award
- Student Choice Award
- Mortar Board Top Professor, University of Utah
- Presidential Teaching Scholar
Nora Wood, Ph.D.
Ph.D. Political Science, University of Utah
- Distinguished Teaching Award, University of Utah
- Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society
- Golden Key Honor Society
- Pi Sigma Alpha National Political Science Honor Society
- Magna Cum Laude, State Normal Scholarship
Steve Maisch, Ph.D.
Ph.D. Economics, University of Utah
Awards
- Howard-Karsten Graduate Fellowship
Mike White, Ph.D.
Ph.D. English Literature/Creative Writing, University of Utah
Awards
- Winner of the Washington Prize
- Neil Postman Award for Metaphor
- International Poetry Contest, finalist
- Utah Writers Contest
- Academy of American Poets Larry Levis Prize
- Best New Poets
Marissa Diener
Ph.D. Development Psychology University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign
- University Neighborhood Partners, Hartland Scholar in Residence
- University of Utah Distinguished Teaching Award
- Borchard Faculty Fellow, Lowell Bennion Center Community Service Center, University of Utah
- Faculty Fellow Research Award, Spring, University of Utah
- Superior Teaching Award, College of Social and Behavioral Sciences, University of Utah
- University of Utah Early Career Teaching Award
CoCo James
Ph.D. Sociology, University of Utah
- Faculty Recognition Award, Career Services Center, University of Utah
- Teach the Rainbow Award, Women's Resource Center, University of Utah
- Early Career Teaching Award, University of Utah