Catherine is responsible for promoting educational development through improved teaching practice. CETL serves thousands of instructors each year. In 2019, the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC) commended the center as a “national model for faculty development”. Catherine has directed CETL since 2011. Catherine is a late-career librarian and was formerly a public relations executive. She received her bachelor’s degree from Boston University and a Masters in Library and Information Science from the University of Washington. She is tenured at the level of full professor at the university library, where she coordinates information curriculum. She is very familiar with the relevant set of standards governing the field of information and communication technology (ICT) literacy, and highly experienced in the education and/or instruction of persons in this field. She served on the international cut score panel that set standards for the Educational Testing Service’s (ETS) iCritical Thinking, the first commercial assessment of information literacy. Her current scholarship focuses on the role that self-awareness plays in development of faculty teaching identity, including self-regulation (SRL) of faculty as expert learners. In 2015, Professor Haras was named a Distinguished Teaching and Learning Advisor with the American Council on Education (ACE) and edited an […]
Rick has 30 years of experience developing teams and writing proposals to federal, private, and corporate foundations as well as international funding sources. He has helped hundreds of faculty become competitive. Rick has significantly contributed to over $100M in external awards across a broad range of funding agencies: NSF, NIH, DoD, Department of Energy, Department of Education, State Department, Department of Health and Human Services, as well as state, private, and international funding sources. Rick has been a leader in global research while at Texas A&M University, University of North Texas, and Mississippi State University. He previously served as an East Asia program manager at the Office of International Science and Engineering at the National Science Foundation. He has also served as PI and Co-PI on NSF, Department of Education, State Department, as well as private funding. Rick’s experience includes designing and delivering workshops on how to be successful in competing for grants and contracts, what makes for a successful international research or development proposal, understanding the review process, and determining how to assess declined proposals. He has directly helped hundreds of faculty be successful with proposals to federal agencies, private foundations, and foreign funders, through strategies for fundraising, international […]
Melody serves as the Provost and Vice President for Academic and Student Affairs at Wesleyan College in Macon, Georgia. Wesleyan is the first college in the world chartered to grant degrees to women. Melody has spent her career empowering women to succeed, and her work at Wesleyan is a natural fit for her passion for helping women find and use their voice. As Provost, she oversees all academic and student affairs areas of the college and is responsible for strategic planning, development of new programs, and leading a world class faculty in educating women. Prior to serving Wesleyan, Melody worked as a Professor of Psychology and Provost at Mount Mercy University in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. She also served for three years as Vice President of Mission Services at Goodwill of the Heartland, where she led a team successfully through a disruptive change. A native of California, Melody earned her Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of California, Los Angeles, and her Master of Arts and Ph.D. in social psychology from Claremont Graduate University. Her research areas of interest include assessment of academic programs, change management, and women’s friendships.
David is the Associate Director in the Academic and Student Affairs office, where he leads the Harris Writing Program. In his role, he works with faculty to develop and evaluate writing-focused assignments, assists students in improving their writing skills, and trains and manages the Writing Program Teaching Assistants, among other duties. Prior to joining Harris, David worked at the U.S. Government Accountability Office, first as a Senior Communications Specialist and then as a Strategic Planning and Foresight Analyst. For nearly nine years, he taught public policy writing, consulted with researchers on the design and execution of governmental audits and evaluations, facilitated message development exercises, and wrote and edited reports and testimonies for the U.S. Congress. For six years, he also taught public policy writing at Johns Hopkins University, and in 2017, he wrote Public Policy Writing That Matters, a handbook for anyone passionate about using writing to effect real and lasting policy changes. David graduated from the University of Chicago’s MA Program in the Social Sciences in 2010, and he finished his undergraduate degree at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, where he studied history, social science, and studio art.
Indigo teaches and supervises graduate clinicians in the interdisciplinary Impact Practice Center. She specializes in pediatric speech and language disorders and is an ASHA-certified Speech Language Pathologist. She also holds a Massachusetts state license in addition to holding an initial teaching license in Massachusetts for Speech Language Pathology. Indigo’s experience includes school-based speech, language, and literacy intervention. She is particularly interested in providing culturally proficient care to diverse children and families. In addition to developing curriculum and guest lecturing about Anti-Oppressive Intervention in various Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders courses, Indigo teaches in CD761 and CD762: CSD Clinical Practicum (Spoken and Written Communication Disorders) and CD 828: Teaching Language and Literacy to English Language Learners. Indigo is an alumna of the MGH Institute Master of Science in Speech-Language Pathology program.
As the Director for Annual Giving, Thomas leads the Annual Philanthropy Team in coordinating all central UW direct mail, digital media, and phone campaigns with a goal to maximize retention and acquisition of broad base support for the university. His team also serves as a resource for university units who wish to solicit their donors and non-donors on a large scale through targeted campaigns throughout the year. As a UW Tacoma graduate, Thomas takes pride in being able to be part of the important work associated with helping provide UW students, faculty, and staff with the vital resources needed for academic success. His work encompasses a wide range of special projects, university initiatives, and unit-based campaigns that directly impact the goals of UW’s campuses and the university as a whole. His team is in a constant state of innovation and he is excited to implement new tactics and technology to better serve donors and alumni communities.
Janzell’s long career at the University of Utah started with ten years in student affairs before she started managing the College of Nursing’s alumni relations over five years ago. Through these years, Janzell has directed the launch of a renewed Alumni Weekend, including a Half Century Society; Distinguished and Young Alumni Awards; and an annual spring gala, Honors for Nursing, which she and her team said goodbye to while celebrating its 25th anniversary last year. With her roots in student affairs, Janzell strives to ensure current students have a great experience in their programs in hopes that they will continue to be engaged alumni. She was born and raised in Hawaii, received her bachelor’s degree in business, moved to Utah, received her master’s in public administration and enjoys singing and performing around town. As a part Hawaiian, Chinese, Korean, and Norwegian woman, she proudly proclaims her multi-racial identities and is invested in Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion work. Though she does not seem old enough, she has been married for more than 18 years and adores her two “mediums” (as she calls them), while finding the right balance as a working mom. She says the best part of her job is […]
Beverly joined the Duke Alumni Association in February 2016 as the organization’s first senior director of strategic business analytics. In her four years in this inaugural role, she has been instrumental in establishing internal data governance structure that manages and monitors the quality and usability of alumni engagement data. In addition, she is working across the university to establish a common language around alumni engagement data, developing reporting and data visualization of alumni engagement data for various stakeholders, developing and implemented new coding structure to track alumni engagement data for advance analytics, and implementing Net Promotor Score (NPS) system for event tracking. She comes to DAA with more than 20 years of experience in business intelligence and analytics. Beverly holds a B.A. in business administration from NC Central University, and a M.A. in strategic communications and leadership from Seton Hall University.
Christina is an Associate Professor of Communication at Austin Peay State University, as well as a state-certified Service Learning trainer and member of the Service Learning Advisory Board for her university. Her film, Making the Connection: the Service Learning Revolution, received eight awards for excellence and design following its August 2014 release. Christina’s current projects include an online Service Learning course at APSU, and research on empathy-building activities for students. She has presented at the Tennessee Conference on Volunteerism and Service Learning, the International Association for Research on Service Learning and Community Engagement, the International Symposium on Service Learning, the Alliance Management Institute’s Nonprofit Leadership Alliance conference, the International Organization for Social Science and Behavioral Research, and her chapter, “Think Globally, Act Virtually” was included in the 2018 book, Community Engagement: Principles, Strategies, and Practices by Robert Kronick (Ed.).
Chelsea provides leadership development to faculty and staff at Columbus State University and outside Leadership Institute clients. She is a National Certified Counselor, Mindset Qualified in FourSight, and holds several self-assessment tool certifications, including MBTI, FIRO-B and RightPath. Chelsea has been affiliated with Columbus State University for the last 8 years. She enrolled in the prestigious counseling graduate school program in 2012, specifically looking to work with a variety of both clients and students. Upon her graduation in 2014, she immediately began working at the Academic Center of Excellence as an Academic Advisor, establishing new programs for every major for which she was responsible. She also established several campus-wide initiatives to help students better understand the necessary coursework for their specific educational paths. Prior to coming to CSU, Chelsea was a stalwart student athlete at Southeastern Louisiana University. Playing basketball and maintaining a constant presence on the Dean’s List, she carved out a name for herself both academically and athletically. When she’s not working, she can be found volunteering in the community, specifically with United Way and the Junior League of Columbus. She is a member of the Greater Columbus Georgia Chamber of Commerce’s Leadership Columbus Class of 2020.
