CAFE Advisory Council

The Center for Advancing Faculty Excellence (CAFE) is guided by an advisory council with members from a mix of colleges and campuses at UAA. The board meets on the first Friday of the month during the academic year, with a break during the summer. Members give insight into the direction of CAFE, the type of programming we offer, and who receives our annual CAFE Oh Wow (COW) awards for faculty excellence.
Are you interested in helping faculty succeed at UAA? Reach out to us at uaa_cafe@alaska.edu to learn how you can get involved!
Council chair
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Janelle Sikorski: Director of CAFE, jjsikorski2@alaska.edu
Council members
- Mary Dallas Allen: Professor, School of Social Work, mdallen7@alaska.edu
- Raymond Anthony: Professor of Philosophy, rxanthony@alaska.edu
- Douglass Bourne: Associate Professor of Writing, dabourne@alaska.edu
- Ryan Harrod: Associate Professor of Anthropology, rharrod2@alaska.edu
- Pradeeban Kathiravelu: Assistant Professor of Computer Science & Engineering, pkathiravelu@alaska.edu
- Taylor Keister: Assistant Professor of Library Science, Consortium Library, tjkeister@alaska.edu
- Micah Muer: Associate Professor of Library Science, Mat-Su College, mwmuer@alaska.edu
- Debbie Narang: Professor of Mathematics and Statistics, dlnarang@alaska.edu
- Marsha Olson: Associate Professor of University Studies, maschirack@alaska.edu
- Stasia Straley: Professor of Accounting, scstraley@alaska.edu
- Vinod Vasudevan: Professor of Civil Engineering, vvasudevan@alaska.edu
Non-voting members
- Lyndsey Brollini: Communications Specialist for Faculty Success, lbrollini@alaska.edu
- Marian Bruce-Paris: Director of Faculty Services, mkbruce@alaska.edu
- Sara Buckingham: Co-Director of the Center for Community Engagement & Learning, sbuckingham@alaska.edu
- Ruby Fried: Co-Director of the Center for Community Engagement & Learning, rlfried@alaska.edu
- Kathryn Schild: Lead Instructional Designer, kdschild@alaska.edu
Faculty Success
Library 213 • 907-786-4496 • uaa_facultysuccess@alaska.edu • Monday – Friday, 8 a.m. – 5 p.m.






