LTC Contacts

	Director Teresa Dawson Senior Instructor, Department of Geography, Faculty of Social Sciences Phone: 250-721-8571 Email: tdawson (at-sign) uvic (dot) ca Scholarly Interests: Achieving teaching and learning-related institutional change; the scholarship of teaching and learning; supporting and enhancing diversity (including accessibility) in the academy; academic program design and development; effective teaching assessment using teaching portfolios; the student experience (including first year transition and program capstones); and mentoring new colleagues. Teresa teaches the Intro Human Geography course in Geography, is past chair of the national Educational Developers Caucus (EDC) and sits on the Board for the Canadian Society for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education (STLHE).
	Acting Associate Director Joe Parsons, PhD Phone: 250-472-5076 Email: jparsons (at-sign) uvic (dot) ca Scholarly Interests: Teaching as a scholarly activity; student learning; learning outcomes; student engagement, success and retention; course design; application of behavioural methods in teaching and learning. Read Joe’s Curriculum Vita.
	Program Coordinator and Assistant to the Director Carolyn Boss Phone: 250-472-5624 Email: ltc (at-sign) uvic (dot) ca Current Projects: Office management; coordinating special workshops and events; organizing/managing the Director's calendar.
	Administrative Assistant Marg MacQuarrie Phone: 250-721-8571 Email: ltcsec (at-sign) uvic (dot) ca Current Projects: Management of workshops/registrations and the monthly online newsletter; sale of Critical Incidents DVDs; manage the Centre's library; working in collaboration with the Assistant to the Director.
	UVic Master Teacher Ed Ishiguro, PhD Phone: 250-721-7071 Email: ishiguro (at-sign) uvic (dot) ca Scholarly Interests: Learning and teaching issues in large classes; promoting science literacy in lay audiences; the first year university experience from the perspectives of the teacher and the student. Ed teaches in Biochemistry and Microbiology.
	Teaching Consultant Marty Wall, PhD Department of Educational Psychology and Leadership Studies Phone: 250- 721-8571 Email: mwall (at-sign) uvic (dot) ca Scholarly Interests: The fostering of teaching as a scholarly activity; enhancing teaching in large classes; using technology in teaching appropriately; designing courses; generating student engagement (particularly in the first year). Marty teaches in Psychology and in Educational Psychology & Leadership Studies. He is a national STLHE 3M teaching award winner.
	Teaching Consultant and Coordinator of the ISW, PSW and Teaching Squares Programs (On Leave) Jane Gair, PhD Senior Instructor, Island Medical Program, Division of Medical Sciences Phone: 250-472-5543 Email: jgair (at-sign) uvic (dot) ca Scholarly Interests: Problem-based learning (PBL), small group teaching, leading small group discussions, asking questions for critical thinking, arts in medical education, genetics education in the medical program, faculty development for medical educators and international faculty development for medical educators. Jane teaches in the Island Medical Program.
	Teaching Consultant Tim Hopper, PhD Faculty Consultant for Educational Technology Initiatives (CFCETI) Associate Professor School of Exercise Science, Physical and Health Education Faculty of Education Phone: 250-721-8385 Email: thopper (at-sign) uvic (dot) ca Website:http://education2.uvic.ca/Faculty/thopper/index.htm Scholarly Interests: School integrated teacher education; educational technology as a learning tool; teaching approaches drawing on contemporary learning theories. Tim's current approach to teaching is featured on the BC Campus Ed Tech case studies (edtechcasestudies.com). Tim has just completed a three-year study into the development of a program-wide electronic portfolio process. He teaches in undergraduate courses in teacher education and graduate courses in qualitative research methods.
	Teaching Consultant Shanne McCaffrey Senior Instructor School of Child and Youth Care Faculty of Human and Social Development Phone: 250-721-7989 Email: smccaffr (at-sign) uvic (dot) ca Scholarly Interests: Background in education, law and social services. Cree Métis ancestry and attended the University of Saskatchewan and the University of Victoria. Academic interests include child welfare, colonialism as a shared experience and Aboriginal community development.
	Teaching Consultant Donna McGhie-Richmond, PhD Faculty Consultant for Access to Learning Initiatives Assistant Professor Educational Psychology and Leadership Studies Faculty of Education Phone: 250-721-7817 Email: donnamr (at-sign) uvic (dot) ca Website: http://donnamcghierichmond.wordpress.com/ Scholarly Interests: Donna’s teaching and research focus on teacher development and the intersection between teacher knowledge and beliefs, pedagogy, and student learning outcomes in inclusive classrooms where student diversity is the norm. She is interested in the application of Universal Design for Learning guidelines to instructional planning and implementation at all levels, including higher education. She has considerable instructional, clinical, and research experience in augmentative and alternative communication, and assistive technologies that, when coupled with sound pedagogy, enable student participation and learning.
	Teaching Consultant Kathy Sanford, PhD Faculty Consultant for Inclusivity Initiatives Associate Professor Department of Curriculum & Instruction Faculty of Education Phone: 250-721-7804 Email: ksanford (at-sign) uvic (dot) ca Website: http://www.mendeley.com/profiles/katherine-sanford/ Scholarly Interests: Literacy; new literacies; multimodality; gender; formal, informal, and nonformal learning; school integrated teacher education; ePortfolios; assessment; adolescents and videogames; qualitative research methodologies.
	TA Training Program Manager Cynthia Korpan, M.A. Phone: 250-472-4798 Email: tatrain (at-sign) uvic (dot) ca Scholarly Interests: Teaching experiences of TAs, TA and graduate student professional development, experiential learning, and the scholarship of teaching and learning.
	Math & Stats Assistance Centre, Coordinator Alfonso Gracia-Saz, PhD Senior Instructor, Department of Mathematics & Statistics Phone: 250)721-7444 (for his Math & Stats Assistance Centre office) Email: msassist (at-sign) uvic (dot) ca Scholarly Interests: Inquiry-based learning in mathematics; numeracy. In addition to teaching in the university, Alfonso has participated in outreach programs for high-school students (http://www.mathcamp.org) and prison inmates (http://www.prisonuniversityproject.org).
	The Writing Centre Manager Laurie Waye, PhD Phone: 250-472-5662 Email: TWCdir (at-sign) uvic (dot) ca Scholarly Interests: Creating, sustaining, and adapting supports for academic communication, especially for writing and speaking, for all university students; exploring the intersection of composition theory and second-language acquisition theory; growing networks of support to enhance students' experience of and access to educational attainment and teaching first-year composition. Laurie teaches in the Learning Commons.
.	The Writing Centre Acting Program Coordinator Tusa Shea, PhD Phone: 250-853-3675 Email: TWCcoor (at-sign) uvic (dot) ca Scholarly Interests: Providing academic writing support to students; using new media and educational technology to enhance teaching and experiential learning.
	The Writing Centre Program Coordinator (On Leave) Shu-min Huang Phone: 250-853-3675 Email: TWCcoor (at-sign) uvic (dot) ca Scholarly Interests: Applied linguistics; second language teaching and learning; providing academic writing support to all university students, particularly graduate students of English as an additional language.
	LTC Scholar-in-Residence Li-Shih Huang, PhD Associate Professor of Applied Linguistics, Department of Linguistics Phone: 250-472-4665 Email: lshuang (at-sign) uvic (dot) ca Scholarly Interests: Applied linguistics, second language acquisition, English for academic purposes across disciplines, and language learning and use strategies. Li-Shih teaches in Linguistics. Current Projects: Communication needs and outcomes assessment across disciplines; languaging grammatical concepts using a corpus-based approach; modalities of reflection on second language learners’ strategy use and oral production.
	Grad Student Assistant Anne Cirillo Phone: 250-721-8571 E-mail: acirillo (at-sign) uvic (dot) ca Scholarly Interests: Applied Theatre; embodied teaching/training (physicality of character, narrative and relationships); engagement with art and performance as a vehicle for global awareness and citizenship.
	Grad Student Assistant Paula Johanson Phone: 250-721-8571 E-mail: paulaj (at-sign) uvic (dot) ca Scholarly Interests: Canadian literature, fiction for Young Adult readers, science fiction and fantasy.
	Grad Student Assistant Sohad Kadhum Teaching Assistant Consultant (TAC) for the departments of Electrical and Computer and Mechanical Engineering Phone: 250-721-8571 Email: skadhum (at-sign) uvic (dot) ca Scholarly Interests: Instructional strategies in Engineering Education; Underwater Vehicle - Dynamics and Control-Cable Dynamics; Converting Ocean Waves’ energy into Mechanical power; Energy Systems; Learning and Teaching as a scholarly activity; students learning styles; student engagement and participatory learning; students success and retention; International Students success and retention; and fostering communities of learners.
	Undergraduate Student Scholar Joty Dhaliwal Phone: 250-721-8571 or 250-589-2461 Email: joty (at-sign) campusclimatenetwork (dot) org Scholarly Interests: How multi-disciplinary, collaborative education models, that incorporate sustainability and community project work, can lead to a different kind of learning experience and sense of knowledge. Seeing collaborative forms and lateral thinking as fostering the creativity and innovation required when envisioning new solutions and patterns to current issues, would like to diagnose how this can be incorporated at the educational level.

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