Faculty Fellows

Dr. Ronda C. Henry Anthony is Professor of English and Africana Studies, Public Scholar of African American Studies and Undergraduate Research, past Director of Africana Studies, and Founding Executive Director of the Institute for the Study of Undergraduate Researchers of Color and the Olaniyan Scholars Program at Indiana University Indianapolis.  She received her M.A. and Ph.D. from Loyola University Chicago, and published her book, Searching for the New Black Man:  Black Masculinity and Women's Bodies, in 2013.  Her present work is on othermothering, spirituality, and establishing welcoming environments for students, faculty, and staff.  Dr. Henry is the winner of the 2024 Center for Teaching and Learning Champion for Teaching Excellence Award, the 2019 IU Indianapolis Chancellor’s Diversity Scholar Award, and a 2012 Outstanding Woman Leader Award.

Carol Hostetter is Professor Emerita from the School of Social Work at Indiana University, having joined the faculty in 2001.  Dr. Hostetter is a past director of the Mack Center for the Advanced Inquiry in Teaching and Learning at Indiana University and was awarded the P.A. Mack Award for Distinguished Service to Teaching.  She has won many other teaching awards, including the top teaching award for all campuses of Indiana University. Dr. Hostetter has been a leader in Indiana University’s Faculty Colloquium on Excellence in Teaching (FACET), in fact, FACET named a lifetime distinguished teaching career award after her.  Her SOTL grants, presentations and publications focus on high-impact practices and learning analytics, engaging undergraduates in research, creating community in online classes through social presence, and building capacity for SOTL.

Sydney Kadinger is an Assistant Clinical Professor of Paralegal Studies and a Career Competencies Faculty Fellow. Her teaching philosophy centers on bridging legal theory with hands-on application while helping students build strong ethical foundations for success in the legal profession. A former Deputy Prosecutor for Marion County and alumna of the IU McKinney School of Law, she teaches students about litigation, legal research and writing, criminal law, and professional responsibility. Since 2019, she has coached the Mock Trial Team at IU Indianapolis, training students in trial advocacy through high-impact practices and simulated academic competitions. As a faculty fellow in the Center for Teaching and Learning, her work supports the integration of career competencies into the culture of teaching at IU Indianapolis.

Dr. Carrie Sickmann is a Senior Lecturer in English at Indiana University Indianapolis. Her teaching philosophy positions literature as a dynamic agent of social change and critical self-reflection. She received her M.A. and Ph.D. from Indiana University Bloomington, and her research focuses on the intersections of Victorian literature, contemporary culture, and pedagogy. Her work has appeared in Victorian Literature and Culture, Children’s Literature Quarterly, and various edited collections. She has worked to incorporate High Impact Practices --including community engagement, project-based learning, ePortfolios, and career competencies--into a wide variety of courses with support from communities of scholars and teachers at the Center for Teaching and Learning, the Institute for Engaged Learning, the Faculty Colloquium on Excellence in Teaching (FACET), and the School of Liberal Arts.

Dr. Patricia Turley is an Assistant Professor of Africana Studies at Indiana University Indianapolis. She is the Associate Director of the Institute for the Study of Undergraduate Researchers of Color and the Olaniyan Scholars Program. She is an expert in community engagement and undergraduate research.  Dr. Turley believes it is never too late to learn, and in fact, she focuses on ensuring that knowledge is accessible. She received her B.A. in Anthropology, her M.A. in Philanthropy, her M.P.A. in Public Affairs, and her doctorate in Urban Education from Indiana University Indianapolis.  Her research interests include Black mother-daughter relationships, Afrocentric hair, the use of technology in teaching, and the use of other engaging teaching strategies such as TILT, flipped classrooms, and backwards design. Dr. Turley is an Extended Reality Initiative (XRI) Faculty Fellow, a Digital Gardner faculty participant, as well as a Mosaic Fellow. Her contributions include serving on multiple public school and university committees to implement High Impact Practices and effectively incorporate technology. In addition, she contributes significantly to student support programs by implementing and designing innovative curriculums that help the university recruit and retain undergraduate students.  Dr. Turley has also garnered over $250,000 in grant funding.