Peer-Led Team Learning International Society
Partial List of Practitioners
Contacts
Canada
University of Northern British Columbia (UNBC)
Prince George, British Columbia, Canada
Saphida Migabo
Biology Peer Led Team Learning (PLTL) Faculty Coordinator
Ecosystem Science & Management (ESM) Department
Faculty of Environment
Email: migabos@unbc.ca
Jean Bowen, BSc, MSc Mathematics
Learning Specialist – Science and Math
Academic Success Centre
Email: Jean.bowen@unbc.ca
Web: https://www2.unbc.ca/academic-success-centre
Jamaica
The University of the West Indies at Mona
Kingston, Jamaica
Novelette Sadler-McKnight
Lecturer, Inorganic Chemistry
Supervisor, Educational Research Program
Department of Chemistry
novelette.sadlermcknight@uwimona.edu.jm
Program pages: http://www.mona.uwi.edu/chemistry/peer
http://www.mona.uwi.edu/marcom/ecalendar/feature/peer-assistance-teaching-initiatves
United Kingdom
Queen Mary University of London
London, England, United Kingdom
Professor Tony Michael
Deputy Vice-Principal for Education (Programmes and Standards), Dean for Education (Science and Engineering), and Professor of Reproductive Biology
School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences
a.michael@qmul.ac.uk
http://www.qmul.ac.uk/sbbs/staff/tonymichael.html
Dr. Lesley Howell
Director of Education, Reader in Pharmaceutical and Medicinal Chemistry, Queen Mary Academy Fellow
School of Physical and Chemical Sciences
l.howel@qmul.ac.uk
http://www.qmul.ac.uk/spcs/staff/academics/profiles/lesleyhowell.html
United States
CALIFORNIA
California State University, Dominguez Hills
Carson, California
Mohsen Beheshti
Professor and Chair
Department of Computer Science
mbeheshti@csudh.edu
CSC.csudh.edu
California State University, Sacramento
Sacramento, California
Jennifer Lundmark
Professor, Biological Sciences
Director, Peer-Assisted Learning Program
lundmark@csus.edu
Information
Sacramento City College
Sacramento, California
Joel Hwang
Professor and Chair, Chemistry
Coordinator, STEM-PAL Program
HwangJ@scc.losrios.edu
San Jose City College
San Jose, California
Madeline Adamczeski
Professor of Chemistry and Oceanography
Division of Mathematics and Science
PLTL Program Coordinator
Madeline.Adamczeski@sjcc.edu
http://www.sjcc.edu/academics/academic-programs/metas/peer-led-team-learning
FLORIDA
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Worldwide
Daytona Beach, Florida 32114
Kimberly Luthi
Associate Program Coordinator
BS Unmanned Systems Applications
kimberly.luthi@erau.edu
Florida International University
Miami, Florida
Thomas Pitzer
Senior Instructor
Department of Biological Sciences
Peer Led Team Learning (PLTL) Faculty Coordinator
Biology Education Program Director
pitzert@fiu.edu
Miami Dade College, Wolfson Campus
Miami, Florida
Uyen Le
Coordinator, Natural Sciences
ule@mdc.edu
University of Miami
Coral Gables, Florida
Michael Gaines
Professor, Department of Biology
Peer Led Team Learning (PLTL) Faculty Coordinator
Director of Undergraduate Research & Community Outreach
m.gaines@miami.edu
University of South Florida
Tampa, Florida
Scott Lewis
Department of Chemistry
slewis@usf.edu
GEORGIA
University of West Georgia
Carrollton, Georgia
Department of Chemistry
Dusty Otwell
dotwell@westga.edu
ILLINOIS
Northeastern Illinois University
Chicago, Illinois
Ana Fraiman
Department of Chemistry
College of Arts and Sciences
A-Fraiman@neiu.edu
http://www.neiu.edu/~chemdept/Pfraiman.html
Northwestern University
Evanston, Illinois
Marina Micari
Director, Academic Resource Center
Gateway Science Workshop program
m-micari@northwestern.edu
Dominican University
River Forest, Illinois
Christopher Anderson
canderson@dom.edu
INDIANA
Indiana University-Purdue University at Indianapolis
Indianapolis, Indiana
Pratibha Varma-Nelson
Professor of Chemistry
Executive Director, STEM Education Innovation and Research Institute (SEIRI)
pvn@iupui.edu
MAINE
University of Maine
Orono, Maine
Mitchell Bruce
Associate Professor
Department of Chemistry
Cooperating Faculty, Maine Center for Research in STEM Education
mbruce@maine.edu
Thomas College
Waterville, Maine
Matthew Nash
Peer-led Team Learning Coordinator
matthew.nash@thomas.edu
PLTL Website: https://www.thomas.edu/titleiii/pltl/
MARYLAND
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, Maryland
Ariane Kelly
Assistant Director of Academic Support
ariane.kelly@jhu.edu
website: http://academicsupport.jhu.edu/pilot-learning/
MASSACHUSETTS
Bridgewater State University
Bridgewater, Massachusetts
Thomas P. Kling
Professor and Chair
Department of Physics
tkling@bridgew.edu
http://microsites.bridgew.edu/streams
MISSOURI
Washington University
St. Louis, Missouri
Thomas Bakupog
Director, PLTL Program in Introductory General Chemistry
thomas.bakupog@wustl.edu
Megan Daschbach
Director, PLTL Program in General Chemistry
daschbach@wustl.edu
Lisa Kuehne
Peer-Led Team Learning Coordinator
Director, PLTL Program in Calculus
lmkuehne@wustl.edu
Robert Vittoe
Peer-Led Team Learning Coordinator, Physics
rvittoe@wustl.edu
Augusto Medeiros da Rosa
Director of PLTL Program in Physics
augusto@wustl.edu
Website: https://ctl.wustl.edu/learningcenter/programs/peer-led-team-learning/
MONTANA
University of Montana
Missoula, Montana
Mark Cracolice
Professor, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
mark.cracolice@umontana.edu
NEW MEXICO
New Mexico State University
Las Cruces, New Mexico
Avis James
Department of Biology
avis@nmsu.edu
NEW YORK
Monroe Community College, SUNY
Rochester, New York
Jason Anderson
Chemistry & Geosciences
janderson@monroecc.edu
New York City College of Technology, City University of New York
Brooklyn, New York
Diana Samaroo
Department of Chemistry
DSamaroo@CityTech.Cuny.Edu
Melanie Villatoro
Construction Management/Civil Engineering Technology
mvillatoro@citytech.cuny.edu.
University of Rochester
Rochester, New York
Nicholas Hammond
Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning
Assistant Director, Workshop Program
nicholas.hammond@rochester.edu
M. Cecilia Barone
Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning
Assistant Director, Workshop Program
mbarone@ur.rochester.edu
robin.frye@Simon.rochester.edu
Educational Development Specialist for Natural Sciences & Engineering
kyle.trenshaw@rochester.edu
NORTH CAROLINA
Duke University
Durham, North Carolina
Susan Rodger
Professor of the Practice
Computer Science Department
www.cs.duke.edu/~rodger
pltlcs.org
OHIO
The Ohio State University
Columbus, Ohio
Erin O’Brien
Biology PLTL Coordinator
Center for Life Sciences Education
obrien.501@osu.edu
University of Toledo
Toledo, Ohio
Amy Toole
Assistant Lecturer
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
amy.toole@utoledo.edu
OREGON
University of Portland
Portland, Oregon
Angela Hoffman
Professor
Department of Chemistry
hoffman@up.edu
https://college.up.edu/
SOUTH CAROLINA
University of South Carolina
Columbia, South Carolina
Steven A. Rodney
Assistant Professor
Department of Physics and Astronomy
srodney@sc.edu
TEXAS
El Paso Community College
El Paso, Texas
Cassandra Monarrez-Grendahl
Department of Chemistry
marteag1@epcc.edu
The University of Texas at Dallas
Richardson, Texas
Michael Saenz
PLTL Program Manager
mike@utdallas.edu
www.utdallas.edu/studentsuccess
The University of Texas at El Paso
El Paso, Texas
Jim Becvar
Department of Chemistry
jbecvar@utep.edu
The University of Texas of the Permian Basin
Odessa, Texas
Milka O. Montes, Ph.D.
Department of Chemistry
montes_m@utpb.edu
The University of Texas, Rio Grande Valley
Brownsville & Edinburg, Texas
Leslie Jones
Director, Learning Center
leslie.jones@utrgv.edu
Hector Leal
Program Coordinator
hector.leal@utrgv.edu
Website: https://www.utrgv.edu/tutoring/peer-collaborative-learning/pltl/index.htm
University of Houston Downtown
Houston, Texas
Mitsue Nakamura
Department of Computer and Mathematical Sciences
nakamuram@uhd.edu
U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS
University of the Virgin Islands
St. Thomas, Virgin Islands
Robert Stolz
Professor
Department of Mathematics
rstolz@uvi.edu
Nadia Monrose
PLTL Coordinator and Faculty Lead Trainer –
Mathematics Foundation Courses
nmonros@uvi.edu
WISCONSIN
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
John Reisel
Professor
Mechanical Engineering Department
reisel@uwm.edu