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As Director of the Yehuda Elkana Center for Teaching, Learning, and Higher Education Research, I collaborate with faculty, doctoral students, and international partners to promote excellence in teaching and learning at CEU, support higher education teachers in their development (especially doctoral students and others early in their careers), conduct educational research, and enhance partners' capacities in the field of higher education, especially as relates to teaching and learning.
I was educated at Georgetown University, St. Peter's College (Oxford), and the University of Chicago, where I received my PhD. I began my academic career in the field of contemporary history, writing on diverse topics, including the education of migrants and colonial educational systems. With time, I became increasingly engaged in scholarship and leadership in the fields of education and teaching.
My work draws, in no small part, on my experiences teaching students from a diversity of backgrounds at all levels of study, from BA to PhD, at a variety of institutions. These have included appointments at the University of Chicago, Sciences Po in Paris, the European University Institute in Florence, the University of Colorado Denver, and Humboldt University in Berlin. Before joining CEU, I served as a member of the education faculty at Keele University. There my work included the academic study of racial and class inequalities in educational systems, as well as the pedagogical training of future educators. I joined CEU in autumn 2020 and served as Director of the Center for Teaching and Learning before it joined with the Yehuda Elkana Center for Higher Education.
My research spans the fields of history and education, with a particular focus on the intersection of democracy, citizenship, inclusion, and education. Topics of research have included education and migrants, democratic teaching, racial and class inequalities, internationalization, technology and education, experiential education, and social aspects of education.
Among my international project collaborations, I serve as project lead for the third-party funded "Developing Teaching Professionals" program and as institutional PI for a Horizon project on sustainable development. I am currently or have been recently active in working groups in both Austria (e.g., for the Hochschulkonferenz of the Federal Ministry) and in Europe (e.g., the European University Association's Learning & Teaching Thematic Peer Groups).
I regularly facilitate workshops in Austria and globally on enhancing teaching and learning, particularly at university-level. I also bring experience from within academia and the private sector in facilitating strategic planning and quality improvement.
