Advisory Committee 

María Ángeles Fernández Cifuentes is an associate professor of Spanish at UNF. Her research focuses on modern adaptations of early modern Spanish texts and the role of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in education, particularly in the teaching of literature.

James P. Beasley is an associate professor of English at the University of North Florida, where he teaches courses in Rhetoric and the Digital Humanities. His book, Rhetoric at the University of Chicago, examines the influence of twentieth-century rhetoricians on the teaching of contemporary composition and is available from Peter Lang Publishers (2018). His work has been published in College Composition and Communication, JGE: the Journal of General Education, Rhetoric Review, and Enculturation.  He recently gave the 2019 inaugural address "Sparking St. Augustine: The Digital Humanities and the Future of Archives" for the St. Augustine Historical Society.

Joshua C. Gellers is an Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science and Public Administration, Research Fellow of the Earth System Governance Project, and Fulbright Scholar to Sri Lanka. His research focuses on human rights, sustainable development, and technology. He is the author of The Global Emergence of Constitutional Environmental Rights (Routledge 2017).

Courtenay McLeland has been the Head of Digital Projects and Preservation in the Thomas G. Carpenter Library since 2012. Her unit manages the institutional repository, hosting scholarship from faculty, staff, and students as well as institutional records.  The unit digitizes materials from Special Collections and University Archives.  She holds an MLIS from Florida State University and a graduate certificate in Historic Preservation from the Savannah College of Art and Design. Her interests include museums and visual resources management.  

Dr. Tara Rowe is an assistant director in student affairs as well as an adjunct for the College of Education and Human Services. Dr. Rowe's primary areas of research include students with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), postsecondary education inclusion, transition, and disability services.

Katie Sarria works in Undergraduate Studies and focuses most of her time on retention initiatives, such as Transformational Learning Opportunities. Katie also has experience as a First-Year advisor and enjoys advising new Ospreys each summer at New Student Orientation.

Dr. Sericea Stallings-Smith is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Public Health. She teaches undergraduate courses in epidemiology and human diseases and teaches graduate courses in research methods and advanced epidemiology. Her research focuses on environmental epidemiology, including the association of pollutants with chronic diseases and the impact of tobacco control policy on health outcomes.