University of North Texas 
Leadership
Audhesh K. Paswan, Ph.D.
Dean of CACS, Vice Provost of UNT at Frisco
Professor of Marketing
Shari Childers
Academic Associate Dean
Humanities (Literature)
Dr. Shari Childers is an expert educator with 25+ years of experience helping people
understand their audiences, find their voices, and shape powerful arguments in a variety
of contexts. Her initial research explored the confluence of literature, the environment,
and gender, but over time her passion for innovative teaching shifted her research
focus. She now investigates best practices for supporting and mentoring faculty, for
collaborating across outdated boundaries to improve learner experiences, and for implementing
project-based and high impact teaching practices. She actively seeks pedagogies that
engage, excite, and empower people because she knows that guiding people as they discover
how to think, speak, and advocate for themselves is the best work there is. In 2018,
after 10 years as faculty in the English Department at UNT, she moved to the UNT at
Frisco campus to help establish a new multidisciplinary college, now the College of
Applied and Collaborative Studies, focused on project-based and team-based educational
experiences in collaboration with community and industry partners. Dr. Childers is
one of the lucky few: she loves what she does.
Kara Fulton
Clinical Professor and Department Chair
Program Director, Applied Arts & Sciences
Anthropology (cultural and archaeology)
Dr. Fulton is an archaeologist and cultural anthropologist focusing on community identity
and shared practices in the past and present. She earned her MA and Ph.D. in Applied
Anthropology from the University of South Florida and her BS in Anthropology from
Kent State University. She has been with UNT since Jan. 2019 and is the recipient
of the DSI CLEAR Outstanding Online Teacher & Course Award and the UNT Community Award.
The geographic focus of Dr. Fulton's archaeological research is the Maya Lowlands of Belize. Her current research explores how community identities affected the resilience of Classic Maya populations when faced with environmental, political, and economic change. Dr. Fulton's methodological expertise includes geochemistry, microartifact analysis, and quantitative modeling.
Dr. Fulton’s cultural research focuses on high-impact practices in higher education contexts, including in online and face-to-face courses. She’s also interested in approaches to collaboration, drawing from organizational and design anthropology.
The geographic focus of Dr. Fulton's archaeological research is the Maya Lowlands of Belize. Her current research explores how community identities affected the resilience of Classic Maya populations when faced with environmental, political, and economic change. Dr. Fulton's methodological expertise includes geochemistry, microartifact analysis, and quantitative modeling.
Dr. Fulton’s cultural research focuses on high-impact practices in higher education contexts, including in online and face-to-face courses. She’s also interested in approaches to collaboration, drawing from organizational and design anthropology.