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Staff Directory

Leadership Team

Name Title Phone Email Location
Jason Rhode Associate Vice Provost for Teaching, Learning, and Digital Education 815-753-2475 jrhode@niu.edu AC115
Tracy Miller Director of Instructional Design and Development 815-753-8315 tracy.miller@niu.edu AC111
Anna Richardson Director of Online Learning 815-753-9483 aprichardson@niu.edu AC100E
Stephanie Richter Director of Teaching Excellence and Support 815-753-0614 srichter@niu.edu AC110

Operations and Administrative Support

Name Title Phone Email Location
Diane Alberts Associate Director 815-753-6874 dalberts@niu.edu AC100F
Amy Deegan Office Administrator 815-753-0595 adeegan@niu.edu AC107
Tina Moran Administrative Assistant 815-753-5361 tinamoran@niu.edu AC107

Teaching Excellence and Support

Name Title Phone Email Location
Amanda Hirsch Assistant Director of Teaching Excellence and Support 815-753-5803 amanda.smothers@niu.edu AC116
Kevin Harris Instructional Support Coordinator 815-753-6402 kevin.harris@niu.edu AC112
Yvonne Johnson Multimodal Teaching Coordinator 815-753-2690 yjohnson@niu.edu AC100G
Linh Nguyen Inclusive Teaching Coordinator 815-753-6011 bnguyen2@niu.edu AC100A
Michael Strunk Multimedia Coordinator 815-753-7165 mstrunk1@niu.edu AC114
Michael Taylor Instructional Support Specialist 815-753-1385 mktaylor@niu.edu AC112
Lindsay Vreeland Inclusive Teaching Coordinator 815-753-2455 lvreeland1@niu.edu AC100A

Instructional Design and Development

Name Title Phone Email Location
Cynthia Paralejas Assistant Director of Instructional Design 815-753-4003 cparalejas@niu.edu AC100H
Kevin Forman Instructional Designer 815-753-5929 kforman@niu.edu AC100C
Megan Holt Online Teaching Coordinator 815-753-5320 megan.holt@niu.edu AC100K
Christiane Ong-McCarthy Senior Instructional Designer 815-753-2401 cdong@niu.edu AC100J
Rob Piercy Senior Instructional Designer 815-753-3163 robert.piercy@niu.edu AC100J
William (Bill) Tozzi Instructional Designer 815-753-5218 wtozzi@niu.edu AC100C

Online Learning

Name Title Phone Email Location
Tedra Mewhirter Assistant Director of Online Student Success 815-753-7989 tmewhirter@niu.edu Remote
Mackenzie Gattman Online Student Success Specialist 815-753-5697 mgattman@niu.edu Remote
Alex Hinton Online Student Success Specialist 815-753-6502 ahinton1@niu.edu Remote
Krista Schaade Online Student Success Specialist 815-753-1925 kschaade@niu.edu Remote
Corbin Tyson Online Student Success Specialist 815-753-6279 ctyson@niu.edu Remote
Joe Woolford Online Student Success Specialist 815-753-4215 jwoolford@niu.edu Remote

Contact Us

Center for Innovative
Teaching and Learning

Phone: 815-753-0595
Email: citl@niu.edu