ADVANCE FADO Staff

Dr. Lisa Merriweather

CAFS Faculty Fellow

 As an adult educator and qualitative researcher, Dr. Merriweather’s passions are interrupting anti-Black racism while promoting pro-Blackness in the practice and theory of adult education. Using Africana philosophical thought infused with Agape-centered humanity as a foundation, she intentionally seeks to build bridges of emotional, spiritual, physical, and cognitive understanding. Employing the art of story and […]

Gloria Dowell

Administrative Support Specialist
Center for ADVANCing Faculty Success

Dr. Andrea Dulin

Associate Director

Andrea Dulin is the Associate Director for the UNC Charlotte Center for ADVANCing Faculty Success. She received her B.S. in Physiology and her Ph.D. in Neurobiology from University College Cardiff in Wales, U.K. Her Postdoctoral studies in Houston, Texas focused on understanding how the immune system can modulate nervous system function. After being awarded funding […]

Dr. Tehia Starker Glass

Interim Executive Director

Dr. Tehia Starker Glass (pronounced Tee-uh; pronouns: she/her/hers) is the Interim Executive Director of the Center for ADVANCing Faculty Success, award-winning Professor of Educational Psychology and Elementary Education in the Department of Reading and Elementary Education. She co-founded and is the co-director of the Anti-Racism Graduate Certificate Program at UNC Charlotte. Her research and publications include preparing preservice […]

Tonya Thompson

University Program Specialist
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