LEARN NC

K–12 teaching and learning · from the UNC School of Education

General Operations

Melissa Thibault
Executive Director
Jim Barber
Director Emeritus
David Barger
Business Manager
Marielle Prince
Office Assistant

Publishing and Development

David Walbert
Editorial & Web Director
Emily Jack
Associate Editor
Dan Kelo
Web Applications Developer
Lesley Richardson
Media & Web Librarian
Kimberly Hirsh
Graduate assistant
Daniel Lunk
DIgital Media Specialist
Maren Wood
Research Associate for North Carolina Digital History
Kris Zorigian
Pittleman Fellow

Educational Programs

Ross White
Associate Director
Bobby Hobgood, Ed.D.
Research & Development/Online Curriculum & Instruction
Gail Burchfiel
Director of Online Learning
Bill Ferris
Online Learning Specialist
Keri Church
Data and Survey Specialist
Jason Don Forsythe
Web Developer
Adria Kempner
Instructional Designer
Dan Lewandowski
The University of North Carolina Online Editor/Campus Program Liaison
Adam Mack
Graduate Assistant
Jane Robertson
Graduate Research Assistant

Technical Support

Phil Kaufman
Director of Information Technology
Mike Bamford
Learning Management Systems Administrator
Suzanne Cecil
Technical Support
Jason Cooper
Senior Systems Administrator
John Huppert
Systems Administrator
Jean-Marie Ruminjo
Help Desk

Instructors and Consultants

Dr. Joy McLaughlin
Instructor (Reaching ELLs with ELD Standards)
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)
Shauna Flach
Instructor
Lucas Gillispie
Instructor (Collaboration and Teaching in a Virtual World)
Leah Gotcsik
Instructor (Carolina Online Teacher Program)
Brenda Hargrove
Instructor
Carrie Hill
Instructor (Crash Course in ESL)
Jack Hunter
Curriculum Consultant (High School Math)
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)
Kimberly McEachen
Instructor (Carolina Online Teacher Program)
Theresa McReynolds
Instructor (Archaeology and North Carolina's First Peoples)
Dan Meyer
Instructor (Modern Math Teaching)
Lindy Norman
Instructor
David Norman
Instructor (United States history)
Kimberly O'Briant
Instructor (online teaching and learning)
Debra Pylypiw
Instructor (Carolina Online Teacher Program)
John Thompson Jr.
Instructor (Carolina Online Teacher Program)
Kathryn Walbert
Instructor (United States & North Carolina history, African Americans, American Indians)