{"id":4004,"date":"2025-07-29T17:36:57","date_gmt":"2025-07-29T17:36:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/faculty-development-center\/?post_type=furman-update&#038;p=4004"},"modified":"2025-07-29T17:36:57","modified_gmt":"2025-07-29T17:36:57","slug":"fdc-welcomes-new-associate-director","status":"publish","type":"furman-update","link":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/faculty-development-center\/updates\/fdc-welcomes-new-associate-director\/","title":{"rendered":"FDC Welcomes New Associate Director"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"TextRun SCXW118826916 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW118826916 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"No Spacing\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3946 alignright lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/faculty-development-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/108\/2025\/07\/071425_Stephanie-Freis_05edit-768x566.jpg\" alt=\"woman with brown hair, glasses, and black shirt\" width=\"300\" height=\"221\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/faculty-development-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/108\/2025\/07\/071425_Stephanie-Freis_05edit-768x566.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/faculty-development-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/108\/2025\/07\/071425_Stephanie-Freis_05edit-1024x754.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/faculty-development-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/108\/2025\/07\/071425_Stephanie-Freis_05edit-1536x1132.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/faculty-development-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/108\/2025\/07\/071425_Stephanie-Freis_05edit-2048x1509.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/faculty-development-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/108\/2025\/07\/071425_Stephanie-Freis_05edit-512x377.jpg 512w, https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/faculty-development-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/108\/2025\/07\/071425_Stephanie-Freis_05edit-1280x943.jpg 1280w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/221;\" \/>We are excited to welcome FDC associate director Dr. Stephanie D. Freis to Furman<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW118826916 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"No Spacing\">!\u00a0 <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW118826916 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"No Spacing\">Originally from Wisconsin, she earned her master\u2019s and doctorate degrees in Social Psychology at The Ohio State University. While there, she gained experience as the Course Coordinator and Instructor Consultant for the social psychology department and supported the campus more widely as an Academic Success Specialist. Her research has focused on two main themes including narcissism and entitlement in non-clinical samples as well as teaching and learning in the college context. <\/span><\/span><span class=\"LineBreakBlob BlobObject DragDrop SCXW118826916 BCX0\"><span class=\"SCXW118826916 BCX0\"><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW118826916 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW118826916 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"No Spacing\">She continued her work in research and pedagogy as a tenured psychology faculty member at Presbyterian College. At PC she held many leadership roles including <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW118826916 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"No Spacing\">Chair of Excellence in Teaching <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW118826916 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"No Spacing\">where she organized a team of faculty to provide support to instructors through professional development, first-year mentoring, writing accountability, and more. She was also the Assessment Coordinator for Psychology that included a department-wide curricular revision, a workshop facilitator focused on trainings in inclusion and constructive dialogue, and the coordinator and analyst for Presby First+ which supports first-generation college students. <\/span><\/span><span class=\"LineBreakBlob BlobObject DragDrop SCXW118826916 BCX0\"><span class=\"SCXW118826916 BCX0\"><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW118826916 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW118826916 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"No Spacing\">She is eager to collaborate across the university to support faculty\u2019s growth as educators, scholars, and community members! Visit her office in Duke Library 104 or <\/span><\/span><a class=\"Hyperlink SCXW118826916 BCX0\" href=\"mailto:stephanie.freis@furman.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><span class=\"TextRun Underlined SCXW118826916 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW118826916 BCX0\" data-ccp-charstyle=\"Hyperlink\">message her<\/span><\/span><\/a><span class=\"TextRun SCXW118826916 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW118826916 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"No Spacing\"> anytime you wish to connect.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW118826916 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:1440,&quot;335559737&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240,&quot;335559740&quot;:259,&quot;335559991&quot;:360}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We are excited to welcome FDC associate director Dr. Stephanie D. Freis to Furman!\u00a0 Originally from Wisconsin, she earned her master\u2019s and doctorate degrees in Social Psychology at The Ohio [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","update-categories":[],"class_list":["post-4004","furman-update","type-furman-update","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/faculty-development-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/updates\/4004","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/faculty-development-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/updates"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/faculty-development-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/furman-update"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/faculty-development-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/updates\/4004\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4005,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/faculty-development-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/updates\/4004\/revisions\/4005"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/faculty-development-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4004"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"furman-update-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/faculty-development-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/update-categories?post=4004"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}