19 UNIVERSITY FACULTY Dr. Momen’s research project focused on the acculturation processes that Bangladeshi immigrants residing in the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area of Canada undergo as they utilize technology to create a comfort zone in navigating between their Bangladeshi and Canadian identities. Momen said she was honored to receive the Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program Award. “I am thrilled to receive the Fulbright Scholar Award,” Dr. Momen said, “I have been dreaming about such an opportunity and consider this an honor to have represented TAMIU and Laredo in Canada.” With her Fulbright selection, Momen joins an elite group of current, former, and retired TAMIU faculty members who have been Fulbright Scholars. LIBRARY DEAN BLAZES PATH TO EDITING, NOMINATION AND PUBLICATION By day, Dr. Colleen Harris, dean of TAMIU’s Sue and Radcliffe Killam Library, directs the 1.2 million-plus-item Library for staff, students and faculty. But after-hours Dr. Harris is blazing a prominent path in poetry creation, editing, and publication. She’s signed contracts for three poetry books: The Light Becomes Us (Main Street Rag, 2025), Toothache in the Bone (Boats Against the Current Press, 2025), and Babylon Songs (First Bite Press, pending 2026 release). A fourth unpublished poetry book manuscript, Tell the Bees, was longlisted for the International Beverly Prize for Literature. In mid-April Harris was appointed a poetry editor at Iron Oak Editions Press, working with that team to publish new books of poetry from other writers. Harris revealed that poetry has long been a passion, but admitted finding time to write is often a challenge. “It’s not easy with such an active Library team and campus, but creative writing clears my head and makes me feel better, the way going to the gym does for other people. I get most of my writing in at night...usually in the corner of my couch at the window overlooking my neighborhood, with my laptop, curled up like a croissant with terrible posture,” she revealed. Find out more at go.tamiu.edu/harris-poetry. TAMIU EARNS PRESTIGIOUS RCU AND OCU CARNEGIE DESIGNATIONS The prestige of a TAMIU degree took on additional luster this past Spring as the University learned it was one of just 33 nationwide to earn both Research College & University (RCU) and Opportunity College & University (OCU) designations in the new 2025 Carnegie Classifications. Both Carnegie designations elevate the University’s research and teaching and affirm its daily mission. They are considered a crowning achievement and a source of tremendous pride for TAMIU’s gifted faculty who daily drive discovery in and out of the classroom. The designations strongly affirm TAMIU’s solid foundational and service support to students and its tight focus on their success. The Carnegie Classification® is the leading framework for recognizing and describing institutional diversity in U.S. higher education. The Carnegie Commission on Higher Education began developing a classification of colleges and universities to support its program of research and policy analysis in 1970. It published its first framework in 1973 which is now updated every three years to reflect changes at colleges and universities. Find out more at go.tamiu.edu/carnegie25. PROFESSOR PRESENTS RESEARCH ON A.I. TEACHING INTEGRATION IN SPAIN A TAMIU faculty member traveled to Spain in July to present his innovative research at the 32nd International Conference on Learning hosted by the Universidad de Granada. Dr. Heriberto Godina TAMIU assistant professor of Curriculum & Instruction in the College of Education presented “Integrating Artificial Intelligence in Teacher Education en la Frontera: Enhancing Literacy Instruction and Ethical Frameworks for Culturally Diverse Teacher Candidates.” Dr. Godina’s research explores the transformative use of Artificial Intelligence (A.I.) to support teacher candidates, particularly in linguistically and culturally diverse communities. Dr. Colleen Harris Dr. Heriberto Godina
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