Maura Capps

Assistant Director of Faculty Development

PhD–History, The University of Chicago
BA–English Literature & Environmental Studies, Bard College

In her role at CET, Maura supports the development, creation, and facilitation of faculty and future faculty teaching institutes and workshops, produces resources on a wide range of pedagogical topics, and engages in one-on-one consultations with faculty on teaching approaches and practices.

Maura earned her PhD at The University of Chicago in History with research and teaching fields in environmental history, history of science, and African studies. At Chicago, she taught a variety of courses in history and social science methodologies. During her time as a postdoctoral fellow at UW-Madison’s Institute for Research in the Humanities, she had joint teaching appointments in the Department of History and the Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies, where she taught interdisciplinary courses on imperial science, global migration, and food studies. Prior to joining the Center for Excellence in Teaching, Maura was the Director of Network Learning at Teach for America–California Capital Valley, where she worked with K-12 classroom educators, school leaders, and educational entrepreneurs to catalyze leadership in culturally-responsive pedagogy and educational equity in California public schools. She specializes in social science and humanities pedagogy with particular interests in equitable design and research and writing skills development.

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Jeanine Borland Mann

Assistant Director of Faculty Development

MPH International Health, Loma Linda University

BS Health Education, California State University, Chico

Jeanine specializes in facilitating professional development workshops and teaching institutes for faculty, postdoctoral scholars, and graduate students. She supports individual instructors, departments, and schools to employ evidence-based teaching practices and course design, with a special focus on clinical education.

Jeanine joins the Center for Excellence in Teaching after 12 years with Western University of Health Sciences where she served as a full-time faculty member and department chair for the Master of Science in Health Science program.  She has a background in international health, working as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Turkmenistan and developing and managing a school for women in Kabul, Afghanistan.  Jeanine is currently pursuing her doctorate in Organizational Change and Leadership from USC’s Rossier School of Education. Her research interests include healthcare and education in Central Asia, unhoused individuals, non profit organizations, and community efficacy in preventing hate crimes and antisemitism.

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Susie Newcomb

Assistant Director of Faculty Development

PhD – Biology, Columbia University
MA – Science Education, Columbia University Teachers College
BS – Biology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Susie specializes in supporting faculty and future faculty in developing evidence-based, inclusive teaching practices. She develops and facilitates training and resources to meet the needs of USC faculty, departments, and schools, and offers one-on-one consultations and observations to support faculty in reaching their teaching goals.

Before joining the Center for Excellence in Teaching, Susie was an American Cancer Society Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech). She worked in the Laboratory of Dr. Angelike Stathopoulos, where she used the fruit fly as a model to develop techniques for 3D genome imaging in live cells. During her graduate work at Columbia University, she studied molecular mechanisms of gene regulation, and taught undergraduate seminars on Molecular Biology, Genetics, and Science Communication. Susie’s prior training and experience as a public high school teacher in Brooklyn NY, teaching Chemistry, Biology, and Health to at-risk students, was invaluable in shaping her approach to teaching Columbia’s STEM students. The strategies she developed to get students facing difficult life challenges excited about science were also effective in helping her undergraduate students succeed in more advanced courses. Her work in developing online, literacy-based science curricula for at-risk students broadened the resources and strategies she had to choose from in meeting the needs of all of her Columbia students and creating a more inclusive and equitable learning environment. Susie also served as a Teaching Fellow in the Columbia University Center for Teaching and Learning, where she developed and facilitated programs on evidence-based STEM teaching strategies for faculty, postdocs, and graduate students. She was twice recognized for her service at Columbia University with the James Howard McGregor Prize for promise in teaching (2015) and with the Chinweike Okegbe Memorial Award (2018). Susie’s research and teaching experience in biological sciences, along with her years of pedagogical training, give her insight into the unique teaching challenges STEM faculty face, and approaches to overcoming them.

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Ingrid Steiner

Associate Director of Faculty Development

EdD Educational Leadership, concentration in Educational Psychology, University of Southern California
MS Education, option in Online Teaching and Learning, California State University, East Bay
MA Humanities, specialization in Art History, California State University, Dominguez Hills
BA Business Economics and German Studies, Randolph-Macon Woman’s College

In her role as Associate Director of Faculty Development, Ingrid oversees the development, implementation, and facilitation of pedagogical programs, consultations, and resources. She also cultivates partnerships and communications across the university to engage the USC teaching community in CET’s offerings.

As an adjunct professor of art history and design history, she enjoys exploring the intersections of the humanities and pedagogy. Her particular interests in educational scholarship includes motivation, relevancy, ableism, and accessibility (abilities). Currently, Ingrid is excited to be working on her PhD research in Art History.

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Ellen Nagamine

Office Manager

B.S. Business Administration (Marketing and Economics), Cal State University Los Angeles
B.A. candidate (Graphic Design) – Art Center College of Design

Ellen Nagamine brings a unique skillset to her position as Office Manager of CET. Several years of experience in the entertainment industry (Disney, Warner Brothers, Paramount, and The Araca Group), her skills includes finance, administration, e-commerce, SAP, logistics, operations, analytics, and graphic design. Ellen’s most recent positions were: Finance Manager of The Araca Group, and Presentation Graphics Specialist for the Worldwide Theatrical Marketing Division at Paramount Pictures. As office manager, Ellen manages finance and administration, university awards projects, and supports the CET staff with various department initiatives.

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Ginger Clark

Director

Associate Vice Provost for Academic and Faculty Affairs
Professor of Clinical Education, Rossier School of Education
Marriage and Family Therapy Master’s Degree Program

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