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Leadership

The TLC has a full-time faculty Director and Program Coordinator. A faculty and staff committee, appointed by COFP,  advises TLC program development.  Additionally, a student advisory committee, appointed by nominations, advises TLC support for students on campus. 

Office Of the Teaching and Learning Commons

Elaine Allard

Associate Professor

Director, Teaching & Learning Commons

Educational Studies

Contact

  1. Phone: (610) 328-8635
  2. Pearson Hall 203
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Smiling photo of Elaine Allard

Caroline Cheung

Program Coordinator, Teaching & Learning Commons

Teaching & Learning Commons

Contact

  1. Phone: (610) 690-3704
  2. Dan and Sidney West House 201
Asian American woman with long black hair smiles and looks off camera while writing on the chalkboard in a classroom

TLC Advisory Board Members (23-24)

Alba Newmann Holmes

Assistant Professor

Director, Writing Associate Program

Writing Associates

English Literature

Contact

  1. Phone: (610) 957-6110
  2. Trotter Hall 103
  3. Trotter Hall 120
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Ashley Turner

Senior Academic Technologist

Information Technology Services (ITS)

Contact

  1. Phone: (610) 957-6130
  2. Beardsley Hall 113A
Ashley Turner

Ben Geller ’01

Associate Professor of Physics

Director, Swarthmore Summer Scholars Program and Coordinator of NSE Educational Support Initiatives

Physics & Astronomy-Physics

Contact

  1. Phone: (610) 957-6287
  2. Science Center 38
  1. Profile
  2. CV

Jennifer Magee

Director, Program Development, Implementation, & Assessment

Lang Center for Civic & Social Responsibility

Peace & Conflict Studies

Contact

  1. Phone: (610) 328-7320
  2. Lang Center for Civic & Social Responsibility 204
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Dr. Magee provides leadership and support for key programs of the Center that fund the work of social responsibility, including the Engaged Scholarship Research Grant program for faculty and for students: Lang Opportunity Scholarship Program, Lang Social Impact Fellowship, Pilot Project Grant Program, Project Pericles Fund of Swarthmore College, and Davis Projects for Peace. Office hours by appointment.

Jen Moore

Course Content Accessibility Manager

Information Technology Services (ITS)-Academic Technology

Athletics, Physical Education & Recreation

Contact

  1. Phone: (610) 957-6055
  2. Beardsley Hall 103 3/4
  3. Fieldhouse
  4. Office Hours:

    Schedule a meeting

  1. Contact Accessibility at Swarthmore
  2. Contact the ITS DEI Committee
Jen Moore holding a bat and smiling on the whispering bench in the cherry tree glen on campus.

Karen Henry ’87

Dean of First Year Students

Student Affairs

Contact

  1. Phone: (610) 328-8169
  2. Parrish Hall 130
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Karen Henry

Lisa Meeden

Neil R. Grabois '57 Professor of Natural Sciences and Engineering

Computer Science

Cognitive Science

Contact

  1. Phone: (610) 328-8565
  2. Science Center 243
  1. Website

Artificial Intelligence, Robotics

Lisa Meeden

Liz Derickson ’01

Associate Dean, Academic Success

Student Affairs

Contact

  1. Phone: (610) 328-8475
  2. Parrish Hall 109
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photograph of Dean Liz Derickson smiling and standing outside of Parrish Hall

Maggie Delano

Associate Professor

Engineering

Contact

  1. Phone: (610) 328-8295
  2. Maxine Frank Singer '52 Hall 233
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Maura O'Leary

Visiting Assistant Professor

Linguistics

Contact

  1. Phone: (610) 690-3348
  2. Pearson Hall 117

Roberto Vargas

Head, Research & Instructional Services

Libraries-Research & Instruction

Contact

  1. Phone: (610) 957-6107
  2. McCabe Library 120

Subject specialist for Art & Art History, Classics, English Literature, Latin American & Latino Studies, Linguistics, Philosophy, Religion, and Spanish.

Schedule an appointment

Roberto Vargas

Tao Wang

Lead Associate of the Social Science Quantitative Lab

Economics

Contact

  1. Phone: (610) 957-6139
  2. Kohlberg Hall 214
  3. Office Hours:

    Tuesdays 1.30pm - 2.30 pm & Thursdays 1:00pm - 2.30 pm (appointments preferred http://tinyurl.com/ssql-office-hours, walk-ins welcome)

  1. Profile

Areas of Interest: International Economics, Environmental Economics