The Center for Teaching and Learning’s Faculty Fellows Program engages participants in meaningful educational development projects tailored to their interests and university needs. Faculty Fellows bring their diverse disciplinary points of view, a range of teaching experiences and contexts, direct knowledge of faculty-specific issues, and creative energy toward solving teaching and learning challenges. Fellows find an interdisciplinary home within the CTL as they pursue individual projects and become advocates for teaching excellence across the institution.
Career Competencies Faculty Fellow

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.
Course Completion Faculty Fellow

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.
Structure and Term of Service
Fellowship positions at the Center for Teaching and Learning vary in length from one semester to a year in length with potential for renewal. Terms of compensation are negotiated on a case-by-case basis. To learn more about becoming a Faculty Fellow, contact Marie Brown, CTL Director, at meb10@iu.edu.
Successful Faculty Fellows:
- Are committed to advancing teaching and learning beyond one’s own practice and discipline
- Share expertise to support key strategic priorities of the Center for Teaching and Learning
- Design, lead, and participate in educational development offerings that advance professional growth in teaching excellence
