The Faculty Development Team produces a wide variety of resources and programming designed to facilitate the continuous learning of all faculty and to build a thriving community of educators and scholars at Santa Clara University.
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Associate Provost for Faculty DevelopmentAssociate Provost for Faculty Development since Fall 2024, Dr. Lueck is an Associate Professor of English. Her teaching builds on her research work by incorporating opportunities for exciting archival research on both historical and contemporary topics of interest to students, including women's education and Indigenous history.
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Faculty Development Program ManagerDr Caitlin Flynn joined Faculty Development in Spring 2025. As Program Manager, Caitlin works to support faculty across all disciplines and career stages by creating and coordinating events, programs, and resources aimed at enriching pedagogy, building community, and facilitating an environment of continuous learning. She is committed to helping faculty grow as teachers, researchers, and campus leaders through collaboration and innovation.
Faculty Associates are faculty leaders recognized for their commitment to collaboration, teaching excellence, and the professional development of themselves and their colleagues. They are invited to serve three-year terms with Faculty Development and the Center for Teaching Excellence to help design and facilitate programming, provide mentoring to new faculty at SCU, and grow their own skills as professional and educational developers. As part of their role, they are also available to support faculty directly through individual mentorship and formative classroom observations. Faculty Associates are selected in recognition of their established reputation as a trusted resource to colleagues within their departments or programs and as an already active contributor to their community. Our aim is to build a team of Associates that is broadly representative of School/College affiliation, discipline and appointment type.
Expertise: Inclusive Teaching and Curriculum Design
Expertise: Universal Design for Learning (UDL), Accessibility, Student Inclusivity, Difficult Dialogues, FAR and Tenure Support
Expertise: Faculty mentorship
Expertise: Classroom observations, new course design & development, faculty mentorship
Expertise: Assessment, Information Literacy, Pedagogy in the Age of AI, Transparent Assignment Design, Labor- and Standards-Based Grading, Support for Lecturers & Quarterly Lecturers
Expertise: Inclusive teaching, backward design and relational learning
Expertise: inclusive pedagogy, student engagement, active learning, and curriculum design, one-on-one mentorship
Faculty Ambassadors work with Faculty Development and the Center for Teaching Excellence on project-specific goals for the academic year, such as leading a faculty cohort group or overseeing special programs. Ordinarily, these faculty have previously served in the role of Faculty Associate, or may be working towards that role for the future. As part of their role, they are available to support faculty directly through individual mentorship and formative classroom observations.
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