SKILLS Team

Directors

Faculty Directors oversee the program, create pipelines to increase teaching workforce and establish partnerships.

Mary Bucholtz
SKILLS Associate Director
Dolores Inés Casillas
SKILLS Associate Director
Jin Sook Lee
Skills Director

Site Coordinators

Oversee logistics at each partner site, coordinate with site-based teams.

Mary Franitza

Co-Coordinator
mfranitza@ucsb.edu

Valerie Meier

Program Manager
vmeier@ucsb.edu

Team Responsibilities

SKILLS Graduate Teaching Fellows

Develop and deliver curriculum

Site Coordinators (Program Manager, Coordinators)

Oversee logistics at each partner site, coordinate with site-based teams

Partner Teachers

Help with curriculum and provide pedagogical expertise

Undergraduate Mentors

Serve as TAs and mentors in the classroom

Undergraduate Research Assistants

Collect and process students’ data as well as classroom data

Student Researchers

Conduct research / action projects and present results

Faculty Directors

Oversee the program
Create pipelines to increase teaching workforce
Establish partnerships