Faculty

Ellie Fitts Fulmer, M.Ed., Ed.D., has worked with urban, suburban, and rural schools and other educational organizations such as science museums. Before coming to Ithaca College, Dr. Fulmer was a post-doctoral fellow at the Da Vinci Science Center, in Allentown, PA, where she managed a large scale multi-year STEM teacher professional development program, funded by the Pennsylvania Department of Education. Dr. Fulmer's dissertation was centered on multicultural, anti-racist teacher education with White teachers.

Currently serving as a Center for Faculty Excellence codirector, holding a dual appointment as an Associate Professor in the Education Department, Dr. Fulmer coordinates and facilitates faculty development opportunities for colleagues across campus.  

Dr. Fulmer’s K-12 teaching experience includes fifth grade in the Allentown School District (Allentown, PA), The Swain School (Allentown, PA), and Worcester Public Schools (Worcester, MA).  Dr. Fulmer has served as a mentor to Teach for America first-year teachers in the School District of Philadelphia, and as a supervisor for student teachers at Moravian College. Dr. Fulmer holds a BA in Communications & Culture, and a M.Ed. in Urban Education & Teacher Research, both from Clark University, and an Ed.D. in Reading/Writing/Literacy from the University of Pennsylvania, Graduate School of Education (PennGSE).

Mondays & Wednesdays 1:00-2:00 PM.

Since 2022, Dr. Fulmer has served as one of three codirectors of the Center for Faculty Excellence, collaborating with this leadership team to offer robust faculty development programming for colleagues across Ithaca College. As Director of Equity-Focused Teaching and Learning, Dr. Fulmer leads, among other initiatives, a collaboration with the Dean for Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging, aiming to address ever-present and ever-changing needs for instructors to discuss difficult classroom topics, especially those related to global events and national politics. 

As a curriculum designer and teacher by training, she coordinates and leads workshops as well as longer-term faculty series, such as the Write Your Journal Article group, the Antiracism Institute, and book discussion groups. Across all types of programming, she aims strive for colleagues to feel respected in their expertise while being challenged to learn alongside an invested peer. Drawing on her academic background in literacy studies, practitioner inquiry, critical teacher education, she strives for a model of faculty development that is iterative and dialogic – one that acknowledges diverse experiences and expertise that faculty bring to their work while providing opportunities for growth, self-examination, and innovation. 

Immediately prior to serving as a CFE codirector, Dr. Fulmer was selected by campus leadership to serve as a Dana fellowship-supported teacher leader piloting an antiracist, equity-focused project for cross-institutional faculty and staff. As a Dana Teaching Fellow, Dr. Fulmer piloted and then helped implement an antiracist-focused Institute between 2019-2022 in the Center for Faculty Excellence. The institute continues under the expert leadership of current Dana Teaching Fellows.