Faculty

Gary Scudder

Faculty Member	Core Division  General Education
Pronouns	He/Him/His
Education	University of Cincinnati, Doctor of Philosophy; Franklin College, Bachelor of Arts; University of Cincinnati, Master of Arts
Areas of Expertise	Islam and the Islamic World Epic Literature
Connect Online	Personal Website
Contact	Aiken 202

Biography

During his 20+ years at Champlain Professor Scudder has taught classes on topics such as history, literature, art, evil, film, and a variety of classes dealing with the Islamic world. He initiated and ran Champlain’s award-winning Global Modules program. In addition, he has created, taught, and led student classes with trips to Jordan, India, Zanzibar, Sri Lanka, Spain, and Portugal.

Distinctions & Awards

Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching Vermont Professor of the Year, 2010.

Community Contribution Award, National Institute for Technology in Liberal Education (NITLE), 2010.

Andrew Heiskell Award for Innovation in International Education for Internationalizing the Curriculum, 2008-2009.

Edward Phelps Lyman Professorship, Champlain College, 2007-2008.

Teaching About Islam and Middle Eastern Culture Seminar, CIC Grant, Amman Jordan, January 2005.

Georgia Board of Regents Distinguished Professor for Teaching and Learning, 1999-2000.

Outstanding Award for Teaching, Georgia Perimeter College, 1997-1998.

Most Appreciated Faculty Member Award, Georgia Perimeter College, 1993-1994.

Recommended Reading, Listening & Viewing

• Charles Dickens, Bleak House
• Fernando Pessoa, The Book of Disquiet
• Marcel Proust, Remembrance of Things Past

Favorite Quote

“It was in vain that I lingered before the hawthorns.”

—Marcel Proust, Remembrance of Things Past

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Michael Sealy

Faculty Member	Graphic Design & Visual Communication BFA Degree
Pronouns	He/Him/His
Education	University of Vermont, Bachelor of Arts
Areas of Expertise	Graphic Design Web Design

Biography

Mike is the Creative Director of his own graphic design business in Burlington, Vermont. Following the completion of his Studio Art degree at the University of Vermont, Mike has been working in the local design community. Working in small design companies as well as medium sized agencies, he has more than 25 years of experience fulfilling clients’ needs. Mike is a versatile art director and graphic designer, making sure every detail is scrutinized from project conception through completion, constantly striving to deliver better solutions for his clients.

Mike loves the creative energy inherent in education; he enjoys staying involved, having taught graphic design and web design as an adjunct professor since 2014.

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Tracy Seamster

Faculty Member	Interactive Narrative for Games & Digital Media Degree
Pronouns	She/Her/Hers
Areas of Expertise	Narrative and Game Design Game Writing
Connect Online	LinkedIn
Contact	Communication and Creative Media

Biography

Tracy A. Seamster has worked in the games industry for 30 years on projects ranging from text-based multi-user dungeons to live service products such as Elder Scrolls Online and EverQuest II. She currently lives near Burlington, VT, with her cat, Strider Littlespoon.

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Marie Segares

Faculty Member	Business Administration Degree  Marketing Degree
Areas of Expertise	Entrepreneurship, social entrepreneurship, and artisan entrepreneurship Leadership & Management
Connect Online	LinkedIn
Contact	S.D. Ireland Global Center

Biography

Marie Segares is a career intrapreneur in the non-profit health and education industries with expertise in program development, launch, and expansion. Her experience includes deployment as an assistant officer in the Community Relations unit at the American Red Cross in Greater New York during Disaster Response 787 (September 11 World Trade Center); managing administrative operations of a federally-funded public housing community health center for an academic medical center in the South Bronx; co-founding a public high school in Downtown Brooklyn; and developing an online bachelor’s degree-completion program for a faith-based, historically Black college in Dallas.

Dr. Segares earned her AB in Sociology from Barnard College, her MPH in Sociomedical Sciences with a concentration in Health Promotion and Disease Prevention from Columbia University, her MBA in Entrepreneurship & Innovation, and Leadership & Change Management from New York University, and her EdD in Organizational Leadership Studies from Northeastern University. Dr. Segares has taught business, entrepreneurship and social entrepreneurship, human resources management, management and organizational behavior, marketing, health education and public health, health care management, and strategy courses at the undergraduate, post-baccalaureate, and graduate levels in traditional/face-to-face, online, and hybrid learning environments. Her previous appointments were as an associate professor and director of the MS in Management program at St. Francis College and as an auxiliary professor and coordinator of the Health Care Management MBA program at Molloy College.

Dr. Segares is also an artisan entrepreneur, creating digital content to self-publish and for major crafts manufacturers and publishers. Her areas of research interest include artisan entrepreneurship, creative business, microenterprise, leadership, small business marketing, and gender and diversity in entrepreneurship and organizations.

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Daniel Selicaro

Faculty Member	Champlain College Online
Pronouns	He/Him/His
Education	Champlain College, Master of Science; University of Vermont, Bachelor of Arts
Areas of Expertise	Front and back end web development Digital marketing and communications Instructional design, LMS administration
Connect Online	LinkedIn
Contact	Remote

Biography

Daniel Selicaro is an Assistant Professor and Program Director for Technology at Champlain College Online. He oversees bachelor degree programs for Software Development, Web Design and Development, and Computer Science, as well as the graduate program in Software Engineering and Project Management.

Dan has been at Champlain College since 2007, and has been teaching web design and development for Champlain since 2015. He began his career in print journalism as a newspaper reporter, and was the news editor for Upside magazine and the Red Herring magazine in California. After moving back to the East Coast, he worked on digital marketing at Champlain College, and was an active part of two redevelopments of the College website, champlain.edu, before he took a role in the Information Systems department.

Outside of Champlain, Dan runs his own website development company, and is on the board of directors for several local organizations — including as marketing chair at the Fellowship of the Wheel mountain biking club, the Green Mountain Montessori School, and the Essex United Soccer Club. He is an avid mountain biker, and loves to spend his time adventuring in Vermont with his two young children.

Distinctions & Awards

Outstanding Community Partner Award, ODI, 2009; Intercultural U Program 2013

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John Selig

Faculty Member	Champlain College Online
Contact	Email Me

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Karen Shafer

Faculty Member	Champlain College Online
Pronouns	She/Her/Hers
Areas of Expertise	Computer/Digital Forensics
Contact	Remote Email Me

Professional Credentials & Affiliations

Master Digital Forensic Examiner; CFCE; CAWFE; ICMDE; GCFE

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Rupen Shah

Faculty Member	Champlain College Online
Education	Mumbai University, Master of Organizational Management; George Washington University, Master of Software Engineering

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Rob Shah

Faculty Member	Champlain College Online
Education	Northcentral University, Doctorate of Business Administration; Northcentral University, PhD; Arizona State University, Bachelor of Science; Keller Graduate School of Management, Master of Business Administration

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Erik Shonstrom

Faculty Member	Core Division  General Education
Pronouns	He/Him/His
Education	Bennington College, Master of Fine Arts
Areas of Expertise	Nonfiction Writing Outdoor Education
Contact	Aiken 203

Biography

Erik Shonstrom is the author of several nonfiction books, including Wild Curiosity, The Wisdom of the Body, and I Probably Should’ve Brought a Tent. He has an MFA from Bennington College.

Publications & Abstracts

• Wild Curiosity
• The Indoor Epidemic
• The Wisdom of the Body: What Embodied Cognition Can Teach us about Learning, Human Development, and Ourselves
• I Probably Should’ve Brought a Tent

Curriculum Vitae

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Kristen Shull

Faculty Member	Creative Media Degree
Pronouns	She/Her/Hers
Areas of Expertise	Sequential Art Figure Drawing Rugby

Biography

Kristen Shull received her MFA from the Center for Cartoon Studies, class of 2020. Her comics are featured bi-monthly in the state-wide free newspaper Seven Days. Her self-published books include three volumes of diary comics, three issues of a fantasy comic anthology, and several comic zines. She’s been teaching at Champlain College since Spring 2022.

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Warren Sides

Faculty Member	Applied Mathematics Degree
Pronouns	He/Him/His
Education	University of Vermont, Master of Science; Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania, Bachelor of Arts
Areas of Expertise	Abstract Algebra History of Mathematics Mathematical Logic and Proofs
Connect Online	LinkedIn
Contact	Ireland 213A

Biography

Warren Sides is a professor of mathematics in the division of Information Technology & Science. In addition to mathematics, he has a passion for social justice and innovative teaching methods.

He is an active member of the American Mathematical Society and participates in a number of events related to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion as well as curriculum development and experiential learning.

Distinctions & Awards

Edward Phelps Lyman Professorship Award 2023

Professional & Scholastic Affiliations

American Mathematical Society

Recommended Reading, Listening & Viewing

Weapons of Math Destruction by Cathy O’Neil

Curriculum Vitae

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Favorite Quote

“When you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change.”

—Max Planck

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Barrie Silver

Faculty Member	Business Administration Degree  Marketing Degree
Pronouns	She/Her/Hers
Areas of Expertise	Integrated Marketing & Communications Nonprofit/Cause-Related Marketing
Connect Online	LinkedIn
Contact	S.D. Ireland Global Center

Biography

Barrie is an innovative, mission-driven marketing and communications professional who is passionate about social justice and social change and has been helping organizations share their stories for more than two decades.

Having spent the majority of her career working in the nonprofit sector (for large organizations like Planned Parenthood of Northern New England and hyperlocal ones like CCTV Center for Media & Democracy) she says she “specializes in performing miracles on shoestring budgets.” She is also a consummate volunteer and has been on the board of Slow Food Vermont since 2015.

A lifelong learner, Barrie likes to collect and archive information, craves to know more, and is energized by other people, new ideas, and, of course, her students.

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Favorite Quote

“If I am not for myself, who will be for me? If I am only for myself, what am I? And if not now, when?”

-Hillel

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Regina Singletary

Faculty Member	Champlain College Online
Pronouns	She/Her/Hers
Education	Strayer University, Master of Science; University of Phoenix, Master of Science; Hampton University, Bachelor of Science
Areas of Expertise	Business Management Marketing Project Management
Contact	Email Me

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Anie Sklar

Faculty Member	Champlain College Online
Pronouns	She/Her/Hers
Education	Antioch University Seattle, Master of Arts; Earlham College, Bachelor of Arts
Areas of Expertise	Marriage & Family Therapy Positive Psychology
Connect Online	Personal Website

Biography

Anie Sklar has been a Champlain College Online Adjunct Faculty since 2008. Anie’s classrooms emphasize self-reflection and applying topics to real life experiences. Some of Anie’s favorite comments from students are times when students’ real life personal and professional relationships improved because of what they learned in class. And students saying they appreciate Anie’s active engagement in class discussions resulting in them feeling heard, getting valuable feedback and resources, and saying they feel cared about which makes students want to care too. Anie’s teaching is always evolving including finding ways to incorporate appreciative inquiry strategies into her classroom. Increasing student engagement and identifying ways to help students thrive, excel and enable them to flourish.

Anie Sklar is a Vermont licensed Marriage and Family Therapy Therapist. For more information checkout her website at https://ottercreekcounseling.com/ There are similarities between Anie’s positive psychology approach with clients and the appreciative inquiry approach at Champlain College. Both focus on people’s strengths and successes.

Anie has been teaching bachelor level college classes since 2003. Courses include Introduction to Psychology and Interpersonal Communication.

Distinctions & Awards

Anie Sklar was the first Adjunct Faculty featured in the Champlain Online Faculty Newsletter. She has also been nominated multiple times for her Teaching Excellence at Vermont State Colleges.

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