Santa Clara University

LEAD Scholars Program

Faculty Instructors

The LEAD Scholars Program faculty participate in a range of teaching roles within the LEAD Scholars Program. LEAD English Faculty teach the ENGL 1 & 2 courses beginning during LEAD Week and continuing through fall and winter quarters. The LEAD Seminar Professors teach the LEAD Seminars (LEAD 1 & 2) during fall and winter quarters. Lastly, the LEAD Elective Professors each teach a one week elective in their specific academic field during LEAD Week.

Some of the LEAD Scholars Program faculty have rotating positions within the program and, as a result, may not teach every year.

 
Dr. Jill Goodman Gould
Senior Lecturer/Assistant Director of Writing
Jill Goodman Gould is a Senior Lecturer who teaches Composition and Literature courses. She is the director of the Credential Program for students wishing to teach at the secondary level. Read the full profile »
 
Michael Lasley
Lecturer
Michael Lasley is a Renewable Term Lecturer who teaches courses in Critical Thinking and Writing as well as Advanced Writing courses. He previously taught English courses at Pepperdine University. Read the full profile »
 
Dr. Sharon Merritt
Lecturer
Sharon Merritt is a Lecturer specializing in courses in Critical Thinking and Writing I and II. Sharon Merritt is a long-time member of the English Department, whose teaching focuses on Critical Thinking and Writing, Advanced Writing, Digital Storytelling, Narrative Theory, Multiliteracies, as well as Theories of Literacy and Social Justice. Read the full profile »
 
Dr. Robert Michalski
Lecturer
Robert Michalski is a Lecturer who teaches courses in Composition and Rhetoric. Dr. Michalski got his undergraduate degree at Harvard University and his Ph.D. from Stanford University. Read the full profile »
 
Pancho Jimenez
LEAD Seminar Professor
Pancho Jimenez has been involved with the LEAD program in one capacity or another since its inception in 2003. Read the full profile »
 
Erin Kimura-Walsh
Assistant Director of the LEAD Scholars Program
As the LEAD Scholars Program Assistant Director, she manages the day to day operations for the LEAD Scholars Program. She implements LEAD Week and college success activities throughout the year for first generation college students Read the full profile »
 
Sarita Tamayo-Moraga
LEAD Religious Studies Elective Professor
Dr. Tamayo-Moraga teaches in the Religious Studies department and is the Faculty Director for the Unity Residential Learning Community. Read the full profile »
 
Shoba Krishnan
LEAD Engineering Elective Professor
Shoba Krishnan received her B. Tech. degree from Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, India in 1987 and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from Michigan State University, East Lansing, in 1990 and 1993 respectively. Read the full profile »
 
Steven Fedder
LEAD Chemistry Elective Professor
B.A., The Colorado College, 1972 -cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa Ph.D., Arizona State University, 1978 -geochemistry Read the full profile »
 
Theresa Strickland
LEAD Business Elective Instructor
Theresa Strickland is a key-industry merchandising strategist who?s vast and proven 25-year track record translates financial objectives into realistic merchandise assortment plans for leading national retailers. Read the full profile »
 
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