For the pilot year of the OER Instructor Grant, NKU invested $9,000 in grant funding to support 16 instructors as they converted one course each to OER. After only one semester of use, 572 students were able to reap the benefits of a low- or no-cost course, saving cumulatively $55,382.
The following NKU instructors received grant funding during the pilot year:
List of NKU OER Instructor Grant awardees from 2022-2023.
| Grant Recipient |
College and Department/Program |
Grant Received |
| Rebecca Bailey |
Arts & Sciences; History |
Adopt Grant |
| Jitana Benton-Lee |
Health and Human Services; Nursing Graduate Studies |
Adopt Grant |
| Rachel Bosch |
Arts & Sciences; Physics, Geology & Engineering Technology |
Adapt Grant |
| Amanda Brockman |
Arts & Sciences; Sociology, Anthropology, & Philosophy |
Adopt Grant |
| Mary Chesnut |
Informatics; Library |
Adapt Grant |
| Rhonda Davis |
Arts & Sciences; Integrative Studies |
Adopt Grant |
| Joshua Elliott |
Health and Human Services; Counseling |
Adopt Grant |
| John Farrar |
Arts & Sciences; Chemistry & Biochemistry |
Adopt Grant |
| John Huss |
Education; Teacher Preparation & Educational Studies |
Adopt Grant |
| Boshra Karimi |
Business; Construction Management |
Adopt Grant |
| Suk-hee Kim |
Health and Human Services; Social Work Graduate Studies |
Adopt Grant |
| Debra Meyers |
Arts & Sciences; Women and Gender Studies/History |
Adopt Grant |
| Jose Saavedra Torres |
Business; Marketing |
Adopt Grant |
| Mary Schilling |
Arts & Sciences; Biological Sciences |
Adopt Grant |
| Judy Voelker |
Arts & Sciences; Sociology, Anthropology, & Philosophy |
Adopt Grant |
| Mahdi Yazdanpour |
Arts & Sciences; Physics, Geology & Engineering Technology |
Adopt Grant |
