The Faculty Development Team produces a wide variety of resources and programming designed to facilitate the continuous learning of all faculty and to build a thriving community of educators and scholars at Santa Clara University.
Amy Lueck
Associate Provost for Faculty Development
- Location: Varsi 208
Biography
Associate Provost for Faculty Development since Fall 2024, Dr. Lueck is an Associate Professor of English. Her teaching builds on her research work by incorporating opportunities for exciting archival research on both historical and contemporary topics of interest to students, including women's education and Indigenous history. Her courses incorporate digital and multimodal reading and composing, inviting students to consider the ways media and modes intersect with attention to audience, context, and purpose, especially when composing for public audiences.
Lueck's most recent research and teaching focuses on spatial rhetorics, public memory, and the representation of gender, race, and class in public history and culture, from college campuses to museums to tourist attractions like the Winchester Mystery House. You can find more about her research and teaching at amylueck.com.
Caitlin Flynn
Faculty Development Program Manager
- Location: Varsi 219
Biography
Dr Caitlin Flynn joined Faculty Development in Spring 2025. As Program Manager, Caitlin works to support faculty across all disciplines and career stages by creating and coordinating events, programs, and resources aimed at enriching pedagogy, building community, and facilitating an environment of continuous learning. She is committed to helping faculty grow as teachers, researchers, and campus leaders through collaboration and innovation.
Caitlin has a PhD in medieval Scottish and English literature from University of St Andrews and has published widely on Older Scots poetry. Before joining SCU, she held a faculty role at the University of St Andrews (Scotland) and an Alexander-von-Humboldt Postdoctoral Fellowship at Freie Universität Berlin (Germany).
Katia Strelnikova
Faculty Development Administrative Associate
Biography
Katia joined the Santa Clara staff in December 2023, and she is happy to be working in higher education. Originally from St. Petersburg, Russia, Katia has lived in Sydney, Australia, and she’s been in the Bay Area since 2017. Her background is in high tech--with particular expertise in web/UX design and project management. She graduated from St. Petersburg State University with a degree in Philology. She enjoys gardening, sports, and hanging out with her two boys.
Faculty Associates are faculty leaders recognized for their commitment to collaboration, teaching excellence, and the professional development of themselves and their colleagues. They are invited to serve three-year terms with Faculty Development and the Center for Teaching Excellence to help design and facilitate programming, provide mentoring to new faculty at SCU, and grow their own skills as professional and educational developers. As part of their role, they are also available to support faculty directly through individual mentorship and formative classroom observations. Faculty Associates are selected in recognition of their established reputation as a trusted resource to colleagues within their departments or programs and as an already active contributor to their community. Our aim is to build a team of Associates that is broadly representative of School/College affiliation, discipline and appointment type.
Expertise: Inclusive Teaching and Curriculum Design
Expertise: Universal Design for Learning (UDL), Accessibility, Student Inclusivity, Difficult Dialogues, FAR and Tenure Support
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Expertise: Inclusive teaching, backward design and relational learning
Expertise: inclusive pedagogy, student engagement, active learning, and curriculum design, one-on-one mentorship
Faculty Ambassadors work with Faculty Development and the Center for Teaching Excellence on project-specific goals for the academic year, such as leading a faculty cohort group or overseeing special programs. Ordinarily, these faculty have previously served in the role of Faculty Associate, or may be working towards that role for the future. As part of their role, they are available to support faculty directly through individual mentorship and formative classroom observations.
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