Kaneb Center for Teaching Excellence

The Kaneb Center for Teaching Excellence partners with instructors and students to promote the adoption of high-impact practices in teaching and learning, offering confidential consultations, interactive workshops, intensive academies, and customized programming in support of transformative, student-centered learning.

The Kaneb Center for Teaching Excellence supports the pursuit of teaching excellence by stimulating scholarly reflection and conversation about teaching and encouraging the adoption of practices that enhance learning.

The Kaneb Center was established in 1996 under the leadership of Rev. Edward A. Malloy, C.S.C., and Nathan O. Hatch, then Notre Dame’s president and provost, respectively, with the support of John Kaneb. Endowed by the Kaneb family in 2016, the center comprises educational developers, learning researchers, and program managers, providing research-based services, programs, and resources that support teaching and reflective practice at Notre Dame.

Core Domains of Activity

  • Offer workshops and collaborative, confidential consultations that explore a variety of pedagogical approaches with an emphasis on the creation and implementation of engaged, student-centered learning experiences
  • Support scholarly inquiry to improve teaching and learning
  • Maintain a lending library of resources on topics including course design, classroom strategies, assessment design, student feedback, and academic career development
  • Provide a lounge for faculty and TAs (350 DeBartolo Hall)

Let’s Work Together

  1. Kevin Abbott

    Kevin Abbott

    Academic Tech Specialist

  2. G. Alex Ambrose

    G. Alex Ambrose

    Director of the Lab for AI in Teaching and Learning

  3. Samara Chamoun

    Samara Chamoun

    Postdoctoral Researcher

  4. Yanran Chen

    Yanran Chen

    Program Director for Graduate and Postdoctoral Teaching Development

  5. Horane A Diatta Holgate

    Horane Diatta-Holgate

    Program Director for Faculty Development

  6. Kevin R. Guidry

    Kevin Guidry

    Assessment Program Director

  7. Ashley Henry

    Ashley Henry

    Assistant Director for Graduate and Postdoctoral Teaching Initiatives

  8. James Lang

    James Lang

    Professor of the Practice

  9. Kathy Quardokus Fisher

    Kathy Quardokus Fisher

    Assistant Director for Faculty Teaching Initiatives

  10. Kristi Rudenga

    Kristi Rudenga

    Director of the Kaneb Center for Teaching Excellence

  11. Melissa Scheve

    Melissa Scheve

    Program Director for Teaching and Learning Initiatives

  12. Nara Schmitt

    Nara Schmitt

    Program Manager for Teaching Initiatives