Open Educational Resources (OER) Leadership Awards

2021 OER Leadership Awardees

The Associated Students of Michigan State University (ASMSU) and the MSU Libraries recognize the following faculty who have adopted, adapted, and created OER for their courses. By using openly licensed educational materials (OER and open textbooks), these educators exemplify our mission of advancing affordability, accessibility, equity, and student success.

1. Dr. Saul Beceiro-Novo, Assistant Professor Department of Physics & Astronomy
   • As an OER Award Program recipient, Saul has adapted the OpenStax College Physics open textbook for PHY 251 & PHY 252 courses.
2. Dr. Andrea Bierema, Academic Specialist, Center for Integrative Studies in General Science and Department of Integrative Biology
   • As an OER Award Program recipient, Andrea created An Interactive Introduction to Organismal and Molecular Biology used in ISB 202 and ISB 204 courses. 
3. Dr. Casey Henley, Director of Online Programs, Neuroscience & Assistant Professor, Physiology, College of Natural Science
   • As an OER Award Program recipient, Casey created the Foundations of Neuroscience used in NEU 300 course.
4. Dr. Rajiv Ranjan, Assistant Professor, Linguistics and Languages Department, College of Arts and Letters
   • As an OER Award Program recipient, Rajiv created the Basic Hindi OER used in LL 152, LL 252, LL 302, LL 402 courses. 
5. Dr. Alison Dobbins, Associate Professor, Theatre Department, College of Arts and Letters
    
6. Dr. Daniel Smith, Assistant Professor, Theatre Department, College of Arts and Letters 
   • As an OER Award Program recipient, Alison and Dan created an OER for the course IAH241D: Theatre & Society.
7. Dr. Dirk Colbry, Curriculum Specialist, Computational Mathematics, Science and Engineering, College of Natural Science
   • As an OER Award Program recipient, Dirk created an OER based on Jupyter notebook for the MTH/CMSE 314 course.
8. Dr. Sadam Issa, Assistant Professor, Linguistics and Languages Department, College of Arts and Letters
    
9. Dr. Ayman Mohamed, Assistant Professor, Linguistics and Languages Department, College of Arts and Letters
   • As an OER Award Program recipient, Ayman and Sadam created an interactive OER for the ARB 102 course.
10. Dr. Melanie Cooper, Lappan Phillips Professor, Department of Chemistry
    • Melanie wrote the Chemistry, Life, Universe, and Everything (CLUE) open textbook used in all sections of CEM 141 and CEM 142. She also wrote the Organic Chemistry, Life, Universe, and Everything (OCLUE) open textbook used in CEM 251 and CEM 252 courses.
11. Dr. Lindon Robison, Professor, Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics, College of Agriculture
    • Lindon wrote the Financial Management for Small Business open textbook used in the ABM 435 course.
12. Dr. Elijah Dikong, Assistant Professor, Statistics and Probability Department, College of Natural Science
    • Elijah has adopted the OER Introductory Statistics with Randomization and Simulation used in all sections of STT 200 and STT 231 courses. 
13. Dr. Paul Curran, Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, College of Social Science
    • Paul has adopted the NOBA Psychology OER for the PSY 101 course and An Introduction to Psychological Statistics OER for PSY 295. 
14. Dr. Marty Spranger, Assistant Professor, Physiology Department, College of Natural Science
    • Marty has adopted the OpenStax Anatomy and Physiology open textbook for the PSL 250 course.
15. Dr. Shannon Spasova, Assistant Professor, Linguistics and Languages Department, College of Arts and Letters
    • Shannon has adopted the OER Между нами used in RUS 101, 102, 201, 202. 
16. Dr. Denise Acevedo, Assistant Professor, Department of Writing, Rhetoric, and American Cultures, College of Arts and Letters
    • Denise created together with her students the Hookup Culture: Reflections from MSU Humanities Student Scholars OER used in the IAH231B course.