Each discipline offered in our program has a corresponding faculty liaison. Faculty liaisons serve as a bridge between Saint Louis University and our partner high school instructors. They approve and oversee the curriculum taught in our program and provide guidance to 1818 instructors to ensure that the courses being taught in our program meet accreditation standards governed by the Higher Learning Commission.
If you have any questions regarding annual professional development or anything related to 1818 curriculum, please contact your faculty liaison or contact us at 1818@slu.edu.
Liaison: Betsy Angeli, Ph.D., betsy.angeli@slu.edu
2024-2025 PD date: TBD
2024-2025 meetup date: TBD
Courses offered:
- BIOL 1240 – General Biology: Information Flow and Evolution
- BIOL 1245 – Principles of Biology I Laboratory
Liaison: Paul Jelliss, Ph.D., paul.jelliss@slu.edu
2024-2025 PD date: TBD
2024-2025 meetup date: TBD
Courses offered:
- CHEM 1110 – General Chemistry 1
- CHEM 1115 – General Chemistry 1 Laboratory
- CHEM 1120 – General Chemistry 2
- CHEM 1125 – General Chemistry 2 Laboratory
Liaison: Rudy Pett, Ph.D., rudy.pett@slu.edu
2024-2025 PD date: TBD
2024-2025 meetup date: TBD
Courses offered:
- CMM 1200 – Public Speaking
- CMM 2400 – Media and Society
Liaison: David Ferry, Ph.D., david.ferry@slu.edu
2024-2025 PD date: TBD
2024-2025 meetup date: TBD
Courses offered:
- CSCI 1010 – Introduction to Computer Science: Principles
- CSCI 1020 – Introduction to Computer Science: Bioinformatics
- CSCI 1300 – Introduction to Object-Oriented Programming
Liaison: John Encarnacion, Ph.D., john.encarnacion@slu.edu
2024-2025 PD date: TBD
2024-2025 meetup date: TBD
Courses offered:
- EAS 1080 – Introduction to Environmental Science
- EAS 1081 – Introduction to Environmental Science Laboratory
- EAS 1430 – Introduction to the Solid Earth
- EAS 1435 – Introduction to the Solid Earth Laboratory
Liaisons: Andy Harper, Ph.D., andy.harper@slu.edu, and Sheri McCord, Ph.D.,
sheri.l.mccord@slu.edu
2024-2025 PD date: TBD
2024-2025 meetup date: TBD
Courses offered:
- ENGL 1500 – The Process of Composition
- ENGL 1900 – Advanced Strategies of Rhetoric and Research
- ENGL 2250 – Conflict, Social Justice and Literature
- ENGL 2350 – Faith, Doubt, and Literature
- ENGL 2450 – Nature, Ecology and Literature
- ENGL 2550 – Gender, Idetity and Literature
- ENGL 2650 – Technology, Media, and Literature
- ENGL 2750 – Film, Culture, and Literature
- ENGL 2850 – Nation, Identity, and Literature
Liaison: Barb Weekley, barbara.weekley@slu.edu
2024-2025 PD date: TBD
2024-2025 meetup date: TBD
Courses offered:
- FRSC 2600 – Survey of Forensic Science
Liaisons: Mark Ruff, Ph.D., mark.ruff@slu.edu, and Lisa Lillie, Ph.D., lisa.lillie@slu.edu
2024-2025 PD date: TBD
2024-2025 meetup date: TBD
Courses offered:
- HIST 1110 – Origins of the Modern World to 1500
- HIST 1120 – Origins of the Modern World (1500 to Present)
- HIST 1600 – History of the United States of America to 1865
- HIST 1610 – History of the United States Since 1865
Liaison: Yun Lee, Ph.D., yun.lee@slu.edu
2024-2025 PD date: TBD
2024-2025 meetup date: TBD
Courses offered:
- CHIN 1010 – Elementary Chinese 1: Language and Culture
- CHIN 1020 – Elementary Chinese 2: Language and Culture
- CHIN 2010 – Intermediate Chinese 1: Language and Culture
- CHIN 2020 – Intermediate Chinese 2: Language and Culture
Liaison: Arline Cravens, Ph.D., arline.cravens@slu.edu
2024-2025 PD date: TBD
2024-2025 meetup date: TBD
Courses offered:
- FREN 1010 – Communicating in French 1
- FREN 1020 – Communicating in French 2
- FREN 2010 – Intermediate French Language and Culture
Liaison: Evelyn Wisbey, evelyn.wisbey@slu.edu
2024-2025 PD date: TBD
2024-2025 meetup date: TBD
Courses offered:
- GR 1010 – Communicating in German 1
- GR 1020 – Communicating in German 2
- GR 2010 – Intermediate German: Language and Culture
Liaison: Joan Hart-Hasler, Ph.D., joan.harthasler@slu.edu
2024-2025 PD date: TBD
2024-2025 meetup date: TBD
Courses offered:
- GK 1010 – Reading Greek 1
- GK 1020 – Reading Greek 2
- GK 2010 – Intermediate Greek Language and Literature
- LATN 1010 – Reading Latin 1
- LATN 1020 – Reading Latin 2
- LATN 2010 – Intermediate Latin: Language and Literature
- LATN 2020 – Intermediate Latin: Rhetoric and Poetry
Liaison: Elizabeth Blake, Ph.D., elizabeth.blake@slu.edu
2024-2025 PD date: TBD
2024-2025 meetup date: TBD
Courses offered:
- RUSS 1010 – Russian from the Beginning 1
- RUSS 1020 – Russian from the Beginning 2
- RUSS 2010 – Intermediate Russian: Language and Culture 1
Liaisons: Germán Lorenzo Ayala, german.lorenzoayala@slu.edu, and Ann Menshouse, ann.menshouse@slu.edu
2024-2025 PD date: TBD
2024-2025 meetup date: TBD
Courses offered:
- SPAN 1010 – Spanish for Beginners
- SPAN 1020 – Exploring the Hispanic World: Beginning Spanish
- SPAN 2010 – Connecting with the Hispanic World: Intermediate Spanish 1
Liaisons: Mike May, S.J., Ph.D., mike.may@slu.edu, and Julianne Rainbolt, Ph.D., julianne.rainbolt@slu.edu
2024-2025 PD date: TBD
2024-2025 meetup date: TBD
Courses offered:
- MATH 1510 – Calculus 1
- MATH 1520 – Calculus 2
- MATH 2530 – Calculus 3
Liaison: Lauren Miller, Ed.D., r.lauren.miller@slu.edu
2024-2025 PD date: TBD
2024-2025 meetup date: TBD
Courses offered:
- MATH 1200 – College Algebra
- MATH 1400 – Pre-Calculus
Liaisons: Kimberly Druschel, Ph.D., kimberly.druschel@slu.edu
2024-2025 PD date: TBD
2024-2025 meetup date: TBD
Courses offered:
- STAT 1300 – Elementary Statistics with Computers
Liaison: James McCollum, james.mccollum@slu.edu
2024-2025 PD date: TBD
2024-2025 meetup date: TBD
Courses offered:
- PHIL 1700 – The Unexamined Life: Ultimate Questions
Liaisons: Martin Nikolo, Ph.D., martin.nikolo@slu.edu, and David Wisbey, Ph.D., david.wisbey@slu.edu
2024-2025 PD date: TBD
2024-2025 meetup date: TBD
Courses offered:
- PHYS 1300 – Introduction to Anatomy
- PHYS 1220 – General Physics 1
- PHYS 1235 – General Physics 1 Laboratory
- PHYS 1240 – General Physics 2
- PHYS 1255 – General Physics 2 Laboratory
Liaison: Emmanuel Uwalaka, Ph.D., emmanuel.uwalaka@slu.edu
2024-2025 PD date: TBD
2024-2025 meetup date: TBD
Courses offered:
- POLS 1100 – Introduction to American Government
- POLS 1300 – Introductions to Law
- POLS 1500 – Introduction to Comparative Politics
- POLS 1600 – Introduction to International Politics
- POLS 2100 – The American Constitution
- POLS 2820 – American Foreign Policy
Liaison: Janet Kuebli, Ph.D., janet.kuebli@health.slu.edu
2024-2025 PD date: TBD
2024-2025 meetup date: TBD
Courses offered:
- PSY 1010 – General Psychology
Liaison: Brian Sholl, Ph.D., brian.sholl@slu.edu
2024-2025 PD date: TBD
2024-2025 meetup date: TBD
Courses offered:
- THEO 1600 – God-Talk
- THEO 2110 – Introduction to the Old Testament
- THEO 2210 – Introduction to the New Testament
- THEO 2510 – Christian Ethics
- THEO 2515 – Social Justice
- THEO 2530 – Social Injustice/Social Gospel
- THEO 2610 – The Christian Sacraments
- THEO 2710 – Religions of the World
- THEO 2820 – Religion and Science
- THEO 2900 – Love and the Human Condition
Liaison: Penny Weiss, Ph.D., penny.weiss@slu.edu
2024-2025 PD date: TBD
2024-2025 meetup date: TBD
Courses offered:
- WGST 1900 – Introduction to Women’s and Gender Studies