Staff
Mission
The UHCL Center for Faculty Development promotes and sustains a campus culture that values teaching, intellectual inquiry, scholarship and creative engagement. The Center is an incubator for knowledge creation and dissemination to develop the teaching, research and professional service skills for all UHCL faculty, across all disciplines at all levels and career stages. As the success of UHCL rests upon its faculty, professional development and a passion for life-long learning are crucial components for institutional effectiveness.
Marci R. McMahon, Ph.D.
Executive Director, Center for Faculty Development
Contact number: 281-283-3291
Email: McMahonM@uhcl.edu
Office: Bayou 1604
Marci R. McMahon received her Ph.D. from the University of Southern California in 2007 and was promoted to Full Professor at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley in 2020. She has over a decade of experience working in Faculty Development and is the Co-PI on UTRGV's NSF ADVANCE Partnership Grant ($1.25M). McMahon previously served as the Interim Director and Graduate Coordinator for the Mexican American Studies Program at UTRGV. Her scholarship focuses on the inclusion of Latinx stories in literature, theater, and performance spaces, including a forthcoming book on Latinx theater (Ohio State University Press). Her hobbies include drinking lots of coffee and yoga.
Veronica Ortiz
Program Coordinator II, Center for Faculty Development
Contact number: 281-283-3291
Email: ortizver@uhcl.edu
Office: Bayou 1604
Veronica Ortiz was hired as the Program Coordinator I in 2019 for the Center of Faculty Development. Since coming to UHCL in 2004 to work in the College of Education, she completed her bachelor's degree in Interdisciplinary Studies in 2009 as a first-generation college graduate; in addition, she holds four associate degrees in Early Childhood, Humanities, English, and Office Technology. She later moved to the College of Human Sciences and Humanities where she worked for the associate dean and the director of operations. She also completed UHCL's Leaders in Action program. She was nominated and elected to serve on the University Staff Association board as President for the 2022-2023 academic year. Veronica enjoys working at UHCL, appreciates the diversity of her colleagues and students, and looks forward to learning new things. Her hobbies include teaching herself new skills, baking, and attending traveling Broadway plays.
Robert A. Bartsch, Ph.D.
Past, Director of Center for Faculty Development, Professor of Psychology
Contact number: 281-283-3294
Email: bartsch@uhcl.edu
Office: Bayou 1604
Robert Bartsch received his Ph.D. in social psychology in 1996. Then, he began working at the University of Texas of the Permian Basin as an assistant professor. In 2001, he was hired and moved to the University of Houston-Clear Lake. He was promoted to professor in 2014. Since he joined UHCL he has served as convener to the Psychology Program, co-director of the University Teaching-Learning Enhancement Center, division chair for Social and Behavioral Sciences and interim associate dean for the School of Human Sciences and Humanities. Rob's research mainly focuses on scholarship of teaching and learning. His hobbies include running and science fiction.
Faculty Fellows
HSI Best Practices
(Year 3 - Advocate)
Angela Kelling, HSH Assistant Professor of Psychology
Georgina Moreno, HSH Assistant Professor of Psychology
Using Analytics to Improve Student Outcomes at UHCL
(Year 3 - Advocate)
Gene "Xiaojun" Shan, CSE Assistant Professor of Engineering Management
HSI Best Practices
(Year 2 - Teaching and Informing)
Angela Kelling, HSH Assistant Professor of Psychology
Georgina Moreno, HSH Assistant Professor of Psychology
Using Analytics to Improve Student Outcomes at UHCL
(Year 2 - Teaching and Informing)
Gene "Xiaojun" Shan, CSE Assistant Professor of Engineering Management
HSI Best Practices
(Year 1 - Scholar)
Angela Kelling, HSH Assistant Professor of Psychology
Georgina Moreno, HSH Assistant Professor of Psychology
Using Analytics to Improve Student Outcomes at UHCL
(Year 1 - Scholar)
Gene "Xiaojun" Shan, CSE Assistant Professor of Engineering Management
Writing-Intensive Course Initiative
(Year 3 - Advocate)
Lorie Jacobs, HSH Assistant Professor of Writing
Developing Writing-Focused Faculty at UHCL
Lorie Jacobs, HSH Assistant Professor of Writing
Writing In the Discipline
Lorie Jacobs, HSH Assistant Professor of Writing
Writing for Maximum Impact: Fostering WAC/WID Pedagogy at UHCL
Lorie Jacobs, HSH Assistant Professor of Writing
Transforming Your Presentation into a Publication
Denise McDonald, HSH Assistant Professor of Psychology
Faculty Advisory Board
- Hisham Al-Mubaid- CSE
- Giazú Enciso Domínguez - HSH
- Kathleen Garland - COB
- Emily Horton - HSH
- Laura Guerrero - CSE
- Tej Limbu - CSE
- Heather Pule - COE
- Christal Seahorn - HSH