Office of the Provost

Committee on Teaching, Learning and Assessment

VI.2.D.c. Committee on Teaching, Learning and Assessment

  1. The Committee on Teaching, Learning and Assessment coordinates efforts to improve teaching and learning on campus and mediate between the expectations of accreditation bodies and the norms of faculty. It reports regularly to faculty about what we know about teaching and learning at Brandeis and trends in outcomes over time. The committee also works with different academic units such as the Center for Teaching and Learning, the Committee for the Support of Teaching, the Experiential Learning Committee and the Rabb School’s eLearning Division to communicate and facilitate cross-fertilization.

  2. The Committee is chaired by the Vice Provosts or their designee and is composed of five faculty as well as staff members invited by the Provost. One faculty member will be appointed from each of the Academic Schools and one from the Rabb School. The Executive Director of the Center for Teaching and Learning will serve ex officio.

  3. This committee will advise the provost and make recommendations to the Committee on Academic Standards and Policy.

  4. Student representatives, selected by their peers, may serve on the committee in a non-voting capacity at the discretion of the chair.

  5. The first group of faculty selected for this committee will serve two- or three-year terms, decided at random by the chair of the committee. Faculty selected for this committee after the first group will all be selected for three-year terms.

2025-2026 Members

Staff

  • Adam Beaver, Director, Center for Teaching and Learning (Chair)
  • Alyssa Stalsberg Canelli, Assistant Dean of Academic Affairs, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
  • Dawn Mackiewicz, Assistant Director of Online Faculty Relations
  • Laura Hibbler, Associate University Librarian for Research and Instruction
  • Olga Papaemmanouil, Senior Associate Provost for Academic Affairs and Curriculum
  • Ian Rifkin, Director of Data and Systems Integration, Information Technology Services
  • Matthew Sheehy, Brandeis National Committee University Librarian
  • Haley Rosenfeld, Director, Institutional Research
  • Carol Fierke, Provost ex officio
  • Jeffrey Shoulson, Vice Provost for Undergraduate Affairs and Dean for Undergraduate Studies ex officio
  • Charles Golden, Vice Provost for Graduate Affairs ex officio

Faculty

  • David Powelstock, AHC (2025-2028) 
  • Scott Redenius, SBE (2025-2028)
  • Emily Tiberi, SET (2024-2027)