JWU Center for Teaching & Learning
At Johnson & Wales University, faculty and staff development is a key component of providing a quality education for our students.
The JWU Center for Teaching and Learning is a vital resource to support faculty professional development. The Center promotes excellence in teaching and learning and improves efficiencies across interrelated functional areas and academics through expanded services and programming for all faculty and staff members. Training and other resources sponsored through the Center aim to improve student academic performance and retention.
The mission of the Johnson & Wales University Center for Teaching & Learning is to foster a community of lifelong learners and enhance the student experience by inspiring innovative research, scholarship, collaboration, and impactful facilitation of learning.
Center for Teaching & Learning Staff
Carla White Ellis, Ph.D., CFD | Director, Center for Teaching & Learning | Director, University Explorations Program | John Hazen White College of Arts & Sciences, Providence Campus
Alyson E. Marzini | Assistant Director, Center for Teaching & Learning | Coordinator, Institutional Review Board
Comprehensive Committee
Ezenwayi Amaechi Ejiribe, Ph.D. | Applied Learning Coordinator, Master of Public Health Program, College of Health & Wellness, Providence Campus
Sarah N. Campbell, M.L.S. | Reference & Instruction Services, Downcity Library, Providence Campus
Kristyn DeMarco, Ph.D. | John Hazen White College of Arts & Sciences, Providence Campus
Karen Gordon | Academic Administrative Coordinator, Executive Office, Charlotte Campus
Meredith Hass, M.Ed. | Director of Instructional Design & Technology
Katrina M. Herold, Ed.D. | Associate Dean, John Hazen White College of Arts & Sciences, Providence Campus
RJ Kilgore, M.S. | Director of Academic Support, Charlotte Campus
Maria Knight, M.Ed. | Director of Learning & Organizational Development, Human Resources & Payroll, Providence Campus
Dawn Lopez, MBA | College of Hospitality & Business, Charlotte Campus
John Maas, M.A. | College of Food Innovation & Technology, Charlotte Campus
Eileen Medeiros, Ph.D. | Director of the Academic Success Center | John Hazen White College of Arts & Sciences, Providence Campus
Richard Miscovich, MBA | College of Food Innovation & Technology, Providence Campus
Mark Peres, J.D. | John Hazen White College of Arts & Sciences, Charlotte Campus
Christopher Roy, Ph.D. | John Hazen White College of Arts & Sciences, Charlotte Campus
Karen Shea, Ph.D. | John Hazen White College of Arts & Sciences, Providence Campus
Adam Smith, Ph.D. | John Hazen White College of Arts & Sciences, Charlotte Campus
Tim Stiles, M.S. | Director of Administration & Strategic Initiatives, Center for Academic Support, Charlotte Campus
Erin Wynn, M.A. | John Hazen White College of Arts & Sciences, Providence Campus
Ex Officio
Jennifer Adams Galipeau, Ed.D. | Associate Provost of Academic Affairs | Dean, College of Business & Hospitality Management, Providence Campus
Richard Wiscott, Ph.D. | University Provost
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Recorded Sessions
All recorded sessions are available via our jwuLink group.
Teaching Consultations
The CTL offers confidential teaching consultations and/or observations for those interested in improving their classroom delivery methods, revising assessments or handling challenging situations. Please email CTL@jwu.edu to make an appointment.
Research Consultations
Research consultants are available in most disciplines to assist you with establishing a research question, qualitative, quantitative and mixed methods data collection and analysis, literature reviews and dissemination. Please email CTL@jwu.edu to inquire.
Academic Scholarship Review Board
This submission form is for faculty who are requesting peer review of scholarship through the Center for Teaching & Learning to fulfill the JWU scholarship requirements during off years (even years) of the University Scholarship & Best Practices Expo. Peer reviewed accepted scholarship can be disseminated through the Center for Teaching & Learning (CTL) either through a workshop or informational session-style presentation.
We are excited to welcome faculty and staff to take advantage of our programming and opportunities for professional development. Please enjoy our monthly newsletter linked below, which includes CTL news, the CTL spotlight, funding information, CTL-sponsored event updates, upcoming workshops and training, and general information about the Center’s services. You will also be able to find these newsletters archives under the Resources tab in our CTL jwuLink group, where we will continue to regularly post updates. We encourage you to stop in to say hello or to email us to discuss how the center can plan for and support your professional development needs.
Johnson & Wales University has established numerous policies and associated procedures governing research activity undertaken by faculty, staff, students, and other associated individuals and entities. These documents are available to JWU employees in the University Policies folder.
The policies listed below are or are required to be publicly available.
Research Integrity Policy and Procedures
Johnson & Wales University is committed to upholding the highest standards of rigor in research. This institution is committed to fostering an environment that promotes research integrity and the responsible conduct of research, prohibits research misconduct, and deals promptly with allegations or evidence of possible research misconduct.
Johnson & Wales University’s Research Integrity Policy and Procedures sets forth the university’s requirements in these matters. All individuals covered by this policy, as explained within the document’s Scope and Application, are expected to review and follow the guidance.
Research Integrity Policy & Procedures (PDF)
Financial Conflict of Interest in Research
JWU employees and affiliated individuals must strive to safeguard the university’s financial, legal, and reputational standing, and their own credibility and reputations, by supporting and practicing objectivity while engaged in research activities.
JWU’s policy and procedures for identifying and addressing financial conflict of interest in research, which are based on federal regulations published at 42 CFR Part 50, Subpart F, are intended to honor that commitment. The complete policy, as well as the two-part Disclosure of Significant Financial Interests (SFI) form, can be read in full:
Financial Conflict of Interest in Research Policy (PDF)
Research Security Training
Federal grantmaking agencies are, or will be, requiring recipients of federal research funding to take steps to protect sponsored research from improper foreign interference, influence, and appropriation in accordance with the National Security Presidential Memorandum 33 (NSPM-33) and the security-related provisions under the CHIPS & Science Act.
Institutions accepting federal research funding must require the grant-funded program’s senior/key personnel (at minimum) to complete training in research security. Although timelines and deadlines for research security training (RST) completion vary depending on the sponsor’s implementation plan, JWU is requiring all senior/key personnel to complete RST within twelve months prior to proposal submission or before commencing service on a federally sponsored research project or program, whichever is sooner.
JWU is offering an RST module developed by the NSF SECURE Center in collaboration with NSF, U.S. National Institutes of Health, and the U.S. Departments of Energy and Defense. This module, once completed, will fulfill one’s RST requirement and permit proposal submission or engagement on a federally sponsored program or both, depending on one’s circumstances. Please contact JWUSPA@jwu.edu for information on access to the module.
Please complete the RST module prior to proposal submission. To complete the training:
- Log in to uKnow using your JWU username and password.
- Click on “Courses” in the menu at the left of your screen.
- Click on “Research Security Training.”
- Click “Start,” and follow the instructions in the Welcome message.
Supporting Johnson & Wales University’s Powered by Purpose 2024 strategic plan, the University Scholarship and Best Practices (US&BP) Expo fosters an inclusive and interdisciplinary community of professionals.
Created from the merging of the former Faculty Scholarship Showcase and the Transformative Approaches Expo, the redesigned Expo provides an opportunity for faculty and staff to disseminate research and/or to share their unique and innovative practices with the university community.
Have questions about the Center and its programming? Contact us below:
Email: CTL@jwu.edu
Phone: 401-598-2915