Active Learning Advisory Committee

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The Active Learning Advisory Committee meets monthly during the academic year to provide input on the Active Learning initiative. Each member promotes a vibrant culture of active learning across UGA’s campus.

Grace Ahn
Associate Professor
Department of Advertising and Public Relations
Grady College of Journalism

Jan Barham
Associate Dean of Students
Division of Student Affairs

Erin Benson
Director of the Disability Resource Center
Division of Student Affairs

Drew Benson
Assistant Professor
Department of Poultry Science
College of Agr. & Environmental Sciences

Angela Birkes
Director of Broadening Participation in STEM
Office of Institutional Diversity


Julia Butler-Mayes
Director of Academic Advising Services
Office of the Vice President of Instruction

Tina Carpenter
Professor
J.M. Tull School of Accounting
Terry College of Business

Erin Dolan
Professor
Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Franklin College of Arts and Sciences

Alex Drahos
Executive Chair
Active Learning Ambassadors Program

Jessica Fernandez
Assistant Professor
College of Environmental Design

Maryan Gallagher
Senior Lecturer
Department of International Affairs
School of Public & International Affairs

Julia Kopp
Vice Chair of Committees
Active Learning Ambassadors Program



Peter Jutras
Director of the Hugh Hodgson School of Music
Franklin College of Arts and Sciences

Zach Martin

Vice Chair of Committees
Active Learning Ambassadors Program

Marisa Pagnatarro (Chair)
Vice President of Instruction
Office of the Vice President of Instruction


Lance Palmer
Professor
Fin. Planning, Housing, and Cons. Econ.
Colleges of Family and Consumer Sciences

Amanda Rugenski
Lecturer
Odum School of Ecology

Hillary Tanner
Senior Lecturer
College of Engineering


Allan Tate
Assistant Professor
Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics
College of Public Health

Tiffany Washington
Associate Professor
School of Social Work

Gretchen Thomas
Dept. of Workforce Education and Instructional Tech.
College of Education

Henry Young
Professor & Department Head
Department of Clinical and Administrative Pharmacy
College of Pharmacy

Active Learning’s Impact on Students:
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