Faculty Success Fellows

Megan J. Kelly is Teaching Professor in the Writing Program at the University of Denver. Her pedagogy is deeply influenced by her time working in writing centers, both as a graduate student and as the former Assistant Director of the DU Writing Center. She teaches classes on storytelling for social change, writing for well-being, and training peer tutors in antiracist and anti-ableist practices. In her service and scholarship, she is further committed to supporting students and faculty as writers. Her current research centers the experiences of disabled and neurodivergent students in writing classes. The founding faculty advisor for the student organization Divest DU, she is also invested in the rhetorical work of student activists in the climate justice movement. As Program Coordinator for Faculty Writing Support, she organizes and facilitates faculty writing groups and retreats.

Uzo Nwaiwu serves as the Digital User Experience Librarian at the University of Denver Library, where she focuses on improving the usability and accessibility of the library’s digital platforms. Through this fellowship, she aims to support cross-campus accessibility efforts by creating practical resources and fostering more approachable conversations around digital accessibility. She looks forward to collaborating with colleagues across the university to help make accessibility a more integrated part of our institutional culture.

Dra. Hurtado is an Associate Professor of Higher Education in the Morgridge College of Education and has been at the University of Denver since 2018. Her primary research explores how federal and institutional policies, structures, and procedures contribute to the persistence of sexual violence and shape responsibility for its elimination. She brings extensive experience in faculty data collection from her previous role at the Indiana University Center for Postsecondary Research, where she worked with NSSE and FSSE. Her work also includes research on data ecosystems and participation in the DU campus climate survey working group.