Meet the Team

Aisha Haque

Aisha Haque

Director

Telephone: x84621

Email: ahaque23@uwo.ca

Office: 200L

Research Interest/Specialization

international education, intercultural teaching competence, anti-racist and decolonial pedagogies, TA development, anti-racist and decolonial pedagogies and course design, teaching international students, mentoring new faculty, teaching awards, educational leadership.

Cortney Hanna-Benson

Cortney Hanna-Benson

Associate Director, Digital Learning

Telephone: x84612

Email: channa27@uwo.ca

Office: 200G

Research Interest/Specialization

online and blended teaching, student engagement, accessibility, students-as-partners in course design, student transitions to university, data-informed course design, accessible course design.

Mandy Penney

Mandy Penney

Associate Director, Teaching Development

Telephone: x84624

Email: ageorg8@uwo.ca

Office: 200D

Research Interest/Specialization

accessibility, disability justice, communities of practice and care, critical digital pedagogies, justice-oriented teaching and learning, alternative assessments, graduate TA reflection, growth, and leadership, TA programs, graduate supervision, alternative assessments, accessible teaching, digital literacies, designing multimodal assessments, communities of practice and care.

Brandon Dickson

Brandon Dickson

Educational Developer, Digital Learning

Telephone: x85252

Email: bdickso9@uwo.ca

Office: 200F

Research Interest/Specialization

open educational resources, Universal design for learning, Technology enhanced classrooms, Digital pedagogies, Authentic assessment, Active learning, Technology enhanced classrooms, eLearning tools, Generative AI in education, Backwards design, Multimodality and multiliteracy.

Dani Dilkes

Dani Dilkes

Educational Developer, Digital Learning

Email: ddilkes2@uwo.ca

Office: 200E

Research Interest/Specialization

accessibility, critical digital pedagogy, design justice, inclusive teaching practices, emerging practices in higher education, ethics of care, learning communities, open pedagogy, radical imagination, speculative methodologies, Universal Design for Learning, inclusive pedagogy, accessibility, alternative assessment, teaching and learning in digital spaces, course design, generative AI in education.

Jennifer Foley

Jennifer Foley

Educational Developer, TA Programs

Telephone: x84651

Email: jfoley26@uwo.ca

Office: 200C

Research Interest/Specialization

critical pedagogies, outcomes based education, curricular and co-curricular mapping, AI in Higher Education, scholarship of teaching and learning, information literacy, TA training and programs, graduate student teaching dossiers.

Victoria Kerr

Victoria Kerr

Educational Developer, Curriculum

Telephone: x81218

Email: vkerr3@uwo.ca

Office: 200J

Research Interest/Specialization

interdisciplinary and experiential learning, curriculum innovation and course design, student engagement, learning communities and collaborative education, student leadership, scholarship of teaching and learning (SoTL), experiential learning.

Ken Meadows

Ken Meadows

Educational Developer, Scholarship of Teaching and Learning & Faculty Programs

Telephone: x81301

Email: kmeadow2@uwo.ca

Office: 200H

Research Interest/Specialization

scholarship of educational development, institutional teaching cultures , the impacts of GenAI on trust in relationships within the post-secondary context, research on teaching and learning, assessment, faculty development, teaching dossiers.

Lisa Ouellette

Lisa Ouellette

Program Coordinator

Telephone: x84622

Email: louelle7@uwo.ca

Office: 200K

Research Interest/Specialization

finance, human resources, administrative operations, faculty programs.

Karen Petrella

Karen Petrella

Program Coordinator

Telephone: x80346

Email: psimmavo@uwo.ca

Research Interest/Specialization

general inquiries, registrations and deposits, WCUTL certificate, TA programs.

Nassisse Solomon

Nassisse Solomon

Educational Developer, International TA Programs

Telephone: x86876

Email: nsolomo4@uwo.ca

Office: 200B

Research Interest/Specialization

equity, Diversity, and Inclusion in Education, Community Engaged Learning, Migration and Ethnic Relations, and Canada-Africa Relations, TA training and programs (International), graduate student teaching dossiers, teaching in the humanities.

Affiliated Scholars

Heather Campbell

Heather Campbell

Curriculum Librarian, Western Libraries and Curriculum Specialist, CTL

Telephone: x87289

Email: heather.campbell@uwo.ca

Office: TL 60B

Research Interest/Specialization

teacher identity, scholarship of teaching and learning, feminist pedagogy, curriculum decolonization, library instruction and information literacy, curriculum development and continuous improvement, IQAP, curriculum decolonization, scholarship of teaching and learning (SoTL) and literature searching.