Mary Deane Sorcinelli Author

Carol A. Hurney is currently the founding director of the Center for Teaching and Learning at Colby College. She taught biology at James Madison University for 20 years where she also directed the faculty development center and developed an SGID program. Dr. Hurney is an active member of the Professional and Organizational Development Network, including serving as a member of the Core Committee (Board of Directors) and co-charing the External Partnerships and Outreach committee. She currently serves on the board for the New England Faculty Development Consortium and the editorial team of the Journal of College Teaching.

Christine M. Rener is Professor of Chemistry and Vice Provost for Instructional Development and Innovation at Grand Valley State University. She serves as Director of the Robert and Mary Pew Faculty Teaching and Learning Center, overseeing a professional development program for over 1700 faculty. Dr. Rener is active in several professional organizations and holds leadership positions within the Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education, serving as a member of the Core Committee (Board of Directors) and chair of the Professional Development Committee.

Jordan D. Troisi is an associate professor of psychology at The University of the South, where he also serves as the Co-Director of its Center for Teaching. He is an accomplished teacher, having earned early career awards from the Society for the Teaching of Psychology and the American Psychological Association for both his classroom instruction and his leadership in the field of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning. He serves as the director for the Annual Conference on Teaching, which convenes 250-300 teachers of psychology in locations across the United States.

Dr. Mary Deane Sorcinelli is the Senior Research Fellow at the Institute for Teaching Excellence and Faculty Development at UMass Amherst. She was awarded, along with two colleagues, an NSF Institutional Transformation Grant through the American Association of Universities (AAU) in Washington, D.C.

Mary Deane has directed a number of externally grant-funded projects aimed at promoting educational innovation from the Andrew W. Mellon, Microsoft, and William and Flora Hewlett Foundations, Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, and Pew Charitable Trusts. She has served on advisory boards and as an external evaluator of NSF ADVANCE CCLI, IUSE, and WIDER Grants.