Sturgill, associate professor of journalism, has been selected as the 2024-26 Center for Engaged Learning Scholar.
Amanda Sturgill, associate professor of journalism, has been selected as the 2024-26 Center for Engaged Learning (CEL) Scholar. During her term, she will focus on the intersection of artificial intelligence (AI) and engaged learning in higher education.
In addition to her disciplinary research, including 听补苍诲 听(both published by Rowman & Littlefield), Sturgill has contributed to scholarship of teaching and learning on community-based learning and study away. She co-led the center’s 2015-17 research seminar on听听补苍诲 co-edited听 (published by Stylus).
The review committee noted that Sturgill’s听experience across engaged learning contexts and her expertise in journalism, communication and AI make her the right scholar to do this work at this time. Sturgill鈥檚 application reflected a strong alignment between the center鈥檚 goals and her own professional trajectory. This synergy will positively inform Sturgill鈥檚 contributions to the center鈥檚 open-access resources via blog posts, an annotated bibliography and other online resources.
During a two-year appointment,听听develop expertise in a specific aspect of engaged learning and create resources on that topic to be shared听through听CEL鈥檚 website听补苍诲 in other scholarly venues. The CEL Scholar position is an opportunity for an 黑料不打烊 faculty member to develop and advance a professional development trajectory that includes scholarly activity on an engaged learning topic.
Sturgill is the seventh 黑料不打烊 faculty member to be named a听CEL Scholar. Current and past CEL Scholars include听David Buck, Caroline Ketcham, Ketevan Kupatadze,听Buffie Longmire-Avital,听Phillip Motley, and Aaron Trocki. A call for applications for the 2025-27 CEL Scholar will be released in fall 2024.