About People

Faculty, Project Leads

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  • Dr. Laila Ferreira, Associate Professor of Teaching, School of Journalism, Writing, and Media & Department of English Language and Literatures, Faculty of Arts, laila.ferreira@ubc.ca 
  • Jennifer Walsh Marr, Lecturer, Vantage College, Faculty of Applied Science, School of Engineering, jennifer.walshmarr@ubc.ca  
  • Dr. Katja Thieme, Associate Professor of Teaching, School of Journalism, Writing, and Media & Department of English Language and Literatures, Faculty of Arts, kthieme@mail.ubc.ca   
  • Dr. Rebecca Caruthers den Hoed, Assistant Professor of Teaching, School of Journalism, Writing, and Media, Faculty of Arts, rebecca.cdh@ubc.ca 

Students

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  • Danielle Tan, Graduate Academic Assistant, Department of Educational Studies, Faculty of Education, UBCV 
  • Ryosuke Aoyama, Graduate Academic Assistant, Department of Language and Literacy Education, Faculty of Education, UBCV 
  • Jasmine Manango, Undergraduate Academic Assistant, Institute for Gender, Race, and Social Justice, Faculty of Arts, UBCV
  • Lillian Ghorbani, Undergraduate Academic Assistant, Department of Political Science, Faculty of Arts, UBCV 
  • Debbie Kim, Undergraduate Academic Assistant, Department of Political Science, Faculty of Arts, UBCV 
  • Maile Kilen, Undergraduate Academic Assistant, Department of Anthropology, Faculty of Arts, UBCV 
  • Hitechha Sahni, Undergraduate Academic Assistant, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Arts, UBCV

Faculty pilot participants

  • Kasim Husain, Lecturer, Coordinated Arts Program, Faculty of Arts, kasim.husain@ubc.ca
  • Déogratias (Deo) Nizonkiza, Lecturer, Sauder School of Business, deogratias.nizonkiza@sauder.ubc.ca

Advisory group

  • Tara Lee, Lecturer, School of Journalism, Writing and Media, Faculty of Arts, tara.lee@ubc.ca  
  • Moberley Luger, Associate Professor of Teaching, Chair of Coordinated Arts Program, Coordinated Arts Program & Department of English Language and Literatures, Faculty of Arts, moberley.luger@ubc.ca  
  • Ryuko Kubota, Professor, Department of Language and Literacy Education, Faculty of Education, ryuko.kubota@ubc.ca  
  • Lindsay Cuff, Assistant Professor of Teaching, Applied Biology and Forest & Conservation Sciences, Faculties of Land and Food Systems and Forestry, lindsay.cuff@ubc.ca 

Staff team

This project has received extensive support and guidance from the staff teams at the Centre for Teaching and Learning Technology (CTLT), Arts Instructional Support & Information Technology (Arts ISIT), and CTLT’s Indigenous Initiatives.