About the CTE
The Center for Teaching Excellence is a community where we:
- Build long-term and short-term communities for faculty growth and inquiry (e.g., FLCs, workshops/seminars);
- Cultivate innovative teaching through projects, grants, and awards (e.g., grants, Knox award);
- Bring to Miami the best of the scholarship of teaching and learning (e.g., Lilly Conference on College Teaching, Journal on Excellence in College Teaching);
- Support departments and programs in their work to assess their effectiveness as educators in their discipline; and
- Work with other programs to enhance and celebrate teaching and learning at Miami.
Meet the Staff
Gregg Wentzell
Alex Luczaj
Alicia Miller
2023-24 Faculty Associates
Kevin Bush, Educational Psychology
bushkr@miamioh.edu
Dennis Cheatham, Art
dennis.cheatham@miamioh.edu
Debbie Coleman, Marketing
colemadm@miamioh.edu
Kathy Ehlert, Mechanical & Manufacturing Engineering
ehlertk@miamioh.edu
Meredith Erb, Chemistry and Biochemistry
clinem@miamioh.edu
Chelsea Green, Finance
greencc4@miamioh.edu
Elizabeth Hoover, Music
hooverea@miamioh.edu
Janice Kinghorn, Economics
kinghornj@miamioh.edu
Irena Kola, American Culture & English Program
kolai@miamioh.edu
Ann MacKenzie, Teaching, Curriculum & Educational Inquiry
mackenah@miamioh.edu
Claire McLeod, Geology and Environmental Earth Science
mcleodcl@miamioh.edu
Jeff Wanko, Teaching, Curriculum & Educational Inquiry
wankojj@miamioh.edu
Peter Wessels, Psychology
wesselpm@miamioh.edu
Anne Whitesell, Political Science
a-whitesell@miamioh.edu
CTE Committee
This subcommittee of the University Senate serves as the advisory committee to the Center and selects CTE grant recipients and the winners of the Knox and CTE Teaching Excellence Awards.
Chair
Claire McLeod (GLG), mcleodcl@MiamiOH.edu
Senate Liaison
Kevin Bush (EDP), bushkr@MiamiOH.edu
Faculty and Staff
- Term ends August 2024
- Britt Cole (NSG), burlilbs@MiamiOH.edu
- Kevin Bush (EDP), bushkr@MiamiOH.edu
- Claire McLeod (GLG), mcleodcl@MiamiOH.edu
- Term ends August 2025
- Hakam Alomari (CSE), alomarhw@MiamiOH.edu
- Sarah Watt (EDP), wattsj@MiamiOH.edu
- Term ends August 2026
- Rebecca Crews (MKT), crewsra@miamioh.edu
- Daniele Fioretti (ITL), fioretd@miamioh.edu
Graduate Student
- Nikki Rose Lescano (GSA), lescannr@miamioh.edu
Undergraduate Students
- TBD (ASG)
- TBD (ASG)
Ex Officio Nonvoting Members
Ellen Yezierski, Director, Center for Teaching Excellence, yeziere@MiamiOH.edu
Bonnie Erwin, Associate Director Online Learning, erwinb@MiamiOH.edu
Department Liaisons
A CTE Department Liaison is someone who is knowledgeable about the CTE, usually a senior faculty member. They receive the CTE newsletter and a communication (twice a month) and disseminate CTE information that suits their departments. We are grateful to our CTE Liaisons and appreciate their helping the CTE to fulfill its mission to promote teaching excellence!
| Department | Liaison |
|---|---|
| Accountancy | Sydney Shu |
| American Culture and English Program | Irena Kola |
| Anthropology | Mark Peterson |
| Architecture and Interior Design | Mary Ben Bonham |
| Art | Dennis Cheatham |
| Biology | Tracy Haynes |
| Chemical, Paper, and Biomedical Engineering | Steve Keller |
| Chemistry and Biochemistry |
Meredith Erb - Fall 2023 Ellen Yezierski - Spring 2024 |
| Commerce | Tom Mays |
| Comparative Religion | Liz Wilson |
| Computer and Information Technology | Eric Luczaj |
| Computer Science and Software Engineering | Karen Davis |
| Economics | Janice Kinghorn |
| Education and Society | Dee Kinney |
| Educational Leadership | Joel Malin |
| Educational Psychology | Darrel Davis |
| Electrical and Computer Engineering | Peter Jamieson |
| Emerging Technology in Business and Design | Vanessa Cannon |
| Engineering Technology | Abrisham Baf Reza |
| English | Erin Edwards |
| Entrepreneurship | Michael Conger |
| Family Science and Social Work | Kate Kuvalanka |
| Finance | Terry Nixon |
| French, Italian, and Classical Studies | Daniele Fioretti |
| Geography | Mary Henry |
| Geology and Environmental Earth Science | Claire McLeod |
| German, Russian, Asian, and Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures | John Jeep |
| Global and Intercultural Studies | Walt Vanderbush |
| History | Lindsay Schakenback Regele |
| Humanities and Creative Arts | Cecilia Suhr |
| Information Systems and Analytics | Jeffrey Merhout |
| Interdisciplinary and Communication Studies | Michele Buchberger |
| Justice and Community Studies | Theresa Conover |
| Kinesiology and Health | Paul Branscum |
| Languages, Literature, and Writing | Leah Henson |
| Marketing | Debbie Coleman |
| Mathematical and Physical Sciences | Tammie Gerke |
| Mathematics | Olga Brezhneva |
| Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering | Mark Sidebottom |
| Media, Journalism, and Film | Annie-Laurie Blair |
| Microbiology | Rachael Morgan-Kiss |
| Music | Elizabeth Hoover |
| Nursing | Britt Cole |
| Philosophy | Gaile Pohlhaus |
| Physics | Carol Fabby |
| Political Science | Monica Schneider |
| Psychology | Brooke Spangler Cropenbaker |
| Social and Behavioral Sciences | Barbara Oswald |
| Sociology and Gerontology | Jennifer Kinney |
| Spanish and Portuguese | Jose Dominguez-Burdalo |
| Speech Pathology and Audiology | Amber Franklin |
| Sport Leadership and Management | Adam Beissel |
| Statistics | Lisa Werwinski |
| Theatre | Marly Wooster |
Center for Teaching Excellence
317 Laws Hall
551 E. High Street
Oxford, OH 45056
