Office of the Director of the Institute for Teaching and Learning
Helen Qammar became the director of the Institute of Teaching and Learning in July 2007. She joined the University in 1989 after serving as an engineer with Exxon Research and Engineering Co., and as a fellow with Resources for the Future in Washington, D.C. She earned a bachelor's degree from Syracuse University, and a master's and Ph.D. from the University of Virginia, all in chemical engineering. She holds academic rank as Associate Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering. In 2007, Helen was named an ITL Faculty Fellow to help define and develop the UA Design Principle of "assessment." She served as the ABET accreditation coordinator for the chemical engineering program and participated in many university committees including Executive Committee of Faculty Senate, Student Success and Retention, General Education Advisory Committee (GEAC), Higher Learning Commission Assessment Academy, and Student Success Planning Committee. In 1995, Helen received a prestigious NSF CAREER award to develop, in part, an innovative vertically integrated engineering team curriculum.
Institute for Teaching and Learning (ITL)
-- Workshops and Seminars on Teaching & Learning Improvement
-- Scholarship of Teaching & Learning
-- Workshops and Seminars on Teaching with Technology
-- Annual "Celebration of Excellence in Learning & Teaching"
-- New Faculty Orientation/Graduate Assistant Orientation (with Dr. Karla Mugler)
-- Annual "Outstanding Teacher," "Outstanding Part-Time Teacher," and "Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant" Awards
Student Assessment Task Force (SATF)
Higher Learning Commission Assessment Academy (HLC AA)
Carnegie Academy for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Undergraduate Research Initiative
Provost's Faculty Fellows
ITL Research Teams
Learning Commons Planning Initatives (with Dean Cheryl Kern-Simirenko)
Student Success & Retention Committee (with Dr. Karla Mugler)
Student Success Plan Initative
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