Carnegie Mellon University

Eberly Center

Teaching Excellence & Educational Innovation

Our job is to help you be successful in your teaching

Our Mission is to distill the research on teaching and learning and to collaborate with Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) educators in designing and implementing meaningful, transformative, and inclusive educational experiences. We believe that combining the science and art of teaching empowers our colleagues to create the environment for all students to learn and feel like they belong in the CMU community. Come talk to us!

Our Approach is Learner-Centered

We put student learning at the center of the teaching process, helping faculty, postdocs, and graduate students to develop course objectives, assessments...
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Support for Faculty

We encourage you to take advantage of the Eberly Center’s resources as you work to become more effective – and more efficient! – in your teaching.
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Graduate Student Support

These services are available to all graduate students at Carnegie Mellon. Using these services does not require any prior or current teaching experience.
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Eberly Center Leadership Team

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Chad Hershock, PhD
Executive Director
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Judy Brooks, MDes
Director of Design, Technology-Enhanced Learning & Online Programs
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Emily Weiss, PhD
Associate Director, Faculty Teaching Initiatives
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Jacqueline Pincus, PhD
Associate Director, Graduate Student & Postdoc Teaching Initiatives
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Business Administrator

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Michelle Pierson
Business Administrator
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Teaching Consultant Team

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Sophie Le Blanc, PhD
Senior Teaching Consultant
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Patrick Walsh, PhD
Teaching Consultant
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Phoebe Cook, PhD
Teaching Consultant

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Yoko Nakamura, PhD
Teaching Consultant

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Technology Enhanced Learning Team

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Zachary Mineroff
Senior Learning Engineer
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Harley Chang, Ed.M., M.S.
Learning Engineer
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Avi Chawla
Senior Learning Engineer
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Qinglin Feng
Learning Engineer
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Lynn Kojtek, MSIT
Learning Engineer
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Xiaolin Ni
Learning Engineer
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Alex McGough
Educational Technology Consultant
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Roberta Serbin
Educational Technology Consultant
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Nathan Mazur
Senior Multimedia Designer
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Meg Richards
Senior Systems Software Engineer
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Martin van Velsen
Senior Systems Software Engineer
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Assessment Team

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Michael Melville, PhD
Senior Data Science Research Associate
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Laura Pottmeyer, PhD
Senior Data Science Research Associate
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Allison Connell Pensky, PhD
Senior Data Science Research Associate
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Lydia Eckstein, PhD
Data Science Research Associate
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Affiliated Units

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Marsha Lovett, PhD
Vice Provost for Teaching and Learning Innovation
Co-coordinator of The Simon Initiative
Professor of Psychology (Teaching)
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