Who We Are

  • Staff
  • Advisory Board
  • Graduate Assistants
  • Undergrad Assistants
  • Fellows
Name Title
Remi Akinyemi Project Coordinator
Sharon Bautista Program Associate, Graduate Student Development
Susanna Calkins Associate Director, Faculty Development
Denise Drane Associate Director, Research & Evaluation
Abby Hazlett Graduate Assistant
Louie Lainez Program Coordinator,Gateway Science Workshop
Joseph Lampert Assistant Director, Graduate Student Development
Greg Light Director
Marina Micari Associate Director, Undergraduate Programs 
Eun Jung Park Research Associate, NCLT Program
Dreana Rubel Center Manager
Bernhard Streitwieser Senior Research Associate
Su Swarat Research Associate, NCLT & GSW program
Shyanmei Wang Program Associate
The Searle Center Advisory Board meets with the Center's directors on a quarterly basis to provide feedback and participate in discussions about the Center's programs and research efforts.
Name Title
James Edward Colgate Professor, Mechanical Engineering, McCormick School of Engineering & Applied Science
Raymond Curry Dean for Education and Professor of Medicine and Medical Education, Feinberg School of Medicine
Ava Greenwell Associate Professor, Medill School of Journalism
Robert Linsenmeier Professor, Neurobiology & Physiology, Weinberg College of Arts & Science
Franziska Lys Associate Professor, German, Weinberg College of Arts & Sciences
Thomas Mason Professor, Materials Science & Engineering, McCormick School of Engineering & Applied Science
Lawrence Pinto Professor, Neurobiology & Physiology, Feinberg School of Medicine
Chris Riesbeck Associate Professor, Electrical Engineering & Computer Science, McCormick School of Engineering & Applied Science
Alvin Telser Associate Professor Emeritus, Feinberg School of Medicine
Ann Woodworth Associate Professor, Theatre, School of Communication

Graduate Teaching Consultants (TCs) are specially trained graduate students who are outstanding alumni of the TA Fellows program. TCs, along with Center Staff, provide consultation and feedback services to instructors in the Northwestern community, and facilitate the Graduate Workshops.

Megan Bernard: Communications Studies
Louise Edwards: Theatre
Luke Flores: Neuroscience
Michelle Hallikainen: Mechanical Engineering
Rana Husseini:  Communication Studies 
Heather Lucas: Psychology
Jennifer Myers: Music Studies
EA Quinn: Anthropology
Rachel Ricci: Political Science
Andrew Warne: History

Graduate Teaching Mentors are outstanding alumni of the Graduate Teaching Certificate program who help current program participants by providing consultation, feedback and administrative support to the program coordinator.

Martha Cammarata: Biomedical Engineering
Rana Husseini: Communication Studies
Sam O'Connell: Theatre & Drama
EA Quinn: Anthropology

Work-Study Students:
  • Victoria King
  • Benjamin Li
  • Matthew Nabavian
  • Angela Salmons
Gateway Science Workshop Program Assistants:
  • Alex Gast
  • Ali Melnyk

Fellows of the Center help advance and support teaching and learning across the university in a variety of ways.  From leading conversations about teaching in workshops and roundtables, to offering feedback and guidance to junior colleagues, to publicly sharing their scholarly inquiries into teaching, Fellows are integral to the Center's work.

Searle Fellows

Searle Fellows Mentors

McCormick Fellows

Teaching Assistant Fellows