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Warren Code, MSc, PhD
Associate Director, Special Initiatives

Warren leads, advises and assists in planning, research/evaluation and management for a range of teaching and learning projects across the Faculty of Science, with a particular focus on the Carl Wieman Science Education Initiative and related UBC initiatives. Warren is responsible for advising and professional development for department-based teaching and learning fellows, evaluating impact on students and faculty, and connecting (via correspondence and on-campus visits) with people from UBC and other institutions interested in the accomplishments in teaching and learning within the Faculty of Science.

Manuel Dias
Educational Consultant, CTLT & Skylight

Manuel facilitates professional development activities with a particular focus on the integration and implementation of learning technology in Science. He has a keen interest in instructional design and regularly consults with faculty to implement innovative practices or fully online or blended learning courses. Manuel is cross appointed between the Science Centre for Learning and Teaching (Skylight) and the Centre for Teaching, Learning and Technology (CTLT).

Jessica Garzke, PhD
Science Education Specialist (SES)

As a Science Education Specialist within the Zoology Department, Jessica works with instructors to achieve their teaching and learning goals, to navigate through the process of pedagogical change, and to develop teaching and learning enhancement projects. She is particularly interested in making student learning inside and outside the classroom more effective, and improving the alignment between course-level and program-level learning outcomes. Current areas of work include renewal of course structures, assessing and improving the distribution of learning transferable skills in the Biology program, and assessing the effectiveness using evidence-based educational strategies in a first-year biology laboratory course.

Erica Jeffery, MSc
Science Education Specialist (SES)

As a Life Sciences SES within the Zoology Department, Erica aims to empower graduate students, postdocs, and faculty to use evidence-based methods to achieve their teaching and learning goals. She is particularly interested in leveraging technology to make student learning inside and outside the classroom more effective, and in ways that instructors can efficiently collect and make use of data to inform their teaching practices. Her goals include supporting instructors in undertaking pedagogical projects, fostering connections within and between the department and the UBC teaching and learning community, and assessing and improving the alignment between course-level and program-level learning outcomes.

David Loti
Learning Technologies Support Analyst

David supports learning technologies such as Canvas, WeBWorK, and Crowdmark and supervises Faculty of Science’s Learning Technology Rovers. Equipped with a Master of Educational Technology and experience as a support analyst in the LT Hub, David is interested in exploring how learning technologies impact pedagogy and learning.

Adele Ruosi
Science Education Specialist (SES)

As a Science Education Specialist jointly appointed with Skylight and the Department of Physics and Astronomy, Adele advises faculty instructors, including instructors in a paired-teaching arrangement, on pedagogical improvement, curriculum revisions, and assessment of teaching and learning effectiveness. She also works on a longitudinal tracking project to assess students' learning effectiveness and to identify their challenges in physics throughout their entire curriculum.

Sarah Bean Sherman
Science Education Specialist (SES)

As the Science Education Specialist in the Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences (EOAS) department, Sarah collaborates with faculty to incorporate evidence-based educational strategies in their courses. She conducts classroom observations, gives feedback to instructors, measures student learning and course experiences via surveys and other assessments, and helps to provide a teaching development experience. Current areas of development include investigating the potential benefits of pairing new and experienced instructors as a way of transferring best practices in teaching, assessing the spatial visualization skills of undergraduate students in EOAS, and helping to map the curriculum in EOAS.

Jenny Wong
Learning Technologies Support Analyst (On Leave)

Jenny provides support and guidance to faculty and staff on the use of various learning technologies, such as Canvas, WebWork, and iClicker. She also oversees Skylight’s Learning Technology Rovers. Jenny is interested in exploring how learning technologies can be used to facilitate and improve teaching and learning experiences.

Maï Yasué, PhD
Equity Strategist, Science

Maï works with students, instructors, and staff across UBC Science to help embed inclusive learning environments for students. She is cross-appointed to Skylight and the Equity & Inclusion Office, and she supports the Student Diversity Initiative @ Science, Inclusive Teaching @ UBC, and the Inclusion Action Plan. Maï welcomes questions about and suggestions for incorporating equity, diversity, and inclusive practices in science courses and programs, and hopes to build greater collaboration across UBC Science departments to increase capacity for EDI support.