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CTT Team

The mission of the Center for Transformative Teaching is to collaborate with educators across departments and programs to promote inclusive, innovative, research-informed, and effective teaching for all learners.

Nick Monk: Smiling man with brown hair and tailored blue jacket.

Nick Monk, PhD

Director

nickmonk@unl.edu

(402) 472-4307

Beverly Russell: Smiling woman with shoulder-length reddish hair.

Beverly Russell

Associate Director

brussell1@unl.edu

(402) 472-4358

Sydney Brown: Smiling woman with longish light brown hair.

Sydney Brown, PhD

Assistant Director

sbrown3@unl.edu

(402) 472-5204

Cheryl Griffith: Smiling woman with light brown hair.

Cheryl Griffith

Office Mgr & Proctor Services Coordinator

cgriffith3@unl.edu

(402) 472-4356

Instructional Designers

Instructional Designers support the mission of the CTT by providing teaching, course design, and related technology consultations to faculty for in-person, blended, and online learning environments. IDs work collaboratively with other team members to implement CTT priorities, programs, and initiatives and the CTT works closely with program, college, and other University units and partners on projects and programming that advance teaching innovation and excellence and support student success. If you are interested in becoming an instructional designer with the CTT, please let us know.

Business

Zach Manley, young man with short, auburn hair, dark glasses and a smart blazer

Zach Manley

Instructional Designer

zmanley2@unl.edu

(402) 472-4681

Education & Human Sciences

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Brian Wilson

Senior Instructional Designer, CEHS Team Lead

bwilson7@unl.edu

(402) 472-4355

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Julia Remsik Larsen

Instructional Designer

jremsiklarsen2@unl.edu

(402) 472-9844

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Ash Mitchell, PhD

Instructional Designer

amitchell22@unl.edu

(402) 472-5464

Arts & Sciences

Eyde Olson: Smiling woman with curly auburn hair.

Eyde Olson

Senior Instructional Designer

Please contact Yulia Levchenko

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Yulia Levchenko, PhD

Instructional Designer

ylevchenko2@unl.edu

(402) 472-3191

Nathan Pindell: Smiling young man with short dark hair.

Nate Pindell

Instructional Designer

npindell2@unl.edu

(402) 472-4347

Engineering

Yaoling Wang: Smiling woman with long dark hair.

Yaoling Wang

Instructional Designer (Omaha)

yaoling.wang@unl.edu

(402) 554-5971

Agricultural Sciences & Natural Resources

Robert Vavala: Smiling clean-shaven man with glasses and a blue oxford shirt.

Robert Vavala

Senior Instructional Designer

robert.vavala@unl.edu

(402) 472-0977

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Steven Cain

Senior Instructional Designer

scain@unl.edu

(402) 472-4349

Journalism, Architecture, and Fine & Performing Arts

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Amy Ort, PhD

Senior Instructional Designer

aort@unl.edu

(402) 472-2596

University Honors Program & At-Large

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Grace Troupe

Instructional Designer, Honors

gtroupe2@unl.edu

(402) 472-4321

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Danae Peterson

Instructional Designer, At-Large

danae.peterson@unl.edu

(402) 472-4681