Staff Directory
Online Learning Pathways Team
Online Faculty Mentors
Aileen Gum
Online Mentor for City College
Hello everyone! My name is Aileen Gum (she/her/hers). I have a B.A. in English, M.A in French Linguistics, & an M.A. in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL). I teach English and ESOL at City College on-campus and online. What I enjoy most about being an Online Faculty Mentor is collaborating with faculty to find interesting and new ways to leverage technology to make learning engaging and accessible for students. Regardless of class modality, there is a smorgasbord of tools and options that we can use to remove barriers to learning and help connect students with each other and their instructors. Front seats for all 😊!
Kim Lacher
Online Mentor for Mesa College
👋 Hi! I have been teaching in the English Department here at Mesa for 15 years (online for 10). I love teaching online and am so glad students have it as an option for their learning journey. I am especially passionate about accessibility in our online learning spaces. Want to chat more about humanizing and making our online spaces for inclusive? Let's connect.
Dr. Laura Murphy
Online Mentor for Miramar College
Greetings! My name is Laura Murphy, and I have been teaching in the Biological Sciences Department at Miramar as a lead for Microbiology for nearly 20 years. Prior to my position in the SDCCD, conducted research as PhD candidate at UCSD and as a Postdoc/ Research Scientist at Scripps Institution of Oceanography, both in the general field of cellular and molecular biology. At Miramar, I have also taken on roles outside of teaching over the years, including SLO Coordinator, Accreditation Chair, and Academic Sente VP/President, and my most recent sabbatical involved the creation of an accessible OER lab manual for my students. When I was asked to step in to the role of Online Faculty Mentor, I thought it would be a great opportunity to contribute to this important and rapidly evolving facet of education. I look forward to collaborating with you all on this journey!
TBD
Online Mentor for College of Continuing Education
Online Accessibility Mentors
Tucker Grimshaw
Online Accessibility Mentor for City College.
I am excited to serve the San Diego City College faculty, staff, and students as an Online Accessibility Mentor. A bit about me: I was born and raised in San Diego and have lived in various places, including Hawaii and Idaho. My academic interests include Universal Design for Learning, disability studies, queer studies, equitable assessment practices, and first-year writing (to name a few).
Online accessibility is essential because I have noticed that voices are missing in academia. One way we can amplify silenced voices is by endeavoring to make our courses accessible to all.
Email: tgrimshaw@sdccd.edu
Johanna Gleason
Online Accessibility Mentor for Continuing Education.
Johanna is an ESL instructor and long-time advocate for disability rights. She is proud to be serving as the online accessibility mentor for the College of Continuing Education and is always looking for ways to improve accessibility for everyone in her classes and at large.
When Johanna is not teaching online or HyFlex ESL classes, she can be found spending time with her husband and four children, cooking, baking, drawing, or reading. She is also an animal lover.
Email: jgleason@sdccd.edu
Personal Website: Online Course Accessibility
Kristian Secor
Online Accessibility Mentor for Mesa College.
Hi! My name is Kris Secor and I'm your Accessibility Mentor at San Diego Mesa College. I've been a developer and educator for over 20 years now. I started doing a lot of eCommerce in the early 2000's. That's a world where you want everyone to have access to your work or you'll lose money!
That's where I developed a "progressive enhancement" mentality where we target the least functional devices when we build. At the leading college of equity and excellence, this attitude is also a must!
Email: ksecor@sdccd.edu
Denise Maduli-Williams
Online Accessibility Mentor for Miramar College.
Hi all! I am a Professor of English and ELAC at Miramar College and have been a long-time passionate advocate for online education. My interest in accessibility and online accessibility specifically has grown over the past five years. In Fall of 2023, I completed a sabbatical focused on graduate-level coursework in accessibility, disabilities, and UDL. In 2023-2023, I was a Stanford EPIC Community College Fellow, where my culminating project was an Online Toolkit for Creating Accessible Learning Environments with Universal Design for Learning and Online Accessibility Practices I am not an expert, but I am curious and determined to ensure equity, inclusion, and accessibility and to share what I learn with all of you.
Email: dmaduliw@sdccd.edu
