Jess Gregg
Jess Gregg serves as Senior Associate Director for Educational Development for UCLA’s Center for Education Innovation and Learning in the Sciences (CEILS) and Senior Advisor to the Vice Provost for Teaching & Learning for Digital Accessibility Strategic Planning for the TLC. In this joint role, Jess serves as a liaison between CEILS and the TLC […]
Kem Saichaie
Kem Saichaie is the inaugural Executive Director of the UCLA Teaching and Learning Center (TLC). He works to advance the TLC’s mission to connect with the campus instructional community, to elevate teaching, provide pedagogical skills and resources, as well as promote student success at UCLA. Kem is a First-Generation college student in the United States […]
Casey Shapiro
I primarily work on evaluation of programs, curricula, and teaching strategies designed to enhance student learning and higher education participation, most notably for women and minoritized students in STEM fields.
Elizabeth Goodhue
Elizabeth (Beth) Goodhue is the Director of Graduate Student and Postdoctoral Scholar Engagement for the UCLA Teaching and Learning Center. In this role, she leads the TLC’s strategy to create and sustain institutional pathways for developing and recognizing graduate students and postdocs as educators on our campus, as well as future faculty and future educational developers.
Derisa Grant
Derisa Grant, Ph.D., is the Director of Educational Development Programs at the UCLA Teaching and Learning Center.
Paula Yau
Paula Yau is the Human Resources Manager at the UCLA Teaching and Learning Center (TLC), where she manages the department’s human resources and payroll operations. She provides comprehensive administrative, analytical, payroll, and personnel support to both staff and academic employees in TLC.
Serge Chenkerian
Serge is a project manager for the Teaching and Learning Center with responsibilities on the Administrative Operations side as well as a role with the Instructional Design and Media Production teams.
Erin Sanders O’Leary
Erin Sanders O’Leary, Ph.D. serves as the inaugural vice provost for teaching and learning where she guides UCLA’s educational innovation efforts. In addition to overseeing the institution’s Teaching and Learning Center, she leads several campus wide initiatives including activities associated with the Dialogue across Difference teaching prong, serving as co-lead for Strategic Plan Goal 4, chairing the Subcommittee on Academic and Learning Spaces, and representing UCLA as a member of the Bay View Alliance (BVA), which is an international network of research universities leading collaborative approaches to further educational discovery, improve instruction, and transform the teaching culture. Erin heads the Financial Alignment with Inclusive Teaching Effectiveness (FAITE) working group in the BVA, which brings together teaching and learning change agents, skilled practitioners of student learning analytics, and campus business officers to explore ways by which institutions can make better, more informed financial decisions to support educational practices that support student success.
Angela Fentiman
Angela Fentiman is the Director of Communications & Creative Services for the UCLA Teaching and Learning Center where she oversees the TLC’s marketing and communications activities and drives internal and external outreach strategies.
Michelle Chen
Michelle Chen is the Director of Administrative Operations for the UCLA Teaching and Learning Center, where she oversees the administrative support staff who provide project management, event planning, and committee support to all TLC programmatic activities.