About Us

Our Vision of RIT’s Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL) is to champion excellence in teaching and learning at RIT through the creation of a vibrant learning community.

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Our Mission:
We advocate for learner-centered experiences through the promotion of evidence-based pedagogies and technologies to support inclusive, engaging, accessible, and transformational teaching and learning throughout the RIT community.

To meet this mission and in support of RIT’s Strategic Plan: Greatness Through Difference 2018-2025, the Center is driven by four strategies:


Promoting learner-centered, evidence-based pedagogies to improve and enhance the quality of courses through varying delivery modes.


Providing exceptional support for effective teaching.


Lead the intentional integration of educational technology across the curriculum.


Focus on the CTL organizational identity and effectiveness.  

Through a variety of services, the Center for Teaching and Learning also provides faculty with the resources necessary to build and share course content, training and support for a variety of academic technologies, and support for classroom technology across the Henrietta campus.

Leadership

Neil Hair
Executive Director, Center for Teaching and Learning
585-475-6322
Ian Webber
Director, Academic Technology and Operations
585-475-5084
Sandi Connelly
Principal Lecturer
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Interim Associate Director, Center for Teaching and Learning

Jenna Sadue
Assistant Director, Learning Design and Technology
585-475-2976
Raychel Rappold
Program Specialist
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Faculty Fellows

Garret Arcoraci
Senior Lecturer
School of Information
Golisano College of Computing and Information Sciences
585-465-4938

Fellow in Computing Technology

Makini Beck
Assistant Professor
Individualized Education, School of Individualized Study
Academic Affairs
585-475-5402

Strategic Priority Fellow in Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

Mari Jaye Blanchard
Associate Professor
School of Film and Animation
College of Art and Design

Fellow in The Arts

Bernard Brooks
Professor
School of Mathematics and Statistics
College of Science
585-475-5138

Strategic Priority Fellow for Math

Michelle Chabot
Principal Lecturer
School of Physics and Astronomy
College of Science
585-475-7728

Fellow in Science/Health Sciences

Jessamy Comer
Senior Lecturer
Department of Psychology
College of Liberal Arts
585-475-7429

Fellow in Humanities/Social Sciences

Shaun Foster
Professor
School of Design
College of Art and Design
585-475-7124

Strategic Priority Fellow for Generative AI

Mario Gomes
Principal Lecturer
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Kate Gleason College of Engineering
585-475-2148

Fellow in Engineering

Rajendran Murthy
Professor
Department of MIS, Marketing, and Analytics
Saunders College of Business
585-475-5383

Fellow in Business

Phil Shaw
Senior Lecturer
University Writing Program, School of Individualized Study
Academic Affairs

Strategic Priority Fellow for Gateway Course Student Success

Learning Design and Technology Team

Jenna Sadue
Assistant Director, Learning Design and Technology
585-475-2976
Michael Starenko
Senior Teaching and Learning Consultant
585-475-5035
Katie Bush
Instructional Technologist II
585-475-4113
Monica Cormier
Instructional Technologist
585-475-5190

Classroom Technology Team

John Schrenker
Manager Classroom Technology and AV Systems
585-475-7879
Tyler Brant
AV Systems Engineer
585-475-6341
Matthew Nicosia
AV Systems Engineer and Programmer
585-475-2407
Joseph Serio
Supervisor of Classroom Technology Operations
585-475-6530

Operations Team

Sherry Clark
Operations and Support Supervisor
585-475-5374
Chris Williams
Senior Systems Administrator
585-475-6998

Support Team

Ken Kindler
Manager of Faculty and Technology Support
585-475-2251
David Ziebarth
Academic Technology Support Specialist
585-475-2862