Vision
To have a campus of faculty who demonstrate excellence in classroom practice by implementing high-impact practices and culturally relevant teaching pedagogy.
Mission
Support Adams State University’s value of “excellence in teaching and learning” and Strategic Plan institutional goals by formulating a faculty development office. The mission of this office is a commitment to develop and support outstanding university teachers. An educated and prepared faculty workforce promotes faculty and student retention.
A Brief History
Since 2000, Adams State University has had, in some form, a center for faculty development. First created by a Title V grant with a focus on inclusive excellence. In 2013, the Center for Excellence in Learning and Teaching (CELT) became the Community for Inclusion, Equity, Leadership, and Opportunity (CIELO).
In 2011, the Faculty Development Committee was established to design New Faculty Orientation. In 2013, the first full year of programming was offered through a partnership with Title V, including an overnight faculty retreat in January. In 2016, through a Title V grant, the center was rebranded to its current title: the Center for Teaching, Innovation, and Research. Programming included curriculum redesign, a faculty and staff associates program, and Research & Engagement Grants. In 2018, programming expanded to include guest speakers and support of the Adams Experience.
People
Artemis Preeshl, Ed.D., CTIR Director & HIPs Coordinator
Artemis Preeshl (she/her/hers) is Director of the Center for Teaching, Innovation, & Research and Coordinator of High Impact Practices at Adams State University. A 4-time Fulbrighter in India and Pakistan, she holds an Ed.D. in Higher Education Administration from Union Institute and University. Originally from Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota, she completed her M.F.A. in Drama from University of Arizona and M.A. in Dance from Ohio State. Following her Second-Year degree in French from l’Université de Grenoble, France, Bates College awarded a B.A. with a double major by completing a thesis on ‘Personality and Movement Style” in Psychology (High Honors) and a 40-page paper in French on l’Écriture feminine, and minor is Francophone Studies of Africa, the Caribbean, and Québec from Bates College in Maine.
Having led the Center for Diversity and Inclusion at Buena Vista University, she has taught performance, communication, and ESL at institutions in Africa, Asia, & Europe, including Elon University, Institute of Shipboard Education, Central University of Tamil Nadu, the University of Madras, University of West Georgia, Iowa Central Community College, STAWA University (Uganda) Universiti Teknologi MARA Shah Alam (Malaysia), Utah State University, and Loyola University New Orleans, where she served as an Associate Professor for 5 years, with tenure. Routledge published her books: Shakespeare and Commedia del;’arte: Play by Play (2017), Acting in the Digital Age (2019), and Consent in Shakespeare: What Women Do and Don’t Say and Do in Shakespeare’s Mediterranean Comedies and Origin Stories (2021). Consent in Shakespeare’s Classical Mediterranean: Women Speak Truth to Power is forthcoming.
She presented papers on consent at World Shakespeare Congress, Shakespeare Association of America, Renaissance Society of America, American Boccaccio Association, Armenian Shakespeare Association, Renaissance Society of America, and Asian Shakespeare Association, and the Shakespeare Association of Korea. Delmas Foundation funded Eleonora Duse research at the Cini. She has directed 4 films: Pancha Ratna (Honorable Mention in Best World Cinema at Hollywood’s DIY Film Festival), Dr. Chevalier’s Lie, Inachevé, and Ripe Figs (Best Short at Raleigh Film Festival). Her performance in the film adaptation of her one-woman show, Dead While I Was Alive, was awarded Best Drama at the Close Film Festival. A Distinguished Toastmaster and Certified Associate Teacher of Fitzmaurice Voicework, The Voice and Speech Review published her canon of articles: “Virtual Voice,” “Yat, Uptown, and Cajun Accents in English,” and “American Elizabethan: Sea Island Residents Talk,” and “Gullah-Geechee Accents in English.” The Delmas Foundation funded her research on Eleonora Duse at the Fondazione Giorgio Cini in Venice, from which she presented “At First Blush: Eleonora Duse in Shakespeare” at the Asian Shakespeare Association. The American Boccaccio Association invited Dr. Preeshl to participate in its online seminars from 2020-2021 and its 2022 Paleography Seminar in Rome and Florence. From 2013-2023, she represented New Orleans as a Screen Actors Guild-AFTRA Local Board Member. MFA Drama MA Dance Ed.D. She is a member of SAG-AFTRA, Actors Equity, Stage Directors and Choreographers, and the Alliance of Women Directors.
