Staff

Tanya GonzálezTanya González

Acting Associate Provost for Institutional Effectiveness and Acting Director

Email: tgonzale@k-state.edu

Donald SaucierDonald Saucier

Faculty Associate Director

Email: saucier@k-state.edu

Donald Saucier, university distinguished teaching scholar and professor of psychological sciences, was selected as faculty associate director of the Teaching and Learning Center effective July 1, 2019. Saucier is responsible for overseeing current and new programs for faculty development, facilitating the College Teaching course and the GTA Development monthly series, and working with faculty to improve teaching across the university.

His numerous awards and honors include the Putting Students First Award for Outstanding Service to Students, University Distinguished Faculty Award for Mentoring of Undergraduate Students in Research, William L. Stamey Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching Award from the College of Arts and Sciences, Commerce Bank Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching Award, Dr. Ron and Rae Iman Outstanding Faculty Award for Teaching, College of Arts and Sciences Ronald N. Gaches Undergraduate Teaching Award, Presidential Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching, and Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues Teaching Resource Prize.

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Andie FaberAndie Faber

New Faculty Institute Coordinator

Email: afaber@ksu.edu

Andie Faber is our New Faculty Institute Coordinator. In this role, Faber will create and lead events that help new faculty members feel they belong at K-State, establish personal and professional networks, and learn about K-State and develop foundations for their success. Faber has been at K-State since 2019, where she serves as an Assistant Professor of Spanish in the Department of Modern Languages.

Levitt headshot Rachel Levitt

Faculty Mentoring Coordinator

Email: levitt@ksu.edu

Rachel Levitt serves as TLC’s Faculty Mentoring Coordinator. In this role, Levitt will work with TLC leadership to design and implement a university mentoring program. Levitt has been at K-State since 2017, where they serve as a Teaching Associate Professor in Social Transformation Studies.

Levitt has been recognized with multiple teaching and mentoring awards, including the Davids-Dunham award, for excellence as a teacher and scholar, the William L. Stamey Award for outstanding undergraduate teaching, the LGBT Resource Center's Esteemed Faculty Award for exceptional support and advocacy for queer students, and the University Honors Program Faculty Teaching and Mentoring award, among others. Levitt also serves as the chair of the Transgender Taskforce and co-chair of the LGBTQ Faculty Staff Alliance on-campus.

Noah Renken

Graduate Teaching Assistant

Email: ndrenken@k-state.edu

Noah is the GTA for EDCI 943: Principles of College Teaching. He is also a doctoral student in Social-Personality Psychology.

Ashley Schiffer

Graduate Research Assistant

Email: schiffer@k-state.edu

Ashley is the GRA for the Teaching and Learning Center. She is also a doctoral student in Social-Personality Psychology.