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Aisha Haque
Director
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
Associate Director, Digital Learning
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
Associate Director, Teaching Development
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
Educational Developer, Digital Learning
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
Educational Developer, Digital Learning
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
Educational Developer, TA Programs
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
Educational Developer, Curriculum
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
Educational Developer, Scholarship of Teaching and Learning & Faculty Programs
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
Program Coordinator
Research Interest/Specialization
finance, human resources, administrative operations, faculty programs.
Karen Petrella
Program Coordinator
Telephone: x80346
Email: psimmavo@uwo.ca
Research Interest/Specialization
general inquiries, registrations and deposits, WCUTL certificate, TA programs.
Nassisse Solomon
Educational Developer, International TA Programs
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
Curriculum Librarian, Western Libraries and Curriculum Specialist, CTL
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.