Faculty and Staff
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Greg Williams
Director and Clinical Associate Professor
B.A., M.S., C.A.S. State University of New York at Plattsburgh;
Ed.D. The George Washington University
Dr. Williams has over 20 years experience as a faculty member, administrator, trainer, instructional designer, and consultant in education, the private sector and the federal government. He has designed, developed and taught online and in-person courses at numerous universities. He currently serves as the Director of the graduate program in Instructional Systems Development at UMBC, and also teaches in the program.
Additionally, he has served as the Director of Training for Montgomery College's Business Industry and Government Services for nearly 10 years. This unit provides training to external organizations in the public, private and non-profit sectors. He has also served as the Director of Montgomery County’s Small Business Development Center.
Dr. Williams completed his B.A., M.S., C.A.S. at The State University of New York at Plattsburgh. He completed his Ed.D. at The George Washington University.
Phone: 443-543-5447
E-mail: gregw@umbc.edu
Web Site: www.gregwilliams.net
Twitter: gregwilliams123
LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/gregwilliams123
Rafi Ahmad
Manager/Adjunct Instructor
B.S., University of Maryland University College;
M.S., Johns Hopkins University
Rafi Ahmad has over 10 years experience in corporate training. During these years, he held positions that included: trainer, instructional designer, programmer, senior lead designer, project manager and senior e-learning consultant. Most of his experience focused on projects that involve the development of multimedia training solutions.
Mr. Ahmad is currently employed as Training Manager with CitiFinancial where he manages the instructional design team responsible for developing instructor-led and online training for the over 2,000 CitiFinancial network branches and centers in the U.S. and Canada.
Prior to joining CitiFinancial, Mr. Ahmad worked as a Lead Designer for a consultant company called Novations. As a Lead Designer, he was responsible for leading projects teams in the development of online training solutions for clients such as Verizon, Concert, and XO Communications. Before Novations, Mr. Ahmad worked for Zurich Insurance as a Training Consultant where he was responsible for designing and facilitating instructor-led training, and developing computer-based training solutions in support of the company's underwriting personnel.
Since 2001, Mr. Ahmad has served as an adjunct faculty member in the University of Maryland , Baltimore County's Instructional Systems Design Graduate program, teaching EDUC 683, which is a class that focuses on the design and management of multi-media design projects.
Phone: 410-519-6040
E-mail: rafiahmad@verizon.net
Zane Berge
Professor of Education
B.S., Rochester Institute of Technology
Ph.D., Michigan State University
Certification in Distance Education, Pennsylvania State University
Dr. Berge has been affiliated with the ISD-Training and Development program since 1995. He served as the director for the Training Systems Graduate Programs through 2001. Previously, he directed the Center for Teaching and Technology at Georgetown University, where he also worked as the Assistant Director for the Academic Computer Center. Dr. Berge's chief research interests are related to distance education and online learning. He is a prolific and widely published author of books and journal articles on these topics. Recent publications include Virtual schools: Planning for success. (2005); Sustaining distance training: Integrating learning technologies into the fabric of the enterprise (2001); Wired Together: Computer-Mediated Communication in K-12, Volumes 1-4 (1998); and Distance Training: How Innovative Organizations are Using Technology to Maximize Learning and Meet Business Objectives (1998).
In 1999, Dr. Berge was honored with the Charles A. Wedemeyer Award for Distinguished Scholarship and Publication by the University Continuing Education Association.
Phone: 410-455-2306
E-mail: berge@umbc.edu
Web site: http://www.emoderators.com/zberge.shtml
John Buelow
Adjunct Instructor
B.A., Providence College;
M.S., Johns Hopkins University
John Buelow is the Executive Vice President of Product Development for the Shapiro Negotiations Institute (SNI) in Baltimore, MD. John consults with Fortune 500 companies to develop creative, customized solutions to establish negotiations skills as a core competency. He has designed systems to assess business processes and culture to maximize the impact of training and consulting engagements with SNI.
John’s career began in 1988 as a Special Education Teacher at the New England Center for Autism in Southborough MA and at NYNEX Information Resources Company a Manager in Labor Relations. This teaching and negotiating experience is reflected in his course design and positive approach to classroom facilitation.
John relocated to New York City to work in sales with the Allegis Group. He established the Telecommunications Training Center program where over 300 unemployed technicians updated their technical skills and were placed at companies throughout the metro NY/NJ region. In 1995 John accepted a position with Allegis as a Training Director and over the next seven years he developed and delivered sales, leadership and management training to over 10,000 Allegis employees.
In 2002, John joined Sylvan University, the training and development organization for Sylvan Learning Centers. Under his direction, Sylvan University increased training output over 300% and increased customer satisfaction with SLC training by 29%. John also successfully introduced a distance learning strategy for re-certifying Sylvan’s full time staff across the United States and Canada.
John holds a B.A. in psychology from Providence College and a Master’s in Organizational Development and Human Resources from the Johns Hopkins University. In 2005, he presented The Direct Path to Training ROI, a white paper at the World Negotiations Forum in New York.
John lives with his wife and his two children in Bel Air, Maryland.
Phone: 443-414-5347
E-mail: john_buelow@comcast.net
Jeannette Campos
ISD Instructor
B.A., University of Pittsburg
M.A., University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Jeannette Campos has more than ten years of experience in instructional systems design and workforce development. Ms. Campos owns and operates a service-disabled veteran small business that provides design solutions to government, commercial and non-profit clients. Her recent projects include analyzing and authoring program design models, documenting and analyzing annual training assessments, designing and executing research agendas and conducting analysis for longitudinal impact studies.
Jeannette is a summa cum laude graduate of the University of Pittsburgh with a BA in anthropology. She furthered her studies through the UMBC ISD-TS program, earning her MA in 2002. Jeannette currently serves as adjunct faculty, specializing in EDUC 603: Assessment and Evaluation for Instructional Designers.
When not working, she can be found outside with her two young sons, in the dojo training for her black belt in Thai Kickboxing or exploring her native New England on the back of her husband's Harley.
Phone: 410-455-1524
E-mail: jeannet1@umbc.edu
Keith Curran
Adjunct Instructor
B.S., U. S. Coast Guard Academy
MALD, Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University
M. A., University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC)
Mr. Curran currently serves as the Human Capital Program Manager for the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), and is responsible for developing, implementing and evaluating systems for improving the performance of TSA's human capital. Prior to this, he was the Director of Screener Performance and Training at the TSA, and was responsible for improving the performance of the transportation security screener workforce. He has been affiliated with UMBC's ISD -Training Systems program since 1999 when he began work on his Master's. He has taught at the undergraduate level at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy from 1989-1993 and at UMBC from 2001 to the present. He has been a lecturer in the ISD - Training Systems program since 2004. He is a retired Coast Guard Officer, primarily serving underway on ships and in performance improvement and training jobs when ashore.
E-mail: kgcurran72@gmail.com
Carol Erdman
Consultant/Adjunct Instructor
M.A. University of Maryland, Baltimore County
B.A. University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Ms. Carol Erdman has been affiliated with the ISD - Training Systems program for over a decade. Erdman has more than 15 years of experience in human resources, performance technology, and organizational development. During her career, she managed employee relations, labor relations, EEO compliance and training and development for two 300+ bed, acute care, teaching hospitals. She has extensive experience developing training at all levels, from a one-hour in-service designed for a small department to a two-year progressive training program for a medical center of 5,000 employees. Erdman has also handled over 100 EEOC charges and worked with employees and managers to settle many more issues internally. She designed the leadership curriculum for top-level managers and executives in the IRS and the U.S. Forest Service, and has developed a change management program used in every U.S. region, including Alaska and Puerto Rico. Erdman is also an alumnus of the ISD program.
E-mail: CErdman@aol.com
Chuck Hodell
Lecturer
Associate Director
B.A., Antioch University
M.A., University of Maryland Baltimore County
Ph.D., University of Maryland Baltimore County
Dr. Hodell is Associate Director of the Graduate Program in Instructional Systems Development at UMBC. He has been actively involved with the program since 1990 when he entered as a student and graduated in 1992. He joined the faculty in 1993 and has taught continuously since that time serving as both an adjunct and lecturer before assuming his present position. Dr. Hodell is the former Deputy Provost of the National Labor College. He also holds the appointed office of RACES Officer in the Department of Emergency Management for Queen Anne’s County, Maryland. Dr. Hodell has written extensively in the field of Instructional Design and the 3rd edition of his book ”ISD from the Ground Up: A No-Nonsense Approach to Instructional Design” will soon be released by the American Society for Training and Development. Dr. Hodell is responsible for academic advising and also teaches EDUC 602 and other courses within the program.
E-mail: hodell@umbc.edu
B.S., University of Toronto
M.S., University of Alberta
Ph.D., University of Alberta
Greg Kearsley is currently an independent consultant specializing in online education. He has designed online courses for NCREL, Walden Institute and the MEPP program at the University of Wisconsin. He has taught at many universities including the University of Maryland, Nova Southeastern University and the George Washington University; was the Chief Executive Officer of Park Row Inc., a software publishing company in San Diego; chief scientist of Courseware Incorporated, a training development firm based in San Diego; and a senior scientist at the Human Resources Research Organization (HumRRO) in Alexandria, VA.
Dr. Kearsley received his PhD in educational psychology from the University of Alberta in 1978 and has written many books and articles about technology and education. His most recent book is Online Learning: Personal Reflections on the Transformation of Education.
E-mail: gkearsley@sprynet.com
Web site: http://home.sprynet.com/~gkearsley/gpkbio.htm
Paul Kellerman
Adjunct Faculty
B.A., University of Delaware
M.A., University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Mr. Kellerman is an alumni of the ISD-TS Graduate Program, and has taught EDUC 681 since 2001. A teacher at Mount Saint Joseph High School since 1993, Mr. Kellerman is also the computer science department chairperson. In addition to teaching Web Design and Visual Basic, he advises on the integration of technology for the school, coordinates training and support of technology for faculty, and maintains the school Web site. He also teaches graduate-level instructional technology courses for teachers at Goucher College (since 2004) and taught an Internet literacy course online at CCBC Catonsville for three years.
Mr. Kellerman holds an M.A. from UMBC, a B.A. from the University of Delaware, and a Computer
Programming certificate from CCBC Catonsville.
E-mail: pkeller1@umbc.edu
Todd Marks is an Adjunct Professor in UMBC's Instruction Systems Development Master's program teaching Instructional Technology.
In 1998 Todd served as a Mathematics and Computer Science teacher for the Howard County Public School System. In 2000 Todd joined a Multi-media start-up as the Vice President of Research and Development where he co-founded the online education portal, DoEducate. In 2002 Todd founded Mindgrub Technologies www.mindgrub.com where he created Flash information display systems for clients such as ORACLE, Zurich, and ARINC. In 2003 Todd worked as a Training Programs Manager for Exceptional Software where he developed the software simulation training application called
Sidekick and grew their mediaEdge division by over 500%.
Todd is currently growing Mindgrub Technologies, speaking and instructing. Todd's efforts have garnished several awards including a 'Best of Baltimore' ADDY Award, Macromedia Shocked Site of the Day, 3rd Place in Plumtree's Fast Forward Portal Award competition, and a 1st Place at DCI's Portal Excellence Awards Competition for Best Content Management System. Todd is a Macromedia Certified Developer, Designer, and Subject Matter Expert, has spoken at several conferences, been featured in several technical magazines and has written or been a contributing author for a number of books including Flash MX Video, Beginning Dreamweaver MX 2004, Flash Magic 2004 MX, and New Masters of Flash vol III.
Email: tmarks@umbc.edu
todd.marks@mindgrub.com
Website: www.mindgrub.com
Deborah Petska
Adjunct Instructor
B.S., University of Maryland, College Park
M.A., University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Ms. Petska is the Director of Workplace Learning at Danya International, Inc. She
serves as Danya’s internal consultant for a variety of classroom and online training initiatives. She has provided instructional design expertise to many Government-sponsored training initiatives, including a multi-stage pilot training on strategic planning to eliminate health disparities. Ms. Petska has an extensive background in instructional systems development, adult learning theory, training evaluation design, data collection and analysis; project planning, execution, and management; strategic and tactical analysis; and process improvement. She currently teaches EDUC 603 Instructional Systems Development II and EDUC 689C Project Management for Training Professionals.
Phone: 240-645–1076
E-Mail: dpetsk1@umbc.edu
Linda Raudenbush
Adjunct Instructor
B.A., St. Joseph College
M.S., Johns Hopkins University
Ph.D., George Washington University
Dr. Raudenbush brings a diverse educational background to her work at UMBC, where she has worked as an adjunct instructor since 1990. She earned her undergraduate degree in math, science and secondary education; a master's degree in applied behavioral science, as well as a doctoral degree in human resource development. Her research interests include the study of leadership principles, human resource development, women in the workplace issues, action learning, and international human resource development. Professional interests include coaching certification, teaching online, and international work.
Phone: 202-720-3131
E-mail: raudenbu@umbc.edu
Stuart Weinstein
Senior Managing Consultant with IBM Global Business Consulting Services
Ph.D., Instructional Systems Design, Florida State University, 1981.
M.Ed., Educational Media, University of Miami, 1976.
B.A., Mass Communications, University of Miami, 1972.
Dr. Weinstein is a Senior Managing Consultant with IBM Business Consulting Services, Learning Solutions. Prior to IBM, he served in senior level education and training positions at Booz Allen Hamilton, Unisys Corporation, Universal Systems, AAI Corporation, and Eagle Technology.
Dr. Weinstein has over 39 years of professional experience in research, design, and development for instructional and organizational development projects. He specializes in instructional design leading to the development of training programs, media development in all electronic formats and for classroom delivery, focus group facilitation, and organizational development/effectiveness operations. He is responsible for developing training requirements analysis, and establishing training program and media customized to fit client needs and technology infrastructure.
Over the past 30 years, Dr. Weinstein has been appointed as a member of six Doctoral Dissertation committees and a Masters Thesis advisory board member in the areas of instructional systems design; dissemination and diffusion of instructional innovations; and educational research/statistics. His leadership in education include:
- Chair, Montgomery County, Maryland, Advisory Council on Career and Technology Education.
- Committee Member, Maryland Workforce Development Corporation - Technology Training Initiatives Committee.
- Committee Chair, Florida State University, Instructional Systems Graduate Program Curriculum Advisory Council.
- Special Advisor to the Dean, University of Miami School of Education.
- President, Federal Educational Technology Association.
- Committee Member, Association for Educational Communications and Technology, Training and Development Division.
- Author and/or Presenter for 54 articles and conference presentations.
E-mail: stuarthw@umbc.edu
Phone: 202-262-6421
Catherine Zaranis
Adjunct Instructor
M.A. University of Maryland, Baltimore County
B.A. Franklin and Marshall College
Catherine Zaranis is an award winning Performance Consultant, Instructional Designer and Educator. In 2012, she founded, Perform-Link, where she builds customized leadership training and design solutions. She has led the re-design of instructional content for over 85+ courses for public and private sector clients, government, non-for-profits and higher education. Her high quality and high energy programs are well researched and delivered in a memorable down-to-earth style.
Catherine teaches EDUC 689 Connecting ISD and HPI. Prior to joining the University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC) Instructional Systems Development Faculty, Catherine was a successful Senior Leadership Development Consultant with Management Concepts, in Tyson's Corner, Virginia.
In 2011, the International Society for Performance Improvement honored Ms. Zaranis with a Chapter of Excellence Award for transforming the chapter, through innovating programming and increased membership, during her term as President. Catherine is an alumni of the ISD-TS Graduate Program received the prestigious 'Dr Marvin Cook Award' in 2010, awarded to one graduate student each year for Outstanding Academic Excellence, Service and Entrepreneurship.