Announcing 2019-2020 Faculty OER Incentive Winners
University of Houston Libraries, in collaboration with the UH Office of the Provost, is pleased to announce the 2019-2020 recipient cohort of the UH Alternative Textbook Incentive Program (ATIP).
UH instructors applied for an award ranging from $500 to $2500 that would go toward implementation of an open or alternative textbook in a summer 2019, fall 2019, or spring 2020 course. Awards were granted based on projected cost savings for students; the type of project; and feasibility of the successful implementation of the proposal.
2019 – 2020 ATIP winners are:
Education: Eulises Avellaneda
CUIN 3310: Bilingual Education
Social Work: Nicole Bromfield
SOCW 7397: Perspectives on Human Trafficking: Domestic and Global
HRM: Simone Doudna
HRMA 4354: Advanced Hospitality Operations
Business: Emese Felvegi
MIS 3300: Introduction to Computer and Management Information Systems
CLASS: Layci Harrison, Mark Knoblauch, Josh Yellen
ATP 6301/6101: Anatomical Basis of Athletic Injury Lecture & Lab
Education: Kristen Hassett
SPEC 3360: Individuals with Disabilities
NSM: Daniel Hauptvogel, Jinny Sisson
GEOL 1176: Historical Geology Lab
Technology: Mary E. Henderson
SCLT 4387: Financial Evaluation for Supply Chain
HRM: Nathan Jarvis, Chris Taylor, Scott Taylor, Kevin Simon
HRMA 3336: Beverage Management
CLASS: Melody Yunzi Li, Jingyuan Fu
CHNS 3344: Global Chinese Literature
CLASS: Melissa Markofski
KIN 4370: Exercise Testing
Engineering: David Mayerich
ECE 6397: Parallel Algorithms for GPUs and Heterogeneous Systems
CLASS: Katherine Anne McElvaney
ANTH 2301: Introduction to Physical Anthropology
CLASS: Kelly Moore
ILAS 3350: Power Writing
CLASS: Grete Norquist
ENGL 1304: First Year Writing II
CLASS: Phillip Presswood
ENGL 1303: First Year Writing I
HRM: Arlene Ramirez, Agnes DeFranco
HRMA 3341: Hospitality Managerial Accounting
NSM: Nouhad Rizk
COSC 4335/3337: Data Science
CLASS: Maria Elena Soliño
SPAN 3386: Screen Memories: Spanish Culture Through Film
NSM: Jiajia Sun
GEOL 7330: Potential Field Methods of Geophysical Exploration
HRM: Scott Taylor Jr.
HRMA 3343: Hospitality Cost Controls
Education: Laura Turchi, Jane Cooper
EDUC 3301: Introduction to Teaching
CUIN 3321: Introduction to Teaching Middle Grades
CUIN 6301: The Teaching Profession
NSM: Anna Vershynina
MATH 6397: Special Topics: Quantum Computation
Now in its second year, ATIP is part of the University’s initiative to improve students’ academic experience by mitigating the high cost of textbooks. Faculty members are incentivized to replace required traditional textbook(s) in their course with adoption, adaptation, or creation of an open textbook, or assembly of freely available or library sponsored resources. Projected savings for students in the first year of implementing alternative textbooks in these courses is $757,380.48, benefiting an estimated 5,773 students.