Community
The Center for Excellence in Learning and Teaching supports UMass Lowell faculty throughout their careers to create engaging and inclusive learning environments for their students. We invite faculty members to explore new pedagogical and technological approaches in their pursuit of teaching excellence. We partner with faculty to foster a culture of reflective teaching and to cultivate a supportive community of scholars through collaboration and informed conversation about teaching.
Faculty Fellows
Faculty Fellows within the Center for Excellence in Learning and Teaching (CELT) play a critical role in advancing the mission of the center, which is to enhance teaching effectiveness, foster innovation in pedagogy, and promote a culture of excellence in student learning outcomes. Faculty Fellows are typically experienced educators who have demonstrated exceptional commitment to teaching and a strong interest in contributing to faculty development across the university.
The 2024-2025 CELT Faculty Fellows are:
- Yanfen Li - UMentor Faculty Fellow
- Hsien-Yuan Hsu - UMentor Faculty Fellow
- Milena Gueorguieva - Multilingual Learning Support Fellow
- Brent Shell - Open Education Resources (OER) Faculty Fellow
- Alice Frye - Assessment Faculty Fellow
Faculty in Residence
- Marlowe Miller - Inaugural Faculty in Residence (FIR) - May 2022 - April 2024.
Marlowe Miller lead CELT's 2022-2023 Contemplative Pedagogy mini-grant cohort of fifteen faculty members who are studying, practicing and incorporating contemplative pedagogy practices into their courses to support each other and future faculty members who are interested in expanding contemplative pedagogy on campus.
Strategy Team
- Julie Nash - Vice Provost for Academic Affairs
- Patrick Connell - Executive Director, Online Learning and Faculty Development, Graduate & Professional Studies (GPS), Email: patrick_connell@uml.edu
- Paula Haines - Senior Director, Assessment & Accreditation
- Donna Mellen - Director of Academic Technology
- Shaima Ragab - Director of Faculty Success