Past Faculty Learning Program and Pods

 

Archived Program Participation

Spring 2026: PODS

Focus on Dual Enrollment

• Kristina Brower - Education and Human Development
• Daryan Chan - Counseling
• Megan Rodriguez - Business
• Sujatha Venkataraman - Education / Child Development
•  tbd
• Ray Lapuz – Facilitator

Meeting Times: TBA

 

AB1705 English Pod

Enhancing Equitable Structures (PDF)

Contact:

Canvas:
English Courses

AB1705 Mathematics Pod

Enhancing Equitable Structures (PDF)

Contact:

Canvas:
Math Courses

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Cohort #6: Fall 2025: PODS

Focus on Dual Enrollment

• Kristina Brower - Education and Human Development
• Daryan Chan - Counseling
• Megan Rodriguez - Business
• Sujatha Venkataraman - Education / Child Development
• Ray Lapuz – Facilitator

Meeting Times: Every 2 Weeks - Thursdays, 4:30 - 6:30pm

Focus on Math

• Amira Alkeswani
• Honyan Meng
• Sumathi Shankar
• Ray Lapuz – Facilitator

Meeting Times: Every 2 Weeks - Fridays, 10:30-11:30

 

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Cohort #5: Spring 2024: PODS

Focus on English Language Learners in STEM

• Camille Kaslan – Chemistry
• Adriana Lugo – Library
• Sol Parajon Puenzo – Chemistry
• Susan White – Biology
• Ray Lapuz – Facilitator

Meeting Times: Weekly - Wednesdays, 10:30 - 11:30

AB1705 English Pod

Contact:

eslamiehs@smccd.edu

Canvas:

AB1705 Mathematics Pod

Contact:

shankars@smccd.edu

Canvas:

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Cohort #3: Spring 2023 - Fall 2023

• Kristina Brower – Education & Human Development
• Maria Mendoza – Engineering
• Hongyan Meng – Math
• Bridget Love – Communication Studies
• Leonor Cabrera – Accounting
• Julie Luu – Biology
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• Ray Lapuz - Facilitator
• Candice Nance - Facilitator

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Cañada Cohort #2: Fall 2020

• Milena Angelova - PRIE Office / Physics
• Alex Cabrera - Chemistry
• Sarah Harmon - Linguistics
• Ramki Kalyanaraman - Engineering
• Jessica Kaven- Communications
• Althea Kippes - Paralegal
• Doniella Maher - English
• Lisa Palmer - English
• Eileen Pippins - Communications
• Elizabeth Terzakis - English
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• Gampi Shankar – Assisting
• David Monarres – Assisting
• Sumathi Shankar – Assisting
• Lezlee Ware – Assisting
• Ellen Young - Assisting
• Nick DeMello - Assisting
• David Eck – Faculty Lead
• Candice Nance – Faculty Lead

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Cañada Cohort #1: Fall 2019 - Spring 2020

• Michelle Beatty - Mathematics
• Cheryl Cathey - Engineering
• Nick DeMello - Chemistry
• Jeanne Digel - Astronomy
• David Eck - Philosophy
• Nadine Ferguson - Computer Science
• James Hoffman - Computer Science
• Vera Klimovsky - Mathematics
• Hongyan Meng - Mathematics
• Gampi Shankar - Business
• Lezlee Ware - Political Science
• Susan White - Biology
• Ellen Young - Biology
• Guibo Zhu - Chemistry
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• David Monarres – Assisting
• Sumathi Shankar – Assisting
• Douglas Hirzel – Assisting
• Ray Lapuz – Facilitator

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Cohort: Spring 2018 - Fall 2018

Cañada Paricipants in San Jose State University

• Dani Behonik - Biology
• Doug Hirzel - Biology

Cañada Particpants in CSU East Bay

• David Monarres - Math
• Sumathi Shankar - Math

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