Sarah Reed
Sarah Reed is an Associate Professor in the Department of Animal Science, where she teaches courses in horse breeding farm management, equine sports rehabilitation, comparative exercise physiology, and scientific writing. Dr. Reed is an active academic and research advisor for undergraduate and graduate students. Dr. Reed is passionate about student learning and helping students develop into scientifically literate members of our community that can share science widely with others.
Qian Yang
Qian Yang is an Assistant Professor in the School of Computing. Her research interests center on computational science and machine learning for materials, chemistry and other physical science applications, and she teaches both undergraduate and graduate-level courses on machine learning. She is chair of the School of Computing's Diversity, Equity and Inclusion committee, and the faculty advisor of the School of Computing’s BEACH program focusing on collaboration and community building among undergraduates. She also co-chairs the annual Women in STEM Frontiers in Research Expo, a one-day UConn-wide conference for undergraduate and graduate students highlighting both research and career trajectories by female faculty and alumni in STEM.
Fayekah Assanah
Fayekah (Faye) Assanah is an Assistant Professor-in-Residence in the Biomedical Engineering Department and the Director of Engineering Education Initiatives at the College of Engineering. Being an artist at heart, an engineer by training, and a teacher by passion, Dr. Assanah’s teaching approach is based on cultivating the creative minds of the students. She teaches a wide range of students - from first-year undergraduate to advanced-level graduate students across the College of Engineering. She is the lead instructor for ENGR 1166, Foundations of Engineering (an introductory core course for all first-year engineering students), where she strives to incorporate project-based, active-learning experiences through designing innovative design projects. She incorporated the “Ungrading” approach to enhance experiential learning in ENGR 1166. She has also conducted a (short-term) Service-Learning Project for first-year engineering students to design, build, and test DIY low-cost, portable air filtration units – the Corsi-Rosenthal (C-R) Box (99% effective in removing airborne viruses and improving indoor quality during wildfire smoke). Over 1200 first-year students have participated in this project from 2022-2024, and at the end of the project, a total of 300 C-R Boxes were donated to school districts, patients in need, and Veterans across Connecticut, gaining national recognition. Dr. Assanah, who leads the Professional Development Course Series for Graduate Engineering, has also created several new courses to expand the engineering curriculum to teach graduate students how to use “Storytelling” in both speaking and writing to make their scientific research clear and engaging to all audiences and achieve the NACE Career Competencies. Learn more about Dr. Assanah here.
Katherine Hall
Katie Hall is an Associate Professor in Residence in the Department of Mathematics. She teaches courses across the undergraduate curriculum including business calculus, multivariable calculus, linear algebra and analysis. She also teaches the graduate math pedagogy course. She has taken on many roles in the department including serving as an advisor to math majors, on the Undergraduate Program Committee and as faculty co-advisor for the department’s AWM (Association for Women in Mathematics) student chapter and provides members of ScHOLA2Rs House math help weekly during their study hall hours. As an instructor, she likes to explore different ways to let students exercise choice in what assessments they complete and how certain assessments will be weighted toward their final grade. In and out of the classroom, Dr. Hall works to help students have a positive experience while forming a deep understanding of what they are learning by using active learning techniques and hands-on and technology-based demos.
Colleen Bonadies
Colleen Bonadies has been teaching in the Doctor of Physical Therapy Program at UCONN for the last 10 years. She also actively treats patients 2 days a week at the Nayden Rehabilitation Clinic on the UCONN Storrs campus. Her interests include treating orthopedic conditions as well as neurologic movement disorders. She has been a physical therapist for over 30 years having graduated from UCONN’s PT program in 1993. Colleen serves as a clinical instructor to students within the program and teaches courses involving the spine, extremities, manual therapy and therapeutic interventions. She lives in Columbia with her husband and enjoys spending time with her 4 adult children.
Marie Luby
Marie Luby, PhD, received her doctorate in Biomedical Engineering from the University of Connecticut where she is currently an adjunct professor in the BME department. Dr. Luby has been working with the Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) at the National Institute of Health (NIH) for over twenty years. Her primary research involves the design and development of data and image applications focused on stroke research, predictive multi-parametric models and the usage of qualitative and quantitative MR imaging in stroke.
Kim Savinon
Kim Savinon is a dedicated mathematician and educator who values diversity and inclusion in all of her work. As a first-generation college student and the first in her family to pursue a Ph.D., she is passionate about promoting the advancement of women and Latinx students in the field of mathematics. At UConn, she has mentored new first-year math graduate students and organized workshops, conferences, and social events to establish a strong mathematical community. Kimberly has also worked as a mathematics instructor and coordinator for the Student Support Services summer program and volunteered at the MATHCOUNTS math competition for middle school students. She recently helped edit an open resource textbook as part of a Connecticut grant project for Business Calculus, which was successfully adopted in Fall 2022.
M. Aynal Haque
Aynal Haque is a Ph. D. candidate at Political Science Dept. at the University of Connecticut. Aynal is fortunate enough to attend five cross-country universities including the UConn, and has earned degrees in Anthropology, Public Health, Global Development and Peace, Human Rights, and in Political Science. Learn more about Aynal here.
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