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For Students
About LEARN NC
LEARN NC, a program of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
School of Education,
finds the most innovative and successful practices in K–12 education and makes them available to the teachers
and students of North Carolina — and the world.
Staff and Contributors
General Operations
- Melissa Thibault
Executive Director - Jim Barber
Director Emeritus - David Barger
Business Manager - Marielle Prince
Office Assistant
Publishing and Development
- David Walbert
Editorial Director & Lead Designer/Developer - Emily Jack
Associate Editor - Dan Kelo
Web Applications Developer - Lesley Richardson
Media & Web Librarian - Eliza Jane Harris
Multimedia Assistant - Heather Coffey
Graduate Assistant - Tisha Duncan
Graduate Assistant - Ariel Rudolph
Multimedia assistant
Educational Programs
- Phil Kaufman
Director of Instructional Technology - Ross White
Director, Educational Programs - Bobby Hobgood, Ed.D.
Research & Development/Online Curriculum & Instruction - Mike Bamford
Learning Management Systems Administrator - Gail Burchfiel
Director of Online Learning - Bill Ferris
Online Learning Specialist - Keri Church
Data and Survey Specialist - Adria Kempner
Instructional Designer - Dan Lewandowski
The University of North Carolina Online Editor/Campus Program Liaison - Jane Robertson
Graduate Research Assistant - Jean-Marie Ruminjo
Help Desk - Nick Yingling
Registrar
Technical Support
- Suzanne Cecil
Assistant Systems Administrator and Technical Support - John Huppert
Systems Administrator
Instructors and Consultants
- Dr. Joy McLaughlin
Instructor (Reaching ELLs with ELD Standards) - Elizabeth Angell
Instructor (content-area reading comprehension) - Traci Barger
Instructor (adolescent literacy) - Ruth Bennett
Instructor (Carolina Online Teacher Program) - Dr. Karen Cobb Carroll
Instructor - Diana Chang
Instructor (Carolina Online Teacher Program) - Darla Deardorff
Instructor (Crossing Cultures) - Linda Dow
Contributing Editor (Environmental Education) - Suellen Epps
Instructor (Reading, Writing and Research) - Leah Gotcsik
Instructor (Carolina Online Teacher Program) - Regina Higgins
Instructor (globalization) - Carrie Hill
Instructor (Crash Course in ESL) - Sara Johnson
Instructor (content-area reading comprehension) - Judy Jones
Instructor (Adolescent Literacy) - Jon Karpinos
Instructor (Carolina Online Teacher Program) - Debbie Kincaid
Instructor (e-commerce) - Gary Langner
Instructor (Carolina Online Teacher Program) - Jacson Lowe
Instructor (Carolina Online Teacher Program) - Lindy Norman
Instructor - David Norman
Instructor (United States history) - Kim OBriant
Instructor (Beginning Teacher Success) - Debra Pylypiw
Instructor (Carolina Online Teacher Program) - Sashi Rayasam
Instructor (ESL, Carolina Online Teacher Program) - Nancy Gray Schoonmaker
Instructor (United States history, American Indians) - Skip Thibault
Instructor (Civics) - John Thompson Jr.
Instructor (Carolina Online Teacher Program) - Kathryn Walbert
Instructor (United States & North Carolina history, African Americans, American Indians)