ALG Champions

About

ALG Champions are affordable learning specialists and advocates at each USG institution. Champions work together to inform the institution about affordable resources, including open educational resources, along with the fundamentals and practices behind open licensing and the potential to enhance instruction through open pedagogy.

There are three ALG Champion roles:

ALG Faculty Champion: A faculty instructor using no- or low-cost materials in their courses with open educational resources (OER) experience. Faculty Champions work within their campus to inform faculty, staff, and students about Affordable Learning Georgia and the benefits of open educational resources.
ALG Library Champion: A campus librarian with OER expertise. Library Champions work together with the Faculty Champion to identify, evaluate, and provide access to affordable, library-subscribed, and open educational resources. They also inform faculty, staff, and students about ALG and OER alongside the Faculty Champion.
ALG Design Champion: An instructional designer or Center for Teaching and Learning representative with open and OER-enabled pedagogy expertise. Design Champions work together with the Faculty Champion to inform faculty, staff, and students about open and OER-enabled pedagogy and to help identify ways in which it can be implemented in courses using OER. They also inform faculty, staff, and students about ALG and OER alongside the Faculty Champion and Library Champion.

Faculty, Librarians, and Designers, Oh My!

ALG staff presented at the Open Education 2020 Conference on our amazing ALG Champions and how we’ve organized systemwide advocacy. Check it out below!

Institution	ALG Champions
Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College	Faculty Champion: April Abbott aabbott@abac.edu Library Champion: David Edens dedens@abac.edu Design Champion: Amy Warren awarren@abac.edu
Albany State University	Faculty Champion: Anilkumar Devarapu anilkumar.devarapu@asurams.edu Library Champion: LaVerne McLaughlin laverne.mclaughlin@asurams.edu Design Champion: Zephyrinus Okonkwo zephyrinus.okonkwo@asurams.edu
Atlanta Metropolitan State College	Faculty Champion: Eze Nwaogu enwaogu@atlm.edu Library Champion: Tarita Chambers tchambers@atlm.edu Design Champion: Kokila Ravi kravi@atlm.edu
Augusta University	Faculty Champion: Clément Aubert caubert@augusta.edu Library Champion: Melissa Johnson mjohns69@augusta.edu Design Champion: Arthur Takahashi atakahashi@augusta.edu
Clayton State University	Faculty Champion: Sheryne Southard sherynesouthard@clayton.edu Library Champion: Jim Rickerson jimrickerson@clayton.edu Design Champion: Corneliu Chiorescu corneliuchiorescu@clayton.edu
College of Coastal Georgia	Faculty Champion: Dantera Tangpisuthipongsa dtangpisuthipongsa@ccga.edu Library Champion: Debbie Holmes dholmes@ccga.edu Design Champion: Lisa McNeal lmcneal@ccga.edu
Columbus State University	Faculty Champion: Brian Muse muse_william@columbusstate.edu Library Champion: Alan Karass karass_alan@columbusstate.edu Design Champion: Randall Garver garver_randall@columbusstate.edu
Dalton State College	Faculty Champion: Alicia Briganti abriganti@daltonstate.edu Library Champion: Amy Burger aburger1@daltonstate.edu Design Champion: Barbara Tucker btucker@daltonstate.edu
East Georgia State College	Faculty Champion: Deborah Lee dlee@ega.edu Library Champion: Meghan Crews mmcrews@ega.edu Design Champion: Terri Brown thbrown@ega.edu
Fort Valley State University	Faculty Champion: James Scott scottj02@fvsu.edu Library Champion: Frank Mahitab mahitabf@fvsu.edu Design Champion: Paul Small smallp@fvsu.edu
Georgia College and State University	Faculty Champion: Shaundra Walker shaundra.walker@gcsu.edu Library Champion: Jonathan Harwell jonathan.harwell@gcsu.edu Design Champion: Jaclyn Queen jaclyn.queen@gcsu.edu
Georgia Gwinnett College	Champions TBD
Georgia Highlands College	Faculty Champion: Sharryse Henderson shenders@highlands.edu Library Champion: Susanna Smith sussmith@highlands.edu Design Champion: Rachel Rupprecht rrupprec@highlands.edu
Georgia Institute of Technology	Faculty Champion: David Joyner david.joyner@gatech.edu Library Champion: Liz Holdsworth liz.holdsworth@library.gatech.edu Design Champion: Chaohua Ou cou@gatech.edu
Georgia Southern University	Faculty Champion: Chelda Smith cheldasmith@georgiasouthern.edu Library Champion: Nikki Rech dcannonrech@georgiasouthern.edu Design Champion: Debbie Walker dwalker@georgiasouthern.edu
Georgia Southwestern State University	Faculty Champion: Judy Orton judy.orton@gsw.edu Sally Merritt sally.merritt@gsw.edu Library Champion: Ru Story-Huffman ru.story-huffman@gsw.edu Design Champion: John Wilson john.wilson@gsw.edu
Georgia State University	Main Campus: Faculty Champion: Scott Jacques sjacques1@gsu.edu Library Champion: Denise George denisegeorge@gsu.edu Design Champion: Joju Cleaver jcleaver@gsu.edu Perimeter College: Faculty Champion: Katy Crowther kcrowther@gsu.edu Library Champion: Christopher Moffat cmoffat1@gsu.edu Design Champion: Mustafa Elsawy elsawy@gsu.edu
Gordon State College	Faculty Champion: Lynn Rumfelt lrumfelt@gordonstate.edu Library Champion: Carla Fredd cfredd@gordonstate.edu Design Champion: Angiah Davis adavis1@gordonstate.edu
Kennesaw State University	Faculty Champion: Kimberly Loomis kloomis@kennesaw.edu Library Champion: Chelsee Dickson cdickso5@kennesaw.edu Design Champion: Kelley Price kgermain@kennesaw.edu
Middle Georgia State University	Faculty Champion: Christopher Lawrence christopher.lawrence@mga.edu Library Champion: Dana Casper dana.casper@mga.edu
Savannah State University	Faculty Champion: Antonio Velazquez velazqueza@savannahstate.edu Library Champion: Jennifer West westj@savannahstate.edu Design Champion: Alberto De La Cruz delacruz@savannahstate.edu
South Georgia State College	Faculty Champion: Molly Smith molly.smith@sgsc.edu Library Champion: Janice Williams janice.williams@sgsc.edu Design Champion: Sara Selby sara.selby@sgsc.edu
University of Georgia	Faculty Champion: Megan Mittelstadt megan.mittelstadt@uga.edu Library Champion: Mariann Samuel mariann@uga.edu Design Champion: James Castle jcastle@uga.edu
University of North Georgia	Faculty Champion: Laura Getty laura.getty@ung.edu Library Champion: Monique Martinez monique.martinez@ung.edu Design Champion: Bonnie (BJ) Robinson bj.robinson@ung.edu
University of West Georgia	Library Champion: CJ Ivory civory@westga.edu Design Champion: Brian Roberts broberts@westga.edu
Valdosta State University	Faculty Champion: Jan Drake djdrake@valdosta.edu Library Champion: Ken Smith kensmith@valdosta.edu Design Champion: Bryan FitzGerald brfitzgerald@valdosta.edu