The Teaching and Learning Center officially kicked off it’s 2023-2024 Quality Matters Initiative on October 27th, 2023.

Quality Matters is a non-profit organization that specializes in standards for quality assurance for online course and program design. We run this rigorous initiative each academic year and faculty are compensated for preparing their courses for review and obtaining QM certification.

This year’s cohort comprises of 24 participants and 26 courses, the largest we’ve seen yet, and includes faculty with prior QM experience and some new faces! Below are our 2023-2024 cohort and their respective academic departments:

Aaron Rundus – Psychology
Alessandra Sarcona – Nutrition
Jaeyong Choi – Criminal Justice
Jade Burris – Early and Middle Grades Education
Jason Vanfosson – English
Jelena Colovic-Markovic – Languages and Culture
Julia Waddell – Communication and Media
Julie Wiest – Anthropology and Sociology
Kristen Crossney – Public Policy and Administration
Liu Cui – Computer Science
Maxine Gesualdi – Communication and Media
Megan Corbin – Languages and Cultures
Meghan Mahoney – Communication and Media
Patricia Davidson – Nutrition
Rebecca Chancellor – Anthropology and Sociology
Roger Gatchet – Communication and Media
Rose Jagielo-Manion – Early and Middle Grades Education
Sandra Kerr – Psychology
Selen Razon – Kinesiology
So Jung Kim – Communication Sciences and Disorders
Stevie Grassetti – Psychology
Vipanchi Mishra – Psychology
Wei Du – Economics and Finance
Zeinab Baba – Public Health Sciences