Conference Coordinators

• Girija Nagaswami, Ed.D., Professor, Department of English & Facilitator, Faculty Center for Teaching and Learning, Community College of Philadelphia

• Alexandra Salas, Ph.D., Dean, Division of Innovation, Teaching & Digital Learning Excellence, Delaware County Community College

• Stephanie Scordia, Ed.D., Assistant Professor of English & Facilitator, Faculty Center for Teaching and Learning, Community College of Philadelphia 

Keynote Speaker

Dr. Rhonda Blackburn has been working in academia for the past 30 years as a teacher, administrator, trainer, and consultant in K12, Higher Ed, corporate and non-profit and has been teaching for the Master of Distance Education Program at UMGC for the past 8 years. Dr. Blackburn is the Chief Learning Officer at Ignite Nation where she is vital in the movement from on-ground to virtual training.  Before serving as CLO with Ignite, she was the VP and Chief Academic Officer for Barnes & Noble Education, LoudCloud and the Senior Advisory Consultant / Strategic Account Manager for Higher Education for Desire2Learn, where she provided guidance and planning for state-wide consortiums and large institutions. She has also been the Associate Provost of Educational Enhancement at the University of Texas at Dallas and Director for Instructional Technology Services at Texas A&M University. Dr. Blackburn received her Ph.D. in Educational Psychology from Texas A&M University. Her research focus is on what enhances the teaching and learning experience, how students can support each other to achieve their goals, and the advancement between schools.

Panel One: Classroom Practices

• Erica Swenson Danowitz, Ed.D., Professor/Reference & Instructional Librarian, Delaware County Community College

• Laura Davidson, Associate Professor of Allied Health and Health Care Studies Program Director, Community College of Philadelphia  

• Sandra Devenny, M.S., Professor of Biology, Delaware County Community College

• Erica Hill-Yates, Ph.D., Professor of Sociology, Delaware County Community College

• Talar Kaloustian, Ed.D., Assistant Professor English, and Assistant Chair ESL, Community College of Philadelphia

• Debonair Oates-Primus, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of English, Coordinator of Black Studies Program, and Diversity Certificate Coordinator, Community College of Philadelphia

• Ann-Marie Smith, Ed.D., Professor of Multimedia (VR lab), Delaware County Community College 

• Mamadou Kane, Assistant Professor & Chair, Foundational Mathematics, Community College of Philadelphia 

 Panel Two: Institutional Talk

• Amy Williams Gaudioso, M.S., Assistant Dean, Retention and Completion Services, Delaware County Community College

• Tanya Keenan, M.B.A., Assistant Director - Enrollment Central, Recruitment & Enrollment Management - Financial Aid, Delaware County Community College

• Wendy Kohler, M.S., Director, Center on Disability, Community College of Philadelphia

• Derrick Perkins, M.S., Director, Center of Male Engagement, Community College of Philadelphia 

• Jennifer Roberts, Ph.D., Associate Vice President, Academic and Student Success, Community College of Philadelphia 

• Don Sloat, B.S., Director of Technical Services, Delaware County Community College

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