Editorial board

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The Open Educational Resources Unit editorial board helps ensure the quality and integrity of the openly-licensed textbooks and course materials published by Oregon State University. The board’s main purpose is to review all affordable learning grant proposals, assess project feasibility, and make award recommendations. Additionally, the board acts as an advisory body for policy and procedural matters.

Responsibilities

• Meet up to 3 times per year to review affordable learning grant proposals, determine project feasibility, and make funding recommendations.

• Discuss and make recommendations on other OERU grant-related opportunities (such as new policies, grant funding levels and types, etc.)

• Bring new ideas to improve affordable learning at Oregon State University.

Become a board member

Are you an Oregon State faculty member or instructional designer concerned about the increasing cost of textbooks? You can make a meaningful contribution by joining the OERU editorial board. 

For the upcoming cycle, we are seeking:

• 2 OSU faculty members (2-year term)
• 1 Ecampus instructional designer (2-year term)
• 1 OSU faculty member (1-year term)
• 1 Ecampus instructional designer (1-year term)

  Apply  

2024-2026 Board Members 

• Christopher Sanchez, College of Liberal Arts ('23 - '25)
• John Drischell, College of Liberal Arts ('24 - '26)
• Rajat Panwar, College of Forestry ('24 - '26)
• Jeremy Shaw, OSU-Cascades ('24 - '26)
• Raul Garcia, Division of Educational Ventures (’25-’26)

Standing Board Members

• Stefanie Buck, director, Open Educational Resources Unit
• Mark Lane, assistant director, Open Educational Resources Unit
• Shannon Riggs, associate vice provost of academic programs and learning innovation, Ecampus
• Zach Welhouse, OSU Libraries

About the Open Educational Resources Unit

Our mission is to improve student access to affordable course materials by supporting and encouraging faculty to adopt, adapt or author high-quality, open educational resources.

You can read more about this important work throughout our website.