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Anita AlexanderOffice of Strategic Management, NASA Glenn Research Center
Anita Alexander is an accomplished engineer, project manager and strategist with over 20 years of practical experience at the NASA Glenn Research Center, Cleveland, Ohio. She is senior strategy advisor in the Office of Strategic Management. Ms. Alexander’s responsibilities include developing and implementing strategic thinking and planning processes for the Center. She also manages the maturity of the Center’s governance process and philosophy. In addition to her strategic business mission, Ms. Alexander strives to enrich the Glenn community with a diversity of culture and thought. She is a strong advocate of social media technology and works throughout the Agency to encourage and promote its use.
She is a Cleveland native who earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering -Power Distribution Systems from Case Western Reserve University. Ms. Alexander earned her Master of Science in Industrial Engineering from Cleveland State University with concentration in engineering management. The results of her master’s thesis research, Increasing Customer Satisfaction in an R&D Environment, were published in an internationally recognized journal, Managing Service Quality. She is also a graduate of the Simmons College Program for Developing Managers. She has authored and presented a number of papers and journal articles.
Mary Alice AnnecharicoChief Information Officer, University Hospitals
Hospitals of Cleveland managing the health system's entire
information technology strategic planning and implementation projects,
including a $90 million dollar electronic health-record project.
Annecharico comes to UH from the University of Pennsylvania School of
Medicine, where she was chief information officer for nine years.
Full-Time Lecturer in Spanish, Modern Languages & Literature,Case Western Reserve University
Clara Arroyo has over twenty years of experience teaching Spanish and Portuguese, and has been a full-time lecturer at CWRU for three years. A native of Portugal, Clara developed a program in Portuguese at CWRU two years ago. Clara is currently the faculty advisor of USG's "Amistad" (Spanish club), and has been nominated for the Carl Wittke Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching two times, including this year. In the recent past, Clara presented Project Videoconferencia: Forming Connections and Friendships Outside of Class at MWALLT (Mid West Association of Language Learning Technology), and was part of a panel at IALLT (International Association of Learning Language Technology) who presented The Who, Where, Why, When, and How of Video Conferencing.
Trent BatsonExecutive Director, The Association for Authentic, Experiential and Evidence-Based Learning (AAEEBL)
Trent Batson has served as an English professor and director of academic computing during a career spread over seven universities. His last academic position was at MIT. Since leaving MIT, Batson founded and developed The Association for Authentic, Experiential and Evidence-Based Learning (AAEEBL.org), the professional association for the world ePortfolio community, with 100 institutional members in five countries and 15 corporate sponsors.
Batson has been a higher-education technology leader since 1986, has won awards for his work, received a number of grants for large projects, has published books and articles and has been invited to speak on campuses and at conferences about 10 times a year for 25 years. He has been a leader in the ePortfolio movement since 2003 when he became Chair of the Board of the Open Source Portfolio Initiative, a Mellon-funded software development project to build a full-featured open source ePortfolio which is now fully-integrated into Sakai. Batson also writes twice a month for Campus Technology, mostly about necessary institutional change because of the new learning ecology that emerged abruptly in the past 6 years since the Web 2.0 eruption.
Ronald Blanton Professor, Center for Global Health & Diseases, Case Western Reserve University
Dr. Blanton's work tries to integrate basic bench research with fieldwork in tropical medicine. The current active projects in the laboratory primarily utilize population genetics, quantitative genetics and molecular engineering. We study gene flow for the parasite Schistosoma mansoni and Aedes aegypti, the vector of dengue virus. From these studies we may be able to better design public health control measures for these problems. Another project is aimed at identifying genes that contribute to the clinical presentation of dengue. Finally, the lab participates in a project to clone, express and test potential vaccine candidates for S. mansoni infection. Past studies have focused on the relationship of geohelminth infections to human growth and development. For future directions, I am interested in also investigating genes that influence the response to therapy of hepatitis C (like dengue a flavivirus). Most this work involves a field component in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil.
Marc BuchnerAssociate Professor in EECS; Director - Virtual Worlds Lab, Case Western Reserve University
Prof. Buchner is an Associate Professor and the Director of Virtual Worlds Gaming and Simulation Laboratory in the EECS department at CWRU. The lab consists of a PC room, a console room, a 3D immersion room, a music/audio/sound room, a virtual reality room, and a medical simulation room. The laboratory is used both for education and research at the undergraduate and graduate levels in the fields of gaming, simulation, and virtual reality. He has developed a freshmen "Introduction to Computer Gaming Programming" course and a Senior "Advanced Computer Game Project" course (taught in collaboration with the Cleveland Institute of Art). Prof. Buchner™s primary research interests are in the application of virtual reality, computer gaming and simulation techniques to the medical and allied health care areas. He has specifically been working with the application of this technology to the speech-learning disorder application area including both the application to speech therapy and the training of speech therapists. Prof. Buchner is continuing to expand this research in two complementary areas: patient education and provider training. Of direct interest is the effectiveness of using virtual reality to educate patients with chronic diseases and the training of physicians for physician/patient interviewing.
Denise Caterinacci Instructor in Italian, Modern Languages & Literature, Case Western Reserve University
Denise Caterinacci has served for the past four years as Section Head of Italian in the Department of Modern Languages and Literature in the College of Arts and Sciences at CWRU, where she has been responsible for expanding the course offerings in Italian at Case as well as administration of the section. In addition her academic career, Professor Caterinacci also is a professional translator accredited by the American Translators Association. In 2008, with the support of funding provided by the Worldwide Learning Environment MacGregor Fund Grant and resources in the Freedman Center, she completed a model for a program of conversation immersion in Italian at the post-intermediate level that can eventually be applied to instruction of all languages.
Michelle Champoir Director of International Education Programs, Department of Bioethics, Case Western Reserve University
Michelle L. Champoir, MA is the Director of International Education Programs for the Department of Bioethics at Case Western Reserve University. In only 6 years the Bioethics International Programs have grown from one program in Amsterdam offered to Case Western Reserve University students, to now 12 courses offered in 7 different countries and available to students throughout the country. This expansion was made possible, in part, because of the collaboration with Mediavision.
Nicole Deming Assistant Professor of Bioethics, Case Western Reserve University
Nicole Deming, JD, MA is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Bioethics at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine. Her teaching and research interests include research regulation, informed consent, and organ transplantation. Gopal Yadavalli, MD is an Assistant Professor of Medicine and the Chief of the Infectious Diseases Clinic at the Cleveland VA Medical Center, where he also heads up the HIV/AIDS program.
Gilbert Doho Associate Professor of French, Modern Languages & Literature, Case Western Reserve University
Gilbert Doho is Associate Professor in the Department of Modern Languages and Literatures. He obtained his Ph.D. (1992) from the University of Sorbonne Nouvelle, Paris III. His areas of specialization are Twentieth Century French Drama, Francophone Studies, African Performing Arts, and Cinema. He is currently working on the censured version of his Au-dela du lac de nénuphars (Beyond the Lily Lake) and on urban theater as a powerful tool of minority empowerment in the U.S. Along with Professors Laura Hengehold of Philosophy and Cheryl Toman of DMLL, Professor Doho received a World Wide Learning Environment Grant from the McGregor Fund entitled "The Cameroon Experience" in 2007. The grant has enabled sustained virtual and physical connections between the University of Buea and Case Western Reserve University, with students regularly video conferencing with each other and faculty and students visiting each other's countries. For more inofmration, please click here.
Maryann Fricker Senior Marketing Development Executive, Apple Inc.
Mary Ann Fricker has worked in education sales and marketing for over twenty years with Apple, Inc. She is currently an Education Development Executive for Apple focused on emerging trends and marketing activities for the Central US higher education channel. She enjoys working with universities across the midwest showcasing technology in the classroom. Mary Ann received her Bachelor’s degree from Bowling Green State University and is a lifelong resident of Ohio.
Christine Geith Assistant Provost and Executive Director of MSUglobal, Michigan State University
Dr. Christine Geith is Assistant Provost and Executive Director of Michigan State University's MSUglobal, the university's entrepreneurial business unit that works with partners across the campus and worldwide to develop and market online institutes, programs and services Dr. Geith has experience in research, teaching, Wall Street analysis, business, internet startups, and online and adult education. She leads a team using a comprehensive approach to planning, instructional development, and program administration results in a turnkey solution for partners seeking new revenue sources and enhanced visibility.
Lev Gonick Vice President, Information Technology Services; Chief Information Officer, Case Western Reserve University
Lev Gonick, vice president for information technology services and CIO at Case Western Reserve University, has been teaching, working, and living on the Net since 1987. He is also president of the board of OneCleveland, a metropolitan-wide strategy to extend high-speed network connectivity to the nonprofit sector in northeast Ohio. Gonick serves on multiple national and local boards and has been named one of the country's top CIOs by both InformationWeek and ComputerWorld. Previously, he served as chief information technology officer for Cal State Monterey Bay. From 1996 through 1999, Gonick was university dean for instructional technology and academic computing at California State Polytechnic University in Pomona, California. Gonick's extensive international efforts in education and technology date back to 1985. Thirteen years ago, he supported the development of HealthNet and Mango, one of Southern Africa's first Internet nodes, facilitating connectivity between health-care professionals and nongovernmental organizations in the field in Southern Africa. He has been involved in designing and implementing digital learning network projects in West African countries and in Israel, Egypt, Jordan, and Palestine. Gonick received his PhD in international political economy from York University in Ontario, Canada.
Casey Green The founding Director, The Campus Computing Project
Green is founding director of The Campus Computing Project, the
largest continuing study of the role of elearning and information
technology in American higher education. A featured speaker at more
than two dozen academic meetings and professional conferences each
year, Green is the author/co-author or editor of a dozen books and
published research reports and more than 80 articles that have
appeared in academic journals and professional publications. In
addition to his current work with The Campus Computing Project, Green
often serves as a consultant on campus planning, policy, and
technology issues. His 30 project sponsors in the IT and college
publishing industries include Apple, Amazon, Adobe, Blackboard,
Cengage, Cisco, Datatel, Google, IBM, McGraw-Hill, Microsoft, Pearson,
Perceptis, Oracle, and SunGard Higher Education, among others. A
graduate of New College in Sarasota, Florida, Green completed his
master's degree at the Ohio State University and earned his Ph.D. at
the University of California, Los Angeles. Green received the first
EDUCAUSE Award for Leadership in Public Policy and Practice. The award
cites his work in creating The Campus Computing Project and recognizes
his "prominence in the arena of national and international technology
agendas, and the linking of higher education to those agendas."
Sheryl HansenDirector, Professional Development Programs / Ohio Learning Network
Jeanne Hitch Executive Director, Mt. Sinai Skills & Simulation Center, Case Western Reserve University
Jeanne Hitch, MEd, MA, LPC.is the Executive Director of the Mt Sinai Skills and Simulation Center (MSSSC) at Case Western Reserve University. Jeanne has a Masters Degree in Counseling Human Services and Adult Education and is a licensed professional counselor with diverse experience in many areas of education, healthcare, business, and government, in non-profit and for-profit environment. She is also a certified health care executive. She has extensive experience working with faculty in many areas to create curriculum with twenty years developing and implementing adult educational programs, including critical skills assessments and interactive curriculum. She has developed a variety of programs for physicians, nurses, pharmacists, faculty and residents. She has also worked as a Consulting Manager in Human Capital Services in the Healthcare and Government Business Unit creating and implementing programs and facilitating strategic planning. She has a record of success in initiating new programs and reinventing existing programs to improve outcomes. Jeanne is responsible for providing leadership and administration of all activities of MSSSC. She has implemented several educational pilot projects and conferences for a mixed audience of medical healthcare providers. Current Projects include unique customized core preceptorship programs for medical teams with supplemental online curriculum, innovative three year program for family medicine residents, hospitals, outpatient clinics, home care, nursing home and skilled facility training for medical staff.
Professor of Law, Levin College of Law, University of Florida
Michelle Jacobs is a professor of law at the University of Florida Levin College of Law and has spent several years developing a sophisticated Second Life classroom experience to teach a seminar on the law of the virtual worlds.
Assistant Professor of Nursing, Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing, Case Western Reserve University
Carol Kelley is an assistant professor at the Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing. She has been part of the faculty at the School of Nursing for 13 years and maintains practices as a nurse practitioner. She teaches and coordinates acute care nurse practitioner courses and an online graduate level pharmacology course. She utilizes blackboard for posting pre-recorded lectures and for online discussions. In order to incorporate “live” interactions between students and faculty, Adobe Connect was incorporated this past year for case study presentations. Carol received a BSN from University of Akron, a MS in Nursing from University of Rochester and a PhD in Nursing from Case Western Reserve University.
Vijay Kumar
Sr. Assoc. Dean and Director, Office of Educational Innovation and Technology, Office of the Dean of Undergraduate Education., MIT
Vijay provides leadership for sustainable technology-enabled educational innovation at MIT. Vijay's research, as well as his extensive engagement as advisor and consultant with academic and professional institutions is directed toward strategy, planning and implementing innovations for education. Vijay is actively involved in efforts, such as those supported by the Hewlett Foundation, and Curriki to advance the use of Open Educational Resources for improving educational access and quality.
Joe LambertExecutive Director; Center for Digital Storytelling
Joe founded the Center for Digital Storytelling (formerly the San Francisco Digital Media Center) in 1994. Born and raised in Texas, Joe has been active in the Bay Area arts community for the last twenty-five years as an arts activist, producer, administrator, teacher, writer, and director. In 1986, he co-founded Life On The Water, a successful non-profit production company that offered a broad array of programs serving San Francisco's diverse communities. Joe has produced over 500 shows, ranging from theatrical runs, single performances, special events, citywide festivals, subscriptionseries, conferences, and digital story screenings. Prior to his career in the arts, Joe was trained as a community organizer and assisted in numerous local, statewide, and national public policy campaigns on issues of social justice and economic equity. He has a B.A. in Theater and Political Science from the University of California at Berkeley.
Larry Johnson Chief Executive Officer, The New Media Consortium (NMC)
Laurence F. Johnson, Ph.D. is Chief Executive Officer of the New Media Consortium (NMC), an international consortium of more than 250 world-class universities, colleges, museums, research centers, and technology companies dedicated to using new technologies to inspire, energize, stimulate, and support learning and creative expression. He is an acknowledged expert on the effective application of new media in many contexts, and has worked extensively to build common ground among museums and universities across North America and in more than a dozen other countries. He is the author a number of important books on the topic, and dozens of monographs, chapters, and articles exploring emerging trends and issues related to that work.Having served as president and senior executive at institutions in both the higher education and not-for-profit realms, Dr. Johnson has more than 25 years of experience leading high-profile, high-stakes projects. His educational background includes an MBA in Finance and a Ph.D. in Education that focused on research and evaluation. Among many other recognitions, Dr. Johnson has been honored as a Distinguished Graduate by the University of Texas at Austin.
Megan Linos Lead Instructional Designer and Faculty Support, Information Technology Services, Case Western Reserve University
Megan Linos is the Lead Instructional Designer and Faculty Support at Case Western Reserve University (CWRU) since 2001. Her efforts have been devoted to designing, developing and facilitating the adoption of eLearning technologies for teaching and learning. Her major involvements include the implementation of a media-centric lecturing system (MediaVision Courseware), developing user training in web collaboration tools (Adobe Connect), supporting faculty developing multimedia learning modules (Pachyderm/Digital Poster), and designing web multimedia based training materials. Megan has a continuous track record of excellence, including receiving the 2007 ITS Employee of the Year Award and the 2003 Weatherhead Staff Service Award. Her recent interests have expanded to the arena of positive organizational change and received a master's degree in Organizational Development from CWRU's Weatherhead School of Management.
Jacqueline Lipton Professor; Associate Dean for Faculty Development and Research; Co-Director of the Center for Law Technology and the Arts;
Associate Director of the Frederick K. Cox International Law Center, Case Western Reserve University
Jacqueline Lipton is a professor of law and Associate Dean for Faculty Development and Research at the CWRU School of Law. She has co-authored a leading cyberspace law textbook and currently writes in the area of international privacy regulation, particularly in the Web 2.0 context.
Andrea Matwyshyn Assistant Professor of Legal Studies and Business Ethics, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
Andrea Matwyshyn is an assistant professor of legal studies at the Wharton College of Law, having previously been on the law faculties at the University of Florida Levin College of Law and Northwestern Law School in Chicago. She has published extensively in privacy and security law issues in the digital age.
Genevieve Mathieson Instructional Technology Specialist, Information Technology Services, Case Western Reserve University
Genevieve Mathieson, an Instructional Technology Specialist, is responsible for supporting faculty use of educational technology and learning environments. In her capacity as system administrator for both Blackboard and Adobe Connect Pro, she creates training materials and provides campus-wide support for both applications. She is a member of the team involved in the development of MediaVision Courseware and supervises a group of Student Technology Consultants who provide additional technical support to faculty using educational technologies.Genevieve received her B.A. in physics and history and M.A. in the History of Science, Technology, Environment and Medicine from Case Western Reserve University.
Mace Mentch Director, eLearning Technologies, The Office of eLearning & Innovation , Cuyahoga Community College
Mace Mentch, Ph.D., is currently the Director of eLearning Technologies in the Department of eLearning and Innovation at Cuyahoga Community College. Formerly, Dr. Mentch was the Assessment Specialist for Instructional Technology and Academic Computing at Case Western Reserve University. Along with Wes Baker from Cedarville College, Dr. Mentch enhanced and promoted the Classroom Flip as a method to encourage more active learning in the classroom without sacrificing coverage of the course content. Dr. Baker and Dr. Mentch have presented this new pedagogical approach to various faculty groups throughout the country.
Tomas Nosek Professor in Physiology and Biophysics, School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University
Thomas Nosek is a professor of Physiology and Biophysics, heading a research team that is investigating the cellular basis of muscle fatigue.Dr. Nosek was the founder and coordinator of the Computer Aided Instruction Research and Development Group in the Department of Physiology and Endocrinology at the Medical College of Georgia. This group of researchers and medical educators created a computerized learning resource containing heavily illustrated text, adaptive testing questions, sound files, animations, and video clips to help students learn the basic principles of medical physiology taught to first and second year medical students. Essentials of Human Physiology: A Multimedia Resource is commercially available on CD-ROM. Dr. Nosek is the executive editor and a section author of this computer-based application. The MCG Department of Physiology and Endocrinology has used this application in the physiology courses taught by the department. Dr. Nosek led investigations into the effects of this extensive, self paced resource on faculty teaching and student learning.
John OrlockSamuel B. and Virginia C. Knight Professor of Humanities, Department of Theater Arts, Case Western Reserve University
John Orlock's works have been produced at such major regional theaters as the Oregon Shakespeare Festival; The Cleveland Play House; Alley Theatre, Houston; Cricket Theatre, Minneapolis; Arizona Repertory Theatre; the North Carolina Shakespeare Festival. He is a recipient of fellowships from the Ohio Arts Council and the National Endowment for the Arts, and the National Endowment for the Humanities. Most recently his screenplay, "The End-of-Summer Guest" about Anne & Charles Lindbergh and Antoine de Saint-Exup was awarded the third place prize in the 2009 American Screenwriters Association International Screenplay Competition. Professor Orlock is currently a member of the CWRU Department of English, where he holds the Samuel B. and Virginia C. Knight Chair in Humanities, and conducts a popular seminar, "The Literature of Fly Fishing".
Tina Oestreich Language Learning Manager, The Freedman Center in Kelvin Smith Library, Case Western Reserve University
Tina Deveny Oestreich is the language learning manager in the Freedman Center in the Kelvin Smith Library and teaches German as an adjunct instructor in the Department of Modern Languages and Literatures (DMLL). Tina works with DMLL faculty to find and implement new technologies to promote deep learning of language and culture, and strives to locate excellent learning resources for self-learners of English as a Second Language and other languages in the Freedman Center. Tina holds Masters and PhD degrees from the University of Texas at Austin (in Germanic Studies) where she taught and coordinated German courses as a graduate student instructor. Tina has long been interested in using technology to promote collaborative education, and both her Masters and PhD research projects explored innovative uses of technology in language education.
Melissa PeetAcademic Director, Integrative Learning and Mportfolio Initiative, Office of the Provost University of Michigan
Dr. Melissa Peet is the Academic Director for the Integrative Learning and MPortfolio Initiative at the University of Michigan. Her research focuses on understanding the types of knowledge, curricula and learning methods that support people in becoming effective leaders, innovators, entrepreneurs and change agents. From her research, Dr. Peet created the Integrative Knowledge Portfolio Process™, a methodology that supports students in connecting, reflecting on and applying the different types of knowledge, values and skills they’ve gained from all areas of life. Dr. Peet is currently exploring the role tacit knowledge (unconscious and informal ways of knowing that are key to leadership) plays in the development of leaders, innovators and extraordinary practitioners. She has recently developed a methodology, Generative Knowledge Interviewing™, for retrieving the essential tacit knowledge that exists within people – from novices to experts - in a variety of educational, non-profit and business settings. Dr. Peet is currently developing a certification program for Generative Knowledge Interviewing and will be training educators, researchers and practitioners on how to retrieve, validate and transfer tacit knowledge in order to enhance learning and innovation.
Carolina PereraFull-Time Lecturer in Spanish, Modern Languages & Literature,Case Western Reserve University
Anative of Caracas-Venezuela, earned her JD at the University Católica Andres Bello in 2001 (Caracas-Venezuela), and her MA in Spanish at the University of South Florida in 2007 (Tampa-Florida). Since Fall 2008, she is a Spanish Lecturer at the Modern Language and Literatures Department at Case Western Reserve University. Her current interests include incorporating new technologies to language teaching, especially virtual worlds (Second Life) and 3D animations.
Scot RourkePresident and CEO of OneCommunity
Scot Rourke is an internationally renowned thought leader in leveraging information technologies to foster economic development and improve the quality of life. He is president of nonprofit OneCommunity, one of the largest and fastest fiber-optic networks in the world. There, Scot is dedicated to enhancing the economy of Northern Ohio through the development and integration of innovative community technologies ─ in partnership with more than 1,500 connected health, educational, cultural and governmental institutions.
Under Scot's leadership from its initial founding, OneCommunity has become a highly acclaimed expert in helping communities develop and implement strategies for sustainable, universal broadband access and usage. OneCommunity has been fortunate to experience remarkable growth and garnered international recognition for its innovative approach and many accomplishments. Most recently, Scot was recognized as Ernst and Young's 2009 Entrepreneurs of the Year for their Support of Entrepreneurship in Northeast Ohio. In 2008, Scot was named the Visionary of the Year by the Intelligent Community Forum, an international think tank focused on economic growth in the broadband economy. Learn More
John SchumanSolutions Architect, Adobe Systems, Inc.
John Schuman currently holds the title of Senior Worldwide Evangelist for Adobe Systems Inc. John has almost twenty years of experience in the field of digital imaging with over ten of those years focused primarily on web design and graphic technology. John joined Macromedia in 1998 following several years of digital imaging production experience in the San Francisco Bay Area and subsequently served as regional Solutions Engineer for Macromedia in Singapore from 1999 to 2001 where he spoke to thousands of Web professionals across the Asia/Pacific region at seminars and industry events. Upon returning to the U.S. in 2001, he took the role of Senior Education Solutions Engineer, focusing primarily on Higher Education in the North American region. John currently resides in Los Angeles, Californi.
Russell Shoji
Business Development, Google Inc.
Russell Shoji has been a member of Google's New Business Development team since 2004 focusing on innovative strategic partnerships for Google. He has worked in a variety of areas at Google including access, mobile, geo, voice and government. Prior to Google, Russell's background includes management consulting and electrical engineering - in addition to his time as a business development professional in the technology field. He holds degrees from Stanford University and the University of California at Los Angeles.
Daniel Tisch
Assistant Professor in Epidemiology, School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University
Daniel Tisch, PhD, MPH is an assistant professor of Epidemiology and Biostatistics and International Health (in the Center for Global Health & Diseases) where he performs infectious disease research, teaches courses in general epidemiology, infectious disease epidemiology, and Global Health, and directs the Global Health major in the CWRU MPH program. Dr. Tisch is active in the development of Global Health training in Papua New Guinea as part of the CWRU Fogarty Global Infectious Disease Research Training Program and he serves as Director of the CWRU NIH-Fogarty Framework Program for Global Health.
Sue Shick Instructional Designe, Information Technology Services, Case Western Reserve University
Sue Shick is an instructional designer working in the Department of Instructional Technology and Academic Computing at Case Western Reserve University. Her background includes molecular biology research on DNA repair systems in Pseudomonas eruginosa, teaching science to middle and high school students (specializing in teaching at-risk students) and multimedia evelopment. For the past two years Sue has been supporting Case's Second Life presence. She is very attached to her avatar, Susanne Patrono, and can be found most days “working” in Second Life on the ClevelandPlus islands.
Wendy Shapiro Senior Academic Technology Officer, Director Instructional Tech. & Academic Computing, Case Western Reserve University
Wendy Shapiro serves as Senior Academic Technology Officer at Case Western Reserve University providing strategic leadership and direction for campus academic technology applications and initiatives. In this position Dr. Shapiro provides leadership in developing, implementing, and sustaining an assessment program designed to support decision-making, curriculum development and innovation, and teaching effectiveness related to the use of technology in advancing the academic and research mission of the University. In addition, Dr. Shapiro serves as Director of Instructional Technology and Academic Computing. In this role she is responsible for the design, implementation and evaluation of innovative and emerging technologies to support academic needs at Case Western Reserve University.
Margaret Wheatley Assistant Professor of Nursing, Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing, Case Western Reserve University
Margaret A. Wheatley, PhD, is an Assistant Professor at Case Western Reserve University, Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing and instructs undergraduate and doctoral nursing students in psychiatric mental health nursing. In 2010, Dr. Wheatley was selected as a University Center for Innovation in Teaching and Education (UCITE) Fellow which is a CWRU wide honor. In addition, she was awarded "Educator of the Year" (2008-09) by the National Black Nurses Association. Dr. Wheatley is dedicated to a research and teaching career focused on mental health, health disparities, and the aging population. Previous to being on faculty and while at Case Western Reserve University, Dr. Wheatley was the project director for two NIH grants – one grant focused on low intensity exercise in the frail elderly and the other grant focused on brain trauma and behavioral changes in children. She has worked with vulnerable populations including the elderly as a clinician, manager, and administrator. Dr. Wheatley received her PhD from Case Western Reserve University and both her BSN and MSN in Adult psychiatric mental health nursing from the University of Cincinnati (Ohio).
Gopal Yadavalli Chief, ID Clinic, Louis Stokes Cleveland VAMC
Assistant Professor, Case School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University
Gopal Yadavalli, MD is an Assistant Professor of Medicine and the Chief of the Infectious Diseases Clinic at the Cleveland VA Medical Center, where he also heads up the HIV/AIDS program. Dr. Yadavalli has research and educational projects that are based in southern India and focused on HIV/AIDS and other infectious diseases.
Peter Yang Associate Professor of German, Modern Languages & Literature, Case Western Reserve University
Peter Yang is Associate Professor of German, Chinese and Comparative
Literatures at the Department of Modern Languages and Literatures. His
publications include books, translated and edited volumes, chapters in
books, articles, and reviews in Germanics, language teaching and
technology, economics, and social sciences. His most recent books
include Theater ist Theater on theatricality in Bertolt Brecht's and
Li Xingdao's chalk-circle plays (Peter Lang, 1998) and Play is Play on
the Swiss playwright Max Frisch's The Great Wall (University Press of
America, 2000). He served on various committees including the MLA
Committee on Information Technology.
Stuart Youngner Chair, Department of Bioethics, Professor of Psychiatry and Bioethics, Case Western Reserve University
A nationally and internationally recognized scholar in biomedical ethics, Stuart J. Youngner is the Susan E. Watson Professor and Chairman of the Department of Bioethics at Case Western Reserve University. Dr. Youngner serves on the editorial advisory boards of the Journal of Medicine and Philosophy, the Kennedy Institute of Ethics Journal, and the Journal of Law, Medicine, and Ethics. He has been elected a Fellow of the Hastings Center and the American Psychiatric Association and has been certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology. He has served as a consultant to the United States Congress Office of Technology Assessment, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the Institute of Medicine, and the Pontifical Academy of Sciences. Dr. Youngner has testified before the United States Congress. He served as President of the Society for Bioethics Consultation from 1994-1997 and is a founding member of the Board of Directors of the American Society for Bioethics and Humanities and was given the organization’s Distinguished Service Award in 2000. He co-directed a national task force that examined the need for standards for ethics committees and clinical ethics consultation. He is the on the Medical Board of Trustees and ethics committee of the Musculoskeletal Foundation.
Stacy Williams President, SpeechPathology.com
Stacy Williams, Ph.D. is the President of SpeechPathology.com and an Adjunct Assistant Professor at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland Ohio. Her research focuses on integrating simulation technology into the field of speech-language pathology by providing clients and professionals with cutting edge media applications.