LEXINGTON, Ky. (Sept. 8, 2025) — The University of Kentucky’s Office of Transdisciplinary Educational approaches to advance Kentucky has announced its faculty fellows for the 2025-26 academic year. A critical mission of TEK is the development of transdisciplinary courses and the reimagining of existing courses to emphasize one or more essential skills. To accomplish this, TEK is leveraging the expertise of a new cohort of TEK Faculty Fellows.
The third cohort of TEK Faculty Fellows for the 2025-26 academic year: is
- Kristi Bartlett, product design, College of Design.
- Molly Blasing, modern and classical languages, College of Arts and Sciences.
- Chelsea Brislin, Gaines Center for the Humanities.
- Roger Brown, agricultural economics, Martin-Gatton College of Agriculture, Food and Environment.
- Bradley Burdick, mathematics, College of Arts and Sciences.
- Laneisha Conner, College of Social Work.
- Emily Croteau, biology, College of Arts and Sciences.
- Cory Curl, Martin School of Public Policy and Administration.
- Anastasia Curwood, history, College of Arts and Sciences.
- Meghan Dowell, School of Information Science, College of Communication and Information.
- William Davis Ferriell, biomedical engineering, Stanley and Karen Pigman College of Engineering.
- Kamahra Ewing, English, College of Arts and Sciences.
- Madri Hall-Faul, College of Social Work.
- Jens Hannemann, engineering technology, Stanley and Karen Pigman College of Engineering.
- Regina Hannemann, electrical and computer engineering, Stanley and Karen Pigman College of Engineering.
- Anastasia Hauser, chemical engineering, Stanley and Karen Pigman College of Engineering.
- Danielle Herrig, biology, College of Arts and Sciences.
- Hayley Hoffman, School of Information Science, College of Communication and Information.
- Krista Jacobsen, horticulture, Martin-Gatton College of Agriculture, Food and Environment.
- Brianna Janssen Sanchez, Hispanic studies, College of Arts and Sciences.
- Muzhen Li, retailing and tourism management, Martin-Gatton College of Agriculture, Food and Environment.
- Joe Martin, School of Information Science, College of Communication and Information.
- Jennifer McMullen, kinesiology and health promotion, College of Education.
- Peter Mirabito, biology, College of Arts and Sciences.
- Alicia Modenbach, biosystems and agricultural engineering, Martin-Gatton College of Agriculture, Food and Environment.
- John Carey Murphy, Writing, Rhetoric and Digital Studies, College of Arts and Sciences.
- Marilyn Nehls, kinesiology and Health Promotion, College of Education.
- Karen Petrone, history, College of Arts and Sciences.
- Jill Schinberg, arts administration, College of Fine Arts.
- Jill Stowe, agricultural economics, Martin-Gatton College of Agriculture, Food and Environment.
- Tama Thé, emergency medicine, College of Medicine.
- Katherine Thompson, statistics, College of Arts and Sciences.