Project Team
Glory Tobiason, Co-Lead
Dr. Glory Tobiason is Clinical Faculty in Education and a Research Scientist at the National Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing (CRESST). Working under the aegis of CAT, Dr. Tobiason staffs and co-leads the Holistic Evaluation of Teaching project. She has a background in formative assessment, standards-based instructional design, and teacher quality. She also developed UCLA’s Peer-Assisted Reflections on Student Learning (PAROSL) program.
Adrienne Lavine, Co-Lead
Adrienne Lavine served as the Associate Vice Provost, Center for the Advancement of Teaching from July 1, 2017 to September 30, 2022, and she is a faculty member in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering. She has served as chair of the Academic Senate and as chair of her department. She was the Director of Education and Outreach for the NSF-sponsored Center for Scalable and Integrated Nano-Manufacturing, directed the Clare Boothe Luce Undergraduate Scholars Program, and chaired the SEAS ABET Accreditation Committee in 2002-2006. She was awarded the Henry and Susan Samueli Teaching Award in her department and is the co-author of an internationally respected heat transfer textbook.
Michelle Chen, Program Manager
Michelle Chen is a project manager in the Center for the Advancement of Teaching (CAT). In addition to HET, projects and programs she manages include the Instructional Improvement Grants, Peer Assisted Reflections on Student Learning, Distinguished Teaching Awards, and Night to Honor Teaching event. She also supports various faculty committees and provides administrative support for CAT’s departmental operations.
Marc Levis-Fitzgerald, Liaison to HET from Center for Educational Assessment
Dr. Marc Levis-Fitzgerald is the Director of the Center for Educational Assessment. His research interests include curriculum reform and evaluation, student and faculty development, and institutional transformation. He is particularly interested in documenting the experience of undergraduate students, and he directs the development and implementation of the UCLA Senior Survey. He heads several undergraduate science initiative assessment projects funded by NSF and HHMI. In addition, he leads program review efforts related to the Transfer Alliance Program, a partnership between UCLA and community colleges in California.
Kumiko Haas, Liaison to HET from Instructional Improvement Programs
Dr. Kumiko Haas works with individual faculty and oversees the development and implementation of programs, services and activities across all UCLA schools and colleges in support of innovative instructional improvement. She develops and teaches intensive training programs, workshops, and seminars on issues of pedagogy, course design, and instructional methods for new and experienced instructors. Her current responsibilities include development and implementation of faculty engagement programs and teaching assistant training program. These include the New Faculty Teaching Engagement (NFTE), the Collegium of University Teaching Fellows Program (CUTF), TA Training Program (TATP), Teaching Assistant Consultant (TAC) Program and the TAC Academy, and Test of Oral Proficiency (TOP) and oversight of the Instructional Improvement Grant Programs (IIP Grants). She is also a serves as the chair of the Distinguished Teaching Awards Selection Committee of the Campuswide Distinguished Teaching Awards.
Because of the importance of this project, CAT is devoting significant resources of its staff. To date, the following individuals have contributed to the project: Anita Han, Molly Jacobs, Amy Liu, Casey Shapiro, Erin Sparck, Lucia Tabarez, and Brit Toven-Lindsey.
Advisory Committee Members
Paul Barber, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Elizabeth Bjork, Psychology
Clarence Braddock III, David Geffen School of Medicine
Jessica Collett, Sociology
Al Courey, Chemistry and Biochemistry
David MacFadyen, Comparative Literature
Victoria Marks, World Arts and Cultures / Dance
Jose-Felipe Martinez, Education
Muriel McClendon, History
Christopher Mott, English
Josh Samani, Physics and Astronomy
Steering Committee Members
Lisa Felipe, Excellence in Pedagogy and Innovative Classrooms
Rachel Kennison, Center for Education Innovation and Learning in the Sciences
Tami Kremer-Sadlik, Social Science IDP
Shanna Shaked, Center for Education Innovation and Learning in the Sciences
Sirui Wang, UCLA Online Teaching and Learning
Juliet Williams, Social Science IDP