Gwendoline Ayuninjam

Dr. Gwendoline Ayuninjam earned a BA (honors) in English with a minor in theatre art from the University of Yaounde I, Cameroon; an M.Ed. in English education from Ecole Normale Supérieure, University of Yaounde I, Cameroon; and a Ph.D. in higher education with an emphasis on the sociocultural study of higher education from the Department of Educational Policy Studies and Evaluation, University of Kentucky, where she was the first Holmes Scholar. She has also held North Carolina and Kentucky teaching licenses in English and English as a second language.

Ayuninjam is a professor of curriculum and instruction and teaches primarily educational foundations courses. She also provides field supervision to teacher certification program candidates as needed. Her background is in secondary English, English as a second language, educational foundations, and field and clinical experiences. Prior to coming to GGC, she directed the Office of Field and Clinical Experiences at Winston Salem State University and Western Carolina University respectively. She also coordinated the Teacher Education Model Programs project at the University of Kentucky, and taught at Kentucky State University and the Washington International School respectively.

• Ayuninjam, G. Howse, T. & Curry-Savage, J. (April 2023). Using learner logs to enhance metacognition in two teacher education courses. International Journal of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences. Vol. 4: No. 2.
• Onodipe, G., Robbins, M., Ayuninjam, G., Howse, T., Cottrell-Yongye, A., & Curry-Savage, J. (2020). Growth of pedagogical practice in an active multidisciplinary FLC on flipped learning. International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning. Vol. 14: No. 2, Article 2.

Presentations

• Howse, T., & Ayuninjam, G. Leveraging partnerships to deliver academic support through virtual coaching sessions. Our Professional Journeys: Navigating Roles, Research, Relationships, and Responsibilities. Association of Teacher Educators Annual Conference, Jacksonville, FL, March 25-29, 2023.
• Howse, T., & Ayuninjam, G. Student accountability: Reflections of the flipped classroom experience in teacher education. Association of Teacher Educators Annual Conference, Atlanta, GA, February 18, 2019.
• Ayuninjam, G., & Howse, T. Using Learner logs to enhance metacognition, self-assessment, self-regulated learning, and reflective practices in two flipped teacher education courses. Association of Teacher Educators Annual Conference, Atlanta, GA, February 18, 2019.