Faculty Accelerator
UAF’s Faculty Accelerator supports faculty across the tripartite mission of the university in teaching, research, and service.
Events
New Faculty Meet & Greet (Spring 2025)
UAF’s Faculty Accelerator invites all new faculty to an informal luncheon to meet the team and learn about the various support units and resources available to them at UAF. With a welcome from the provost and catered lunch, new faculty will have the opportunity to connect with one another and learn more about the exciting opportunities available to them.
Date
Friday, January 24, 2025 | 12-1pm
Supporting Students: A Panel Discussion
Hosted by UAF’s Faculty Accelerator, this panel discussion includes representatives from multiple student support offices around campus, including Disability Services, the Student Success Center, Indigenous Student Services, the Office of Dual Enrollment, and more. Attendees will learn more about the resources available to UAF students, as well as when and how to connect their students to these resources.
Date
November 5, 2024 | 12:30-2pm
New Faculty Orientation (Fall 2024)
UAF’s Faculty Accelerator hosts an annual 2-day orientation for all new faculty. During this orientation, new faculty meet leaders from across the university, learn about support and resources available to them and their students, and have the opportunity to build supportive working relationships with one another and the Faculty Accelerator team.
Dates
August 19-20, 2024
2024/25 Provost’s Faculty Development Team
Jenn Pedersen
Faculty Accelerator Lead, Director, Center for Teaching & Learning
Executive Director, CTL
Faculty Accelerator Lead
Jenn Pedersen is the Lead for the Faculty Accelerator and the Executive Director of the Center for Teaching and Learning. She manages both eCampus and the development of online classes and programs as well as the Instructional Design Team, a group of collaborators in pedagogical innovation and leadership. Jenn is an Educational Psychologist who is committed to redesigning learning experiences to give all students the opportunity to achieve their dreams.
Srijan Aggarwal
Provost’s Representative for Research, 2022-25
Associate Professor, Ph.D., Civil and Environmental Engineering
Water and Environmental Research Center
Dr. Aggarwal is a recipient of the prestigious NSF CAREER award (2018) for his work on biofilms in drinking water. He has also worked on the environmental fate of oil-spill response chemicals in the Arctic and associated operational issues. Some of his research has also considered measurement and modeling of ambient/indoor air quality, specifically fine and ultrafine particulate matter.
Jennifer Hoppough
Provost’s Faculty Services Manager
Faculty Services Manager, Provost’s Office
Jennifer Hoppough is often the first contact for faculty at UAF. Her institutional knowledge is vast and she can connect faculty to just about any resource on campus. Jen is the primary lead for workshops and information related to tenure and promotion. She received an M.A. in 2012 followed by an M.F.A in Creative Writing in 2016. Contact Jen for questions about your files, activity reports, workloads and any other documentation you need to develop and maintain as faculty.
Daisy Huang
Provost’s Representative for Engagement, 2022-25
Associate Professor, College of Engineering and Mines
Research Faculty, Alaska Center for Energy and Power
Daisy Huang teaches mechanical engineering coursework and researches rural energy solutions with the Alaska Center for Energy and Power. Daisy has been active in encouraging and supporting women and girls in STEM since her years working in industry in the 1990s to 2000s. She has served on the Faculty Senate Committee on the Status of Women since 2018, serving as co-chair in 2020-2021; and as the faculty advisor for the UAF student chapter of the Society of Women Engineers.
Kendell Newman Sadiik
Provost’s Representative for Pedagogy, 2022-25
Associate Director of transformative teaching, CTL
Kendell Newman Sadiik has over ten years of experience in higher education research, teaching, and instructional design. With UAF Center for Teaching and Learning, she facilitates programming for faculty in teaching in higher education and supports multiple initiatives focused on care-based pedagogies. She has taught for the School of Education and as a founding member of UAF’s Learning Inside Out Network (LION).