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, BA
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.

TA Training Program Manager
Cynthia Korpan, MA
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 Manager
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).

Math & Stats Assistance Centre Program Coordinator
Rachel Anderson
Phone: 250-472-5316
Email: msacc (at-sign) uvic (dot) ca
Scholarly Interests: Learning and teaching mathematics in classrooms and one-on-one tutoring; overcoming math anxiety; mentoring Teaching Assistants.

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
Abby Pollen
Phone: 250-853-3675
Email: TWCcoor (at-sign) uvic (dot) ca

Scholarly Interests: French language, literature, and culture, specifically contemporary Quebecois theater and the use of multiple languages within a single work. The differences between language and communication, and how people of different languages communicate.

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.

Teaching Consultant
Shanne McCaffrey, BEd, MA
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.

Graduate Scholar-in-Residence, Specializing in Accessibility Issues
Julia Munk, Hon BA, MA Candidate
Email: jmunk (at-sign) uvic (dot) ca

Scholarly Interests: Julia is currently an MA Candidate in Studies in Policy and Practice. Her research interests include community organizing and empowerment for disabled people. Her work is focused on creating a holistic understanding about the need for access and universal design within the post-secondary setting and within the community.

Visiting Scholar from Robert Gordon University, Scotland
Lesley Scott
Email: lesleysc (at-sign) uvic (dot) ca

Scholarly Interests: The impact on University faculty of transforming contemporary trends, in particular, new pedagogic technologies and related teaching theory and design. Specific interests include educational futurism with a focus on University teachers, for example: potential future roles and career paths; resultant and emergent professional development needs; innovative pedagogies to support both instructors and students equally. Writers of current interest are Facer, Frey, Freenberg and Siemens while pedagogies include Laurillard's 'Conversational Framework' and Garrison's 'Community of Inquiry'.