
CUREs (Course-based Undergraduate Research Experiences)
Designing course-based undergraduate research experiences for student success.
Contact FACET about CUREsTowson University is comprised of a community of scholars who engage in relevant, important research and who employ cutting-edge, effective pedagogical approaches by which they enrich student learning. TU has multiple opportunities for faculty to take leadership roles as faculty fellows.
The FACET Scholars program advances faculty research, with guidance from a nationally or internationally known mentor/scholar in the faculty member’s area of study. Through the program, each FACET Scholar carries out a research project with guidance from the mentor over the course of approximately 15 months. The program culminates each year with the presentation of the Scholars’ research at the annual Faculty Research Conference.
| Scholar | Department |
|---|---|
| William Bologna | Speech-Language Pathology & Audiology |
| Sean Fullerton | Kinesiology |
| Roba Hrisseh | Special Education |
| Ashley Lankford | Occupational Therapy & Occupational Science |
| Juan Liu | Mass Communication |
| Christopher Vardeman | Mass Communication |
FACET Research, Faculty Mentoring, Emerging Technology, and Teaching Fellows lead campus-wide initiatives in their respective areas of expertise and support colleagues through programming and mentoring and help to shape future FACET faculty professional development plans.
Faculty members are invited to become part of a community of scholars that receive support for a year-long project for the purpose of enhancing diversity and inclusion at TU.
We bring new faculty together in a community of peers through orientations and meetings in their first year.

Designing course-based undergraduate research experiences for student success.
Contact FACET about CUREs
Exploring open-source course materials as a means of transforming learning and decreasing student educational costs.
OER Libguide
Enhancing scholarship, creative activities, and teaching with tranformative technologies such as virtual and augmented reality, artificial intelligence, 3D printing, and drone technology.
Transformative Technology
Developing, implementing, and evaluating programs in support of faculty mentoring.
Contact FACET about Faculty Mentoring
Supporting justice-impacted individuals in their pursuit of higher education.
Learn more about Fair Chance
Supporting the growth of environmental sustainability-related content within course and program development as well as research.
Contact FACET about Sustainability
Supporting faculty and staff interested in engaging in both the practice and scholarship of High Impact Educational Practices (HIPs)
Contact FACET about HIPs
Supporting faculty and staff from across all colleges and divisions interested in interdisciplinary collaboration and creatively re-imagining their teaching, practice, and scholarship in partnership with Imagining America, a consortium that brings together scholars, artists, designers, humanists, and organizers to imagine, study, and enact a more just and liberatory ‘America’ and world.
Contact FACET about Imagining America