Brand, Ashlee
Associate Professor
(216) 978-5843
Department: English, Women and Gender Studies
Office Location: Westshore Campus, SLT 226F
Education: M.A. in English, Slippery Rock University
B.A. in Literature, Slippery Rock University
B.S. in Writing, Slippery Rock University
A.S. in Math/Science, Genesee Community College
About: Ashlee Brand began teaching at Tri-C’s Metro Campus in 2006 and earned tenure in 2011. She currently teaches English and Women’s & Gender Studies courses at the Westshore Campus. She holds a national credential in Effective Online Instruction and Inclusive Teaching for Equitable Learning through the Association of College and University Educators (ACUE) and has been recognized for her teaching through multiple awards including Tri-C’s Excellence in Teaching Award in Honor of Ralph M. Besse (2010), the NISOID Teaching Excellent Award (2011), and is a three-time nominee for the Ohio Association of Two-Year Colleges Teacher of the Year Award (2011, 2012, and 2023). She was recognized in 2016 as a Woman of Professional Excellence by the YWCA of Greater Cleveland. Her research interests include inclusive teaching practices, online and multimodal instruction, writing assessment, feminist pedagogy, and contemporary literature.
Heer, Sunita
Assistant Professor
(216) 987-5181
Department: English, Women and Gender Studies
Office Location: Western Campus, WLA B141
Education: B.A., Baldwin Wallace College
M.A., Cleveland State University
Hill, Kimberly
Assistant Professor
(216) 987-2386
Department: English, Women and Gender Studies
Office Location: Eastern Campus, ESS 2217
Education: B.A., Cleveland State University
M.A., Kent State University
Kriner, Bridget
Associate Professor
(216) 987-5801
Department: English, Women and Gender Studies
Office Location: Westshore Campus, SLT 226A
Education: Ph.D. in Urban Education
M.A. in English
B.A. in English
Graduate Certificate, Philosophy (Bioethics)
Graduate Certificate, Urban Studies (Nonprofit Management)
Graduate Certificate, Women's and Gender Studies
Soto-Schwartz, Melissa
Associate Professor
(216) 987-5215
Department: History, Women and Gender Studies
Office Location: Western Campus, WLA B241
Education: B.A., University of California-Irvine
M.A., University of Wisconsin-Madison
Ugran, Angela
Assistant Professor
(216) 987-2308
Department: Political Science, Urban Studies, Women and Gender Studies
Office Location: Eastern Campus, ESS 2223
Education: B.A., Baldwin-Wallace College
M.P.A., Bowling Green State University
M.A., Kent State University