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Hello, I am the nursing librarian at UWG. I am working with our College of Nursing to adopt no cost materials into early semesters of our Nursing Curriculum.

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Hello! I am the Professor of Geosciences at Fort Valley State University. As the sole geoscientist I am placed under the umbrella of the Chemistry department and together with my colleagues in the Chemistry department we are going to redesign labs in chemistry and geosciences. Looking forward to getting to know new people and learn a lot in this process.

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Hi Everyone, I am Professor in Computer Science at Georgia Southern University. My colleagues, Yao Xu and Weitian Tong, and I will be working on improving no-cost learning materials for three core undergraduate Computer Science courses. I am very excited for this project.

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Hello!

I am an art and graphic design instructor at Georgia Highlands. I am excited to be collaborating with an outstanding team to redesign the ARTS 1100 Arts Appreciation course. Together with Russell Cook, Nathan Ploeg, Chelsea Carver, Sean Callahan, and Seth Ingram, we are researching current best practices in arts education and instructional design to thoughtfully update and enhance the course. Our goal is to create an engaging, accessible, and enriching learning experience that reflects contemporary approaches to art appreciation and student learning.

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Hello everyone!

I bring you greetings from Albany State University where I am an Assistant Professor of Sociology! I am working with a multidisciplinary team of amazing colleagues in Psychology and Social Work. We are creating a HIPS virtual OER resource to assist faculty and students with research, increase student engagement, and student success. I am excited about the work we will accomplish and for the collaborative possibilities with fellow grantees. My email address is cassandra.jordan@asurams.edu

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Hello! I am Chelsea Carver, a full-time Art and Graphic Design Instructor. Our team is redesigning the ARTS 1100-Art Appreciation course, a high-enrollment general education class that serves students from a wide range of programs and disciplines. This project will involve research, writing, filming, materials evaluation and development, and course design, culminating in a fully updated and engaging learning experience for students.

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Good afternoon!

I'm Katie Shepard, and I am the Assistant Director of the Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning at Middle Georgia State University. I am the ALG Instructional Design Champion and previous grantee way back in rounds 6 and 11 when I was a librarian. I am excited to be able to return to working with OER since my previous experience was the bridge to my current role. I will be working with Dr. David Biek and Dr. Paul Gladden to implement the OpenStax text, Lifespan Development, for PSYC 2103, Introduction to Human Development.

I am available at Katharine.shepard@mga.edu and via LinkedIn.

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Hi! I'm Sean Callahan, Division Chair and Professor of Psychology in the School of Humanities and Social Sciences. I'll be working the Russell Cook, Nathan Ploeg, Chelsea Carver, Natalie Goodwin, and Seth Ingram to redesign the ARTS 1100-Arts Appreciation course.

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Hi All. My name is Barry Miburo, Professor of Chemistry at Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College, where I teach General and Organic Chemistry classes and labs. I will be collaborating with my colleagues at ABAC to produce upgraded lab manuals enriched with experiences of what we have found to work in replacement of what has been found not to work. We will also seek to replace less environmentally friendly experiments with ones that are rooted in Green Chemistry. I look forward to meeting you all.

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Pauline Gagnon-University of West Georgia

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Pauline Gagnon-University of West Georgia

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Hi Everyone,

My name is Pauline Gagnon and I am a Professor of Theatre at UWG where I also teach Introduction to Interdisciplinary Studies and contribute to the Prison Education Program. I am excited about our ALG grant which will allow us to replace the three textbooks we currently use and effectively reduce student costs for course materials to zero. Additionally, the grant will allow us to develop resources that are tailored to the unique needs of our program by incorporating real student work, thus providing examples from our wide range of curricular pathways.

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Sonal Dekhane - Georgia State University

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Sonal Dekhane - Georgia State University

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Hello everyone,

My name is Sonal Dekhane and I am from Georgia State University. My colleagues and I are excited about developing open source materials for teaching Generative AI and Agentic AI concepts.

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Yao Xu, PhD, Georgia Southern University

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Yao Xu, PhD, Georgia Southern University

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Hello everyone, my name is Yao Xu, and I am an Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science at Georgia Southern University. Our project focuses on the continuous improvement of OER for three core undergraduate Computer Science courses. The project aims to enhance existing no-cost materials through AI-supported learning activities, real-world applied examples, and improved visualizations and interactive content to strengthen student learning and engagement.

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Greetings, everyone!

My name is Bal Khatiwada, and I am an Associate Professor of Chemistry at Fort Valley State University (FVSU). I teach Principles of Chemistry I and II, Organic Chemistry I and II, along with their corresponding laboratory courses.

Our Chemistry Department team at FVSU is collaborating with faculty from Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College to develop no-cost laboratory manuals for several chemistry and geology laboratory courses. We are very excited about this project and its potential impact on student learning and accessibility.

I can be reached at bal.khatiwada@fvsu.edu.

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Good afternoon all! I'm Eric Shen, research faculty in the School of Chemistry & Biochemistry. Together with Pamela and Rebecca, we'll be working on developing an organic chemistry textbook focused on sustainability and active research here at Georgia Tech. I'm happy to connect with anyone working on something similar to share ideas and resources related to materials development!

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Hello everyone! My name is Nedra Cossa, and I am an Associate Professor of Elementary Education at Georgia Southern University. I'm working alongside some amazing faculty to develop graduate student resources that align with current literacy trends and pedagogy, including the Science of Reading. Additionally, we are working to ensure the resources meet ADA web accessibility standards.

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LaVerne McLaughlin, Albany State University

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LaVerne McLaughlin, Albany State University

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Hello everyone!

I am LaVerne McLaughlin, Director of Libraries & Archives, Associate Professor, and ALG Library Champion at Albany State University. I am excited about working with the ALG Team to create a virtual library that will support the focus of Mental Health in print and digital OER for use at Albany State and beyond. I have served in the role of Library Champion at ASU since the inception of the imitative in the USG.

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Hello everyone, I am Sungchul Jung, an assistant professor at Kennesaw State University. This is my second ALG project that I’ve been part of. Together with my colleagues, we aim to create high-quality, cost-free course materials for senior-level courses. I’m excited to be working on this project again!

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Greetings, everyone!

My name is Dr. Ihuoma Ohamadike, and I am a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW), Assistant Professor, and MSW Practicum Coordinator in the Department of Social Work at Albany State University. I am pleased to collaborate with my colleague, Dr. Annlease Gibson, in developing Open Educational Resources (OER) focused on mental health for students and faculty.

We are excited about the opportunity to contribute accessible and meaningful mental health resources that support learning, well-being, and professional development within our academic community.

I can be reached at ihuoma.ohamadike@asurams.edu.

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Hello! I'm an Associate Professor of Chemistry from Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College (ABAC), and I'll be up for Full Professor soon. I'm part of a cross-institution collaboration with Dr. Bal Khatiwada, who worked here at ABAC before moving on to Fort Valley State University. We are looking to find ways of developing a better set of lab manuals for our chemistry labs. I'm helping out with the Organic Chemistry material specifically.

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Hello everyone!

I am a Lecturer in the English Department at Kennesaw State University, and I am working with four fabulous colleagues to revise (and create) several templates for our first-year writing courses so that new faculty have a working template. We plan to use OER materials as well.

Best wishes to all!

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Hi! I'm Stephanie White. Lecturer at University of West Georgia in Carrollton, GA. I teach Gen Ed and Prison Ed. Our incarcerated students are earning their bachelor's degree in interdisciplinary studies. This is a collaborative text writing for the university's Interdisciplinary Studies program and I am incredibly excited to be a part of it.

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Gretchen Baas, Georgia Southern University

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Gretchen Baas, Georgia Southern University

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Hi everyone! I am Gretchen Baas, an assistant professor in the department of criminal justice and criminology at Georgia Southern University. I am working with Drs. Derlic and Spencer, and Mrs. DeLeon. We are excited to develop OER for our Introduction to Criminal Justice course!

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Hello everyone, I am Priya Boindala, an associate professor in the department of mathematics and statistics at Georgia Gwinnett College. I am working with my colleagues, Drs Shahbaz, Nathanson and Mrs. Louis to create a custom modular learning experience that can be readily incorporated within our LMS for students in college algebra integrating AI tools within problem-based learning.

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Hi everyone! I'm a library staff member at the University of West Georgia. Before I started working at the library, I had a background in sociology. I'll be helping find resources for an Interdisciplinary Studies text.

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Hello everyone! My name is Dylan Spencer, and I am an assistant professor in the dept. of criminal justice and criminology at Georgia Southern. I am working with Drs. Derlic and Baas as well as Mrs. DeLeon to develop OER for our dept's intro to CJ course.

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Hi All! My name is Todd Janke and I'm an Associate Professor of Philosophy at Clayton State University. We'll be working on putting together an OER for Introduction to Philosophy.

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Hi everyone! My name is Neema Noori, and I am a professor of Sociology at the University of West Georgia where I also serve as Chair of the Department of Interdisciplinary Studies. My team and I are currently developing a series of new textbooks to support our three required IDS courses. We are very excited to have received this grant. The course materials we create will make a meaningful difference for our students, both by reducing costs and by providing books that are better suited to our curricular needs than those currently available.

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Dr. Dorea Hardy | Albany State University

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Dr. Dorea Hardy | Albany State University

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Hello everyone, I am Dr. Dorea Hardy with Albany State University. I am the Senior Instructional Designer for the institution and I am apart of the Office of Distance Learning which resides in the ASURams Global Unit of Academic Affairs. My role in this project is to help my team with WCAG AA compliance, as well as CC licensing and other technical things. I look forward to learning more about the process through ALG!

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Hi everyone! I am a lecturer in the English Department at KSU. Our team is working on revising English 1101 and 1102 courses of varying modalities. Looking forward to working on this project!

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Hello everyone!
My name is Pamela Pollet, and I am a faculty member in the School of Chemistry and Biochemistry at Georgia Tech. I am working with Drs. Shen and Hull on the development of an open educational resource (OER) textbook in organic chemistry that integrates sustainability and interdisciplinary competencies.

I am excited to get started on this project and look forward to learning more about everyone’s work in the coming year.

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I'm delighted to collaborate with Dr. Gamage in transforming the Organic Chemistry course at GCSU into a no-cost learning experience, removing financial barriers while maintaining academic rigor.

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Hello everyone! I'm Department Chair of Psychology and Criminal Justice at Middle Georgia State University. I'll be assisting my Dean with developing a course template for PSYC 2103- Intro. to Human Development, partly based on the OER textbook, "Lifespan Development" that he co-authored in 2024. My email is paul.gladden@mga.edu

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Hi Everyone! Super excited to join this cohort and to have my project funded - a career-long goal of mine is to "give psychology away" and we'll be creating a course shell for PSYC 2103 - Introduction to Human Development - this will be used as a template for all sections of this course going forward at Middle Georgia State University (where I'm the Dean of the School of Education & Behavioral Sciences). The course template/shell will take advantage of the Openstax "Lifespan Development" OER text that I co-authored in 2024.

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Hello everyone.

I am Janet Turner. I'm an Assistant Professor of Curriculum & Instruction at Georgia College & State University. I am working with my amazing colleague, LaTeshia Warren, to develop resources to help candidates in our Education Specialist degree program develop scenario-based problem-solving skills and better articulate their knowledge of Teacher Leadership knowledge in writing.

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Hello everyone! My name is Evie Munier, I am an Assistant Professor of French at the University of North Georgia, and my colleague Dr. Le Blond and I received an Improvement grant to revamp our French I-II curriculum. I am excited to work on this project !

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Hi! I am a junior at the University of North Georgia, and I will begin working on my project in June 2026. I have been working with my Microeconomics Professor for a year, so he asked me to also work on this project with him. His textbook has many graphs with no description, making it difficult for some students to comprehend the content, which is what this project is about. My email is lgghir3400@ung.edu

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Hello everyone!! My name is Annalease Gibson. I am a professor of social work at Albany State University. I am working with a team to develop a virtual library ful of OER resources for a course taught in multiple disciplines. My email address is annalease.gibson@asurams.edu

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Hello everyone! I'm a professor and librarian at UWG. Back in 2020 I created an information literacy OER in D2L called "LibraryDen." Since then it has become a key part of our infolit program with over 1,000 students using it each semester. It also has been adapted to Spanish (alfinsinfronteras.org) My co-PI J. Salvador Peralta and I got an ALG Research Grant to do a cross-sectional analysis of student perceptions of the OER. We will compare their end-of-experience anonymous evaluations to their later reflections on the experience on surveys and in focus groups. My email is barnhart@westga.edu

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My name is Corrine Sweet, and I teach in the business department at Albany State University. My ALG project is to update or "remix" ASU's BUSA 2105: Communicating in the Business Environment course to better utilize OER resources while also creating new resources that will become OER materials to be shared through ALG. I'm very excited about the process. My email is corrine.sweet@asurams.edu

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Ruth McIntyre, Kennesaw State University

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Ruth McIntyre, Kennesaw State University

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Hi! I am a Senior Lecturer in the English Department: rmcinty1@kennesaw.edu. My research and teaching focus on Writing Studies, OER course design, and Mindfulness Pedagogy. I also teach World Literature courses that focus on Epic and Mythology. I am excited to implement a new World Literature course on the Power of Laughter and the Comic form. I will also design a new English 1102 course titled "Mindfulness, Research, and Writing."

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Hi! I am a freshman at the University of North GA. I am will begin working on a project with a few others soon. My professor's microeconmics textbook is very graph heavy and these need to be altered to allow all students to gain adequate understanding of the content. My email is hsmino7168@ung.edu

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Hi everyone! I am the co-PI for our ALG grant. One of my colleagues was the recipient of it in 2015 to create materials for our introductory French course, and despite occasional updates that I worked on throughout the years, it is time for us to make substantial revisions. Excited to work with my colleague Dr. Munier!

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I am Asst. Dir., Faculty Development for Sustainability Education Initiatives in the Center for Teaching and Learning at Georgia Tech. I'm excited to work with my colleagues Pamela Pollet and Eric Shen to develop an OER for organic chemistry that integrates green principles and sustainability competencies in alignment with American Chemical Society priorities and Georgia Tech's mission to develop leaders who advance technology and improve the human condition.

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Sujani Gamage, Georgia College and State University

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Sujani Gamage, Georgia College and State University

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Hello,

My name is Sujani Gamage, and I am a Chemistry Lecturer at Georgia College & State University. I am excited about our grant project to create affordable course materials for Organic Chemistry I.

I am delighted to work with my colleague, Dr. Ronald Okoth, toward making this project a success.

My email address is sujani.gamage@gcsu.edu

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Kazi Aminul Islam, Kennesaw State University

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Kazi Aminul Islam, Kennesaw State University

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Hi Everyone,

Hello,  I am  an Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science at Kennesaw State University.  I am excited to be part of ALG grant. My Teaching interest is Machine learning, deep learning.

My email address:

kislam4@kennesaw.edu

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Debaleena Ghosh, Georgia Southwestern State University

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Debaleena Ghosh, Georgia Southwestern State University

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Hi! I am Dr. Debaleena Ghosh, Associate Professor of Sociology at Georgia Southwestern State University (GSW). For the second time, I am part of this ALG Grant that will be used to create high impact instructional videos for Intro to Sociology. I look forward to working with my amazing colleagues at GSW and meeting new folks from other institutions.

My email: debaleena.ghosh@gsw.edu

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Hello everyone!  I am Hui Liu, a Senior Academic Professional in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics at Georgia State University.  At GSU, I serve as the Director of Lower Division Courses and the Commons MILE Coordinator, where I work closely with course coordinators and lab coordinators on curriculum design, assessments, and teaching models.  My recent work focuses on exploring affordable instructional materials for lower division courses.  Currently, I am developing low-cost materials for MATH 1001 – Quantitative Reasoning in collaboration with Joshua Miller and Changyong Zhong, supported by the Affordable Learning Georgia Transformation Grant.  We are piloting the course this spring, and I am excited about this project.  I look forward to meeting you all! :)

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Hi everyone!

My name is Amy Hackney, and I'm a Professor of Psychology at Georgia Southern University. I also coordinate our Experimental Master's program. I'm working with a team of department colleagues to transform our Research and Analysis II course materials into OER resources. I'm new to OER and looking forward to the journey. My email address is ahackney@georgiasouthern.edu

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I'm a Clinical Professor and Director of Undergraduate Studies in the Department of Economics in the Andrew Young School of Policy Studies at Georgia State University. I am teaching a new course this year - ECON 1101 - Economics of Financial Literacy, following the same format that was developed for USG's eCore. I received this ALG grant to convert it this summer to an OER course. I received ALG funding a few years ago to convert ECON 2106 - Principles of Microeconomics to an OER course, so I have an idea of what I'm getting into here.

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Misael Romero-Reyes, Georgia Gwinnett College

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Misael Romero-Reyes, Georgia Gwinnett College

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Hello everyone!

My name is Misael Romero-Reyes, and I’m an Assistant Professor of Chemistry at Georgia Gwinnett College. I’m excited to join this cohort of grantees!

My project, “Chemistry Unlocked: Interactive Problem-Solving with OpenStax,” focuses on improving student engagement and success in CHEM 1211K by transforming static textbook content into dynamic learning experiences. I’ll be creating an interactive website that integrates OpenStax materials with step-by-step video walkthroughs, annotated solutions, and problem-solving modules.

The project also has an interdisciplinary component—I’ll be working with student assistants from both chemistry and film/media to produce high-quality educational content. My goal is to make this resource scalable across the University System of Georgia and provide faculty with a best-practice model for enriching OER.

I’d love to connect with others working on similar initiatives or interested in collaboration!

mromeroreyes@ggc.edu

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Dr. Alesia Moldavan, Georgia Southern University

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Dr. Alesia Moldavan, Georgia Southern University

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Hello! I'm Dr. Moldavan, Associate Professor of Elementary Mathematics and Science Education at Georgia Southern University. Our team is working on creating OER materials for the grant Developing Mathematical Content Knowledge: Numbers and Operations for Elementary Educators. The resources will support an MAT and BSED Elementary Education teachers. We look forward to this opportunity! My email: amoldavan@georgiasouthern.edu

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Hello! I'm Dr. Joseph Comeau, Associate Professor of Sociology with Georgia Southwestern State University. I am the project lead on a continuous improvement grant, aimed at creating high quality instructional videos for SOCI 1101 Introduction to Sociology. This is the fourth ALG grant that I have been a part of.

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Virginia (Ginger) Wickline, Georgia Southern

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Virginia (Ginger) Wickline, Georgia Southern

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Hi, folx! I'm in the Department of Psychology at Georgia Southern University. Our team is working on OER resources for our Psychology Research & Analysis (stats and methods course). Been meaning to dive into the OER pool for years and happy to have this opportunity. vwickline@georgiasouthern.edu

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My name is Cindy Johnson and I am Assistant Dean of Experiential Learning at the University of West GA. We undergoing a curricular revision and I am very excited to be a part of this grant.

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Tomeika Williams-Lamar, PhD - Albany State University 

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Tomeika Williams-Lamar, PhD - Albany State University 

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Greetings Everyone!

My name is Tomeika Williams-Lamar, I'm an Assistant Professor of Accounting within the College of Business, Education, and Professional Studies - School of Business at Albany State University. The purpose of my project is to reduce financial barriers in accounting and business programs through the adoption of OER Materials and CMA Resources for ACCT 2101, ACCT 2102, and ACCT 4101. The project has several goals that go beyond saving money. This initiative aims to boost student success, promote new teaching methods, and help create high-quality educational resources throughout the accounting curriculum.

Email: tomeika.williams@asurams.edu

Phone: 229-500-2123

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Hello! My name is Dr. Nicolette Rickert and I am an associate professor in the Department of Psychology at Georgia Southern University. I'm working with an awesome team of fellow faculty members (Dr. Cassandra Baldwin, Dr. Ginger Wickline, Dr. Amy Hackney, Dr. Daniel Gambacorta, Dr. Nikki Cannon-Rech) to transform the course materials in our Research and Analysis II course. My email address is nrickert@georgiasouthern.edu.

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Hello everyone! My name is Dr. Modupe Akintomide (Adewuyi), and I am an Associate professor with the Wellstar School of Nursing at Kennesaw State University. I am delighted to be here today alongside my wonderful colleague, Dr. Kawther Hamash.

Together, we are excited to be working on a valuable free resource designed to support and empower students in research. We look forward to helping you make the most of it!

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Hello everyone! My name is Dr. Kawther Hamash, and I’m with the Wellstar School of Nursing at Kennesaw State University. I’m delighted to be here today alongside my wonderful colleague, Dr. Modupe Akintomide.

Together, we’re excited to introduce you to a valuable free resource designed to support and empower our students. We look forward to helping you make the most of it!

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Hi! My name is Whitney Russell, I am the ALG Library Champion at Augusta University and the Open Scholarship Librarian. I am helping out on the grant with Dr. Kays and Dr. Garner that "addresses a critical gap in affordable educational resources at the intersection of artificial intelligence, humanity, and learning."

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Trent M. Kays, Augusta University (Go Jags!)

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Trent M. Kays, Augusta University (Go Jags!)

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Hello, all!

I am Trent M. Kays, and I am an Assistant Professor and Director of Professional Writing and Rhetoric at Augusta University (AU).

I am working with two fantastic AU colleagues: James Garner from the Center for Writing Excellence and Whitney Russell from the University Libraries. They're dynamos, so watch out!

Our project is to create and share the first OER (to my knowledge) focused on student learning and AI. The resource will include various perspectives from students, faculty, and staff. This resource will be primarily student-authored and will be available for free. Currently, the intersection of undergraduate student learning and AI is the Wild West, and we hope that providing a current and up-to-date resource that can be revised with new perspectives in the future will be a critical component to student learning on/with/through AI systems.

If you'd like to chat or collaborate on something (perhaps another grant?), please reach out!

Email: tkays@augusta.edu

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Hello! My name is Alvaro Torres-Calderón, Associate Professor of Spanish and Associate Department Head of Modern Languages at the University of North Georgia. I am part of the team led by Dr. Sarah Hubbel, and we are currently working on the development of a no-cost curriculum for Elementary Spanish 1002.

We are excited about this project because it brings together innovative teaching approaches while also significantly benefiting students who face financial barriers to continuing their college education. I look forward to learning more about OER and hearing about your experiences.

Congratulations to everyone!

Email: Alvaro.TorresCalderon@ung.edu

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Hello, I'm Cassandra, and I'm in the Department of Psychology at Georgia Southern University. I'm working with several colleagues to create a textbook, and create and adapt ancillary materials for our research methods course. My email address is cbaldwin@georgiasouthern.edu. I look forward to learning more!

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Congrats to everyone on your funded projects! My name is Montana Smithey and I am an Associate Professor of Elementary Mathematics Education at Georgia Southern University. My colleagues and I will be working towards building a stand-alone OER elementary mathematics content module. This module will better support our teacher candidates in cultivating content knowledge needs to teach children. We are excited to start exploring the possibilities and ways to make a positive impact outside our institution. My email: msmithey@georgiasouthern.edu

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Sarah Hubbel, University of North Georgia

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Sarah Hubbel, University of North Georgia

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¡Hola! I'm Sarah Hubbel, an Assistant Professor of Spanish at the University of North Georgia, Dahlonega campus. My team and I are working on creating a no-cost curriculum for Elementary Spanish II to replace our current textbook that has presented a financial barrier to students past and present. I am looking forward to learning more about OER and hearing about your projects! My email address is sarah.hubbel@ung.edu

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Isabel Maggiano, University of West Georgia

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Isabel Maggiano, University of West Georgia

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Hi! I'm a Senior Lecturer in Anthropology and this is the third ALG grant we are receiving to provide affordable learning for students in our Anth 1105 and Anth 1105L Introduction to Biological Anthropology course. ALG has made such an important difference for our students and I'm looking forward to working towards this even more. My email address is imaggian@westga.edu.

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Dr. Viacheslav Sadykov, Georgia State University

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Dr. Viacheslav Sadykov, Georgia State University

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Hello everyone! My name is Viacheslav (Slava) Sadykov, I am an assistant professor at Physics & Astronomy department of GSU. In collaboration with Georgia Southern Univeristy, our goal is to create affordable learning materials for upper-division Electricity and Magnetism undergraduate class, and share them with the interested colleagues in Georgia and beyond!

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Hi Everyone,

I am Joshua Miller and I working together with a team to reduce the cost of learning materials for Quantitative Reasoning, Mathematics for Liberal Arts, at Georgia State University's Atlanta Campus.

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Dr. Katie Brkich, Georgia Southern University

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Dr. Katie Brkich, Georgia Southern University

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Hello. I'm a professor of Elementary Science Education in the Department of Elementary and Special Education at Georgia Southern University. I'm so excited to be working on my 2nd ALG grant to revise and improve the LibGuide we made with my first ALG grant years ago.

kbrkich@georgiasouthern.edu

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Hi all! I'm Alex Claussen, an assistant professor of French and German at UWG. I'm excited to work with my colleague, Claire Ezekiel, on a project to create, improve, and revise materials for our introductory French courses to ensure our classes remain affordable, approachable, and applicable to our students' academic, professional, and personal goals.

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Hello all! I'm an assistant professor of Elementary Social Studies in the Department of Elementary and Special Education. I am working with a team of colleagues in varying disciplines of el ed (social studies, literacy, science, math, etc.) to revise a current LibGuide. Our goal is to provide helpful pedagogical resources for current and former students.

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Hi everyone. My name is Bill Baird and I'm a physics professor at GSU. This is the third ALG I've been a part of, and in this one, my colleagues and I are working to create materials for the junior-level Electricity & Magnetism course.

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My name is Changyong Zhong. I am a senior lecturer at Georgia State University in the department of Math and Statistics. I am excited to be part of this cohort to get an opportunity to lower our students' cost on lower level courses.

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Hi, everyone! I'm a Lecturer of French at UWG and also the coordinator for the teacher certification pathway in French and Spanish. I'm excited to get started on our second ALG grant for our lower-level French sequence. This opportunity will help us continue to keep these courses no-cost for our students.

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i am Dr. Renee Neal, Associate Professor and Program Coordinator for Leadership Tier i with Augusta University. i collaborated with a team that was awarded$30,000 (01/01/2026-12/31/2026) to redesign multiple courses in the Education Specialist in Educational Leadership degree and Master of Education in Educational Leadership degree to promote student savings and foster success. My email is renneal@augusta.edu 

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Dr. Anne Valauri, Georgia Southern University

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Dr. Anne Valauri, Georgia Southern University

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I am an Assistant Professor at Georgia Southern University in the Department of Elementary and Special Education and Birth-Kindergarten Teacher Education. I am excited to be part of this cohort and look forward to the opportunities for cross-disciplinary research and professional growth that this grant provides

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I am the BSN Program Director for UWG THSON and am excited to be the recipient of the ALG Transformation Grant at $30k focusing on providing no-cost textbook materials for our incoming BSN students through intentional use of OERs. Our goal is to reduce financial barriers while maintaining high-quality, evidence-based learning experiences. I am passionate about researching and evaluating the impact of OER adoption on student success, engagement, and equity and about expanding these benefits to support the entire BSN program as we reflect on our commitment to accessibility, innovation, and student-centered education. Please feel free to reach out at sjonasse@westga.edu.

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Hello All, My name is Kate Aldom, Assistant Nursing Professor at the University of West Georgia. The school of nursing is embarking on curriculum revision and planning to implement OER. We look forward in learning about OER.

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Hello everyone. My name is Denise Morris and I am an Assistant Nursing Professor at the University of West Georgia. We look forward to learning about OER as the school of nursing incorporates the concepts within our curriculum revision. My contact information is dmorris@westga.edu.

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Hello all! I am an Assistant Professor of Nursing at the University of West Georgia. We are working on a curriculum revision and planning to implement OER in our courses.

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Hello, everyone. I’m Wayne Hickman, Assistant Professor of Educational Leadership and Tier II Program Coordinator at Augusta University. You can reach me anytime at whickman@augusta.edu.

As part of this collaborative effort, I am excited to help provide no-cost textbook materials for graduate students enrolled in our EDLR courses. Eliminating this financial barrier is a meaningful way to support our adult learners as they continue their professional growth.

I’m grateful to be part of this work and look forward to engaging with all of you as we move forward.

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Ariel Cornett, Georgia Southern University

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Ariel Cornett, Georgia Southern University

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I'm Ariel Cornett, an Associate Professor of Elementary Social Studies Education at Georgia Southern University. I'm also the program director for our MAT Elementary (P-5) program. Our project is comprised of a multidisciplinary team that is updating our existing LibGuide for graduate students in our program. Eager to expand our resources for student success!

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K Ariel Cornett | College of Education | Georgia Southern University

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K. Ariel Cornett, Assistant Professor, Elementary and Special Education.

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Hello, all! I am an assistant professor in elementary science education. Our project is updating our no-cost resources for our online Masters of Arts in Teaching (MAT) program across multiple content areas. My email is bnafziger@georgiasouthern.edu

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I'm Dr. Nirupama Akella, Instructional Designer, Office of Distance Learning at Albany State University. I am collaborating with Dr. Devi Akella, the Chair of the Business School, Albany State University, on a research project which investigates the benefits of using OER as compared to generic academic publishing platforms of Connect and Cengage from a lens of the intersectionality theory. I am excited and curious to explore student and faculty perceptions and perceptions and views and contribute to the burgeoning field of OER research.

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Hey Everyone! I am Yan Yang, a professor of Educational Psychology at the University of West Georgia. I am honored to work with two great team members on a textbook transformation project for a post-graduate level course Lifespan Human Development. I am excited about the prospect of making learning more affordable for all students taking this course through adopting OER materials developed from this project.

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Hello, all! My name is Jeremy Watts and I am Associate Professor of Educational Leadership at Augusta University. My email address is jewatts@augusta.edu. The team I am working alongside looks forward to providing free textbook materials to all graduate students taking EDLR courses. This will be a great help to these aspiring and current educational leaders. I look forward to collaborating in the days ahead.

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Devi Akella, Albany State University, GA

Hello, I am Dr. Devi Akella, Chair and Professor of Management at the School of Business, Albany State University (ASU), GA. I am working with my team member, Dr. Nirupama Akella from the Distance Learning Office at ASU, on this research project. We are exploring the benefits of integrating open educational resources (OER) developed by instructors at higher education institutions (HEIs), as compared to commercial textbook materials produced by publishers such as Connect, Cengage, and others, integrating an intersectional lens and qualitative interviews.

I am excited about receiving funding for this research project and about the opportunity to further investigate OER and its benefits. My email address is devi.akella@asurams.edu, and my co-investigator’s email address is nirupama.akella@asurams.edu.

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I'm Nandana Weliweriya at UGA's physics and astronomy. With a physics education research background, I am excited about our grant towards improving introductory physics lab curriculum while keeping the cost zero for students!

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My name is Nicholas Young, and I am an assistant professor of physics with a focus on physics education research at the University of Georgia. Our project will enable more hands-on learning introductory physics courses through the use of iOLab devices.

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Hello,

My name is Timothy Hinchman. I'm an Assistant Professor of Elementary Education at Georgia Southern University. My focus is on creating active, inquiry-based learning in Science Methods. I integrate my passion for comic books and popular culture into designing innovative, high-engagement curriculum.

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Hello everyone! I am Dr. Geetika Vyas, Lecturer of Information Technology at Kennesaw State University (KSU). I will be working on updating the graduate-level course IT 7703: IT Policy and Law.

As we all know, AI is transforming every sector, and governments and organizations are rapidly updating their policies to keep pace with these changes. The goal of this course update is to incorporate the latest developments in AI-related policies so that our graduate students remain fully informed and industry-ready.

I am excited to work on this revision and look forward to contributing meaningfully to the curriculum.
My email is gvyas@kennesaw.edu. Thanks!

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Hi Everyone,

I am Karen Perell-Gerson & I have the extreme pleasure to be working with Caroline Hanson on redesigning our Anatomy & Physiology I (BIOL 2251K) lab manual. We are excited to add experiential learning exercises into the manual making it relevant to students interested in healthcare.

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Hello, I am at Georgia Gwinnett College and teach Anatpmy an Physiology. Along with my team member we plan to transform our lab manual to make a more accessible, engaging and relevant lab exercises for our students.

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Katie Simon, GCSU

Hello! I'm Katie Simon, Interim Executive Director of the Flannery O'Connor Institute for the Humanities and an Associate Professor of English at GCSU. I'm working with a team to create a study abroad experience on NatureCulture. My course is English 4110: Ecocriticism, and I'll be creating interactive modules and curating open access resources and readings.

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Hello Everyone!

I'm Soma, an Assistant Professor at Augusta University (AU). I am working with two other Co-PI at our Dept of Biological Sciences (Christina Wilson and Stacy Bennetts) to modify and improve an open access lab manual for Fundamentals of Biology. We created this resource with another ALG grant, we will be working to modify some labs and making it more interactive resource for our students and others to use for Non-Major Biology labs. I am excited to make this resource more relevant and accessible for students and help with their learning and success.

My email: smukhopadhyay@augusta.edu

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Hello,

I am an assistant professor at Augusta University. I am currently working on updating the open access resources previously creating for our non-majors biology students.

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Hello Everyone,

My team and I have received a transformation grant to create Open Educational Resources (OER) for our Foundations of Numbers and Operations course. This is the first required math course for all Early Childhood Education programs across USG institutions. The goal of our grant is not only to streamline course materials by developing a faculty manual and student workbook, but also to design purposeful activities that enhance preservice teachers' confidence and efficacy in teaching mathematics.

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Hello, I am an associate professor of mathematics at Augusta University. Our team is working to transform the current Calculus sequence courses into no-cost courses by adopting open textbooks and homework systems. My contact email is hyang1@augusta.edu.

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Hello, I am Sam Mutiti, professor at GCSU. My team and I are working on revising our 2nd Edition of the Environmental Science textbook. We are excited to work on this project again.

samuel.mutiti@gcsu.edu

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I'm Chris Terry from the Augusta University math department. Our group is focused on moving our calculus sequence to an open source textbook. I am in charge of the assessment piece of our project. My email address is cterry2@augusta.edu.

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Elizabeth Prosser, Georgia Southern University 

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Hello, Everyone! I'm an Associate Professor of Reading Education at Georgia Southern University, and I am collaborating with Drs. Amos and Roberts-Chala. The focus of our project is to provide engaging content coupled with high quality materials for the course READ 6131: Literacy Diagnosis and Instruction. This course is a part of the the Master of Arts in Elementary Education (Pre-K through grade 5) program, a program designed for people holding a bachelor's degree in a non-teaching field and are new to the profession. Though course revisions have been continuous, we see this as an opportunity to reshape this course to help ensure our students are equipped with the knowledge and skills to be effective teachers of reading.