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Instructional Media Lab Consultant

Leah Flax Barber is a Lecturer in the Writing Program at UMass Amherst, teaching first year writing. She holds an MFA in poetry from the UMass Amherst MFA for Poets and Writers. Her teaching interests include media literacy and the intersection of personal and persuasive writing. In January 2023 she received the inaugural Peggy Woods Award for Innovative Teaching from the UMass Amherst Writing Program. As an IIF fellow Leah will present on generative uses of large language models in the writing classroom.

Instructional Media Lab Consultant

Susan Boyer is a Lecturer in the Operations and Information Management Department at the Isenberg School of Management. She teaches courses using a Flex model, combining face-to-face and online learners. Additionally, she is Isenberg’s Director of Instructional Technology where she cultivates and supports technologies and best practices in instructional design for the purpose of improving better learning outcomes for students. As an IIF fellow, she will present on her experiences and approach to using various technologies, such as gifs, to increase student engagement in both in person and

Senior Instructional Designer

Manager of Media Production & Instructional Technology