CTAL Staff

Your colleagues at CTAL are available to discuss teaching and learning in your courses, in your department or in your college, and to work with you to achieve the learning goals and outcomes that are important to you and your students. Our services include: one-on-one consultations, programs/workshops, consultations on the development of courses and programs, and guidance on their assessment.  In addition, we offer a venue for collaborating with you on research and grants focused on teaching and learning in your disciplines.

Center Leadership

Matthew Trevett-Smith, PhD

Director, Center for Teaching & Assessment of Learning
Assistant Professor of Anthropology

Dr. Matthew Trevett-Smith is the Director of the Center for Teaching & Assessment of Learning and Assistant Professor of Anthropology at the University of Delaware. With more than a decade of experience in educational and organizational development, he has served in a number of leadership positions in academic affairs, professional development, educational development, academic technology, and assessment of learning. He has been particularly effective in leading wide-ranging efforts to convene, support, and facilitate meaningful change in the areas of curriculum design, assessment of program educational goals, general education reform, technology-enhanced active learning, first-year student academic success and retention, and providing guidance and rewards for the experimentation and implementation of AI into teaching and learning, research, and business practices across the university. As director, Dr. Trevett-Smith oversees the day-to-day operations of the Center for Teaching & Assessment of Learning, including staff management, budget oversight, strategic planning, outcome reporting, workshop development, digital resource creation, and instructor and cohort-based improvement plans. He holds a BA in Anthropology, an MA in Cultural Anthropology, and a PhD in Cultural Anthropology.

Kevin Guidry, PhD

Associate Director of Educational Assessment
krguidry@udel.edu 

Kevin R. Guidry holds a Ph.D. in Higher Education and works with faculty to align curricula and improve existing teaching practices to enhance student learning. He specializes in assessment of student learning, development and assessment of program educational goals, and survey methodology having worked on teaching, learning, and assessment research and practice at levels ranging from individual courses to projects spanning hundreds of colleges and universities. He has served as a co-PI, external evaluator, or consultant on multiple externally funded projects expanding access to STEM disciplines.

Rose Muravchick, PhD

Associate Director of Educational Development
rosemur@udel.edu 

Rose Muravchick consults with faculty across the arts and humanities, as well as faculty in all disciplines seeking to: create or revise multicultural courses, adopt non-traditional grading, or develop courses for the Early College Credit Program. Her areas of professional development support also include creating classroom community, backward design, active learning, sustaining effective discussions, and generating authentic assignments. Rose has taught undergraduate students at Vassar College, the University of Pennsylvania, and here at UD in the Department of Art History. Rose completed her doctorate at the University of Pennsylvania in the department of Religious Studies where she wrote her dissertation on Islamic talismanic shirts from the gunpowder empires. Her most recent UD courses include: Arts of the Islamic World, and Material Culture of the Crusades. 

Educational Assessment & Educational Development Specialists

Andrew Jenks, PhD

Educational Assessment Specialist
ajenks@udel.edu 

Andy Jenks supports a range of CTAL efforts as a specialist in evaluation and assessment under the direction of Kevin Guidry. The scope of this work ranges, from individual consultations on alternative assessments with UD Faculty, to collaborative, university-wide projects focused on educational program goals and assessment. He has experience teaching a range of undergraduate courses at Delaware, where he taught en route to completing a social science PhD in 2021. Andy’s research focus is on disability and questions of access, and he previously worked with CTAL as an Equity & Access Consultant.

Amy L. Ritter, MS, RN

Educational Development Specialist
amyritt@udel.edu

Amy L. Ritter is an educational development specialist with CTAL who assists educators in using technology tools to create engaging, inclusive communities of learning. She has over 20 years of experience working with adult learners in nonprofit, community, and university settings with roles that include designing and teaching multi-modal courses in Educational Psychology, Spanish, ESOL, and GED. Additionally, she has extensive experience in training faculty on using technology in hybrid and online courses. Amy graduated from UD with Bachelor’s Degrees in Psychology, Philosophy, and Foreign Languages and Literatures. She also holds an ASN from Cecil College, an MS in Human Dimensions of Natural Resources from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and has completed graduate-level course-work in Experiential Education at the University of New Hampshire.

Academic Success Coach for Foundational Course Initiative

Amanda Brunson, EdD

Academic Success Coach II

Mandi Brunson is an academic success coach in the Office of Academic Enrichment who supports CTAL’s Foundational Course Initiative by designing materials and guidance for teaching students how to learn. She earned a master’s in applied linguistics with an emphasis in TESOL and a doctorate of education in higher education administration at The University of Alabama. She also holds a graduate certificate in qualitative education research. Mandi has over ten years of experience teaching first year composition and ESL courses and has been training international teaching assistants in a variety of fields at UD since 2019.

Operations & Administrative Support

Tiffany Thornhill, M.Sc.F.

Administrative Assistant III

tthorn@udel.edu

Tiffany’s background in wildlife habitat management and research enables her to bring organizational and project management skills to the CTAL team. Tiffany spent seven years researching winter habitat use patterns of ruffed grouse in Canada before moving to Florida and working as a wildlife biologist for the state of Florida. While working and studying in Canada, she managed budgets, applied for grants, trained and hired assistants, oversaw their research projects, managed data, equipment, and day-to-day operations of the research camp. During her three years working in Florida, she spear-headed and developed multiple large projects and managed staff, equipment, data, and budgets. Tiffany assists in the day-to-day operations of the CTAL office, management of various projects, and budgets. She received her Bachelor of Science with Honours from Dalhousie University in Nova Scotia, Canada majoring in Biology and minoring in Psychology. She later earned her Master of Science in Forestry from the Faculty of Forestry & Environmental Management at the University of New Brunswick in New Brunswick, Canada.

CTAL’s Graduate Assistants

Christy Metzger, MAT

Christy Metzger is a third year PhD student in the Education department with a specialization in Learning Sciences. Her current research focuses on introductory physics courses and how using research-based instructional strategies can increase the persistence of underrepresented groups of students. Prior to beginning her PhD, she served as an adjunct at Towson University teaching introductory physics courses for seven years. She also taught high school physics for five years and spent time as an online physics instructor for Johns Hopkins Center for Talented Youth. She holds a MAT in Secondary Science and a BA in Physics and Mathematics.

CTAL’s Undergraduate Assessment Research Assistants

Joy Harrison

Joy Harrison is a junior psychology major at the University of Delaware, currently gaining experience through an internship at the Center for Teaching and Assessment of Learning. Joy enjoys making new friends and likes to gain more experience by working at CTAL.

Anna Sellers

Anna Sellers is an English Education BA student at the University of Delaware. Her role for the CTAL Department is an undergraduate assessment research assistant. During her time with this role she will be conducting interviews, transcribing interviews, and collecting data to help the University of Delaware have a better understanding of how breadth courses are valued by students as well as staff. She has previously been a teacher assistant for the University as well as an enrollment services employee. Therefore, she has been able to play many roles at the institution other than as a student.  When she is not working or studying, she spends time reading novels that she thinks would be beneficial to her high school students, spending time with her puppy Kaia, or drinking a coffee at Bing’s. 

Our Partnerships

CTAL regularly partners with multiple UD offices and organizations to deliver targeted support for our community of educators.

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