The Teaching & Learning Liaison role is key to creating a collaborative culture of teaching excellence across L&S. Liaisons are experienced faculty or instructional academic staff members designated by each academic unit in the College.
Responsibilities of the Teaching & Learning Liaison:
- Serve as the primary contact for teaching excellence efforts, sharing updates about College-wide initiatives, resources, and opportunities within their department.
- Represent their department by providing feedback and insights to help the College better support teaching excellence.
- Participate in occasional gatherings with other liaisons to exchange ideas, collaborate, and build a community focused on teaching excellence.
- Assist with unit-level teaching excellence action planning.
The role is adaptable to the unique structures and needs of each department. For some, it may align naturally with an existing position, such as the Director of Undergraduate Studies. For others, it may serve as a manageable service opportunity for an instructional academic staff member or early-career faculty member.
Departments may appoint one or more Teaching & Learning Liaisons based on their needs. In cases where multiple liaisons are appointed, it is essential that they work together as a team to ensure a cohesive and unified approach to teaching excellence.
References & Resources
David Baum
Credentials: Liaison, Botany
Position title: Professor
Derek Bean
Credentials: Liaison, Statistics
Position title: Teaching Faculty I
Anthony Black
Credentials: Liaison, African American Studies
Position title: Assistant Teaching Professor
Ed Boswell
Credentials: Liaison, Planning and Landscape Architecture
Position title: Teaching Faculty
William Brockliss
Credentials: Liaison, Classical and Ancient Near Eastern Studies
Position title: Professor
Gudrun Bühnemann
Credentials: Liaison, Asian Languages and Cultures
Position title: Professor
Duncan Carlsmith
Credentials: Liaison, Physics
Position title: Professor
Tej Chajed
Credentials: Liaison, Computer Sciences
Position title: Assistant Professor
Kathryn Ciancia
Credentials: Liaison, History
Position title: Director of Undergraduate Studies
Ellen Damschen
Credentials: Liaison, Integrative Biology
Position title: Professor
Pam Doolittle
Credentials: Liaison, Chemistry
Position title: Undergraduate Program Director
Misha Finney
Credentials: Liaison, Communication Sciences and Disorders
Position title: Teaching Faculty I
Martha Fischer
Credentials: Liaison, Mead Witter School of Music
Position title: Associate Director & Director of Undergraduate Studies
Carrie Francis
Credentials: Liaison, Physics
Position title: Dir Of Intro & Service Courses
Amy Gangl
Credentials: Liaison, Political Science
Position title: Director of Undergraduate Studies, Teaching Faculty
Nazan Gillie
Credentials: Liaison, Integrative Biology
Position title: Academic Program Director
Joel Gruley
Credentials: Liaison, Geography
Position title: Academic Advisor
Matt Hitchman
Credentials: Liaison, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences
Position title: Professor, Chair of AOS Curriculum Committee and Assessment Committee
Evelyn Howell
Credentials: Liaison, Planning & Landscape Architecture
Position title: Professor
Jonathan Jibson
Credentials: Liaison, SuccessWorks
Position title: Career Education Instructor
Jenell Johnson
Credentials: Liaison, Communication Arts
Position title: Professor, Academic Program Director
Melanie Jones
Credentials: Liaison, Psychology
Position title: Undergraduate Program Director
Richard Keyser
Credentials: Liaison, Legal Studies
Position title: Senior Lecturer
Anna Kowalkowski
Credentials: Liaison, BioCore Curriculum
Position title: Teaching Faculty
Steven Kulig
Credentials: Liaison, La Follette School of Public Affairs
Position title: Associate Director
Rachel Kuo
Credentials: Liaison, Gender & Women's Studies
Position title: Assistant Professor of Gender and Women’s Studies and Asian American Studies
Nathan Larson
Credentials: Liaison, Planning & Landscape Architecture
Position title: Teaching Faculty II, Outreach Program Manager
Michael Light
Credentials: Liaison, Chican@ & Latin@ Studies
Position title: Professor
Melissa Lindsey
Credentials: Liaison, Mathematics
Position title: Teaching Professor
Lyn Macgregor
Credentials: Liaison, Sociology
Position title: Academic Advisor & Director of Undergraduate Studies
Nancy Marshall
Credentials: Liaison, Art History
Position title: Professor, Chair of Art History's Curriculum Committee
Jana Martin
Credentials: Liaison, Language Institute
Position title: Associate Director
Farid Masrour
Credentials: Liaison, Philosophy
Position title: Professor
Nicholas McConnell
Credentials: Liaison, Astronomy
Position title: Teaching Faculty I
Maria Moreno
Credentials: Liaison, Planning & Landscape Architecture
Position title: Teaching Faculty III
William Morgan
Credentials: Liaison, Spanish & Portuguese
Position title: Director of the Spanish Language Program
Dianna Murphy
Credentials: Liaison, Language Institute
Position title: Director
Erika Petrie
Credentials: Liaison, Anthropology
Position title: Graduate Program Manager
Kristin Phillips-Court
Credentials: Liaison, French & Italian
Position title: Associate Professor
Dan Quint
Credentials: Liaison, Economics
Position title: Associate Professor
Karyn Riddle
Credentials: Liaison, Journalism & Mass Communication
Position title: Professor
Susan B. Ridgely
Credentials: Liaison, Religious Studies
Position title: Department Chair, Professor
Jeanne Schueller
Credentials: Liaison, German, Nordic, and Slavic+
Position title: Director of Undergraduate Studies
Rebecca Shields
Credentials: Liaison, Language Sciences Program
Position title: Instructional Administrator
Amanda Shubert
Credentials: Liaison, English
Position title: Teaching Faculty
Ellen Smith
Credentials: Liaison, School of Social Work
Position title: Clinical Professor
Nina Valeo Cooke
Credentials: Liaison, Gender & Women's Studies
Position title: Academic Program Director
Gwen Walker
Credentials: Liaison, Mossed/Weinstein Center for Jewish Studies
Position title: Associate Director
Denise Wiyaka
Credentials: Liaison, American Indian & Indigenous Studies
Position title: Director
Andy Zimmer
Credentials: Liaison, Mathematics
Position title: Director of Undergraduate Studies, Associate Professor
Previous Academic Years
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Academic Year 2024-2025
- David Baum, Professor of Botany
- Jeff Beneker, Professor of Classical and Ancient Near Eastern Studies
- Anthony Black, Undergraduate Advisor of African American Studies
- Ed Boswell, Teaching Faculty of Planning & Landscape Architecture
- Gudrun Buhnemann, Professor of Asian Languages and Cultures
- Duncan Carlsmith, Professor of Physics
- Tej Chajed, Assistant Professor of Computer Sciences
- Kathryn Ciancia, Director of Undergraduate Studies for History
- Nina Valeo Cooke, Academic Program Director of Gender and Women’s Studies
- Ellen Damschen, Professor of Integrative Biology
- Pam Doolittle, Undergraduate Program Director of Chemistry
- Misha Finney, Teaching Faculty of Communication Sciences and Disorders
- Martha Fischer, Associate Director and Director of Undergraduate Studies for Mead Witter School of Music
- Carrie Francis, Director of Intro & Services Courses for Physics
- Amy Gangl, Teaching Faculty of Political Science
- Nazan Gillie, Academic Program Director of Integrative Biology
- Joel Gruley, Academic Advisor of Geography
- Matt Hitchman, Professor of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences
- Evelyn Howell, Professor of Planning & Landscape Architecture
- Jonathan Jibson, Career Education Instructor of SuccessWorks
- Jenell Johnson, Professor and Academic Program Director of Communication Arts
- Melanie Jones, Undergraduate Program Director of Psychology
- Richard Keyser, Lecturer of the Center for Law, Society, and Justice
- Anna Kowalkowski, Teaching Faculty of BioCore
- Steven Kulig, Associate Director of La Follette School of Public Affairs
- Rachel Kuo, Assistant Professor of Gender and Women’s Studies and Asian American Studies
- Nathan Larson, Teaching Faculty and Outreach Program Manager of Planning & Landscape Architecture
- Michael Light, Professor of Chicanx/e & Latinx/e Studies
- Lyn Macgregor, Academic Advisory and Director of Undergraduate Studies for Sociology
- Nancy Marshall, Professor of Art History
- Farid Masrour, Professor of Philosophy
- Nicholas McConnell, Teaching Faculty of Astronomy
- Maria Moreno, Teaching Faculty of Planning & Landscape Architecture
- William Morgan, Director of the Spanish Language Program
- Dianna Murphy, Director of the Language Institute
- Erika Petrie, Graduate Program Manager of Anthropology
- Kristin Phillips-Court, Associate Professor of French & Italian
- Dan Quint, Associate Professor of Economics
- Karyn Riddle, Professor of Journalism and Mass Communication
- Susan B. Ridgely, Department Chair and Professor of Religious Studies
- Jeanne Schueller, Director of Undergraduate Studies for German, Nordic, and Slavic+
- Rebecca Shields, Instructional Administrator of the Language Sciences Program
- Amanda Shubert, Teaching Faculty for English
- Ellen Smith, Clinical Professor for the Sandra Rosenbaum School of Social Work
- Gwen Walker, Associate Director of the Center for Jewish Studies
- Denise Wiyaka, Director of American Indian and Indigenous Studies
- Andy Zimmer, Director of Undergraduate Studies for Mathematics