Programs
Faculty and Staff Development Opportunities
The Institute offers opportunities for faculty and staff from across the disciplines to connect under a shared mission of transforming and integrating the paradigms and pedagogies of liberal arts and the professions. Faculty and staff can make these connections through:
- participating in reading groups,
- participating in lectures, seminars and events,
- applying for upcoming teaching and research fellowships,
- attending professional development opportunities, and more.
Research and Scholarship Support
2024-2025 Mini-Seminar Cohort
Determining Exposure to Recruitment and Self-Perceived Risk to Human Trafficking Among U.S. Population
- Sarbinaz Bekmuratova, PhD, MS, Associate Professor of Occupational Therapy
- Yongyue Qi, PhD, MS, Assistant Professor of Occupational Therapy
- Daniela Ameijeiras Mena - OT student, Regis campus
- Nick Nondorf - Heider student
- Rochelle Dalla, PhD, University of Nebraska-Lincoln - Professor and Graduate Education Chair, Department of Child, Youth, and Family Studies
Beyond the Rational: Beyond the Rational: Tracing an Interdisciplinary Vocabulary of the Intangible
- Surbhi Malik, PhD, Associate Professor, English Department
- Britta McEwen, PhD, Associate Professor, History Department
- Jill Brown, PhD, Professor, Psychological Science Department
Addressing Mental Health Needs via Occupational Therapy Integration into Group Prenatal Visits
- Diva Wilson, MD, Assistant Professor Clinician Educator, School of Medicine Department of Family and Community Medicine; Family Medicine Physician, CHI Health
- Andrea Thinnes, OTD, OTR/L, Associate Professor of Occupational Therapy; Academic Mentor in the Occupational Therapy Gerontology Fellowship Program, School of Pharmacy & Health Professions; Co-Director of Faculty Development, Center for Interprofessional Practice, Education, and Research (CIPER)
Visiting Fellows Program: Sarah Blanton, DPT, PT
Our visiting fellows program brings prominent scholars, artists, and leaders to Creighton to engage intentionally with students, faculty and staff. We're delighted that the Spring 2025 Visiting Fellow is Sarah Blanton, PT, DPT. She is a professor in the Division of Physical Therapy at Emory University School of Medicine; and editor-in-chief of the Journal of Humanities in Rehabilitation.
From March 17-19, 2025, she will meet with various groups and classes at Creighton, bringing her expertise to complement Creighton's focus on whole-person, humanistic healthcare.
Dr. Blanton is an NIH-funded researcher, with several grants exploring the integration of family care partners into the rehabilitation process. Dr. Blanton’s DISCOVER Lab (Digital Scholarship Enhancing Rehabilitation) explores various ways digital scholarship can enhance rehabilitation research, education, and clinical practice and promote interdisciplinary collaboration. She is the founding Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Humanities in Rehabilitation (JHR), an international and peer-reviewed journal using a collaborative model with scholars, clinicians, patients, and their families to gain a greater understanding of the lived experience of disability.
Curriculum Innovation
To integrate content related to our initiatives into courses at all levels, the Institute invites Creighton faculty members to apply for curriculum development grants.
Call for proposals is now open.
Proposal submission form
Deadline: May 1, 2025
Fall 2024 Grantees:
- Shawn Magrum, PhD, assistant professor, Exercise Science & Pre-Health Professions, for OTD 342: Clinical Human Anatomy
- Jacob Rump, MA, PhD, associate professor, Philosophy, for PHL 433: Philosophy and Ethics of Artificial Intelligence
- Peggy Rupprecht, PhD, associate professor, Computer Science, Design and Journalism, for "Focused on feedback: Introducing “ungrading” in an upper-level public relations course" (JRM 445)
- Tyler Talbott, PhD, assistant professor of English, for ENG 220: Queer Literature and Cinema
Reading Groups
Keep an eye out for periodic reading groups, such as the Martin Luther King Jr. Reading Group each fall. Want to start a reading group? Email us: kingfisher@creighton.edu
