About Us
For Faculty, By Faculty.
Throughout the year, selected faculty fellows provide a variety of programming that fosters faculty success through five pillars of excellence — teaching and learning, digital instruction and design, research and creativity, service and engagement, and faculty life and leadership.
Meet the CAFE Team
Alexis Petri CAFE Director Phone: 816-234-5872 Email: petria@umkc.edu
Lorie A. Holt, R.D.H., M.S., Ph.D. Associate Professor Emeritus Phone: 816-235-2057 Email: holtla@umkc.edu
Jenny Garmon Program Support Coordinator Phone: 816-235-5362 Email: garmonj@umkc.edu
Korbyn Bradley Instructional Designer Email: kbradley@umkc.edu
Faculty Fellows and Faculty Learning Community Facilitators
Rachael Allen Teaching Professor Phone: 816-235-2569 Email: allenrc@umkc.edu
Theresa C. Brown, PhD, CHES Assistant Teaching Professor Email: theresa.brown@umkc.edu
Antonio Byrd Associate Professor Email: antoniobyrd@umkc.edu
Candice Coffman, PhD Assistant Teaching Professor Phone: 816-235-1398 Email: ccoffman@umkc.edu
Caroline Davies Associate Professor Phone: 816-235-1469 Email: daviesc@umkc.edu
Rebecca Miller Davis
Teaching Professor of History
Faculty Mentor
Phone:
816-235-6118 x 2
Email:
davisrebe@umkc.edu
Brian Hare Teaching Professor Phone: 816-235-2362 Email: hareb@umkc.edu
Jamie Hunt, PhD
Chair, Department of Health Sciences
Associate Teaching Professor
Phone:
816-235-2666
Email:
huntja@umkc.edu
Jennifer Phegley Associate Dean and Professor Phone: 816-235-1132 Email: phegleyj@umkc.edu
Mardi Mahaffy
Head of Teaching and Learning
Librarian IV
Phone:
816-235-1537
Email:
mahaffym@umkc.edu
Lena Hoober-Burkhardt Associate Teaching Professor Phone: 816-235-6650 Email: hooberl@umkc.edu
Distinguished Faculty in Practice
Rachael Allen Teaching Professor Phone: 816-235-2569 Email: allenrc@umkc.edu
Erin Bumann
Associate Professor
Department of Oral and Craniofacial Sciences
Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Programs
Phone:
816-235-6450
Email:
bumanne@umkc.edu
Eric Camburn
Professor
Sherman Family Foundation Endowed Chair, Director
Phone:
816-235-1293
Email:
camburne@umkc.edu
Donna M. Davis Professor Phone: 816-235-5956 Email: davisdon@umkc.edu
Rebecca Miller Davis
Teaching Professor of History
Faculty Mentor
Phone:
816-235-6118 x 2
Email:
davisrebe@umkc.edu
Mei R. Fu, PhD, RN, FAAN Associate Dean for Research/The Dorothy and Dale Thompson Missouri Endowed Professor in Nursing Phone: 816-235-5963 Email: mei.fu@umkc.edu
Andrew Granade Associate Dean of Academic and Faculty Affairs and Professor of Musicology Phone: 816-235-2945 Email: granadea@umkc.edu
Ile Haggins Director of Practicum Education, Teaching Professor, Advisor Phone: 816-235-6717 Email: hagginsi@umkc.edu
Alex Holsinger Vice Provost for Faculty Affairs Phone: 816-235-1249 Email: holsingera@umkc.edu
Kristi Holsinger Senior Vice Provost for Student Success Phone: (816) 235-6479 Email: holsingerk@umkc.edu
Jamie Hunt, PhD
Chair, Department of Health Sciences
Associate Teaching Professor
Phone:
816-235-2666
Email:
huntja@umkc.edu
S. Marie McCarther
Chair and Associate Professor, Department of Education, Leadership and Policy Studies
Coordinator, PK-12 Educational Administration
Phone:
816-235-2451
Email:
mccarthers@umkc.edu
Nora Peterman Associate Professor Phone: 816-235-2493 Email: petermanno@umkc.edu
Tammie Schaefer Associate Professor Phone: 816-235-2311 Email: schaefertj@umkc.edu
Daniel Scott Associate Teaching Professor Phone: 816-235-2570 Email: d.scott@umkc.edu
Amy Simmons MSW Program Director, Teaching Professor, Advisor Phone: 816-235-5870 Email: simmonsamy@umkc.edu
Deborah Smith Professor Phone: 816-235-1116 Email: smithde@umkc.edu
Nancy Twillman Associate Teaching Professor Phone: 816-235-5878 Email: twillmanN@umkc.edu
Faculty Learning Communities
Faculty Learning Communities (FLCs) provide semester- or year-long opportunities for collaborative inquiry, reflection, and experimentation. Each year, we announce faculty learning communities across a range of topics related to teaching, student success, and UMKC's strategic plan.
Faculty in Practice
CAFE Faculty in Practice is a year-long series that recognizes faculty whose work demonstrates leadership and makes the unwritten parts of academic life visible to others. It creates a consistent space for faculty to learn what holds up over time and to make more strategic decisions about their work.
Visit Us
Located on the third floor of Newcomb Hall, CAFE event spaces are designed with faculty in mind!
Host a research presentation, collaborate on a project, or just hang out in UMKC's beautiful and spacious Faculty Commons. This is a space that is hardly ever reserved for exclusive events because we are committed to the Commons concept: this space belongs to the whole Faculty.
Faculty are welcome to use the Faculty Commons informally or in small groups at any time—for writing groups, research meetups, happy hours, or casual gatherings—without a reservation, as long as the space remains accessible to others.
Please be aware that the Faculty Commons and Conference Room cannot be reserved simultaneously if groups are using audio/video technology such as Zoom.
While not a guarantee of room availability, please check room availability on the CAFE Calendar before submitting your reservation request.
Available Rooms
CAFE Conference Room
- Self-serve coffee/tea/hot cocoa and snacks available
- Flexible meeting space with plenty of room for up to 25 participants (room capacity tops out at 35). In your reservation request, please indicate your room setup preferences and technology needs.
- Two large flat screens for your presentation, with laptop HDMI hook-up and Hyflex option (using the available PC)
- Wi-Fi
Faculty Commons
- ADA Accessible
- Self-serve coffee/tea/hot cocoa and snacks available
- Great space for catered events
- Sizeable presentation screen with laptop HDMI hook-up and Hyflex option (including cameras and microphones, if you also use the Conference Room PC)
- Wi-Fi
- Comfortable seating available for 60 people