Meet the TEAM

Principal Investigators

Erin Malloy, M.D. (Lead PI)
Director, Center for Faculty Excellence
Professor and Director of Medical Student Education, Department of Psychiatry with secondary appointment in Social Medicine, School of Medicine

Robert Blouin, Pharm.D
Bryson Distinguished Professor, Eshelman School of Pharmacy

Jaye Cable, Ph.D.
Senior Associate Dean for Natural Sciences and Mathematics
Professor, Environment, Ecology, and Energy Program and Department of Marine Sciences, College of Arts and Sciences

Shauna Cooper, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, College of Arts and Sciences

Kelly Ryoo, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, School of Education

Senior Personnel

Kevin Guskiewicz, Ph.D.
Chancellor
Kenan Distinguished Professor, Athletic Training, Department of Exercise and Sport Science, College of Arts and Sciences
Co-Director, Matthew Gfeller Sport-Related TBI Research Center

Patricia Parker, Ph.D.
Director, Institute for the Arts and Humanities
Professor, Department of Communication, College of Arts and Sciences

Additional Personnel

Joanna Helene Foland, M.A.
Faculty Development Consultant in Leadership and Mentoring
Center for Faculty Excellence

Susan Girdler, Ph.D. 
Advisor for Mentoring Program Development
Lead Principal Investigator, The PROMISE Study
CFE Faculty in Residence for Faculty Mentoring
Professor and Vice Chair of Faculty Development, Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine

Olivia Grace Elizabeth Arges
Graduate Assistant
Master’s Student, School of Social Work

Foad Vashahi, Ph.D.
Research Assistant
Doctoral Candidate, Department of Chemistry, College of Arts and Sciences

External Evaluation

Jamie Gillespie, Ph.D.
Research Associate, William and Ida Friday Institute for Educational Innovation, College of Education, North Carolina State University

Shaun Kellogg, Ph.D.
Senior Director of Program Evaluation and Education Research, William and Ida Friday Institute for Educational Innovation, College of Education, North Carolina State University

Collaborators

Sheila Kannappan, Ph.D.
TEAM ADVANCE Early Career Initiatives STEM Liaison
Professor, Department of Physics and Astronomy, College of Arts and Sciences

Cloe Liparini, M.A.
Co-Facilitator, Women ADVANCE Leadership
Director of Education, Community Engagement, and Belonging, University Office for Diversity and Inclusion

Tanya Shields, Ph.D.
Faculty Leadership Liaison, Women ADVANCE Leadership
Associate Professor and Director of Undergraduate Studies, Women’s and Gender Studies, College of Arts and Sciences

Previous TEAM Members and Collaborators

We thank our former TEAM members and collaborators for their support in developing and delivering our programming.

Yasmin Barrios, M.P.H., Ph.D.
Program Assistant (2020-21)
Formerly of Department of Epidemiology, Gillings School of Global Public Health

Linda Basch, Ph.D.
Co-Facilitator, Women ADVANCE Leadership and Consultant, Center for Faculty Excellence (2019-20)
Adjunct Professor of Inclusive Leadership, Stern School of Business, New York University

Emily Boehm, Ph.D.
Co-Facilitator, Women ADVANCE Leadership (2019-22)
Faculty Development Consultant in Teaching and Learning, Center for Faculty Excellence

Kia Caldwell, Ph.D.
Co-Principal Investigator
Special Assistant to the Provost for TEAM ADVANCE
Professor, Department of African, African American and Diaspora Studies, College of Arts and Sciences

Keita Christophe, Ph.D.
Christophe Statistical Consulting

Clare Counihan, Ph.D.
Advisor for Gender Equity and Intersectionality (2018-20)
Formerly of Carolina Women’s Center

Akshara Mamidala
Graduate Assistant
Master’s Student, Biomedical and Health Informatics

June Merlino, M.Ed.
Associate Director for Faculty Development in Leadership, Center for Faculty Excellence

Madeleine Straubel, M.A.
Program Assistant (2019)
Doctoral Candidate, Department of Sociology, College of Arts and Sciences

Brionca Taylor, M.A.
Program Assistant (2019-21)
Doctoral Candidate, Department of Sociology, College of Arts and Sciences

Gloria Thomas, Ph.D.
Formerly Director, Carolina Women’s Center 

LaTricia Townsend, Ph.D.
External Evaluator (2018-20)
Formerly of William and Ida Friday Institute for Educational Innovation, North Carolina State University

Wenxin Zeng, M.S.
Program Assistant for Data Assessment (2020-21)
Formerly of School of Information and Library Science