Professional Organization: NERCOMP
Michael Roy
Michael Roy works at Middlebury College where he is Dean of Library and Information Services. He is one of the founding editors of Academic Commons.
Kevin Wiliarty
Kevin Wiliarty is Academic Technology Coordinator for the Social Sciences at Wesleyan University where he helps faculty apply digital technologies to their teaching and research. He holds a Ph.D. in German Linguistics from the University of California, Berkeley and has taught at Berkeley, Wesleyan, and the University of Connecticut. He has also worked as web technology coordinator for the Henry Carter Hull public library in Clinton, CT. His current professional focus is to explore and promote scholarly and pedagogical uses of web technologies including blogs, wikis, RSS, and social bookmarking.
Gail Matthews-DeNatale
Storytelling in the Age of the Internet, MCC (Culture Matters), College of Arts and Sciences, Simmons College, A Liberal Arts Approach to Fluency in Information Technology, College of Arts and Sciences, Simmons College, Learning About Learning Online Faculty Institute (hybrid format), Simmons College
Intercultural learning, diversity, equity, Ethnography, community-based experiential learning, Formative and authentic assessment, Social networking and fostering community-building online
GAIL MATTHEWS-DENATALE works with faculty and administrators on strategic plans for teaching and learning with technology across the curriculum. She has a Ph.D. from Indiana University and over ten years of experience developing, implementing, and assessing online educational projects. Previously, she was a faculty member with George Mason University's Institute for Educational Transformation, Projects Manager for Northeastern University's EdTech Center, and Learning and Technology Specialist for an NSF-funded online Masters in Science Education degree program developed in collaboration by TERC and Lesley University. Her interests include: culturally-responsive teaching, intercultural learning, qualitative research, formative assessment, and fostering learning communities online.
Jon Shannon
Jon Shannon is Chief Information Officer at the South Carolina Governor's School for Science and Mathematics. He has leveraged technology to acheive organizational goals in education and administration at higher and secondary education institutions for more than 20 years.
Anne Agee
Anne Scrivener Agee is the Vice Provost for Information Technology and Chief Information Officer at the University of Massachusetts Boston.
G. Ravishanker
Jolee West
Jolee West works at Wesleyan University, where she is the Academic Computing Manager for Natural Sciences and Mathematics. She occasionally teaches biological anthropology in Wesleyan's Graduate Liberal Studies Program.
Jason Gorman
ePortfolios, implementation of emerging technologies in higher education, use of wiki for collaborative learning, Project Manager -- Faculty Showcase of use of technology in teaching and research
Jason Gorman is an Instructional Designer for Academic Technology at Simmons College. He has a Masters in Instructional Design from UMass Boston and seven years of professional experience both teaching and developing instructional materials for use in a variety of corporate, ESL, and higher education settings. Jason is interested in the use of emerging technologies, stories, and learning communities in higher education. Prior to joining the Simmons team, he worked on online education initiatives at Boston University.
Marilyn S Billings
Marilyn Billings is the Coordinator of the Five Colleges (MA) Cooperative Library System and Special Projects Librarian at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Her special area of interest is institutional repositories.
kelly dempsey-little
I am interested in new methods of delivering digital media, information extraction and the general application of cutting-edge, yet useful technologies to the humanities., Human-Computer Interface Design, Integrating technology into teaching
Kelly Dempsey-Little received her B.A. in English and Elementary Education from Norwich University, Northfield, VT in 1988 and her M.A. in Computing and Education from Columbia University's Teacher's College in 2002. Since 2002, she has been the Coordinator of Training and Documentation in the IT Department at Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, New York.
Kelly coordinates college wide technology training for students, faculty and staff, consults with faculty on integrating technology, and develops special projects in multimedia and web technologies.
