About Your 4D Peer Mentor
2024 List of First Year Seminars (FSEMs) and 4D Peer Mentors & Transfer Groups
| Course | CRN | Professor | 4D Peer Mentor (s) |
| Charting Your Path: College as an Authentic Learning Journey | 4908 | Adamo, Paula | Sydney Hertel |
| Your World Today: Current Affairs in Context | 3657 | Archer, Kevin | Kendall Welborn |
| The Trouble with Gender | 3647 | Beaudoin, Luc | Skylar Abookire |
| With and Without Nature | 3691 | Benz, Brad | Juliana Ramirez |
| Probability & Games - Fat Chance | 4909 | Botelho-Andrade, Sara | Henry Walen |
| The American Road Trip | 3693 | Brakefield, Russell | Dylan Baer |
| Investigating the Natural World Through Documentary Film | 4910 | Brown, Joseph | Sydney Chossek |
| Using our BRAINS: An Interdisciplinary Study of Zombies in Popular Culture | 4911 | Campbell, Jennifer | Reese Harkleroad |
| Disability in Fiction | 4914 | Castagnino, Angelo | Jacob Courant & Elizabeth Allen |
| The Right to Health in Theory and Practice | 4915 | Cerón Valdes, Alejandro | Kai Arye |
| Intersectionality: Retheorizing oppression, rethinking coalition | 4916 | Chandrashekar, Santhosh | Teagan Weindel |
| Fracturing Fairy Tales: Moving Beyond a Simple Story | 3694 | Chapman-Ludwig, April | Aviana Reyes & Aven McCall |
| Critical Grace Theory or The Art of Happiness | 4917 | Chevillot, Frederique | Ella Richardson |
| Contemporary Queer Fiction and Nonfiction | 3644 | Cottrell, Patrick | Sofia England |
| Poetry and the Public | 3710 | Daniels, David | Mikolaj Kowal |
| Mexican American History and Culture | 3653 | Escobedo, Elizabeth | Alex Gonzalez |
| Latinx Futurism(s), SciFi, and Interactive Fictions | 3643 | Fajardo, Rafael | Alondra Montes Mendoza |
| Physics of Smartphone Sensors | 3673 | Fan, Xin | Ruby Paschoal |
| The Heart of Mathematics | 3666 | Flaherty, Kelly | Anika Navarro |
| Digital Platforms and Society: A Sociological Inquiry | 4919 | Garrick, Jessica | Soledad Rodriguez |
| The Art and Science of Healing and Wellness | 3631 | Gieseker, Karen | Grace Strandberg & Charli Carr |
| Memory: Self/Public/Community | 3702 | Gilmor, Robert | Piper Heilbronner |
| Metropolitan Denver: Growth and Change in the Mile-High City | 3648 | Goetz, Andrew | Gus Emerson |
| Youth Cultures: Inequalities, Resistance, and Empowerment | 4920 | Gordon, Hava | Juliet Sanders Cargill |
| The Political Development of the Western United States | 4921 | Greenberger, Michael | Anna Respet |
| Environmental Change and Human Health | 3649 | Hazen, Helen | Peyton Eisenach |
| The Soundtrack of a Revolution | 3659 | Holland, Roger | Yaki Glenn |
| Shakespeare’s Americas | 3645 | Howard, William | Michael Cheuvront |
| The Once and Future Short Story | 3706 | Howard, Joanna | Joey Uyemura |
| Physics for Future Presidents | 3671 | Iona, Steve | Ella Kerrigan |
| Religion and Hip-Hop Culture | 3709 | Jeffries, Jason | Victoria Arias |
| [Im]migrant Stories: Theirs and Ours | 4922 | Keff, Lydia | Alexandra Choudhury |
| Trash & (Zero) Waste in a Disposable World | 3695 | Kelly, Megan | Jacob Russell |
| Im(possible) Worlds: The Fantastic Short Story in the Américas | 4925 | Krögel, Alison | Ella Trowhill |
| A Friendly Introduction to Number Theory | 3665 | Le, Anh | Jack Courtney |
| Down the Rabbit Hole: Critical Theory Through Literature & Film | 4929 | Leahy, Chad | Haley Morrow Trombley |
| Media, Power & Sexualization | 3668 | Liberman, Rachel | Sofia Carmosino |
| Great Discoveries in the Life Sciences | 4930 | Linseman, Daniel | Nalani Washington |
| Exploring Latinx Immigrants through Culture | 4931 | Macias, Sergio | Avery Wright |
| Personal Histories of Photography | 3680 | MacInnes, Roddy | Faith Wedlock |
| Design Your DU | 3696 | Martin, Heather | Tiffany Mai |
| The Human Condition: A Survey Course on the Expression of Human Emotion through the Arts | 5413 | Martin, Joseph | Hannah Giardina |
| All We Have is Each Other: Challenging Narratives of Criminalization, Punishment, and Safety | 3703 | Middleton, Logan | Mallory Cawood |
| Reading, Writing, Translating: A Triptych | 3646 | Missaghi, Poupeh | Sarah Goldberg |
| Highlights of Islamic Art and Architecture | 4934 | Moor, Bilha | Reina Ortiz |
| From DNA to Diversity -and Beyond! | 3629 | Morris, Julie | Jagger Livengood |
| Ancient Tragedies in Modern Life | 3669 | Nathan, Marco | Diana Avelar-Viezca |
| Buddhist Meditation: Traditional and Modern Contexts | 3678 | Nourse, Benjamin | Ameya Kartha |
| Principle-based Leadership for Business | 3640 | Novak, Kathleen | Amalia Matetic |
| Modern Classics of World Literature | 5030 | Nwosu, Maik | Sarah Hutchings |
| Language and Identity | 4936 | Owusu-Ansah, Alfred | Lizeth Chavez Bernal |
| Who Do You Think You Are?: Performing Characters in Film and Literature | 3690 | Penner, Anne | Ryan Bouchard |
| Interfaith Civics | 4937 | Pessin, Sarah | Jonah Perlman |
| History of Colorado | 3654 | Philpott, William | Addison Baker |
| True Crime Media: Journalism, Justice, or Just Entertainment | 3697 | Picard, LP | Kendra Maitland |
| Biotechnology and Me | 3630 | Qin, Yan | Owen Charles |
| American Dream and Asian American Experience | 4938 | Qiu, Ping | Kyla O'Leary |
| Tabletop Games: Define & Design | 3698 | Riche, David | Elizabeth Grist |
| Paying Attention to Attention | 3677 | Rossi, Christy | Amelia Shankle |
| Discussing Israel in the United States: Historical and Contemporary Issues | 5004 | Sciarcon, Jonathan | Max Jacoby & Kate Courtney |
| STEM Out – Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math Outreach | 3672 | Siemens, Mark | Lucy Rand |
| Language Politics | 3699 | Sowa, Angela | Madeleine Dierking |
| Reading Maps: Literature, Culture, and Cartography | 3700 | Stacks, Geoffrey | Courtney Cassidy |
| Who Gets to Speak?: Democracy and Discourse in the Modern Public Square | 5031 | Sundaram, Dheepa | Noura Ali Abid |
| The Great Transition: Co-envisioning a just, sustainable, and desirable future | 4940 | Sutton, Paul | Ellie Willemsen |
| Women's Work | 3650 | Trafton, Tamara | Elle Klein & Lexi Hill |
| Communication & Adoption | 4940 | Suter, Elizabeth | Hannah Rosenberg |
| Geography & Genealogy | 3651 | Trigoso Rubio, Erika | Samantha Thomas |
| Exploring The Environment Of Higher Education | 3652 | Tyson, Michele | Caleb Smith |
| Ciphers from ancient to modern times | 3663 | Vojtechovsky, Petr | Freyia Tennebo |
| Playing Beyond the Box: Board Game Creation | 3628 | Waddington, Bethany | Lily Pound & Natalie Crowley |
| Coming of Age: A Personal and Literary Journey | 3689 | Walter, Susan | Olivia McDaniel |
| Art, Symbols, and Visual Literacy | 4943 | Wang, Chinn | Robin Bell |
| The Search for Life in the Universe | 3670 | Weber, Tristan | Cassy Doherty |
| Mountains of the Mind | 3662 | Wilms, Wilfried | Aidan Cullen |
| Food Politics | 4944 | Wolflink, Alena | Mariah Barrett |
| An Introduction to Mathematical Modeling | 3664 | Yin, Mei | Michael Goldstein |
| Transfer Students who do not have an FSEM meet in Community Commons 1700 for Transfer Student Orientation | New Student & Family Programs Staff | Luke Hawkins Michela Schenk Faith Wagner Daniel Meekin Maren Lynch Gabe Sullivan Gowri Simha Shannon Cline |
In addition to a faculty mentor, all new DU students are paired with a 4D Peer Mentor, a current DU student who specializes in supporting new student college transition through mentorship and fostering a sense of belonging and community during your first year.
Your 4D Peer Mentor along with other DU staff and faculty will aid in your college experience to advance your intellectual growth, pursue a career and life of purpose, promote well-being, and explore your character – the 4D Experience.
Your 4D Peer Mentor will help you to:
- Learn about student expectations and responsibilities of becoming a DU community member
- Explore & access resources and opportunities that support student's academic, social, and wellness goals
- Develop skills centered on self-awareness and engagement with the diverse identities, perspectives, & experiences of others
- Foster a sense of belonging and connection to the DU and the greater Denver community
- Have fun while sharing your love for DU!
You will be introduced to your 4D Peer Mentor virtually and then in person at Discoveries Orientation. 4D Peer Mentors support Discoveries Orientation, FSEM courses, First Ascent experience and first-year programming.
Stay tuned to hear more from them in late August! In the meantime, if you need assistance with your transition to the University of Denver, please reach out to New Student & Family Programs, at discoveries@du.edu or 303-871-6080.