Faculty Development

Jennifer Black, PhD is a lecturer in the English Literature Department. She has been teaching at Boise State since 2001 and serving as an eCampus Faculty Associate since Fall 2008 to train and mentor online instructors. As a faculty member, she teaches courses in Renaissance literature, Humanities, and Composition, as well as in University Foundations. Her research interests include Early Modern women writers and artists, online and hybrid pedagogy, academic integrity, active learning strategies for literature courses and high-enrollment classes and the future of higher education. Jen especially likes “talking shop” with other online instructors and swapping ideas about effective teaching.

Kim Carter-Cram, PhD received her doctorate in French from the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA). Her research focus is on 20th century women’s personal narratives and philosophical texts in French and Francophone literature. Carter-Cram’s writings appear in works such as the Encyclopedia of Women’s Autobiography and in the Encyclopedia of Life Writing. In addition, she has published work on Simone de Beauvoir and Marcel Proust. Her conference presentations on the works of Assia Djebar, Simone de Beauvoir, feminism and religion and the use of the Internet in higher education attest to a wide range of expertise.

Erik Hadley, PhD is a lecturer in the History Department and University Foundations, where he teaches graduate and undergraduate courses in history as well as UF 100 and UF 200. He received his doctorate from the University at Buffalo (SUNY–Buffalo) in European and Atlantic World history. His research interests centers on commemoration of public ritual festivals in Francophone Belgium dating back to the 17th century. Hadley started teaching online courses at BSU in 2013 and has developed 100-level online courses for the Online Degree Pathway (ODP) program. He is particularly interested in active-learning pedagogies, including gaming in the classroom (live and virtual), particularly through games published by Reacting to the Past consortium. He also utilizes blogs, wikis, videos, and podcast projects in his online classes as means to further student interaction and learning.

Kristen McHenry, EdD, is an Assistant Professor in the School of Respiratory Care Sciences, housed in the College of Health Sciences. She teaches in and serves as the Master of Science in Respiratory Care Program Director (PD). She has been teaching online since 2013, and as a clinician turned educator, has a passion for both professional and faculty development. She resides in East Tennessee and is considered remote faculty. Research interests include student, faculty, and provider wellness and the scholarship of teaching and learning. Kristen is also a site visitor and board member of the Commission on Accreditation for Respiratory Care. She joined the faculty at Boise State in 2020.

Dana Cameron is a lecturer of accountancy in the College of Business and Economics, where she teaches both graduate and undergraduate courses, both in-person and online. She joined the eQIP team as a Faculty Associate in Fall 2024. Dana is the accounting concurrent credit liaison to the local high schools, and is an instructor for the service learning VITA course, during which students and volunteers prepare free tax returns for low-income taxpayers. She enjoys sharing with, and learning from, other online instructors, especially in the areas of student engagement, academic integrity, active learning strategies, and instructor presence.