The Learning and Educational Center (LEC) Advisory Council comprises faculty, faculty development professionals, educational technologists, instructional designers, and affiliate members from support services like the Office of Innovation and Information Technology (OIIT) and the Alvin Sherman Library. This council fosters ownership among faculty and staff while advising the LEC on strategic planning through the following:
- Supporting academic units in their goals toward preeminence.
- Ensuring representation and collaboration with all NSU colleges and programs.
- Offering perspective and insight into the development needs of NSU faculty.
- Serving as a communication bridge into and out of the LEC.
- Supporting LEC as a model that is inclusive, collaborative, and proactive in meeting NSU's teaching and learning needs.
Diane Lippe, Ed.S.
Executive Director, Learning and Educational Center, Academic Affairs
Brianna Black Kent, PhD, MEd, BSN, RN (ret.)
Associate Professor | Director of Professional Development for Faculty Researchers,
Learning and Education Center, Academic Affairs | Director, CREATE
Adam Cohen
Director of Instructional Design and Media Production, Learning and Educational Center,
Academic Affairs
Twanna Crockam PhD, RNC-NIC
Assistant Professor of Nursing, Ron and Kathy Assaf College of Nursing
Gregory M. Fecho, O.D.
Chair, Department of Optometric Sciences
Director of Technology, Associate Professor
Carolyn Fitzpatrick
Instructional Designer IV
H. Wayne Huizenga College of Business and Entrepreneurship
Alfreda Francis
Assistant Director of Faculty Professional Development, Learning and Educational Center,
Academic Affairs
Lea Kaploun, Ph.D., CCC/SLP
Associate Professor and Clinical Supervisor, Master of Science in Speech-Language
Pathology Program (MS-SLP), Department of Speech-Language Pathology, Dr. Kiran C.
Patel College of Osteopathic Medicine
Steve Kramer, PhD
Professor of Decision Sciences, College Technology Planning Committee Chair, ASQ Fellow
and Certified Master Black Belt
Industrial Engineer, Florida Sterling Advanced Examiner, Huizenga College of Business
and Entrepreneurship
Robert McCalla, M.S.
Professional Development Manager, Learning and Educational Center, Academic Affairs
Samantha M. Lemus, Ph.D.
Director of Faculty Development, Assistant Professor, Department of Medical Education
Dr. Kiran C. Patel College of Osteopathic Medicine
Larry Lettie
Manager, LMS Architecture, Office of Innovation and Information Technology
Eric Mason, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Communication, Media, and the Arts, Halmos College
of Arts and Sciences, and Faculty Coordinator, NSU Writing and Communication Center
Anymir Orellana, Ed.D.
Professor, Abraham S. Fischler College of Education and School of Criminal Justice
Samiksha Prasad, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Medical Education, Dr. Kiran C. Patel College of Allopathic Medicine
(NSU MD)
Brett Scaglione, Ph.D.
Director of Instructional Technology, NSU University School
Martha (Marti) Snyder, Ph.D., P.M.P., S.P.H.R.
Director of Faculty Professional Development, Learning and Educational Center, Academic
Affairs | Professor, Abraham S. Fischler College of Education & School of Criminal
Justice
Judith Slapak-Barski, Ed.D.
Instructional Designer IV and Faculty Development Professional, Halmos College of
Arts and Sciences and The Guy Harvey Oceanographic Research Center
Jennifer G. Steinberg, PharmD, BCPS
Assistant Professor and Director of Experiential Education – IPPE, Barry and Judy
Silverman College of Pharmacy
Urszula Strawinska-Zanko, Ph.D.
Associate Professor and Assistant Dean, Halmos College of Arts and Sciences
Elda Kanzki-Veloso, Ph.D.
Professor, College of Psychology College of Psychology
College of Psychology
Gregory D. Wright, Ed.D.
Assistant Manager of Video Production/Digital Media
Samuel Yoders, PhD, RVT
Chair, Department of Sonography
Program Director, Cardiovascular Sonography Program, Dr. Pallavi Patel College of
Health Care Sciences