karen.harris@rutgers.edu

Natalia Kouraeva serves as Instructional Designer at Teaching and Learning with Technology (TLT) at Rutgers University. Dr. Kouraeva is supporting Rutgers faculty in creating effective learning environments by integrating pedagogy principles and technology tools to meet diverse learning needs of students. Dr. Kouraeva previously served as a Visiting Assistant Professor of Special Education in four-year college, a course instructor in community college, and as special education teacher in K-12. She has been preparing future educators and teaching students with special learning needs for many years. Dr. Kouraeva holds a B.S. and a M. Ed. from Moscow Pedagogical University in Russia and an Ed. D. from Rutgers University. Dr. Kouraeva values diversity and believes in the power of quality education for all. She is committed to pushing the limits and making positive change in lives of all people.

koraeva@docs.rutgers.edu

Mary Labrada is an Instructional Designer at Teaching and Learning with Technology (TLT). She earned her B.S. in Exercise Science from Rutgers University and her M.Ed. in Instructional Design from the University of Massachusetts Boston Online. Before joining TLT, she spent 8 years supporting students and faculty in medical education at the Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School.

mlabrada@docs.rutgers.edu 

Marie Li serves as the Senior Instructional Designer with Teaching and Learning with Technology at Rutgers. Marie assumes the role of the team lead for the Instructional Design group, supporting Rutgers faculty in designing and developing online and hybrid courses as well as providing faculty with support on various LMSs and educational tools. She is also the coordinator for MOOCs at Rutgers which partners with Coursera.

Marie has 15 years’ experience of providing Academic Technology Services and online education for higher education. Prior to joining the team of TLT, she worked for Ellucian (formerly known as Sungard Higher Education) and served over 35 client universities/colleges nationwide, and assumed a variety of roles and responsibilities (e.g. Startup Academic Technology Director, Instructional Technology Manager, Instructional Designer and LMS administrator). Marie has a Master’s degree in Instructional Technology as well as a Master’s degree in Teaching.

mli@docs.rutgers.edu

Dena Novak is a Senior Instructional Designer with the Teaching and Learning with Technology team at Rutgers University. She has a B.A. in English and an M.A. in Education from Rutgers University, and previously served as a high school English and Special Education teacher. Dena has also taught both online and face-to face courses at the University for the Writing and Information Technology programs. She loves working with faculty to develop great courses, and is passionate about pedagogy, student engagement in all types of learning environments, and the power of educational technology tools to improve learning and teaching experiences in higher education.

dena.novak@rutgers.edu

Ruth Ronan is a Senior Instructional Designer in the Teaching and Learning with Technology team. She received her MEd in Instructional Design from the University of Massachusetts Boston. Prior to joining the Office of Instructional Design at Rutgers, she supported Higher Ed faculty in Boston and Worcester, MA, for eight years. Ruth has had a long career in professional development that began as a training manager in New York City’s corporate sector and continued in Massachusetts, supporting faculty in K12 schools with technology integration before finding her niche in Higher Ed. She has been involved in various curriculum development projects with a focus on curriculum alignment and outcomes-based assessment. She is committed to helping faculty apply best practices to achieve their pedagogical goals and values opportunities to facilitate faculty learning communities to promote the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning.

ruth.ronan@rutgers.edu

David is an Instructional Designer with the Teaching & Learning with Technology (TLT) team. Before joining the TLT department at Rutgers University, David spent close to a decade working for Seton Hall University's School of Law, where he filled a variety of roles in Academic Support. This included serving as the department lead for Faculty Support Services and online course development responsibilities within the Division of Online Learning. David is also currently completing his doctoral studies in Higher Education Leadership, Management & Policy at Seton Hall, where his research focus is in instructional design and emerging technologies in Higher Education.

david.uibelhoer@rutgers.edu