Provost's Fellows

Fiona Goggin

Provost's Fellow for Mentoring
Professor of Entomology and Plant Pathology

479-575-6751
fgoggin@uark.edu

Becca Muenich

Provost's Fellow for Honorary Awards
Associate Professor of Biological and
Agricultural Engineering

479-575-5202
rlogsdo@uark.edu

Ana Bridges

Provost's Faculty Resource Fellow
Professor of Psychological Science

479-575-5818
abridges@uark.edu

As part of her fellowship, Dr. Fiona Goggin assists the Provost's Office in supporting the university's reputation as an employer of choice and by leveraging the current infrastructure of the Bridge Mentoring Program and the UA ENGAGE Leadership Exploration Program to expand and deepen faculty connections to faculty life on campus and with each other around research, teaching and leadership development.

As part of her fellowship, Dr. Becca Muenich assists the Provost's Office and the Division of Research and Innovation with increasing the number of faculty nominations for honorary awards in the areas of scholarship, creative endeavors and teaching, with the goal of elevating the national reputation of U of A faculty and enabling the university's reputation employer of choice.

As part of her fellowship, Dr. Ana Bridges works closely with the Office for Faculty Affairs to address faculty concerns and help identify practical solutions for resolving personnel and workplace issues. In addition, she conducts professional development workshops for faculty on managing conflict, having difficult conversations, and other related skills. Faculty members may book time with Bridges today or contact her directly.

Shauna Morimoto

Provost’s Fellows for Workload Allocation
Associate Dean and  Professor of Sociology

479-575-3205
smorimot@uark.edu

Samantha Robinson

Provost’s Fellows for Workload Allocation
Associate Professor of Statistics and Data Science

479-718-1319
sewrob@uark.edu

In October 2022, Dr. Samantha Elizabeth Robinson and Dr. Shauna Morimoto were named Provost’s Fellows for Workload Allocation. The goal of this project was to create more transparency around the assignment of workloads, particularly potential imbalances in service and teaching assignments, and provide best practices for addressing questions in work assignments among faculty. As part of this investigative pilot project, Robinson and Morimoto collaborated with faculty from another institution working on a similar project, convened with chairs/heads of pilot departments, and met with faculty members to discuss pilot goals. The fellowship culminated in a partnership with UA ENGAGE to continue and build on existing project progress to develop a Workload Allocation toolkit for departments.

John C Pijanowski

Faculty Fellow
Professor of Educational Leadership

479-575-7019
jpijanow@uark.edu

In October 2021, Dr. John Pijanowski was named the inaugural Faculty Fellow for the Office for Faculty Affairs. Working with former Vice Provost Kathryn Sloan, Pijanowski helped identify and promote existing initiatives on campus and create new programs and resources to support faculty. On the heels of the pandemic, this increased focus on wellbeing was meant to support faculty personally and in their role as first responders to students in distress. Pijanowski met with individual faculty, department chairs, and units, and curated resources, including the launch of the faculty wellbeing webpage. The fellowship culminated in offering a month-long Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) seminar sponsored by the Office for Faculty Affairs.