CTRL Staff

Hannah Jardine

Teaching & Learning Specialist

Hannah Jardine, PhD (she/her) is a teaching and learning specialist for the Center for Teaching, Research, and Learning. She supports faculty development through facilitating workshops on a variety of teaching and learning topics, conducting one-on-one teaching consultations, and developing resources and programming around inclusive and excellent teaching.

hjardine@american.edu

202-885-6818

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Anna Olsson

Assistant Vice Provost

Anna has been in a full-time position at the Center for Teaching, Research and Learning (CTRL) since 2009, and has been leading the Center since July 2023. Before coming to AU, Anna worked at the Berlin office of the study abroad organization IES (Institute for the International Education of Students), spent two years studying in Germany, and spent a year in Japan as a high school exchange student. Anna received a master’s degree in Political Science at AU, and is a faculty member in the Department of Government, where she teaches Comparative Politics. Her research interests include European politics, democracy and democratization, identity politics, and regionalism in the European Union.

aolsson@american.edu

202-885-6077

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Shari Watkins

Senior Research Fellow

Dr. Shari Earnest Watkins is a Research Fellow, for the Center for Teaching, Research, and Learning at American University. Dr. Watkins’ research focuses on increasing the Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) career attainment for K-20 students who have been historically underrepresented and marginalized in STEM through scholarship that focuses on equity and inclusion. Dr. Watkins also focuses on scientists of color, science teacher education, informal science learning and professional development for K-12 science teachers.

shari@american.edu

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