Center for the Advancement of Teaching & Learning CATL

Learning Management System Administrator

As Learning Management System (LMS) Administrator, my primary responsibilities include maintaining the integration between Canvas and SIS to ensure students and faculty can access their courses. I can help add approved External Apps to Canvas courses, and I can help work towards getting new tools approved for Canvas integration. I support Kaltura (My Media) for adding multimedia content to... Read more »

Teaching, Learning, & Technology Consultant

Terrah holds BAs in Anthropology and Chemistry from Ripon College and an MA in Archaeology from UCLA. Her academic interests focus on the intersection of instructional technology and accessibility in education. Terrah’s personal hobbies include cooking and baking, reading, spinning and weaving, and playing video games or Dungeon and Dragons with friends. She is also very fond of animals and... Read more »

Teaching, Learning, & Technology Consultant

Sam holds a B.A. from UW-Eau Claire where she studied graphic design and illustration. Coming from an art background, Sam is interested in exploring how the principles of visual design can be applied in a digital learning environment for more effective teaching. In her free time Sam enjoys... Read more »

Program Associate

• Member, Elections Committee
• Member, Master Plan Advisory Committee

Instructional Designer

Pamela holds a BA in Telecommunications from Ball State University and a MAs in Education Technology from Pepperdine University and English from Arizona State University. Pam previously worked at Bakersfield College as the Assistant Director of the Academic Technology Department. Her current interests focus on equity topics in education including Open Education Resources (OER), accessibility, and... Read more »

Teaching, Learning, and Technology Consultant

Rachel holds a B.A. from UW-Green Bay where she studied History, Digital and Public Humanities, and Arts Management. Rachel’s academic interests include digital and public pedagogy, open access to educational resources, and art advocacy. Some of Rachel’s personal interests include hiking, crafting small Hobbit homes, reading, and spending time with her cats.

Instructional Designer

Nate holds a B.S. from UW-Green Bay in Education and an M.A. in Educational Leadership from Viterbo University. His professional background includes experience as a technology coordinator and as an administrator. His academic interests include the integration of transformative educational technologies, student-centered curricular design, and Universal Design for Learning (UDL).

Director of CATL & Professor of Psychology

Kris Vespia is the Director of the Center for the Advancement of Teaching and Learning (CATL). She is a strong advocate for evidence-based pedagogies, the scholarship of teaching and learning (SoTL), and equity-minded and inclusive teaching practices. She is also a Professor of Psychology and a counseling psychologist with an M.S. in Counseling (UW-Madison) and Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology... Read more »