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 Ìý²¹²Ô»å Ìý(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 onÌýÌý²¹²Ô»å co-editedÌý (published by Stylus).
The review committee noted that Sturgill’sÌýexperience 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’s application reflected a strong alignment between the center’s goals and her own professional trajectory. This synergy will positively inform Sturgill’s contributions to the center’s open-access resources via blog posts, an annotated bibliography and other online resources.
During a two-year appointment,ÌýÌýdevelop expertise in a specific aspect of engaged learning and create resources on that topic to be sharedÌýthroughÌýCEL’s websiteÌý²¹²Ô»å in other scholarly venues. The CEL Scholar position is an opportunity for an ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ faculty member to develop and advance a professional development trajectory that includes scholarly activity on an engaged learning topic.
Sturgill is the seventh ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ faculty member to be named aÌýCEL Scholar. Current and past CEL Scholars includeÌýDavid Buck, Caroline Ketcham, Ketevan Kupatadze,ÌýBuffie Longmire-Avital,ÌýPhillip Motley, and Aaron Trocki. A call for applications for the 2025-27 CEL Scholar will be released in fall 2024.