ITL Staff

BOOK A CONSULT WITH AN ITL TEAM MEMBER

Schedule a consultation online here!

This is the easiest way for you to get support with your technology and/or pedagogy needs! Consults can be booked a minimum of 24 hours in advance with any of the following ITL members. If you need assistance within 24 hours, please contact an ITL Member directly and they will do their best to provide you support.

The IDDC Student Team (IDDC@ysu.edu or book an IDDC consult) is also available to provide Blackboard support including Blackboard Original, Blackboard Ultra, test creation, and uploading content to your Blackboard course. Please give the IDDC a one-week turn-around for test creation!

Hillary Fuhrman

ASSISTANT PROVOST, TEACHING AND LEARNING

330-941-2453

hlfuhrman@ysu.edu

Jones Hall 3048

Hillary Fuhrman is the Assistant Provost for Teaching and Learning and has been at YSU since 2009. Before combining Assessment and Faculty Development into the Institute for Teaching and Learning, she was Director of Assessment from 2012-2019. Hillary is also an Academic Senator, serves on the Senate Teaching and Learning and Senate Academic Technology Committees, serves as an Office of Academic Affairs representative on numerous committees, and teaches part-time in Counseling Psychology. Before coming to YSU, she was a Research Associate at the Missouri Department of Higher Education, where she worked state-level policy development and oversaw state-level assessment activities. She is particularly interested in organizational change around continuous improvement, and policy development to support teaching and learning. She holds an MEd In Counseling Psychology from the University of Missouri-Columbia, and a BA in Cultural Anthropology from the University of Texas at Austin.

Dr. Cary Wecht

FACULTY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR & PROFESSOR OF COMMUNICATION

330-941-2337

clwecht01@ysu.edu

Jones Hall 3046

Cary is a Professor of Communication, and Director of Faculty Development in YSU's ITL. A communication generalist, her research interests involve the nexus of media use and interpersonal communication; her former research helped to spawn the Communibiology paradigm. She is the author of book chapters on varied topics such as media criticism, public speaking, communication and biology, use of media during 9/11, reality television, and business communication. Her conference presentations extend to topics such as argumentativeness and verbal aggression, as well as curriculum and pedagogy. Her research has been published in Communication Quarterly, the Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media, and Communication Research Reports. Cary received her PhD and MA from Kent State University and her BA from Youngstown State University.

Dr. Alison Kaufman

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, ASSESSMENT

330-941-4679

atkaufman@ysu.edu 

Jones Hall 3048

Alison has been with YSU since 2016, and is primarily responsible for managing student-learning outcomes assessment for academic and co-curricular programs, and managing institutional student surveys (NSSE, Noel Levitz). On campus, she also serves as an advisor to the Student Government Association and teaches part-time in the College of Education. Before coming to YSU, she completed a BS in Non-Profit Administration at Cleveland State University, MS in Urban Education (Instruction in Urban Settings) at Florida International University, and a PhD in Urban Education (Policy Studies) at Cleveland State University. She is interested in involving students in the assessment and evaluation process, critical pedagogy, and finding ways to increase the use of student voice in decision making.

Jordan Sarjeant

GRADUATE ASSISTANT INTERN 

jnsarjeant@student.ysu.edu

Jones Hall 3048