Meet the Team

Aisha Haque

Director (on leave)

Research Interests: international education, intercultural teaching competence, anti-racist and decolonial pedagogies, TA development

Contact about: anti-racist and decolonial pedagogies and course design, teaching international students, mentoring new faculty, teaching awards, educational leadership

Melanie-Anne Atkins

Associate Director, TA Programs
Acting Director

Research Interests: engaging students with traditionally marginalized identities in the academy, mental health literacy, holistic graduate student development, peer mentorship and education, anti-oppressive practices in education; co-designing experiential learning and assessment opportunities with students

Contact about: graduate supervision, peer mentorship, students as partners in teaching and learning, mentally healthy classrooms, supporting students living with mental illness

Sarah Awadh

Educational Developer, ITA Programs

Research Interests: intercultural classroom communication and management, learner centered teaching, language learner identity, language teacher education, multidisciplinary learner engagement, classroom equity, diversity and inclusion.

Contact about: intercultural classroom communication and management, engaging international learners, alternative course design and assessment methods

Muneer Huda

eLearning and Curriculum Specialist

Research Interests: instructional design, blended learning curriculum design, LMS administration and analytics

Contact about: synchronous online teaching, course design, blended learning activities

Beth Hundey

eLearning and Curriculum Specialist (on secondment)

Research Interests: science communication training, curriculum mapping, blended curriculum design, teaching in natural sciences and geography

Contact about: curriculum mapping, online teaching, collaborative learning

Sanja Ivanov

Educational Developer, ITA Programs (on leave)

Research Interests: intercultural communication in the classroom, interdisciplinary teaching and learning, family-friendly higher education, community-engaged teaching.

Contact about: intercultural teaching competence, course design, teaching international (graduate) students, internationalizing the curriculum.

Ken Meadows

Educational Developer, Scholarship of Teaching and Learning & Faculty Programs

Research Interests: scholarship of educational development, teaching culture, positive faculty and student development

Contact about: research on teaching and learning, assessment, faculty development

Lisa Ouellette

Program Coordinator

Contact about: finance, human resources, administrative operations, faculty programs

Chris Ryan

eLearning and Curriculum Specialist

Research Interests: online, blended and HyFlex curriculum design, resource production, student inclusion

Contact about: synchronous/asynchronous online teaching, course design, active learning activities and assessment strategies