Who We Are

Jody Greene

Founding Director

Associate Campus Provost

jgreene@ucsc.edu

Robin Dunkin

Faculty Director

Associate Teaching Professor in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

rdunkin@ucsc.edu

Noriko Aso

Assistant Faculty Director

Associate Professor in History

naso@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

Director for Instructional Design and Media Production

azachmei@ucsc.edu

Nandini Bhattacharya

Associate Director for Teaching

Continuing Lecturer in Mathematics

nandini@ucsc.edu

Dana Conard

Education Specialist for Accessibility & Technology

dconard@ucsc.edu

Roxy Davis

Data and Equity Specialist

roxywdavis@ucsc.edu

Roxanna Villalobos

Educational Specialist for Graduate & Postdoc Development

rvillalo@ucsc.edu

Stacey Knapp

Instructional Designer

slknapp@ucsc.edu

Megan McNamara

Instructional Designer

Continuing Lecturer in Sociology

mmcnamar@ucsc.edu

Xiaoyi (Zoe) Zhong

Instructional Designer

xzhong19@ucsc.edu

Hillary Schalit Bennett

Program Coordinator

hsbennett@ucsc.edu

Julia Veble Mikić

Operations & Communications Coordinator

jveblemi@ucsc.edu

Vernon Legakis

Videographer

vlegakis@ucsc.edu

Heather Shearer

2024–25

Teaching Professor

Writing

Magy Seif El-Nasr

2023–24

Professor

Computational Media

L.S. Kim

2023–24

Associate Professor

Film & Digital Media

Zac Zimmer

2023–24

Associate Professor

Literature

Suzanne Alonzo

2022–23

Professor

Ecology & Environmental Biology

Guido Bordignon

2022–23

Associate Teaching Professor

Molecular, Cell & Developmental Biology

Nic Brummell

2022–23

Professor

Applied Mathematics

Needhi Bhalla

Professor

MCD Biology

Nic Brummell

Professor

Applied Mathematics

Jennifer Horne

Catherine Jones

Associate Professor

History

Kimberly Lau

Professor

Literature

Su-hua Wang

Professor

Psychology

Jim Whitehead

Professor

Computational Media

Veler Brown

Course Accessibility Reviewer

Malia Chhay

Course Accessibility Reviewer

Aisha Lemseffer

Administrative Assistant

Nikita Mamidi

Course Accessibility Reviewer

Jonathan Michel

Course Tester

Katherine Nguyen

Video Assistant

Amelia York

Video Assistant