Programs
Faculty and Staff Development Opportunities
The Institute offers opportunities for faculty and staff from across the disciplines to connect under a shared mission of transforming and integrating the paradigms and pedagogies of liberal arts and the professions. Faculty and staff can make these connections through:
- participating in reading groups,
- participating in lectures, seminars and events,
- applying for upcoming teaching and research fellowships,
- attending professional development opportunities, and more.
Research and Scholarship Support
Collaborative Scholarly/Creative Project Mini-Seminars
In a mini-seminar, small interdisciplinary groups meet throughout the year as they begin a collaborative project and build a team. The 2024-25 cohort includes:
Determining Exposure to Recruitment and Self-Perceived Risk to Human Trafficking Among U.S. Population
- Sarbinaz Bekmuratova, PhD, MS, Associate Professor of Occupational Therapy
- Yongyue Qi, PhD, MS, Assistant Professor of Occupational Therapy
- Daniela Ameijeiras Mena - OT student, Regis campus
- Nick Nondorf - Heider student
- Rochelle Dalla, PhD, University of Nebraska-Lincoln - Professor and Graduate Education Chair, Department of Child, Youth, and Family Studies
Beyond the Rational: Beyond the Rational: Tracing an Interdisciplinary Vocabulary of the Intangible
- Surbhi Malik, PhD, Associate Professor, English Department
- Britta McEwen, PhD, Associate Professor, History Department
- Jill Brown, PhD, Professor, Psychological Science Department
Addressing Mental Health Needs via Occupational Therapy Integration into Group Prenatal Visits
- Diva Wilson, MD, Assistant Professor Clinician Educator, School of Medicine Department of Family and Community Medicine; Family Medicine Physician, CHI Health
- Andrea Thinnes, OTD, OTR/L, Associate Professor of Occupational Therapy; Academic Mentor in the Occupational Therapy Gerontology Fellowship Program, School of Pharmacy & Health Professions; Co-Director of Faculty Development, Center for Interprofessional Practice, Education, and Research (CIPER)
Curriculum Innovation
To integrate content related to our initiatives into courses at all levels, the Institute invites Creighton faculty members to apply for curriculum development grants.
Call for proposals is now open.
Proposal form
Deadline: Dec. 2
2023-24 Curriculum Grantees
- Fostering Connection: An Innovative Assignment to Confront Isolation in the EdD Program Online Learning Environment - Candace Bloomquist, PhD, EdD in Interdisciplinary Leadership Program
- Non-linear Teaching/Learning Model - Manuel Cevallos, MD, MEd, School of Medicine, Medical Education Department (Phoenix)
- Plant & Herb Propagation Collective: Gold Track Activity - Rachel Jones, MAEd, School of Medicine Student Affairs (Phoenix)
Reading Groups
Keep an eye out for periodic reading groups each year. In fall 2024, we will again co-host the MLK Reading Group with the University's MLK Jr. Week planning committee, reading Where Do We Go From Here? Chaos or Community. Meetings start Oct. 8.
