Founding Director of CATL

Peter Felten, Assistant Provost for Teaching and Learning

Image of Peter Felten(336) 278-6609 pfelten@elon.edu

The founding director of the Center for the Advancement of Teaching and Learning, Peter Felten is now Assistant Provost for Teaching and Learning, Executive Director of the Center for Engaged Learning, and professor of history. His recent publications include the co-authored books Transforming Students: Fulfilling the Promise of Higher Education (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2014) and Engaging Students as Partners in Learning and Teaching (Jossey-Bass, 2014). From 2010-2011, he served as president of the POD Network, and in 2014-2017 as vice president of the International Society for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning. He was a co-editor of the International Journal for Academic Development.

 

Previous Associate Directors of CATL

Mary Jo Festle
Maude Sharpe Powell Professor, Professor of History
CATL Associate Director from Fall 2011 to Spring 2022

Kelsey Bitting
Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies
CATL Associate Director from Spring 2021-Spring 2022; Assistant Director from Fall 2019-Spring 2021

Derek Lackaff
Associate Professor of Communication Design and Director of Interactive Media program
CATL Associate Director

Amy Overman
Assistant Dean of Elon College, The College of Arts and Sciences and Professor of Psychology
CATL Associate Director from Fall 2015 to Spring 2018

Kristina Meinking
Associate Professor of Classical Languages in the Department of World Languages and Cultures
CATL Associate Director from Fall 2017 to Summer 2019

Katie King
Associate Professor of Psychology
CATL Associate Director from Fall 2008 to Spring 2013

Alan Russell
Associate Professor of Mathematics
CATL Associate Director from Spring 2013 to Fall 2014