Higher education’s scope and purposes are expanding to be more inclusive of all types of learners. To prepare learners for futures very different from the present, and to connect with learners at multiple points in their educational and career paths, the strategies for effective and high quality pedagogies and teaching practices need to expand. This year’s MUS Teaching Scholars program will select faculty across the MUS who are developing innovative strategies to meet the demands of these new dimensions of education and diverse learning needs. 

This year’s teaching scholars program will support faculty who are leaders in pedagogies and teaching practices including but not limited to those that:

  • are designed to address students with diverse learning needs;
  • promote equitable access to educational resources and technology (ex. ADA Title II);
  • promote inclusive design;
  • demonstrate use of best practices for digital content and platforms;
  • support wellbeing in the classroom;
  • use innovative approaches to designing curriculum, pedagogies, and program structured to meet the needs of non-traditional or professional learners.

2025 MUS Teaching Scholars 

Ania Bartkowiak, Assistant Professor, Counseling, Montana State University 

Shihua Brazill, Assistant Professor, Interdisciplinary Arts & Sciences, Montana Technological University 

Selena Coburn, Instructor, Social Sciences, Great Falls College 

Jennifer Combe, Professor, Art Education, University of Montana 

Katherine Ivester, Faculty & Department Head, Developmental Math, Gallatin College 

Jenna Jones, Instructor, Nursing Health & Public Safety, City College 

Katrina Kennett, Associate Professor, Education, University of Montana Western 

Kasthuri Udayakumar, Associate Professor, College of Health Sciences, MSU Northern