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Who We Are

Our Staff

Jody Greene

Founding Director

Associate Campus Provost for Academic Success

jgreene@ucsc.edu

Robin Dunkin

Faculty Director

Associate Teaching Professor in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

rdunkin@ucsc.edu

Samara Foster

Managing Director

ssfoster@ucsc.edu

Michael Tassio

Assistant Vice Provost for Educational Innovation

mtassio@ucsc.edu

Kendra Dority

Director for Graduate Student and Postdoc Professional Development

kdority@ucsc.edu

Aaron Zachmeier

Associate Director for Instructional Design and Development

azachmei@ucsc.edu

Nandini Bhattacharya

Associate Director for Teaching

Lecturer in Mathematics

nandini@ucsc.edu

Jessie Dubreuil

Associate Director for Learning

jdubreuil@ucsc.edu

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Cid Pearlman

Assistant Director for Open Education and Digital Engagement Projects

Lecturer in Performance, Play & Design

cpearlm1@ucsc.edu

Noori Chai

Education Specialist for STEM Equity

nrchai@ucsc.edu

Dana Conard

Educational Technology Specialist

dconard@ucsc.edu

Roxy Davis

Education Grants & Evaluation Specialist for HSI Grants

roxywdavis@ucsc.edu

Roxanna Villalobos

Educational Specialist for Graduate & Postdoc Development

rvillalo@ucsc.edu

Cindy Ziker

Education Grants and Evaluation Specialist

cziker@ucsc.edu

Stacey Knapp

Instructional Designer

slknapp@ucsc.edu

Megan McNamara

Instructional Designer

Lecturer in Sociology

mmcnamar@ucsc.edu

Hillary Schalit Bennett

Program Coordinator

hsbennett@ucsc.edu

Julia Veble Mikić

Program Coordinator

jveblemi@ucsc.edu

Vernon Legakis

Videographer

vlegakis@ucsc.edu

Faculty Associates

Magy Seif El-Nasr

Professor

Computational Media

L.S. Kim

Associate Professor

Film & Digital Media

Zac Zimmer

Associate Professor

Literature

Senior Faculty Associates

Suzanne Alonzo

Professor

Ecology & Environmental Biology

Guido Bordignon

Associate Teaching Professor

Molecular, Cell & Developmental Biology

Nic Brummell

Professor

Applied Mathematics

Faculty Steering Committee

Suzanne Alonzo

Professor

Ecology & Environmental Biology

Guido Bordignon

Associate Teaching Professor

Molecular, Cell & Developmental Biology

Nic Brummell

Professor

Applied Mathematics

Ben Leeds Carson

Associate Professor

Music

Rebecca Covarrubias

Associate Professor

Psychology

Catherine Jones

Associate Professor

History

Enrico Ramirez-Ruiz

Professor

Astronomy & Astrophysics

Undergraduate Assistants

Veler Brown

Course Accessibility Reviewer

Aisha Lemseffer

Administrative Assistant

Katherine Nguyen

Video Assistant

Jessica Yoon

Course Accessibility Reviewer

Amelia York

Video Assistant