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 he staff of the CFT
are actively involved in teaching, research and service at the
University of Massachusetts Amherst. They also contribute to
the field of higher education outside the University through
publications, presentations, service on educational
committees, and memberships in professional organizations.
Each of these activities assists in making visible the work of
the CFT, both within and outside the University.
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Dr. Matt Ouellett is Director of the Center for Teaching, University of Massachusetts Amherst, where he works closely with graduate students, faculty, department chairs, and deans across the disciplines on teacher development and assessment issues in the diverse classroom. He is also the President of the Professional and Organizational Development Network (POD) in Higher Education (2006-2009) and is past president of the New England Faculty Development Consortium (NEFDC). He serves as a summer lecturer on social work at the Smith College School of Social Work, teaching graduate courses on the implications of racism on clinical social work practices in the United States, and as a lecturer at the University of Massachusetts Amherst School of Education, where he regularly teaches EDUC 595K: Introduction to College Teaching. In addition, he presents faculty development workshops related to diversity issues both nationally and internationally.
Dr. Ouellett’s research interests and publications focus on multicultural organization development in education settings and social justice and equity issues for teachers. He is the editor of the volume Teaching Inclusively: Resources for Course, Department and Institutional Change in Higher Education (2005). Most recently, Dr. Ouellett has been the recipient of research support from the Ford Foundation, Annie E. Casey Foundation, and the Richard Nathan Trusts through the Institute for Gay and Lesbian Studies, Amherst, Massachusetts.
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Mei-Yau Shih is Associate Director at the Center for Teaching, University of Massachusetts Amherst. She is responsible for identifying, developing, and overseeing campus-wide teaching technology services through the Center for Teaching. She works with faculty, from one-on-one consultation to workshops, for pedagogical innovation and teaching technology integration. She directs the TEACHnology® Fellowship Program to support senior faculty apply the capacities of technology to teaching and learning. She also sits on campus and system advisory and governance councils that set practices and policies for effective use of instructional technology.
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Dr. Nancy E. Polk recently moved to Amherst from Blacksburg, Virginia to join the Center for Teaching staff. She was assistant director of the Center for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching at Virginia Tech. Nancy also has a 22 year history with North Carolina State University—a period in which she worked on student and faculty support in distance education, academic policy and advising matters, in the Provost's Office, and curricular and faculty development initiatives, through the College of Physical and Mathematical Sciences. She left NCSU to pursue doctoral studies in Higher Education Leadership at Florida State University. Her research at FSU contributed to the development of the Post Master's Certificate Program in Institutional Research at five major research universities. It also led to her teaching fellowship at The University of Georgia to teach graduate-level courses in counseling and program planning and assessment.
Nancy is very excited to be here and looks forward to pursuing her interests in faculty and institutional development. She also looks forward to becoming an integral part of the University of Massachusetts and neighboring communities.
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Dr. Karin Moyano Camihort,
Instructional Technology Specialist
Phone: 545.1225
E-mail: Click
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Dr. Karin Moyano Camihort is the new Instructional Technologist
Specialist at the Center for Teaching (CFT), University of Massachusetts
Amherst. She joins the CFT fall, 2008. As the educational Technologist
at Springfield College Karin spent three years supporting faculty,
providing instructional technology education via the weekly Educational
Technology Workshops series, establishing the Faculty Resource Center
(FRC), a state of the art work place for faculty equipped with
high-performance computers and coordinating on-going support to the
Library, Media Services, the Registrar's and Information Technology
Services' Offices.
Dr. Moyano Camihort's research interests and publications focus on the
assessment and integration of technology into educational teaching
environments. She has presented at many national conferences and most
recently was the keynote speaker at the US Fish and Wildlife Services'
Web Council Conference, Possibilities: Web 2.0 and beyond.
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Ms. Diane Burns,
Program Coordinator/ Business Manager
Phone: 545.5142
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Program Coordinator/
Business Manager Diane Burns is responsible for the
administration of the Center's budget. In addition to
handling all financial affairs, she coordinates the
management of all Center programs and grants.
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Mrs. Eileen Galvin,
Administrative Assistant
Phone: 545.1225
E-mail: Click here
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