ADVANCE BU PI
Professor of Sociology and Anthropology
jlhogan@bradley.edu
Jackie Hogan is professor of sociology and anthropology and chair of the Asian Studies program at Bradley. She also teaches courses in the Women’s Studies program, and contributes to the University’s Study Abroad program in Sydney, Australia, and to Bradley’s Body Project, a collaborative effort by Bradley faculty, students and staff to promote healthy body image and combat eating disorders.
ADVANCE BU Co-Pl (Cultural Change)
Professor of Biology and Interim Dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
sjmorris@bradley.edu
Sherri Morris studies carbon cycling in terrestrial systems. Her research currently examines alterations to carbon and nitrogen dynamics as a consequence of land-use change. Her research program has involved more than 45 undergraduates, plus numerous high school students and K-12 educators, as research interns, providing them opportunities to experience a breadth of scientific approaches and to connect with a diversity of researchers. She serves on the editorial board for two journals and is past president of the Soil Ecology Society.
ADVANCE BU Co-Pl (Structural Change)
Professor of Mechanical Engineering
knair@bradley.edu
Dr. Nair's teaching and research interests are in the area of biomedical engineering. Her specific research interests include biomechanics and tissue engineering.
A&A Team Leader
Professor and Chair of Psychology
ahermann@bradley.edu
Professor Hermann received his Ph.D. in Social Psychology at The Ohio State University in 2002. After teaching as a visiting professor at Kalamazoo College for a year, Professor Hermann taught for several years at Willamette University before joining the Bradley University Psychology Department in 2008.
IDEAS Team Leader
Executive & Academic Director, Turner School of Entrepreneurship and Innovation, Professor of Entrepreneurship; Turner Chair of Entrepreneurship in Foster College of Business
meconway@bradley.edu
Mary Conway Dato-on returned to Bradley in 2023 after 25+ years of consulting, teaching, and researching across the globe. Mary is a 2022 UN Women Rise and Raise Others Award Nominee and a Fulbright Garcia-Robles Award recipient, Mexico 2013-14. Additionally, Mary leads efforts to promote entrepreneurship with positive social and environmental outcomes through research and community involvement, including a board position on Rally: The Social Enterprise Accelerator, as the inaugural Faculty Director for the Rollins Impact Hub, and as a leader in developing The Global Links Initiative – a public–private partnership to empower women through education and entrepreneurship which operates in Brazil, India, and the USA.
ACT Team Leader
Associate Professor and Chair of Biology
mfaulkner@bradley.edu
Equity Dashboard Team Leader
Professor, Chair, and Graduate Program Coordinator, Civil Engineering and Construction
kschattler@bradley.edu
TPR Review & Revision Team Leader
Professor of Marketing, and Interim Chair of Management and Leadership
mobrien@bradley.edu
Matthew O’Brien has been a member of the Marketing faculty at Bradley University since 2004. He is currently a Professor of Marketing. Prior to joining Bradley University, Dr. O’Brien also served on the faculty at the University of Arizona in Tucson, Arizona. Dr. O’Brien has been named a Fulbright Scholar for 2011 where he travelled to Kobe, Japan and served on the faculty at Kobe University.
FARR Teeam Leader
CTEL Executive Director, Associate Professor, Psychology
tkoeltzow@bradley.edu
Timothy Koeltzow is broadly interested in all things psychology and likes to teach a variety of courses within the department, with specialized training in the neurosciences. Between 2000 and 2003, Timothy served as a post-doctoral fellow in the Department of Neurobiology, Pharmacology and Physiology at The University of Chicago. During this time, he received an Individual Post-Doctoral NRSA from NIDA, published research findings on the relationship between locomotor activation and cocaine-seeking behavior during acquisition and reinstatement of operant cocaine self-administration, and found time to get a master’s degree in professional counseling. Since arriving at Bradley, I have been deeply honored to receive the Bradley University First Year Faculty Award (2007) and the Caterpillar Inc. Faculty Achievement Award for Teaching (2009).
ADVANCE BU is funded by Award #2303732 of the National Science Foundation ADVANCE Program. The ADVANCE program is designed to increase gender and intersectional equity among faculty, particularly in the STEM disciplines, through evidence-based initiatives. Since 2001, NSF has invested more than $270 million in ADVANCE programs at higher education and non-profit-STEM institutions nationwide. Any opinions, findings and conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.