Stephanie Long has over 20 years of professional experience in GIS and Higher Education, a Master of Science in Geography from Texas State, and a GISP certification. Currently, she is the Associate Dean for the Faculty Center for Learning Innovation (FCLI) where she directs a faculty community that champions innovative learning through collaboration, support, engagement, development, and connection. Stephanie works to develop programs of faculty-centered learning opportunities to assist faculty with developing, implementing, and analyzing teaching improvement and innovation techniques. She is also a Professor of GIS at Austin Community College where she develops classroom and online curricula, contributes to departmental strategic initiatives, and values the lifelong learning that comes with being a professor. Stephanie enjoys bringing her varied real-world experience to the classroom to better prepare students for a career in GIS and collaborate with faculty on innovative teaching and learning techniques. During her tenure as the GIS Department Chair, she led a pilot of a Hybrid Flexible (HyFlex) course delivery approach across two departments and two campuses at Austin Community College. ACC defines HyFlex as a face-to-face, synchronous course section that allows students to select whether to attend virtually or in person on any given class day. Both the GIS and GE departments have taught face-to-face classes using this modality since the Fall of 2021. Stephanie delivered dozens of HyFlex workshops to over 150 cross-discipline faculty at ACC. This training was designed as a supportive cohort focused on applying effective practices for implementing the HyFlex course delivery approach, including technology demonstrations. She has since hosted external workshops for college faculty across the nation who are interested in the HyFlex modality. Recently the Geography Department of Texas State University presented Stephanie with the Mary Beth Booth Award for Outstanding Service by an Extramural Educator in recognition of her history in preparing students for success. Stephanie was also spotlighted by Austin Community College for her work developing online GIS courses and was announced as ACC eFaculty of the Year for 2020 and Faculty of the Year in 2025. Stephanie loves spending time with family, paddling, hiking, bird watching, photography, and just about anything outdoors.