WGU Academic Engagement Webinars New Thinking on the Art and Science of Teaching and Learning

Erinn Nicley is a Western Governors University political science faculty member since 2014. He previously held adjunct instructor positions in political geography, international relations, and sociology at Ohio State University, University of Illinois, Miami University, Ohio Wesleyan University, and Columbus State Community College. Erinn earned his Ph.D. in geography from the University of Illinois with a focus on post-conflict reconstruction, peacebuilding, and the construction of political space. He won the 2017 WGU Leadership Award and the 2008 University of Illinois Fred W. Foster Award for Teaching Excellence. Erinn formerly was a Foreign Service Officer with the US Department of State.  

Barry Sharpe is a Course Instructor (General Education/Political Science) at Western Governors University. He has also served as a faculty member and administrator at several public universities and liberal arts colleges. Barry is the author of Modesty and Arrogance in Judgment: Hannah Arendt’s Eichmann in Jerusalem, as well as articles on political theory, applied ethics, and pedagogy. He has a Ph.D. in political science from the University of South Carolina and a J.D. from the University of Texas-Austin.