As a result of a national search, Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs James Holloway announces finalists for the executive director of the UNM Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL), who will visit campus starting March 26.
The executive director will lead a center that manages and directs a wide variety of initiatives, such as specialized support for undergraduate and graduate students, tutoring, peer-learning facilitators, and a variety of workshops and training for instructors. CTL is one of only a handful of such centers in the country to be designated as a Learning Center of Excellence by the National College Learning Center Association.
All sessions will be held in the Center for Teaching and Learning Building, Room 110, and will follow the same schedule each of the three days. Presentations (open to all) will be held from 9:45-10:45 a.m.; faculty open forums will be from 11-11:45 a.m.; and staff open forums will be 1-1:45 p.m.
The finalists are:
Linda Adler-Kassner, associate vice chancellor of teaching and learning; faculty director of the Center for Innovative Teaching, Research and Learning, and professor of writing studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara. Her work has largely focused on “successful learning,” such as how it is defined, measured, and how it can be made more visible, equitable and inclusive. In addition to her research, she has been a writing teacher for more than 30 years.
Campus visit date: March 26
Erin Shortlidge, an associate professor of biology and biology education and the interim vice provost for student success at Portland State University. She established the Shortlidge Biology Education Research Group to focus on how science is taught, and has taught a range of both small and large courses, as well as various course-based undergraduate research experiences. Shortlidge leads an active research group that utilizes both qualitative and quantitative research methods to understand best practices in teaching and learning science.
Campus Visit Date: March 28
Nicholas Monk, director of the Center for Transformative Teaching at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. His 15-year career in higher education leadership has focused on initiatives that advance teaching excellence, inclusive learning, and leading transformative initiatives that impact students and faculty. As director of the Center for Transformative Teaching since 2019, he developed a comprehensive faculty development grants program for innovative teaching projects. Previously, he was director and deputy director at the Institute for Advanced Teaching and Learning at the University of Warwick.
Campus visit date: April 2
Additional information about the position and candidates can be found on the Executive Search website.
Isaacson, Miller is coordinating the search. The UNM search committee was comprised of:
- Caleb Richardson, search chair and associate professor/associate chair in the Department of History
- Diana Habel-Rodriguez, senior lecturer III in the Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology
- Sang M. Han, professor in the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering
- Pil Kang, associate professor in the Organization, Information and Learning Sciences program
- Jennifer Chamberlin Payne, student success specialist at the Undergraduate Research, Arts and Design Network
- Julia So, associate vice president of equity and inclusion, UNM Valencia.
For more information, visit Executive Searches.
