Former CATL Directors & Associate Directors
Directors of CATL
Deandra Little, Associate Provost for Faculty Affairs
Deandra Little was Director of the Center for the Advancement of Teaching and Learning from 2013-2023, and is now Associate Provost for Faculty Affairs and professor of English. Deandra is a former Vice President for the International Consortium of Educational Development (2017-2020), and a former president of the POD Network in Higher Education, the North American association for university teaching and learning centers. Her scholarship focuses on educational development practice and practitioners in higher education.
Peter Felten, Assistant Provost for Teaching and Learning
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. 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
Assistant Provost of Scholarship and Creative Activity and Professor of Psychology
Formerly Assistant Dean of Elon College, The College of Arts and Sciences
CATL Associate Director from Fall 2015 to Spring 2018
Kristina Meinking
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