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Our Membership

Membership in The Academy for Excellence in Education is a time-delimited designation, awarded by peers, and reflective of significant contributions to delivery of or scholarship/research in health sciences pedagogy.

Upon it's cretion in 2022, faculy who had been inducted into The Norman C. Nelson Order of Teaching Excellence wre invited to join as Inagural members and enjoy all privileges and responsibliities of Active members. There are various pathways for membership in The Academy.

All members are expected to contribute to UMMC's academic initiatives. More information regarding pathways for membership, available membership activities, and resources for members is provided on The Academy Intranet webpages.

2024 Inductees

Syed Abbas
Katherine L. Artman
Barbara K. Brent
Elizabeth Carr
Wade O’Connell Christopher
Jorri S. Davis
Yuanyuan Duan
Angela Duck
Charly Nicole Edwards

Peter Wayne Giroux
Tiffany M. Griffin
Beth Jaeger
Felicitas Koller
Megan P. Ladner
Melanie H. Lauderdale
John Timothy Lam
Lishia Lee
Seth T. Lirette

Presly Lowry
Ryan McGlawn
Tawanda M. McNair
Erin W. Norcross
Joshua A. Norman
Scott M. Phillips
Nathan Tullos
Brian Williams

2023 Inductees

Alexander, Barbara
Alston, Kristen
Anand, Suwarna
Arnold, Amber
Barrett, Allison
Bhardwaj, Saurabh
Brock, James
Broome, Hanna
Brown, Michael
Buchanan, William
Chahar, Satyapal
Chaudry, Joseph
Clark, Amanda
Compretta, Caroline
Cui, Dongmei
Farrar, Marlie
Fast, Michael
Foster, Penni
Freeman, Kevin
Galarza, Ivonne
Garner, Angelia
Gaughf, Natalie
Gleason, Sara
Gray, Zack
Grenn, John
Gunalda, Jonah
Hall, Michael
Harkins, Kimberly

Harvey, Jessie
Hendon, Laura
Holley, Leigh
Hosseini-Carroll, Pegah
Howard-Claudio, Candace
Jackson, Jeremy
Jackson-Williams, Loretta
Jeter, Joshua
Kalin, Seth
Kennedy, Daniel
Khan, Jahanzeb
Kurnutala, Lakshmi
Ladner, Mark
Lavender, Jessie
McDaniel, Larry
Mason, Chawla
Melton, Sheree
Morgan, Jarrett
Moriarity, Risa
Morris, Robert
Nahar, Vinayak
Newman, Patrick
Noor, Rahat
Norris, David
Norris, Mitzi
Ojeda, Norma
Orr, Wayne

Paduda, Kimberly
Pittman, Shannon
Prem, Anand
Reed, Chris
Rhodes, Kathleen
Riche, Daniel
Robertson, Hess
Rodgers, Scott
Romero, Damian
Schaefer, Audra
Schumacher, Julie
Smith, Patrick
Sterling, Sarah
Stewart, Jimmy
Tarver, Emily
Taylor, Charlotte
Vallender, Eric
Vance, Stacy
Vick, Laura
Walker, Marc
Weatherly, Brandon
White, Monica
Wilson, Melanie
Woodward, LouAnn
Yanes, Licy
Yang, Gongchao
Yee, Kathy
Yimer, Wondwosen

Inaugural Members

Adair, Thomas
Andries, Chelsey
Bagwell, Jana
Bain, Jennifer
Bengten, Eva
Bidwell, Josie
Brown, David
Brown, Ottis Lee
Burrell, Angela
Calcote, Margaret J.
Capino, Amanda
Carr, Kayla
Cole, Kristy
Dobbs, Thomas
Douglas, Kim
Duckworth, Savannah
Earl, Truman
Ferrell, Tina
Fleming, Josh
Fleming, Laurie
Fletcher, Audwin
Franklin, Elizabeth
Gordy, Judy
Griggs, Jason
Hall, John
Hall, Katie
Hargett, Jennifer
Harrison, Virginia Austin
Haynie, Lisa
Henson, Zeb

Hiser, Laree
Horn, Michelle
Hutto, Darrell Mitch
Ingram, Brad
Janorkar, Amol
Kirkendall, Neeli
Lerant, Anna
Lofton, Susan
Lott, James
Lu, Yuefeng
Lutz, Elizabeth
MacSorley, Robyn
Mangum, Carl
Marocho, Susana Salazar
Martin, Tina
McCullough, Amanda
McElwain, Sharon
McMullan, Mike
Moore, Kristi
Moore, LaToya Richards
Morellato, Amanda
Morgan, Deidra
Morton, Lisa
Northington, Ladonna
Norwood, Anne
Notebaert, Andrew
Palokas, Michelle
Parish, Robin
Paul, Ian
Perkins, Eddie

Perkins, Teresa
Phillips, Susie
Pitcock, Jay
Price, Tara
Reulet, Britney
Robertson, Ellen
Rockhold, Rob
Schneider, Kathryn
Scott, Charletta
Senior, Cynthia
Sherman, Justin
Simino, Jeannette
Slaughter, Janet
Smith, Stanley
Stephens, Chelsea
Stewart, Mary
Stover, Kayla
Stray, Stephen
Street, Asher
Subauste, Jose
Taylor, Juanyce
Theilman, Gary
Thigpen, Samuel Calvin
Thompson, Robin
Uschmann, Hartmut
Weatherly, Lyssa
Weeks, Amanda
Wilcox, Kim Curbow
Willis, Kimberly
Zheng, Yufeng

For more information, email The Academy for Excellence in Education.