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.

Richard Turner taught English and Philanthropic Studies at IU Indianapolis from 1970 to 2009 and was promoted twice on excellent teaching. He taught at all levels and focused on experiential learning that fostered engagement with texts and reflection on the issues and experiences central to those texts. As a faculty fellow in the Center for Teaching and Learning, Turner has assisted with programs that support instructors in their early careers, enhance efforts to pursue the scholarship of teaching and learning and scholarly teaching, and to help instructors document their teaching. He enjoys very much the conversations about teaching and learning that permeate the activity in the CTL.