I am the Conference Programming Chair and Faculty Associate on the Learning Design, Development, & Innovation (LDDI) team in the Division of Continuing Studies (DCS) at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, as well as an internationally-recognized speaker and author on topics related to quality in technology-enhanced education, especially copyright, evaluation of teaching practice, academic integrity, and accessibility/universal design for learning.
Before joining UW-Madison, I served for five years as the Coordinator of Learning Technologies in the Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL) at Northeastern Illinois University in Chicago, and spent seven years in the Learning and Development arm of Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Illinois.
Since the advent of online courses in higher education in the late 1990s, my work has focused on using technology to extend the reach of higher education beyond its traditional audience. I advocate for the educational rights of people with disabilities and people from disadvantaged backgrounds.
I hold a Ph.D. in English literature, a second master’s degree in information science, a professional project management certification, a master online teacher certification, Quality Matters certification, and recently completed the Certified Professional in Accessibility Core Competencies (CPACC) certification.
I serve on the editorial boards of eLearn Magazine, InSight: A Journal of Scholarly Teaching, the Journal of Interactive Online Learning, and the Online Journal of Distance Learning Administration.
My books include
- Evaluating Online Teaching: Implementing Best Practices (2015) with Jean Mandernach and Ann H. Taylor.
- The Copyright Ninja: Rise of the Ninja (2017).
- Reach Everyone, Teach Everyone: Universal Design for Learning in Higher Education (2018) with Kirsten Behling.
- Going Alt-Ac: A Guide to Alternative Academic Careers (2019) with Katie Linder and Kevin Kelly.
I was also proud to represent the United States on a Spring 2018 Fulbright Scholar fellowship, under which I helped Eötvös Loránd University in Budapest, Hungary to develop its first faculty-development program, and I provided workshops and training to twelve other colleges, universities, and military programs throughout Hungary.