Center for Instructional Development and Educational Research

About Us

Mission Statement

The Center for Instructional Development and Educational Research (CIDER) fosters the design, development, and implementation of disciplinary and interdisciplinary learner-centered instruction; promotes and recognizes excellence in higher education instruction; supports and conducts cutting-edge research on the scholarship of teaching and learning; and collaboratively advocates for a campus climate that values educating the whole student through effective, innovative and transformative instruction.

Personnel Information

Peter E. Doolittle
Director
Associate Professor, Department of Learning Sciences and Technologies		 pdoo@vt.edu
540-231-3954
Laura J. Dulaney
Assistant Director
 LJDulaney@vt.edu
540-231-7930
Cortney Martin
Coordinator, Pedagogical Practice
 		 martinc@vt.edu
540-230-9366
Joan Monahan Watson
Coordinator, Strategic Initiatives
 		 jmwatson@vt.edu
540-231-5212
Jonathan McCloud
Faculty Development Fellow
 		 mccloud@vt.edu
540-231-7568
Pupung Purnawarman
Faculty Development Fellow
 		 ppurnawa@vt.edu
540-231-7568
Curt Gervich
Faculty Development Fellow
 		 curt.gervich@vt.edu
540-231-7568
Bonnie Alberts
Administrative Assistant
 		 balberts@vt.edu
540-231-6823
Ellen Yama
Office Assistant
 		 yama329@vt.edu
540-231-6823

Advisory Committee

Ray Van Dyke Office of Academic Assessment
Terry Papillon Honors Program
Brian Murphy Fisheries and Wildlife
Nancy Bodenhorn Ed Leadership & Policy Studies
Jill Sible Biological Sciences
Yon White Visual Arts
Jane Williams Office of Multicultural Affairs
Simone Paterson Art and Art History

Personnel Information