Meet the Trainers
SIUE IMPACT Academy Trainers are selected via a competitive application process. As champions for diversity, equity, inclusion and social justice, they lead and shape efforts to cultivate a more equitable and inclusive campus.
Inaugural Cohort (2019-2022)
- Maurina Aranda, PhD, Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences, College of Arts and Sciences
- Komie Bumpers, MA, Instructor of Applied Communication Studies, College of Arts and Sciences
- Lakesha Butler, PharmD, BCPS, Director of DEI and Clinical Professor of Pharmacy Practice, School of Pharmacy
- Shelly Goebl-Parker, MSW, LCSW, ATR-BC, Professor of Art and Design, College of Arts and Sciences
- Carlee Beth Hawkins, PhD, Assistant Professor of Psychology, School of Education, Health and Human Behavior
- Jennifer Hernandez, PhD, Assistant Professor of Teaching and Learning, School of Education, Health and Human Behavior
- Timothy Lewis, PhD, Assistant Professor of Political Science, College of Arts and Sciences
- John Matta, PhD, Assistant Professor of Computer Science, School of Engineering
- Brittany Peterson, PhD, Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences, College of Arts and Sciences
- Laurel Puchner, PhD, Professor of Educational Leadership, School of Education, Health and Human Behavior
- J.T. Snipes, PhD, Assistant Professor of Educational Leadership, School of Education, Health and Human Behavior
- Ashton Speno, PhD, Assistant Professor of Mass Communications, College of Arts and Sciences
- Elizabeth Stygar, MA, Instructor of Sociology, College of Arts and Sciences
- Ezra Temko, PhD, Assistant Professor of Sociology, College of Arts and Sciences
- Laura Wolff, MA, Instructor of Economics and Finance, School of Business
Current Trainers
The following cohort is fully certified through NCCJ St. Louis FaciliTrainer Certification Program (FTCP).
