Educational Excellence directory

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Cassandra Rosado

Cassandra Rosado

LAS Dean’s Fellow for Educational Excellence | Senior Lecturer, Assistant Director, ESL, Linguistics

Headshot of Zahra Meshkani

Zahra Meshkani

LAS Education & Societal Impact Research Assistant | PhD Student, Comparative & World Literature



LAS Educational Excellence Mentors

The LAS Educational Excellence Mentors are experienced LAS faculty and instructional staff who support the goals of our unit, including mentorship in the New LAS Faculty Teaching Program and hosting teaching-related events.

Amy Clay

Amy Clay

Teaching Associate Professor, Director of French Basic Language | French & Italian | Focus areas: Instructional design; teaching community; inclusive teaching

Julie Deeke

Julie Deeke

Teaching Associate Professor | Statistics | Focus area: TA training

Avital Livny

Avital Livny

Associate Professor | Political Science | Focus area: Undergraduate research

Christian Ray

Christian Ray

Teaching Associate Professor | Chemistry | Focus areas: Large lecture classes; student engagement; fostering student community

Jonathan Tomkin

Jonathan Tomkin

Associate Director | School of Earth Society and Environment | Focus areas: Evidence-based instruction; AI and instruction

Raechel Portelli

Raechel Portelli

Teaching Assistant Professor | Geography and Geographic Information Science | Focus areas: Online, Asynchronous Design, Creativity