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Join fellow full-time untethered Northeastern faculty, those who teach in a variety of modalities (including online, remote, synchronous, asynchronous) and are only loosely tied to one of our campuses for a yearlong program of co-inquiry and collaboration around innovative practices for teaching and learning. 

WHAT WE’LL DO

Together we’ll work to build a stronger community across untethered faculty while transforming our instructional practices. Join us if you are interested in:

  • Publish your innovations for wide audiences and share with colleagues in your field,

  • Develop your professional dossier aligned to innovative teaching and learning at Northeastern,

  • Connect with colleagues to share resources, expertise, and deepen your connection to the NU community,

  • Receive three texts to inspire novel practices in your space, discuss with colleagues and experts in the field,

  • Meet synchronously (via video) + chat asynchronously while innovating in your work.

WHEN WE’LL MEET

Participation in this mentoring circle requires the following commitments: 

  • 8 Formal gatherings which include six (6) monthly synchronous meetings and two (2) special events (January + September)

    • Synchronous Meetings: Weeks of October 5th, November 15th, February 14th, March 21st, April 18th, and June 6th

    • Guest Speaker: Week of January 24th (tentative)

    • Showcase: Week of September 12th

  • Continue to connect asynchronously in the months of December, May, July, and August.

About Us

Maria Jump, Ph.D.Associate Teaching Professor,Khoury College of Computor Sciences
Lindsay Portnoy, Ph.D.Associate Teaching Professor,Graduate School of Education, College of Professional Studies

Lindsay is a cognitive scientist whose research centers on using immersive technologies and design thinking to enhance cognition and create a more just system of education. A former public school teacher, co-founder of the NSF and IES funded ed tech Killer Snails, Portnoy is the author of Designed to Learn and Game On? Brain On! and works with doctoral students in the Graduate school of education to re-envision learning across the globe.

  • PhD in Educational Psychology, Fordham University

  • MEd in Urban Education & Early Childhood Education, Mercy College

  • BS in Communications & Advertising, Michigan State University

Maria's main focus is educational strategies within computer science, specifically in regard to programming languages and runtime systems. Jump uses her background from the IT industry to assist non-computing majors in obtaining a master’s degree in computer science through the Align master’s program. She is currently working on developing techniques toward beginner programmers.

  • PhD in Computer Science, The University of Texas at Austin

  • MS in Computer Science, The University of Texas at Austin

  • BS in Computer Science, University of Maryland

  • BS in Forensic Chemistry, Ohio University