As the Associate Director of Teaching and Faculty Success, Linda works with the Center for the Advancement of Teaching and the Office of the Vice Provost for Faculty Affairs. A first-generation scholar with a Ph.D. in Political Science from UCLA and over two decades of teaching and mentoring experience, Linda is deeply committed to holistic and reflective teaching practices that honor the diverse lived experiences and perspectives of our learning community.

At the Center for the Advancement of Teaching (CAT), Linda offers consultations, classroom observations, and workshops on inclusive teaching, hybrid/in-person/online course design, teaching statements and portfolios, mentoring, and facilitating challenging discussions. She co-facilitates the Teaching for Equity Institute, the Provost Teaching Academy, New Faculty Orientation, and TA Orientation as well as customized workshops for the entire university, including Temple Japan and Temple Rome. In 2021, Linda founded the AAPI Faculty & Staff Affinity Group at Temple University. She is also certified by the Center for the Improvement of Mentored Experiences in Research (CIMER) as a Level 1 facilitator so can provide mentoring support across the university.

She has published on inclusive pedagogy in The Journal of Political Science Education, co-edited Perspectives of Educational Developers of Color, (Routledge/Taylor & Francis, 2025) and is co-authoring a book on digital storytelling (under contract with Routledge). 

Linda also serves as an Associate Editor of the Journal of Diversity and Equity in Educational Development (JDEED).