Kristie J Loescher
Dr. Loescher is a Professor of Instruction in the Management Department of the McCombs School of Business. Her professional and education background includes recognition as a Senior Certified Professional in human resources, as well as a Doctorate in Business Administration from Nova Southeastern University. Prior to her career in academia, she earned a Masters of Public Health from the University of Michigan and worked in the healthcare industry for 15 years in the areas of quality assurance, utilization management, and clinical research. She teaches undergraduate and MBA-level classes in management, human resources, and healthcare systems. She also teaches in the Masters of Science in Health Care Transformation program at Dell Medical School. On the administrative side, Dr. Loescher is the assistant dean for instructional innovation for the McCombs School and the academic director for the McCombs Healthcare Innovation Initiative.
Initiative
Academic Culture in McCombs School of Business
Project goal:
Elevate excellence in the classroom through new strategies to understand, measure, and improve rigor in all courses
Project objectives:
Each class is designed and delivered with the expectation of students learning at high levels
Each student is supported so they can accomplish learning at high levels
Each student demonstrates learning at high levels
Outcome:
Impacts
Teaching as Well Being (UT System)
On April 11, 2024, three Provost's Teaching Fellows presented at the final session of the "Teaching as Wellbeing" mini-conference series, hosted by the UT System Academy of Distinguished Teachers in collaboration with UT System faculty developers. The series served as a monthly think tank about the relationship between teaching, learning, and wellbeing for educators and educational developers across UT system.