Peter Diplock

Associate Vice Provost CETL

peter.diplock@uconn.edu

Peter provides unit-wide leadership for the Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning (CETL), including thought leadership for the University’s online initiatives, teaching and learning initiatives, and online and blended programs.

Kathleen Carnelli

Assistant to Associate Vice Provost CETL

(860) 486-0457
kathleen.carnelli@uconn.edu

Kathleen provides direct administrative support to the Associate Vice Provost, CETL including calendar management, meeting coordination, and managing day to day inquiries and correspondence.

Lauren Schlesselman

Director, Educational Technology & Learning Initiatives

(860) 486-3402
laurens@uconn.edu

Lauren oversees the educational technology department and conducts product reviews to evaluate their role in pedagogy. She leads initiatives, such as CETL grants, aimed at assessing and improving student learning and increasing the scholarship of teaching and learning. Given her background as a pharmacy faculty member, Lauren focuses on advancing STEM learning initiatives and pedagogy.

Gordon Daigle

Media Producer

(860) 486-2472
gordon.daigle@uconn.edu

Gordon works with faculty and staff to produce custom, high-definition media in support of education and instruction, and in support of eCampus supported academic programs.

Daniel Facchinetti

LMS Faculty Development Specialist

(860) 486-5799
daniel.facchinetti@uconn.edu

Dan provides guidance to faculty on learning HuskyCT and using it as a complement to their teaching. He conducts workshops, demonstrations, and individual training sessions for faculty on the use of the learning management system and its application to pedagogy, as well as providing day-to-day LMS support.

Michael Illuzzi

Media Producer

(860) 486-1759
michael.illuzzi@uconn.edu

Mike works with faculty and staff to produce custom, high-definition media in support of education and instruction, and in support of eCampus supported academic programs.

Karen Skudlarek

Educational Technology Specialist

(860) 486-0506
karen.skudlarek@uconn.edu

Karen supports faculty in their use, adoption, and integration of a wide array of educational technologies, including Webex, Kaltura, and Collaborate. She also oversees CETL's involvement with UConn's Lightboard, CETL Hi-Tech Video Recording Rooms, iClicker Student Response System, and the double robot (CETL C-3PO).

Aynsley Diamond

Director of Faculty Outreach and Engagement

(860) 486-5938
aynsley.diamond@uconn.edu

Aynsley supports university-wide efforts to enhance student learning outcomes by partnering with faculty and schools to advance teaching, particularly at regional campuses and in adjuncts and in residence faculty.

Suzanne LaFleur

Director of Faculty Development

(860) 486-7140
suzanne.lafleur@uconn.edu

Suzanne’s focus is Faculty Development. She consults with faculty and teaching assistants on teaching and learning issues, individual courses, mid-semester formative evaluations, SETs, and documentation of teaching. She also develops resources and programs related to teaching and learning.

Martina Rosenberg

Director, Teaching & Learning Assessment

(860) 486-8829
martina.rosenberg@uconn.edu

Martina provides academic units with guidance on instructional effectiveness and inclusive practices through assessment, including SET+ strategies. Through initiatives, workshops, and consultations she is promoting evidence-based pedagogy, scholarly teaching, scholarship in education and professional growth for faculty and graduate students.

Wayne Trembly

Academic Specialist

(860) 486-2686
wayne.trembly@uconn.edu

Wayne spent 50 years teaching everything from 4th grade through graduate courses, along with his career as an actor and community theater director. He assists faculty through observations, consults, and workshops, particularly on using actor's skills in the classroom.

Tina Huey

Associate Director of Faculty Development

(860) 486-2686
tina.huey@uconn.edu

In workshops and one-on-one consultations with faculty, graduate students, and staff, Tina facilitates reflective practice to support continuous development of teaching methods and course design. She is particularly interested in designing activities to enhance student engagement, meta-cognition, and classroom community.

Stacey Valliere

Admin. Assistant for Faculty Development

(860) 486-2686
stacey.valliere@uconn.edu

Stacey provides direct support to the directors of the Faculty Development Program, coordinates FDP meetings as well as teaching seminars, orientations, and receptions.

Desmond McCaffrey

Director, UConn Online

(860) 486-3121
desmond.mccaffrey@uconn.edu

Desmond oversees UConn initiatives related to the design, development, delivery, and ongoing support of quality online courses and programs. He leads the eCampus Instructional Design unit's faculty development and training initiatives and collaborates with University academic and administrative units to align UConn Online and eCampus efforts with UConn's mission, vision, and values.

Cheryl Sellers

Administrative Assistant

(860) 486-2364
cheryl.sellers@uconn.edu

Cheryl provides direct support to eCampus administrators and staff, and administrative support for faculty working with eCampus staff, including coordination of calendars and eCampus meetings. She also maintains online course databases.

David Des Armier

Instructional Designer

(860) 486-1217
david.desarmier@uconn.edu

David works with faculty to design and develop online, blended, and flipped courses. He is currently finishing his PhD in adult and postsecondary education. He conducts research focusing on active learning, student connectedness, and online adult learners. He has extensive experience teaching both face-to-face and online in higher education.

Betsy Guala

Instructional Designer

(860) 486-4497
betsy.guala@uconn.edu

Betsy works with UConn faculty to design and develop student-centered instruction for fully online and blended courses. Betsy has a special interest in accessibility, ADA compliance and Universal Design of Instruction (UDI).

Cathy Healy

Instructional Designer

(860) 486-2580
catherine.healy@uconn.edu

Cathy works with faculty to design and develop high-quality online and hybrid courses for students. In addition, she collaborates with her eCampus colleagues to develop and facilitate faculty development workshops on a variety of topics related to online teaching and learning.

David Morrow

eLearning Developer

(860) 486-5935
david.morrow@uconn.edu

David works with faculty and instructional design staff to develop and implement online and blended courses. He recommends and implements instructional solutions through the use of technology grounded in educational theory and instructional design precepts.

Jennifer Parker

Instructional Designer

(860) 486-5423
jennifer.parker@uconn.edu

Jennifer provides faculty instructional design and technology support for the creation and implementation of online, hybrid, and flipped courses.

Timothy Stubbs

Instructional Designer

(860) 486-4519
timothy.stubbs@uconn.edu

Tim collaborates with faculty members to design and develop online and blended courses.

Eileen Stuyniski

Instructional Designer

(860) 486-4873
eileen.stuyniski@uconn.edu

Eileen uses her pedagogical and technological expertise to collaborate with UConn faculty as they transform their traditional face-to-face courses and programs into high quality online and blended learning experiences.

Zack Goldberg

Instructional Designer

(860) 486-2580
zachary.goldberg@uconn.edu

As an instructional designer with over 15 years of classroom and online teaching and instructional design, Zack collaborates with faculty members to design and develop student-centered online and hybrid/blended courses.

Simon Wang

eLearning Developer

simon.wang@uconn.edu

Simon analyzes, recommends, develops, and supports innovative instructional solutions using educational technology and instructional design principles and practices. He collaborates with Instructional Developers and faculty to create online courses, eLearning content, and other software-based solutions to identified educational needs.

Kelsey Keefe

eLearning Developer

kelsey.keefe@uconn.edu

Kelsey provides instructional development support by analyzing and creating innovative, technology-based, instructional solutions for various educational settings and needs using educational technology and instructional design methods.

John-Andrew Ballantine, PhD

Assistant Director, Faculty Development

(860) 486-2579
john-andrew.ballantine@uconn.edu

Andy is an Associate Professor in Residence in the Department of Geography.  In his role as Assistant Director of Faculty Development, Andy works with other faculty in areas of service learning and innovative educational technologies (e.g. VR for field trips). 

Sarira Motaref, Ph.D., P.E.

Assistant Director, Faculty Development

(860) 486-2731
sarira.motaref@uconn.edu

Sarira is an Assistant Professor in Residence in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering in the School of Engineering. As Assistant Director, she collaborates to enhance teaching and learning effectiveness in engineering courses and the Continuing and Distance Engineering Education program.

Milagros Castillo-Montoya, EdD

Assistant Director, Faculty Development

(860) 486-3250
milagros.castillo-montoya@uconn.edu

Milagros is an Assistant Professor in Educational Leadership.  Milagros' focus is on inclusive teaching in college classrooms, particularly in terms of enhancing the learning experience for racially minoritized students.

John Redden, PhD

Assistant Director, Faculty Development

(860) 486-4708
john.redden@uconn.edu

John is an Assistant Professor in Residence in the department of Physiology and Neurobiology. In his role as Assistant Director of Faculty Development, John works with faculty working to integrate technology into large course formats and those interested in service learning, 

Michael Finiguerra, PhD

Assistant Director, Faculty Development

(860) 405-9082
michael.finiguerra@uconn.edu

Michael is an Assistant Professor in Residence in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology.  Michael helps instructors, with a focus on graduate students, develop better assessment strategies and understand the current undergraduate population.

Jamie Kleinman, PhD

Assistant Director, Faculty Development

(860) 405-9216
jamie.kleinman@uconn.edu

Jamie Kleinman is an assistant professor in residence in Psychology. Her interests include developing hands-on learning activities, multi-media tools, and specifications grading to create a learning environment that promotes curiosity, engagement, and analysis.

Noga Shemer, PhD

Assistant Director, Faculty Development

(860) 486-2137
noga.shemer@uconn.edu

Noga is an Assistant Professor in Residence in Anthropology.  Noga's focus is on issues related to diversity, equity, and inclusion in the classroom.

Xiaochen Liu, PhD

Department of Educational Psychology Research

xiaochen.liu@uconn.edu

Xiaochen is a post-doctoral researcher in the department of Educational Psychology. Collaborating with CETL, she provides consultancy service for managing distance teaching & learning platforms (Blackboard Learn and Zoom) and delivering workshops and guidance for faculties, students, and staff at Schwarzman College at Tsinghua University in Beijing, China. Additionally, she also develops the evaluation of teaching and analyzes data to provide pedagogical advice to improve the effectiveness of teaching.

Erin Ciarimboli

Director, University Advising and Pre-Professional Advising

(860) 486-3832
erin.ciarimboli@uconn.edu

Erin collaborates with faculty and staff across UConn’s campuses to enhance undergraduate advising efforts and support student success through partnerships, data and assessment, professional development, programming, and innovative problem-solving. She also serves as UConn’s Director of Pre-Professional Advising in Enrichment Programs, supporting students and alumni as they pursue medical, dental, and legal careers.

Kelly Gilbert

Program Coordinator University Advising

(860) 486-0463
kelly.gilbert@uconn.edu

Provides administrative and programming support for University Advising, including coordination of Advising activities and initiatives and coordination of VP-designee processes.

Donna Lee Campbell

Enrollment Service Specialist

(860) 486-0184
donna.campbell@uconn.ed

Donna works with program partners to implement Customer Relationship Management (CRM) plans for graduate certificate programs. She works to ensure consistency and transparency in the enrollment inquiry process and supports faculty and staff in promoting student retention and success.

Neal Olderman

Director, State Authorization

(860) 486-0928
neal.olderman@uconn.edu

Neal is responsible for securing state authorization for UConn’s distance learning programs.  He works closely with eCampus staff, Academic Program Directors, Office of General Counsel, Office of the Provost, and various state regulatory and professional licensure boards.

William Page

Marketing Coordinator

(860) 486-0692
william.page@uconn.edu

Bill provides marketing support for academic program partners, including survey research, planning, search engine optimization, customer relationship management, website development, tracking, and analysis.

Susan Schadt

Digital Marketing and Web Strategist

(860) 486-5652
susan.schadt@uconn.edu

Sue is responsible for planning, developing, executing graphic design, web-design, and marketing strategies needed to support the marketing and communication plans of all CETL units and eCampus partner Academic Programs.

William Wan

Data Systems Analyst, Office of Summer and Winter Programs

(860) 486-6179
william.wan@uconn.edu

William works closely with the Office of Summer and Winter programs, overseeing data analysis that informs decision making in relation to scheduling and enrollments, as well as supporting other CETL-wide needs in relation to data analysis, dashboard measures, and reporting.

Jeff Winston

Data Base Systems and Solutions

(860) 486-2801
jeffrey.winston@uconn.edu

Jeff is responsible for the development and maintenance of applications related  to data capturing, sharing, and analysis, in support of faculty and TA training programs and university advising practice.

Amit Savkar

Director, Q Center

(860) 486-3443
amit.savkar@uconn.edu

Amit is the director of the Quantitative Learning Center.  He supervises the educational operations of the Q Center - tutoring, workshops, review sessions, training programs - and provides feedback for academic departments across the university about their quantitative courses based on the visitor data gathered at the Q Center.

Diane Brody

Program Coordinator, Q Center

(860) 486-1961
diane.briody@uconn.edu

Diane coordinates the day-to-day operations of the Q Center. She handles the hiring, supervising and scheduling of the tutoring staff, manages the budget, organizes review sessions, and facilitates training workshops for tutors.

Tom Deans

Director, W Center

(860) 486-9728
tom.deans@uconn.edu

Tom oversees all Writing Center operations and leads workshops for faculty and graduate instructors on how they might more effectively teach writing in the disciplines; he is also a professor in the English Department, where he teaches courses in writing, rhetoric, and literature.

Kathleen Tonry

Associate Director, W Center

(860) 486-9104
kathleen.tonry@uconn.edu

Kathleen leads tutor staff development and training. She is also a professor in the English department, with research interests in medieval literature and Writing Center studies.

Margie Ouimette

Program Assistant, W Center

860-486-4387
margie.ouimette@uconn.edu

Margie manages the daily operations and scheduling in the Writing Center. She also coordinates and maintains the website, manages personnel, payroll, and budget records, and schedules tutor talks.

Testing Center

Gary Wilson

Program Manager, CETL

860-486-2118
gm.wilson@uconn.edu

Gary is responsible for the daily operation of the University’s Testing Center located in Arjona 109 and 115 where more than 10,000 exams are administered each semester. The Testing Center is also an authorized MCAT Testing Facility. 

Brian A. Boecherer

Executive Director, OECP

(860) 486-8828
brian.boecherer@uconn.edu

Brian provides leadership for the Office of Early College Programs (OECP) and is the Director of the Early College Experience (ECE) program. Prior to assuming leadership of OECP, Brian was responsible for program expansion and improvement, technology advancement, and providing on-site outreach to high schools.

Melanie Banks

Program Assistant, Academic Standards

(860) 486-3419
Email: melanie.ochoa@uconn.edu

Melanie Ochoa is the Program Assistant for Academic Standards at the Office of Early College Programs. Melanie is responsible for supporting accreditation standards by the National Alliance of Concurrent Enrollment Partnerships to improve course comparability of the UConn courses offered at the high schools.

Nella Quasnitschka

Associate Director OECP

(860) 486-5581
nella.quasnitschka@uconn.edu

Nella is responsible for developing and strengthening the Early College Experience Program's academic relationships with the more than 170 partner high schools throughout Connecticut.  In addition, she provides leadership for UConn's Pre-College Summer Program.

Todd Blodgett

Program Asst, Registration Coord. OECP

(860) 486-0702
todd.blodgett@uconn.edu

Todd is responsible for coordinating the registration process of ECE courses with partner high schools and facilitates course creation with the Registrar's Office.

Jessica Dunn

Registration Specialist, OECP

(860) 486-4650
jessica.dunn@uconn.edu

Jessica is the Registration Specialist for the Early College Experience Program (ECE). Jessica is responsible for managing the student registration process, and providing program and administrative support to ECE students and faculty.

Stefanie Malinoski

Instructor Certification Coordinator

(860) 486-1045
stefanie.malinoski@uconn.edu

Stefanie is responsible for maintaining program records and ECE professional development workshops. She also manages the instructor certification process.

Carissa Rutkauskas

Program Coordinator for Outreach and Evaluation, OECP

(860) 486-6055
carissa rutkauskas@uconn.edu

Carissa responsibilities include program assessment, evaluation, and research initiatives for OECP; program information and national trends; developing programs at the high school level; and OECP website and marketing coordination.

David Colberg

Faculty Contracts Coordinator, Office of Summer and Winter Programs

(860) 486-4842
david.colberg@uconn.edu

Dave is the Faculty Contracts Coordinator for the office of Summer and Winter Programs. His responsibilities include working with Human Resources to process Special Payroll Authorization requests, the distribution of offer letters to instructors and payroll. Dave also supports day-to-day operations of the program.

Kelly Racine

Business Manager, Office of Summer
and Winter Programs

(860) 486-1967
kelly.racine@uconn.edu

Kelly serves as liaison for student and business services with Regional Campuses, Schools and Colleges, and University central offices.  She supports operational and financial areas, oversees faculty payroll, and assists departments in planning and scheduling offerings.

Jack Greenwood Jr.

Program Assistant

(860) 486-3122
jack.greenwood_jr@

Jack assists with daily business and programmatic operations in the Office of Summer and Winter Programs.  His responsibilities include the coordination of Summer & Winter communications, assistance with marketing campaigns, maintenance of all Summer & Winter website content, as well as assisting the office with research and data analytic projects.

Julia Yakovich

Director, Service Learning Initiatives

(860) 486-4531

julia.yakovich@uconn.edu

Julia directs service learning and engagement initiatives. Julia ensures efficient and effective incorporation of service learning curricular strategies between university and partner stakeholders for mutually beneficial and sustainable relationships.

Ruth Kustoff

Director, Office of Continuing and Professional Education

(860) 486-2681

ruth.kustoff@uconn.edu

Ruth oversees noncredit professional development of UConn’s closed enrollment and MOOC programs. She leads the Office of Continuing and Professional Education, providing centralized support to existing continuing education and professional development programs, as well as developing new noncredit programs that include online short courses, webinars, podcasts, and upskilling and reskilling offerings to meet business’ workforce development needs.