As Associate Director of Teaching and Learning at the CAT, Dana provides individualized support for faculty with course design and instruction; leads initiatives to advance teaching and curricular practices shown to promote deep learning; and manages CAT's Teaching in Higher Education Certificates. Dana believes college instructors have a powerful and lasting impact on students' intellectual and socio-emotional development. Finding the right strategies means meeting students where they are while drawing on each instructor's unique strengths and teaching style. This work requires ongoing reflection and investigation into what actually helps students learn.

Dana has been at Temple since 2007 and has over twenty years of experience with teaching, curriculum development and assessment, student advising and program administration in higher education. Prior to joining the CAT, she was Associate Director of Temple’s General Education Program, where she oversaw program-wide assessment of curriculum goals, managed the course recertification process, supported faculty in developing new courses and collaborated with offices including the CAT and Temple Libraries to create faculty development workshops and resources for GenEd instructors. She has presented and published nationally and internationally on topics including active learning strategies, assessing student learning, and environmental factors that impact learning and retention. Dana holds a BA in Sociology from the University of Lethbridge (Alberta, Canada) and an MA and PhD in Social and Political Thought from York University (Toronto, Canada).