The Teaching Professors Community is a faculty-led group within the College of Engineering committed to supporting teaching-track faculty. We gather a couple times each semester to discuss our teaching and advising efforts as well as the scholarship of teaching and learning. This community offers space for connection, encouragement, and professional growth tailored to the teaching-track experience.

Focus Areas

• Instructional Excellence: Enhancing classroom practices, engaging students, and improving learning outcomes
• Professional Development: Supporting career advancement and promotion within the teaching professor track
• Educational Research: Collaborating on engineering education scholarship and proposal development
• Peer Support & Recognition: Building relationships and visibility for teaching-track faculty across departments

Goals of the Community

• Facilitate networking to identify collaborators and mentors
• Share information about promotion and career advancement
• Increase awareness and visibility of the teaching professor role within the college
• Foster encouragement and support among faculty committed to high-quality teaching and advising

Participation is open to all teaching-track faculty.

If you’re interested in getting involved, please contact one of the community leads below. Join our Google Group https://groups.google.com/u/1/a/ncsu.edu/g/group-coeproffac to get notices of events.

Teaching Professors Community Leaders

Matthew Cooper

Teaching Professor
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
mecoope3@ncsu.edu

Rachana Gupta

Director, ECE Senior Design
Teaching Professor
Electrical and Computer Engineering
ragupta@ncsu.edu

Anna Howard

Teaching Professor
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
akhowar5@ncsu.edu

Meredith Martinez

Assistant Teaching Professor
Coordinator of UG Advising
Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering
mmartinez@ncsu.edu