Our Team : Center for Teaching & Learning : UMass Amherst

Director

Associate Provost and Director of Center for Teaching & Learning

Claire E. Hamilton is the Associate Provost and Director of the Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL). She is also an associate professor in the College of Education.

Teaching Consultant Team

Brian Baldi

Assistant Director and Senior Lecturer

Brian serves as the organizational lead for CTL’s Lilly Fellowship Program for Teaching Excellence, conducts midterm assessments and teaching consultations, co-founded the Contemplative Pedagogy Working Group, and leads various workshops on teaching.

Kirsten Helmer

Director of Programming for Diversity, Inclusion, & Equity, and Senior Lecturer

Kirsten serves as the organizational lead for the TIDE (Teaching for Inclusiveness, Diversity, & Equity) Ambassadors Fellowship and the Manning Prize for Excellence in Teaching; leads workshops, develops resources, and works with departments and colleges on inclusive teaching practices and course design; and conducts midterm assessments and teaching consultations.

Bethany Lisi

Assistant Director and Senior Lecturer

Beth serves as the organizational lead for CTL’s Midterm Assessment Process (MAP), facilitates various CTL workshops and discussions, and consults with faculty on their syllabi, course design, and instructional strategies.

Colleen Kuusinen

Educational Developer and Lecturer

Colleen serves as the organizational lead on the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) programs and the Forward FOCUS (Feedback on Course Understanding and Skills) survey. She conducts midterm course assessments, leads workshops, and consults with faculty on course design and assessment.

Sara Cavallo

Educational Developer and Lecturer

Sara works with the Flexible Learning Fellows program, consults with faculty, and leads workshops and other programming related to teaching and learning.

Katie Ingraham Dixie

Educational Developer and Lecturer

Katie joined the CTL this August to consult with faculty, and lead workshops and other programming related to teaching and learning.

Operational Team

Kathleen De Los Santos

Administrative Assistant

Kathie plans events for CTL and serves as an assistant to the director. In addition, she oversees CTL’s calendar of events and is the administrative point person for the Distinguished Teaching Award, the Manning Prize and the Flex Grant. As the first point of contact with CTL, Kathie provides information about our workshops and programs.

Emeritus

Mary Deane Sorcinelli

Senior Fellow and Professor Emeritus

Mary Deane provides CTL with expert perspective on program development and implementation through her work on Advisory Boards of the Bay View Alliance (BVA), UMass TEval, and UMass ADVANCE National Science Foundation (NSF) grants. She also works with academic institutions seeking effective approaches to faculty and teaching development.

Our Team

Director

Teaching Consultant Team

Operational Team

Emeritus

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