Faculty Fellows

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.

Lingma Lu is a Teaching Professor in the Department of Computer Science at the Luddy School of Informatics, Computing, and Engineering. Her work centers on curriculum innovation and the implementation of high-impact practices, including service learning, global learning and student-engaged pedagogies. She has disseminated her work at a number of national and international conferences. She is a STEM Education Innovation & Research Institute Faculty Associate and has co-chaired the faculty-centered Community of Practice on Intercultural Learning.  She has won many teaching awards including the Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching (2019), Trustees Teaching Award (2017), Lecturer Service Award (2016), and the Glenn W. Irwin, Jr. M.D. Experience Excellence Award (2009).  She was also honored at IU Indianapolis’ Celebration of Teaching and Engaged Learning in 2020.

Jennifer L. Embree, DNP, RN, NE-BC, CCNS, FAAN, is Chief Wellness Officer, Clinical Professor, and Clinical Nurse Specialist at the Indiana University School of Nursing and a Nursing Research Scientist at Eskenazi Health. She leads initiatives that support faculty, staff, and student wellbeing and teaches leadership, informatics, strategy, finance, and human resource management in IU's DNP and MSN programs. Dr. Embree serves as Deputy Editor for The Journal of Continuing Education in Nursing and Director of Professional Outreach for the International Society for Professional Identity in Nursing. An American Academy of Nursing Fellow, she received the 2024 Graduate and Professional Student Mentor Award and the 2026 IUSON Dean's Award for Partnerships. Her scholarship focuses on pedagogical wellness, professional identity in nursing, healthy work environments, and workforce wellbeing.