Author Biographies

Chelsea McNeely

Southeast Missouri State University

Dr. Chelsea McNeely is Director of Southeast Online and Early College Programs at Southeast Missouri State University. Her research interests are in supporting faculty in delivering flexible learning...

Sarah Dietrich

Southeast Missouri State University

Dr. Sarah Dietrich- is an associate professor of English at Southeast Missouri State University where she teaches in and serves as co-coordinator of the Masters in TESOL. She has published research in...

Abby Ruessler

Southeast Missouri State University

Abby Ruessler, MA is the Online Instructional Coordinator for Southeast Missouri State University. She has her Master of Arts in Professional Writing from Southeast and has taught for the English depa...

Ben Andera

Central Michigan University

Dr. Ben Andera is the Executive Director of Academic and Research Computing at Central Michigan University. In his professional role, Dr. Andera oversees multiple teams supporting academic and resear...

Melinda E. Baham

University of Michigan

Susan Balter-Reitz

Montana State University Billings

Dr. Susan Balter-Reitz is a Professor of Communication at Montana State University Billings. She has served the university as Graduate Director, Director of e-Learning and Interim Vice Provost. Her ex...

Brian J. Beatty

San Francisco State University

Dr. Brian Beatty is Professor of Instructional Technologies and co-coordinator of the Instructional Design and Technology MA program in the Department of Equity, Leadership Studies and Instructio...

John Bevacqua

Monash University

John is an Australian legal academic and commercial lawyer. John holds a PhD in tax law from the University of New South Wales. John has held multiple roles as Director of Education and Academic Direc...

Samuel Boerboom

Montana State University Billings

Dr. Samuel Boerboom is an Associate Professor of Communication Theatre at Montana State University Billings. He currently chairs the Department of Communication and Theatre. Sam has served as chair of...

Piet Bonte

KU Leuven

Piet Bonte is IT staff at KU Leuven and core member of the Technology-Enhanced Collaborative (TECOL) project. He provides central IT-AV support for education, research, administration and policy and m...

Brooke Hildebrand Clubbs

Southeast Missouri State University

Dr. Brooke Hildebrand Clubbs is an assistant professor and program coordinator for the Master of Arts in Higher Education Administration at Southeast Missouri State University. She has published and p...

Lisa Burke

University of St. Thomas

Lisa Burke is the director of the St. Thomas E-learning and Research Group on the University of St. Thomas Minneapolis campus, working with faculty and programs in the College of Education, Leadership...

René Cintrón

Louisiana's Community & Technical Colleges

Dr. René Cintrón is, first and foremost, dad of three amazing daughters. He is the Chief Education and Training Officer for Louisiana Community and Technical College Syste...

Meg Colasante

Deakin University

Dr. Meg Colasante (PhD, SFHEA) is a Lecturer at Deakin University in Australia. At Deakin, Meg currently (2022) works in faculty development in the Learning Innovations team of the Faculty of Business...

Stephanie Donovan

Peirce College

Stephanie Donovan, Ed.D., MBA, RHIA is Faculty Chair, Health Programs with more than 15 years of successful experience teaching and administering undergraduate programs in health information managemen...

John Doyle

Cabrini University

John Doyle is an Assistant Professor of Video Production at Cabrini University teaching Video Production, Advanced Editing, Short Documentary Film, Short Narrative Film, and Multimedia Storytelling. ...

Ben Harley

Northern State University

Ben Harley, Ph.D., is the inaugural Director of the Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning at Northern State University in Aberdeen, SD where he also serves as an Assistant Professor of Rhetor...

Glori Hinck

St. Thomas eLearning and Research Center

Dr. Glori Hinck is an Instructional Designer and Research Manager for the St. Thomas eLearning and Research Center (STELAR) at the University of St. Thomas in Minneapolis/St. Paul. In this role, s...

Melanie Lefebvre

Cambrian College

Melanie Lefebvre graduated with an Honours Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from Laurentian University in Ontario, Canada in 2007. She then began working at the Canadian Mental Health Association suppor...

Cathy M. Littlefield

Peirce College

Cathy M. Littlefield, Ed.D., M.B.A., serves Peirce College in the capacity of Professor and Faculty Chair of the Business Division and joined Peirce College in 2012. As faculty Chair of the Busi...

Loh Gin Hin

Temasek Polytechnic

Dr Loh has about 20 years of tertiary teaching and educational research experience in Temasek Polytechnic, Singapore and has a Doctorate in Educational Studies at the University of Sheffield (2021). ...

Danette Long

Evergreen Hutterite Colony

Danette Long, Ed.S., served as Instructional Designer and Program Lead for Quality Assurance at Northern State University’s Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning from May 2018 to August...

Matthea Marquart

Columbia University School of Social Work

Matthea Marquart is a social worker, leader, educator, and online education expert. She is the Assistant Dean of Online Education at Columbia University’s School of Social Work (CSSW), a Senior ...

Mark McLean

Fletcher Technical Community College

Dr. Mark McLean is the Vice Chancellor for Finance and Administration at Fletcher Technical Community College in Schriever, Louisiana. Mark previously served as the Assistant Chair of Busine...

Zahira Merchant

San Francisco State University

Zahira Merchant is an Associate Professor of Instructional Technologies Program at San Francisco State University (SFSU). She received her Ph.D. in Educational Psychology (Emphasis in Education Techno...

Jackie Bryce Miller

University of Michigan

Jackie Bryce Miller (they/them/theirs) holds the rank of Lecturer IV in the Department of Statistics at the University of Michigan. Jack earned a one-of-a-kind PhD in statistics education fr...

Svetlana Miftahov-Rapoport

Bow Valley College

Svetlana Miftahov-Rapoport is an authentic educator and relationship builder. Her life passion is service to others. Having traveled the world extensively, Svetlana lived and worked in three different...

Marieke Pieters

KU Leuven

Marieke Pieters holds a Master in Geography and was teacher for more than 15 years in a secondary school in Kortrijk (https://lyceumolvvlaanderen-kortrijk.rhizo.be/ ). In 2018 she joined ITEC, im...

Annelies Raes

University of Leuven

Annelies Raes holds a PhD in Educational Technology by Ghent University and is currently working as Postdoctoral Researcher at the Centre for Instructional Psychology and Technology (CIP&T) ...

David Rhoads

Vanguard University

Dr. David Rhoads is currently serving as the Director of Teaching Excellence and Digital Pedagogy at Vanguard University in Costa Mesa, California and has been teaching in the areas of leadership and ...

Gina Riley, Ph.D.

CUNY Hunter College

Gina Riley, Ph.D. is a Clinical Professor and Program Leader of the Adolescent Special Education Program at CUNY – Hunter College. Dr. Riley has years of experience working with teens diagnosed with...

Jerusalem Rivera-Wilson, Ph.D.

University at Albany

Dr. Jerusalem Rivera-Wilson, Director of Continuing Education and Professional Development for the School of Education and the Academy for the Advancement of Teaching, Leadership, and Schools in the S...

Amanda H. Rosenzweig

Delgado Community College

Dr. Amanda Rosenzweig earned a PhD in Curriculum and Instruction from the University of New Orleans in 2012, and has a MS in Biology from the University of Louisiana at Monroe. Teaching at D...

Jeanne C. Samuel

Delgado Community College

Dr. Jeanne Samuel is the Dean of Distance Learning & Instructional Technology (DLIT) for Delgado Community College, New Orleans, LA. Jeanne is very interested in game theory for learning and asses...

Shirley Tan

Temasek Polytechnic

Dr. Shirley Tan is a senior educational developer at the Learning Academy of Temasek Polytechnic in Singapore. With over 20 years of experience in teaching and training and an additional decade in med...

Elise Verdooner

Columbia University

Elise Verdooner, a Fulbright Scholar and returned Peace Corps volunteer, has worked in international development for eight years. She is the former Executive Director of TEEEM, a global nonprofit orga...

Swapna Verma

Monash University

Swapna Verma is currently a Lecturer in the Department of Business Law and Taxation at the Monash Business School, Monash University, Australia. Since 2019, she has primarily been Chief Examiner, Unit...