ProfTALK: Meet Two More 老澳门六合彩开奖记录资料 Educators Living the Engaged Learning Motto
Each week, 老澳门六合彩开奖记录资料 will profile new faculty members with a 鈥済etting to know you鈥 feature called ProfTALK. Learn about your prof鈥檚 background, bona fides and how they contribute to the momentum of Engaged Learning. Then get behind the desk and learn a little more about what makes them tick. This week, we dig into everything from cybersecurity, to intensive care units and Medevac teams with two of our faculty foodies! By now, you鈥檝e figured out that Engaged Learning starts with profs who continue to be hungry (literally and figuratively) for learning themselves! Meet Smita Gallagher, DNP, MSN, RN and Charles McElroy, Ph.D.!
School of Nursing Clinical Assistant Professor Smita Gallagher, DNP, MSN, RN
Doctor of Nursing Practice, Chamberlain College of Nursing, 2018
M.S., Nursing Education, Walden University, 2013
B.S., Nursing, Walden University, 2011
A.S., Applied Sciences, Excelsior University, 2009
Dr. Gallagher has a wide range of experiences to draw upon in her role as Clinical Assistant Professor, not the least of which is as a U.S. Army veteran decorated with a Good Conduct Medal Award. Her specialty area at that point was Thoracic and Medical Intensive Care Unit. Dr. Gallagher is a two-time alumnus of Walden University, a private university located in Minneapolis, Minnesota. She taught everything from Capstone, Community Based Nursing and Evidence Based Practice, to Transition to Care, Lifespan and Intro to Nursing. Dr. Gallagher has served in intensive care units and as a staff development nurse; as Assistant Director of Nursing for Embassy Health Care, and as Case Manager/Assessment RN for the Saber Healthcare Group.
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After teaching only 1/2 a session, the most common question was regarding COVID policy and mask-wearing policies.
What do you like most about teaching and why?
My students and their thirst for knowledge!
What do you like to do in your spare time?
Spending time with family and friends. Wine tasting, volunteering at an animal shelter, and just chilling鈥攊ndoors or out.
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The restaurants because I love to eat and experiment different foods and locations, including my tailgating foods.
What is a 鈥渇un fact鈥 about you that many people may not know about you?
I belong to a roller coaster club!
What is your personal motto/mantra/axiom?
鈥淭he life you want is on the other side of the things you don鈥檛 want to do.鈥
Monte Ahuja School of Business Assistant Professor of Information Systems Charles McElroy, Ph.D.
Ph.D., Information Systems, Case Western Reserve University, 2017
M.A., National Security Studies/Environmental Science, University of Pennsylvania, 2014
M.A., Communications Management, John Carroll University, 2010
M.A., Ethics, Washington Theological Union, 1993
B.A., Philosophy & Classical Languages, Borromeo College of Ohio, 1987
Upon his graduation from Case Western Reserve University, Dr. McElroy won a national competition sponsored by the Office for the Director of National Intelligence and pursued PostDoctoral research at the California Institute of Technology (Center for Data Driven Discovery) studying how to identify, assess and mitigate bias in big data research. He subsequently won a Fulbright Fellowship to conduct research in Cybersecurity at Oxford University, UK. After this fellowship, he was invited back to Caltech to continue cutting-edge research for various Federal Sponsors. In 2019, he won the ODNI Design competition in the area of truth assessment. Two years later, he led a 老澳门六合彩开奖记录资料 team to a co-win of the Dean鈥檚 Corner Stone Challenge. Dr. McElroy鈥檚 research is currently focused on Data Science, Machine Learning and immersive data visualizations.
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鈥淲hat certification should I pursue in IT?鈥
What do you like most about teaching and why?
I like assisting students in achieving their potential, and I enjoy helping them to exceed their own expectations of themselves.
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Where is your favorite place in Cleveland and why?
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What is a 鈥渇un fact鈥 about you that many people may not know about you?
I am currently preparing to get recertified as an EMT, so that I can do an internship on a Medevac helicopter team.
What is your personal motto/mantra/axiom?
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