Center for Faculty Development

Ellen Stevens, Director

Ellen is an Associate Professor of Educational Psychology in the School of Education. She holds a B.A. in Psychology from California State University, San Bernardino and a Ph.D. in Educational Psychology from Stanford University. She was the Assistant Director for the Center for Teaching Enhancement at the University of South Florida, and has offered numerous workshops about issues in college teaching in a variety of settings. The focus of her research is university faculty and college teaching and learning. Phone: 303.315.3030

Administrative Assistant, Jody Maestas 

The Center's Administrative Assistant facilitates the day to day operations of the center and coordinates and communicates center activities, workshops and events. Phone: 303.315.3030

Joni Dunlap, Assistant Director for Teaching Effectiveness

Joni is an Associate Professor of Instructional Design and Technology, and the Coordinator for the eLearning Design and Implementation MA and certificate programs. Her teaching and research interests focus on the use of sociocultural approaches to enhance adult learners' development and experience in post-secondary settings. In 2010, Joni was awarded the Pearson Excellence in Online Teaching award (eOT) presented to educators using the Pearson Learning Studio platform (formerly the Pearson eCollege platform) who demonstrate a significant commitment to quality in online education. In 2002, she received the university's Teacher of the Year Award. In her spare time, she plays with her two daughters, watches her husband work on his dissertation, takes guitar lessons, cooks -- but not well -- for friends and family, crochets things, and every once in awhile posts an entry to her blog. Phone: 303.315.4964​

Kenneth Wolf, Director, Learning Outcomes Assessment

As the Director of Outcomes Assessment, Kenny is guiding academic programs in identifying student learning outcomes, creating effective assessments for measuring student learning, improving programs, and advancing student learning. Kenny received his doctorate at Stanford University in Curriculum and Teacher Education, with an emphasis in Language, Literacy, and Culture. His areas of scholarship are in educational assessment and literacy, and his publications have appeared in a variety of scholarly and practitioner journals. Phone: 303.315.3034 

Judith Coe, Faculty Fellow for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning

Judith Coe is an Associate Professor in the Music & Entertainment Industry Studies Department. A 2003 UCD campus winner of the President's Award for Excellence in Teaching with Technology and a 2006 CAM Teaching Excellence Award recipient, Judy is particularly interested in songwriting and storytelling, creativity, developing strategies for integrating technology into teaching assignments and professional development activities, futurist studies and the global culture industry. She is a recipient of the 2006 and 2008 CU-System awards for faculty Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) research projects, sponsored by the Carnegie Foundation and the CU President's Teaching Scholars Program, and is the UCD Faculty Director for the CU-System's PTLC (President's Teaching and Learning Collaborative). A US Fulbright Scholar to Ireland in AY 2006-2007), Judy believes passionately in international travel and study as meaningful cultural ambassadorship and is a current Fulbright Ambassador. Her recent sabbatical in Ireland explored research and creative notions of home, place, and identity, and focused on The Great Blasket culture in Dún Chaoin, Co. Kerry and Irish-American immigrant communities in Springfield, MA. Visit her project blog at: judithcoe.wordpress.com. Phone: 303-556-6013​

Kevin Gillette, Web Designer

The Center's web designer is responsible for the creation, publication, and maintenance of content within the Center's website, as well as providing onsite technical services.