Staff: Searle Center for Advancing Learning & Teaching

For general inquiries, call 847-467-2338 or email teach@northwestern.edu. See the contact us page for our address and office hours.

Bennett Goldberg | Director, Assistant Provost for Learning and Teaching, Professor of Physics and Astronomy

Phone: 847-467-4415
E-mail: bennett.goldberg@northwestern.edu

Bennett joined Northwestern University in August 2016 as the Director of the Searle Center for Advancing Learning and Teaching, Assistant Provost for Learning and Teaching, and Professor of Physics and Astronomy. Full bio.

Susanna Calkins | Director, Faculty Initiatives

Phone: 847-467-2271
E-mail: s-calkins@northwestern.edu

As Associate Director, Susanna leads many of the faculty development initiatives at the Center, collaborating with many divisions across the university. Full bio.

Denise Drane | Senior Associate Director, Research & Evaluation

Phone: 847-491-2628
E-mail: d-drane@northwestern.edu

Denise leads the Center's research initiatives and oversees the numerous in-house program evaluation projects. Full bio.

Marina Micari | Director, Academic Support & Learning Advancement

Phone: 847-467-6481
E-mail: m-micari@northwestern.edu

Marina directs the Academic Support & Learning Advancement unit and is an associate director with the Searle Center. Read her full bio on the ASLA page.

Nancy Ruggeri | Director, Graduate and Postdoctoral Programs

Phone: 847-467-2274
E-mail: nancy.ruggeri@northwestern.edu

Nancy joined the Searle Center in 2012 with a diverse research background ranging from primate behavioral ecology to college science education. Full bio.

Remi Akinyemi | Project Coordinator

Phone: 847-467-1163
E-mail: o-akinyemi@northwestern.edu

Remi provides support to the Director and Associate Director of Research & Evaluation for various research initiatives. Full bio.

Ekaterina (Katya) Bitkin | Research Associate

Phone: 847-491-2104
E-mail: katya.bitkin@northwestern.edu

Ekaterina (Katya) Bitkin is a project evaluator for a five-year interdisciplinary research and educational program – CuBISM. Katya develops and implements assessments of learning and evaluations of the program components. Full bio.

Olivia Chesniak | Postdoctoral Fellow

Phone: 847-467-6664
E-mail: olivia.chesniak@northwestern.edu

Olivia Chesniak is the Postdoctoral Fellow for the Postdoc Academy project. Full bio

Lisa Davidson | Senior Assessment Associate

Phone: 847-467-6289
E-mail: lisa.davidson@northwestern.edu

Lisa Davidson works as a Senior Assessment Associate. Full bio

Kate Flom Derrick | Senior Program Coordinator

Phone: 847-491-3106
E-mail: katherine.flom@northwestern.edu

Kate Flom Derrick works as a Senior Program Coordinator supporting graduate and postdoctoral programs at the Searle Center. Full bio.

Caroline Freitag | Research Project Coordinator

Phone: 847-467-0389
E-mail: caroline.freitag@northwestern.edu

Robert Hill | Postdoctoral Fellow

Phone: 847-491-2181
E-mail: robert.hill@northwestern.edu

Omari Keeles | Assistant Director for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Phone: 847-467-3046
E-mail: omari.keeles@northwestern.edu

Omari Keeles is Assistant Director for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion. Full bio.

Una McGeough | Program Manager, Academic Support & Learning Advancement

Phone: 847-467-0148
E-mail: una.mcgeough@northwestern.edu

Una manages academic support programs for undergraduate students within Academic Support & Learning Advancement. Read her full bio on the ASLA page.

Angelica Medina | Faculty Initiatives Associate (Temp)

Phone: 847-491-4586
E-mail: angelica.medina@northwestern.edu

Angelica has her BA from DePaul University in Intercultural Communication. She is passionate about inclusive education and brings several years experience in program management. Along with creating systems and organizing logistics for programs and events, she has lead diversity initiatives and training's for racially diverse and LGBTQ inclusive classrooms.

Borislava Miltcheva | Program Manager, Academic Support & Learning Advancement

Phone: 847-491-2731
E-mail: borislava.miltcheva@northwestern.edu

Borislava manages academic support programs for undergraduate students within Academic Support & Learning Advancement. Read her full bio on the ASLA page.