Donna Crystal Llewellyn received her BA (major in Mathematics and minor in Economics) with High Honors from Swarthmore College in 1980. She went on to earn an MS in Operations Research from Stanford University in 1981 and a Ph.D. in Operations Research from Cornell University in 1984. Donna then studied in Bonn, West Germany with a National Science Foundation Mathematical Sciences Postdoctoral Fellowship while on leave from a tenure track position in the School of Industrial and Systems Engineering at Georgia Institute of Technology. From 1994 to 1999, Donna served as an Associate Chair of ISyE. In July 1999, Donna became the Director of CETL.

Donna's current interests center around education issues in general, and on increasing the participation of women and minorities in engineering and science in particular. She is the past Chair of the Women in Engineering Division of the American Society of Engineering Education, the past President of the Women in OR/MS Forum of INFORMS, and past director-at-large of INFORMS. She is the general chair of the INFORMS 2003 National Conference.

Donna Crystal Llewellyn

Director

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After 20 years of providing leadership on teaching and learning issues at the University of Minnesota, Joyce Weinsheimer relocated to Atlanta in 2005 and joined the CETL staff as Assistant Director for Faculty Development. Her areas of special interest include teaching for learning, developing programming that enhances teaching throughout a lifespan (whether it be for early career, mid career, or senior faculty), and initiating partnerships that bring together people with different backgrounds and strengths to address teaching and learning issues. In addition, Joyce enjoys working with international faculty who teach American students in study abroad programs.

Joyce earned her B.S. at the State University of New York College at Buffalo with an emphasis in English and her Ed.D in Higher Education with a second field in Educational Psychology at Texas Tech University. After directing learning centers at both Texas Tech University and the University of Minnesota, Joyce helped create the Center for Teaching and Learning Services at the University of Minnesota and served as its director for nine years. Joyce has published several books and articles on promoting student success, collaborated with faculty from several higher education institutions to develop interactive on-line workshops for both TAs and faculty, and published articles on faculty development.

Joyce Eaton Weinsheimer

Associate Director for Faculty Development

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Clay first became captivated by the role of technology in both communities and education while working as a volunteer in educational development in rural South Africa.  There amidst schools without libraries, and communities historically walled off from the world, he discovered the power of the Web for leapfrogging a generation of infrastructure and lack of informational resources.

Upon returning to the States in 1999 he moved to Boston to enter a master's program in philosophy at Boston University, and he parlayed his experience doing computer modeling in gamma ray astronomy (he holds an M.S. in Astrophysics from I.S.U.) to acquire a job in the IT department - initially just for the tuition remission while he pursued his own studies. But a professional philosophical interest was once again eclipsed by a fascination with the computer as both a social tool and a medium for learning and collaboration. Late in 2003 he became the Associate Director for Academic Computing for Boston University's School of Management, and then spearheaded BU's entry into the Sakai partnership (http://sakaiproject.org) in early 2004. Since then he has been a vocal and active member of the Sakai community at a number of levels, and was named one of the inaugural Sakai fellows in May of 2006, then elected to the Board of Directors of Sakai in December of 2006.  Throughout, his keenest interest has been in the meaningful support of collaboration with technology, and the community source model of shared development for higher ed.

Clay Fenlason

Director, Educational Technology

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Dr. Tris Utschig is the Senior Academic Professional for the Scholarship and Assessment of Teaching and Learning. He is available to consult with faculty regarding the design and assessment of innovative educational research projects, grants and initiatives on campus. He enjoys interacting with faculty from many disciplines and helping people build community as they develop skills and knowledge related to the scholarship and assessment of teaching and learning. Tris will also take the lead in managing the campus course/instructor opinion survey beginning in the spring of 2007.

Tris’ research focuses on assessment from the classroom level to the program and institutional level. He has published and presented work on teaching diversity, using technology in the classroom, and faculty development related to instructional design, assessment, and peer coaching.

Tris joined CETL in September 2006 after directing the pre-engineering program at Lewis-Clark State College for six years where he taught freshman and sophomore engineering and physics courses as an Associate Professor of Engineering Physics. Prior to joining the faculty at Lewis-Clark State College, Tris earned his PhD in Nuclear Engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. His technical expertise involves the analysis of thermal systems for fusion applications.

Tris Utschig

Scholarship and Assessment of Teaching and Learning

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Chaohua Ou received her BA and MA in English Education from Guangxi Normal University in China , where she had a six-year teaching experience in higher education. She worked closely with faculty in designing and developing online courses while she was working for her Ed.D in Instructional Technology at Texas Tech University . She joined CETL in 2005 and she currently works with faculty regarding issues of instructional design and effective use of instructional technology. Her areas of interest include web-based instruction, distance education, multimedia learning, and computer-assisted instruction.

Chaohua Ou

Assoc. Academic Professional of Instructional Technology

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Stephen began working in distance education at Georgia State University in 1997, the first of four institutions in the University System of Georgia he has served always working closely with faculty who incorporate technology in the classroom, both traditional and virtual. He also worked for WebCT, Inc., as a Master Trainer and has co-authored several books on WebCT-CE and Vista. . He joined Ask Dr. C in 2000. Stephen joined Georgia Tech's Center for Enhancement of Teaching and Learning in November of 2006. Stephen will be working with other members of CETL to migrate the Georgia Tech faculty from Georgia Tech’s WebWork and Blackboard’s CE 4.1 (formerly WebCT) to the open-source Sakai Collaboration and Learning Environment. Stephen is pursuing a Masters in Technical Communication with a specialization in Instructional Design from Southern Polytechnic State University.

Stephen Rehberg

Associate Academic Professional and Instructional Technology Support

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Karen Head has been a writing consultant in both the academic and corporate sectors for several years. While working on her doctoral degree at Nebraska, Karen served in a number of writing program administrative positions, including a year as the Writing Center Coordinator. One aspect of her scholarly research focuses on writing and communication theory and pedagogical practice, especially in areas such as the implementation and development of writing centers, writing program administration, and multidisciplinary writing. She has served as a guest writing-lecturer for courses in a number of fields including Music, Art History, Biochemistry, Genetics, Engineering, Architecture, and Agricultural Sciences, and she has been a visiting scholar at the Universität Dortmund, in Germany. At Georgia Tech she teaches the graduate-level Academic Writing Course designed to help students complete proposals, theses, and dissertations, and conducts workshops on a variety of communication topics designed for graduate students across the campus.

Karen also does research on contemporary American poetry, and is a creative writer. She is the author of two books of poetry, Shadow Boxes (All Nations Press, 2003) and Sassing (WordTech Editions, forthcoming). At Georgia Tech she has begun to explore the connections between traditional text-based poetry and digitally-enhanced poetry, an exploration that involves her in a number of projects being conducted in the Wesley Center for New Media.

Karen received her BA (major in English and minor in Writing) summa cum laude from Oglethorpe University in 1998, her MA in English from the University of Tennessee in 2000, and her Ph.D. in English from the University of Nebraska in 2004. Karen came to Georgia Tech in 2004 as a Marion L. Brittain Postdoctoral Fellow in the School of Literature, Communication, and Culture, an appointment she held for one year before being named Writing Program Coordinator. LCC named her the Special Advisor to the Writing and Communication Program when, in the fall of 2007, she joined CETL as the Graduate Communication Coordinator.

karen Head

Graduate Communications Coordinator

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Beth Bullock Spencer divides her time between serving as the STEP program coordinator and the Pre-Teaching Advisor. She advises all students interested in learning more about pursuing careers in GK-12 teaching. As the STEP (Student Teacher Enhancement Partnership) coordinator, Beth works with Tech students and the Atlanta-area high schools with which they are partnered. Prior to joining CETL in the Fall of 2007, she administered Tech’s Biomedical Engineering graduate program. She has also worked at Georgia State University and the University of Illinois as an undergraduate academic advisor, as an admissions counselor at UGA, and has coordinated graduate programs at UGA and in Emory’s School of Medicine.

Beth has an AB in History from the University of Georgia. To pursue her interest in British history, she moved to the northwest of England to complete an MA in Modern Social History at Lancaster University. After working in several different areas of higher education, Beth decided to study something work-related, and completed the M.Ed. program in Adult Education at UGA, focusing on the history and philosophy of adult education, learner motivation, and transformational learning theory. A life-long learner, Beth is currently pursuing her Ph.D. in History at Georgia State University, concentrating on the history of women, public health, and colonialism in South Asia and southern Africa.

Beth Spencer

Pre-Teaching and STEP Program Coordinator

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Carl Hall

Research Engineer

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Stuart Freeman received his BS in Computer Science from Valdosta State University in 2004. After graduation, Stuart spent two and a half years as a system administrator for The University of Georgia. His interests include free and open source software, digital liberties issues, and technology's relationship to cultural transformation.

Stuart Freeman

System Analyst

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Clint received his Bachelor's Degree in English Literature from Eckerd College in 1975, and his Master's Degree in Human Resources and Organizational Development from the University of San Francisco in 1989. Previous work experience includes eleven years in the Personnel Services Department at the University of San Francisco (1979 to 1990) and four years as the Administrative Secretary in OIT/Educational Technologies at Georgia Tech (1995 to 1999). Clint joined the CETL staff in October 1999. In addition to coordinating a wide range of administrative functions, Clint designs and edits CETL's Newsletter, THE CLASSROOM.

Clint Lyle

Administrative Manager

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Felicia A. Turner

Administrative Assistant II

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