Center for Teaching & Learning About Us

Please contact Riley if you need pedagogical support for curricular initiatives at the individual, departmental, and institutional level including consultations on assignment, course, and curriculum design, and assessment of student learning at all curricular levels.  Please see the consultations page for more specifics about the ways that Riley can work with you to support teaching at Amherst College.  Riley is the point person for inquiries about the operations and functions of the Center.

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Sarah Bunnell is the Associate Director and STEM Specialist for the Center for Teaching and Learning. Please contact Sarah if you would like to discuss assignment, course, or departmental curricular design, assessment of student learning, or other areas of teaching and learning in the Sciences. She welcomes all scope of conversations, ranging from how to redesign a single class activity to rethinking the structure of departmental curriculum. She is also available to support faculty and staff in scholarship of teaching and learning (SOTL) research projects. Sarah’s SOTL research interests include inclusive teaching practices in STEM, the role of empathy in learning, and best practices in faculty development broadly defined.

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Theresa Ronquillo is the Associate Director and Humanities, Arts & Social Sciences Specialist for the CTL. Please contact Theresa if you would like to discuss assignment, course, curriculum design, assessment of student learning, or other areas of teaching and learning in the social sciences, humanities, and the arts. She would also enthusiastically welcome conversations about innovative, creative, and embodied/movement-based pedagogies, and strategies for integrating these approaches in your teaching and classroom practices. 

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Lisa provides support for the CTL including maintaining our digital and analog resource materials and budget and program logistical management. She can set meetings for Riley, Sarah and Theresa and provide guidance on available CTL resources and programming.