Degrees and Certifications

Biography

Linda Jiménez has over 25 years of teaching experience in higher education and has earned several certifications and badges to demonstrate skills and strive for continuous improvement to remain relevant. She has managed numerous departmental and college-wide projects while promoting a diverse and inclusive team culture. Leading program improvements to obtain accreditations and endorsements for three academic programs, she has been instrumental in significantly improving the efficiency of student-centered processes. These processes included implementing systems to leverage resources and strategies that address the diverse needs of students and adult learner populations.

Her service involvements include Latinx Faculty and Staff Association Executive Board member and Academic Policy and Research Officer, a Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Council representative from the College of Education, Wayne Academic Union Teaching Faculty Committee Executive Board member, and the Office of Teaching and Learning's Teaching Circle on Representation, Equity, Accessibility, and Justice. As the former Chair of the College of Education's Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, Accessibility and Justice Committee, she served as the Interim Director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. Her civic involvements have included serving as a Trustee for the Henry Ford Health System Community Care board and the first Hispanic board member appointed by Governor Jennifer Granholm to serve on the Governor’s Council on Physical Fitness and the Michigan Fitness Foundation.

In 2005, she founded her corporation and was the President/CEO of VIDA Enterprise, Inc., a business consulting and coaching company. As a bilingual serial entrepreneur, she served as an executive team member and principal within other companies to assist with strategic planning and business development. As a former federal grant reviewer for the U.S. Department of Education, she has extensive experience facilitating creative partnerships between large institutions to secure capital and federal funding. Linda was a DTX Launch business coach with TechTown Detroit, helping clients from start-ups to acquisitions. In 1997, she founded Get Active Detroit, a 501(c)(3) organization as an affiliate of the Michigan Governor's Council on Physical Fitness, Health and Sports. In 1999, she founded a second 501(c)(3) organization, Detroit After-School All-Stars, as the Detroit chapter of Arnold Schwarzenegger's Youth Foundation. She secured over three million in funding through grants, sponsorships, and fundraising events during her tenure as executive director of these organizations.
 

Research Interests

• Universal Design for Learning (UDL)
• Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI)
• Inclusive Design Pedagogy and Language
• Multimedia Web Accessibility
• Strategic Alignment in Higher Education

Awards

• Recipient, Global Learning Academy Fellowship, WSU Office for International Programs, 2023
• Recipient, Quality Matters Certified Peer Reviewer Faculty Award, WSU Office for Teaching and Learning, 2020
• Selected as “Favorite Professor” by student-athletes and recognized at WSU Athletics Annual Academic Recognition Luncheon: 2011, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2020
• Recipient, Learning Community Coordinator of the Year, WSU Office of the Provost, 2016-2017
• Recipient, Learning Community of the Year, WSU Office of the Provost, 2015-2016, 2016-2017
• Featured on the College of Education’s “Because of You” video on significant teacher impact on a student, 2016
• Recipient, WSU College of Education Faculty Service Award for Accomplishments, 2013-2014
• Recipient, The President’s Award, Michigan Fitness Foundation, 2009

Community Engagement Activities

• Universal Design for Learning (UDL)
• Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Council
• Latinx Faculty and Staff Association
• Wayne Academic Union (WAU) Teaching Faculty Committee
• Universal Design for Learning in Higher Education
• StartupWind 

Presentations

• Lindner, A. E., Jiménez, L., & Varty, N. L. G. (2024, March 1). The Antiracist Language and Literacy Practices research team: Conducting studies, developing pedagogies [Webinar]. Wayne State University, Detroit, MI.
• Jiménez, L. (2023, February 3). Inclusive design pedagogy [Webinar]. Wayne State University, Detroit, MI.
• Jiménez, L. (2022, July 15). Dimensions of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion [Webinar]. Wayne State University, Detroit, MI.
• Jankens, A. & Jiménez, L. (2022, April 8). Exploring students’ and instructors’ attitudes about antiracist language and literacy practices [Webinar]. Wayne State University, Detroit, MI.
• Jones, N. (2022, February 25). Black feminism, coalitional learning, and taking action in writing programs [Jiménez, L., webinar co-facilitator]. Wayne State University, Detroit, MI.
• Jiménez, L. (2021, May 6). Instructional design for public health educational material. Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI.
• Jiménez, L. (2020, November 2-7). An exploration of strategic alignment in higher education [Conference session]. Association for Educational Communications and Technology Virtual International Convention, United States.

Publications

• Jankens, A., Walker, C., Jiménez., L., Krupansky, M., Lindner, A. E., Mixon, A., & Varty, N. L. G. (2023, December 6). A dual mission: Antiracist writing instruction and instructor attitudes about student language. Across the Disciplines, 20(1/2), 56-88. | Impact factor: not available | Link
• Varty, N. L. G., Jankens, A., Jiménez., L., Lindner, A., & Krupansky, M. (2023). Building sustainable antiracist coalition: Developing a research team for studying diverse language and literacy practices at the university. Language Arts Journal of Michigan, 38(1), Article 9. | Impact factor: not available | Link
• Ahmed, S., Safdar, M., Morton, C., Soave, N., Patel, R., Castillo, K., Lalande, S., Jiménez, L., Mateika, J. H., & Wessells, R. (2020). Effect of virtual reality-simulated exercise on sympathovagal balance. PLOS ONE, 15(7), e0235792. Citations: 7 | Impact factor: 3.24 | Link
• Engels, H. J., Gretebeck, R. J., Gretebeck, K. A., & Jiménez, L. (2005). Promoting healthful diets and exercise: Efficacy of a 12-week after-school program in urban African Americans. Journal of the American Dietetic Association, 105(3), 455-459. Citations: 96 | Impact factor: 3.92 | Link
• Engels, H. J., Gretebeck, R. J., Jiménez, L., Herbert, H., Gretebeck, K. A. (2004). Effects of a fitness and healthy nutrition promotion after-school program in urban African Americans. Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise, 36(5), S145. Impact factor: 5.41 | Link
• Jiménez, L., Engels, H. J., & Wirth, J. C. (2003). Effects of a fitness and healthy nutrition promotion after-school program in urban African Americans. Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise, 35(5), S155. Impact factor: 5.41 | Link

Courses taught by Linda Jimenez

Winter Term 2025 (future)

• KIN3540 - Cultural Foundations of Kinesiology

Fall Term 2024 (current)

• KIN3540 - Cultural Foundations of Kinesiology

Spring-Summer Term 2023

• LDT4915 - Capstone in Learning Design and Technology
• LDT6135 - Technology Applications in School Administration

Winter Term 2023

• LDT3145 - Interactive Course Design

Fall Term 2022

• LDT4915 - Capstone in Learning Design and Technology

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