Distinguished Faculty Lecturer
Every year the college community comes together to hear about the exciting work of one of its faculty. The Distinguished Faculty Lecturer is both a recognition of quality work by one of our full-time faculty and also a charge to develop that work over the course of an academic year into a public presentation that might take the form of a lecture, demonstration, or performance. The lecture typically takes place in April each year, and the recipient is recognized at Commencement.
Application Process
Applications for the Distinguished Faculty Lecturer are solicited a year in advance. Each December, the Associate Provost for Learning Advancement puts out a call for applications for the Distinguished Faculty Lecturer, and a committee composed predominantly of faculty choose among the applications. The chosen applicant will be the Distinguished Faculty Lecturer in the following spring, giving him/her a year in which to complete their project and polish their presentation.
The Current Distinguished Faculty Lecturer
Kristi M. Green, PhD
Associate Professor and Management Department Coordinator for the Gail Miller School of Business
For associate professor Kristi Green, SLCC is a beacon for diversity in how it supports marginalized communities in obtaining higher education. She sees this mission of inclusivity as a value that the college embraces daily.
Even so, Kristi notes there are still few Latinas in higher education leadership positions. As SLCC’s Distinguished Faculty Lecturer for 2024, Kristi’s lecture will focus on the ‘counterstories’ of Latinas working in higher education and how colleges can foster more inclusive environments. “Counterstorytelling is a method of recounting the experiences of the racially and socially marginalized,” Kristi says.
In her eight years at SLCC, Kristi has taught courses on Entrepreneurship, Small Business and Management, among others. She holds a bachelor’s degree in Architecture from the University of Utah, a Master of Business Administration from Independence University, and a PhD in Higher Education Administration from the University of Wyoming.
Previous Distinguished Faculty Lecturers
- 2023 — Anne Canavan
- 2022 — Adam Dastrup
- 2021 — Craig E. Ferrin
- 2020 — Jane Drexler
- 2019 — Marlena Stanford
- 2018 — Lon Schiffbauer
- 2017 — John Close
- 2016 — Ted Moore
- 2015 — Melissa Helquist
- 2014 — Karen Kwan
- 2013 — Lisa Bickmore
- 2012 — Tiffany Rousculp
- 2011 — Anne Graham
- 2010 — Jason Pickavance
- 2009 — Harry Hughes
- 2008 — Lynn Kilpatrick
- 2007 — Howard Ingle
- 2006 — Danny A.C. Martinez and Sharon DeReamer
- 2005 — Randal Chase
- 2005 — Katherine Bruner
- 2004 — Rodayne Esmay and Deidre Ann Tyler
- 2003 — Lynn Suksdorf , Larry Hancock, and Sheila Chambers
- 2002 — John Fritz
- 2000 — Paul Lerdahl
- 1998 — Dorleen Jenson
- 1997 — Grace Vlam
- 1996 — Ron Valcarce and Clifton Sanders
- 1995 — Katherine McIntyre
- 1994 — Terry Martin