The following faculty have completed GW's Course Design Institute since its inception in 2015. In 2026, the Center for Teaching Excellence began offering a second annual Course Design Institute spread out over multiple weeks during the semester. This is designated as CDI: Semester, while our annual intensive 5-day program is listed as CDI: May.
CDI: May 2026
- Renata Avelar Giannini, Elliott School of International Affairs
- Heather Bamford, Romance, German, & Slavic Studies
- Emily Benfer, Law
- William Boyce, World Religions
- Nathan Brown, Elliott School of International Affairs
- Sarah Burnett, Data Science
- Amanda Castel, Epidemiology
- Caroline Cecot, Law
- Jonathan Cedarbaum, Law
- Marc Choi, Design
- Andy Clare, Speech, Language, & Hearing Sciences
- Katya Cronin, Law
- Manuel Cuellar, Romance, German, & Slavic Studies
- André Culbreath, CCAS Deans Office
- Megan Davis, Philosophy
- Melamie-Joy Dorn, Speech, Language, & Hearing Sciences
- Nizar Farsakh, Elliott School of International Affairs
- Jeta Abazi Gashi, IInstitute for Public Diplomacy and Global Communication
- Sylvia Jones, English
- Milad Kabirifar, Electrical & Computer Engineering
- Cheryl Kettler, Law
- Minsun Kim, Educational Leadership
- Eli Kintisch, School of Media and Public Affairs
- Kyle Levers, Exercise and Nutrition Sciences
- Paige McClure, Geography and Environment
- Alessia Mingrone, Romance, German, & Slavic Studies
- Eugene Montague, Corcoran Music
- Rebecca Murphy, Elliott School of International Affairs
- Megan O’Brien, Epidemiology
- Voni Pamphile, Strategic Management and Public Policy
- Golda Philip, Law
- Niloofar Pourghaderi, Electrical & Computer Engineering
- Lotte Lent, Educational Leadership
- Harris Mylonas, Elliott School of International Affairs
- Chukwuman Onyia, Elliott School of International Affairs
- Joshua Reiter, Elliott School of International Affairs
- Jacob Richter, University Writing Program
- Anthony Roberson, School of Nursing
- Nilofar Sakhi, Elliott School of International Affairs
- Dmitri Stanchevici, English for Academic Purposes
- Emma Stapp, Epidemiology
- Michael Tadesse, Marketing
- Malti Thothathiri, Speech, Language, & Hearing Sciences
- Joseph Trullinger, Philosophy and Honors
- Bella Varela, Corcoran Studio Arts
- Paul Williams, Elliott School of International Affairs
CDI: Semester 2026
- Matthew Barberio, Exercise and Nutrition Sciences
- Mimi Ghosh, Epidemiology
- Laura Gilchrest, Elliott School of International Affairs
- Gordon Gray, Elliott School of International Affairs
- Alessia Mingrone, Romance, German, & Slavic Studies
- Lauren Pincus, Chemistry
- Andrew Realon, Law
- Ceddeth Richardson, Occupational Therapy
- YoungJu Shin, Organizational Sciences and Communication
- Sidney Williams, Corcoran Theatre Arts & Dance
Past Alumni
May 2025
- Oluseyi Agbelusi, Anthropology
- Clement Akpang, Art History
- Amir Barakati, Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
- Domonic Bearfield, Public Policy & Public Administration
- Douglas Boyce, Music
- Madison Brumbaugh, Speech, Language, & Hearing Sciences
- Virginia Bryant, Publishing
- Guenevere Burke, Health Policy & Management
- Sone-Seeré Burrell, Art Therapy
- Mario Calderon Cueva, Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
- Emma Campbell, Romance, German, & Slavic Studies
- Ashley Carter, Law
- Jihae Cha, Educational Leadership
- Ana Maria del Rio Gonzalez, Prevention & Community Health
- Alyssa DeSimone, Civil & Environmental Engineering
- Jasmine Donkoh, Biological Sciences
- Deniece Dortch, Educational Leadership
- Laura Engel, Educational Leadership
- Mackenzie Fama, Speech, Language, & Hearing Sciences
- Christina Filipescu, Interior Architecture
- Sandie Friedman, University Writing Program
- Tarnisha Hemphill, School of Nursing
- Sarah-Kay Hurst, Romance, German, & Slavic Studies
- Aasawari Kulkarni, Graphic Design
- Eric Luo, Health Policy & Management
- Mike McCourt, Honors
- Angela Melidosian, Sustainability
- Alessia Mingrone, Romance, German, & Slavic Studies
- Samar Nasser, Clinical Research & Leadership
- Katherine Norton, Center for Career Services
- Megan O’Brien, Epidemiology & Biostatistics
- Joshua Paiz, English for Academic Purposes
- Azar Panah, Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
- Wayne Psek, Health Policy & Management
- Jacob Richter, University Writing Program
- Dave Roberts, Computer Science
- Jimmy Saw, Biological Sciences
- Tracie Seward, Prevention & Community Health
- Hazim Shatnawi, Data Science
- YoungJu Shin, Organizational Sciences & Communication
- Priyanka Shrestha, School of Nursing
- Tiffany Sikorski, Curriculum & Pedagogy
- Paulina Vera, Law
May 2024
- Mona Atia, Institute for Middle East Studies
- Kelly Bauer, Political Science
- Donald Buzinski, Accountancy
- Yvonne Captain, Romance, German & Slavic Languages & Literatures
- Cliff Cymrot, Biomedical Sciences
- Natalia Dolgova, English for Academic Purposes
- Deniece Dortch, Educational Leadership
- Daina Eglitis, Sociology
- Karen Farrell, International Security
- Maya Fiellin, Culinary Medicine
- Kelvin Fong, Environmental & Occupational Health
- Colin Green, Curriculum & Pedagogy
- Lula Hagos, Law
- Gabby Headrick, Exercise & Nutrition Sciences
- Edwin Hostetter, Religion
- Elene Kekelia, Sociology
- Michelle Kelso, Sociology
- Min Jung (Min) Kim, Security Policy
- Anna Kimmel, Dance
- Randi Kristensen, University Writing Program
- Farah Latif, Organizational Sciences & Communication
- Xolela Mangcu, Sociology
- Angela Melidosian, Sustainability
- Michelle Mitchell, Exercise & Nutrition Sciences
- Mohana Mukherjee, Sociology
- Kelsey Nelson, Media & Public Affairs
- Bibiana Obler, Art History
- Katrina Orsini, GW Textile Museum
- Carmen Ortega-Santos, Exercise & Nutrition Sciences
- Soolim Park, Strategic Management & Public Policy
- Katia Peterson, Prevention & Community Health
- Natalia Rivera Morales, English
- Diana Rodriguez, Decision Sciences
- Caroline Rogus, Law
- Ebony Russ, Writing in the Disciplines
- Kellie Sawyer, Occupational Therapy
- Heather Schell, University Writing Program
- Matthew Shirrell, Educational Leadership
- Priyanka Shrestha, School of Nursing
- Rebecca Thessin, Educational Leadership
- Leniqueca Welcome, Anthropology
- Erica Wortham, SEAS
- Christy Zink,University Writing Program
May 2023
- Nasreen Abbas, University Writing
- Todd Belt, Political Management
- Alasdair Bowie, Political Science
- Rebecca Burns, Management
- Robert Canales, Environmental & Occupational Health
- Lara Cartwright-Smith, Health Policy & Management
- Jihae Cha, Educational Leadership
- Elizabeth Chacko, Geography
- Thomas Choate, Strategic Management & Public Policy
- Douglas Crawford, Interior Architecture
- Eric Dano, Engineering Management & Systems Engineering
- Hanan Daqqa, University Writing
- Bagmi Das, Counseling & Human Development
- Andrea Dietz, Exhibition Design
- Sarah Doerrer, School of Medicine and Health Sciences
- Heidi Eldridge, Forensic Sciences
- Samuel Farid, Electrical & Computer Engineering
- Megan Foley, Forensic Sciences
- Salama Freed, Health Policy & Management
- Graciela Lopez Gamboa, School of Medicine and Health Sciences
- Drake Hagner, Law
- Carol Hayes, University Writing
- Balaji Hebbar, Philosophy
- Nabila Hijazi, University Writing
- Natalie Houghtby-Haddon, Religion
- Elisa Hovander, Economics
- Kaori Iwai, East Asian Languages & Literatures
- David Jacobs, Strategic Management and Public Policy
- Susan Jones, Law
- Sylvia Jones, English
- Marc Lajoie, Media & Public Affairs
- Aidan Manubay, Biological Sciences
- Eugene Montague, Music
- Brendan Morley, East Asian Languages & Literatures
- Judith Murphy, Elliott School of International Affairs
- MaryBeth Musumeci, Health Policy & Management
- Mona Oraby, Institute for Middle East Studies
- Sarah Polcz, Law
- Kylie Quave, University Writing
- Jonathan Rice, Institute for Security and Conflict Studies
- Roy Richardson, NROTC
- Heather Stebbins, Music
- Kathy Thoma, School of Medicine and Health Sciences
- Andrew Toy, Music
- John Traub, Theatre
- Tania Valdez, Law
- Erica Walls, Human Services & Social Justice
- Sara Wilensky, Health Policy & Management
- Jung Yun, English
May 2022
- Andrew Art, University Writing Program
- Eyal Aviv, Religion
- Jameta Barlow, University Writing Program
- Mary Barron, Exercise and Nutrition Sciences
- Robert Bonar, Health Policy & Management
- Andrew Chen, Biomechanical Engineering
- Thomas Choate, Strategic Management & Public Policy
- Deniece Dortch, Educational Leadership
- Royce Francis, Engineering Management & Systems Engineering
- Sandie Friedman, University Writing Program
- Shraddha Gawankar, Decision Sciences
- Melissa Goldstein, Health Policy & Management
- Vadim Grishin, Institute for European, Russian, and Eurasian Studies
- Kim Jamison, Educational Leadership
- Helka Kalliomaki, Institute for International Science and Technology Policy
- Jodi Kanter, Theatre
- Michelle Kelso, Human Services & Social Justice
- Juliet King, Art Therapy
- Al Lewis, Elliott School of International Affairs
- Edwin Lo, Data Science
- Neli Loewenthal, International Business
- Annamaria Lusardi, Accountancy
- Patricia MacTaggart, Health Policy & Management
- Gordon Mantler, University Writing Program
- Sonya Merrill, Elliott School of International Affairs
- Gene Migliaccio, Global Health
- Anne Monroe, Epidemiology
- Anneliese Palmer, Media & Public Affairs
- Anne-Laure Papa, Biomedical Engineering
- Sarah Ray, Human & Organizational Leadership
- Elizabeth Rigby, Public Policy & Public Administration
- Jennifer Rioux, School of Medicine and Health Sciences
- Angela Stanley, School of Nursing
- Julia Storberg-Walker, Human & Organizational Leadership
- Leslie Trimmer, Educational Leadership
- Chitvan Trivedi, Human & Organizational Leadership
- Diane Uschner, Epidemiology & Biostatistics
- Jackie Van Dyke, College of Professional Studies
- Elizabeth Vaquera, Sociology
- Ben Vergara, School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
- Erin Wentzel, School of Medicine and Health Sciences
- Karen Whitt, School of Nursing
- Abby Wilkerson, University Writing Program
- Christy Zink, University Writing Program
- Barbara Zocal Da Silva, Romance, German, & Slavic Languages
May 2021
- Sarah Axelson, Prevention and Community Health
- Andrew Barr, Anthropology
- Yousif Barzani, Biomedical Laboratory Sciences
- Andrew Bernish, Sustainable Urban Planning
- Alicia Bitler, Graduate School of Education and Human Development
- Derick Brinkerhoff, Public Policy & Public Administration
- Shelley Brundage, Speech, Language, & Hearing Sciences
- Betsy Choma, School of Nursing (Acute and Chronic Care)
- Julia A. Clarke, Nursing (Acute and Chronic Care)
- Declan Cullen, Geography
- Jay Daigle, Mathematics
- Olga Dergacheva, Pharmacology and Physiology
- Mary Ann DiMola, Organizational Sciences & Communications
- Abdoulaye Dukule, Africana Studies
- Aaron Hamburger, English
- Adam Jachimowicz, Engineering Management & Systems Engineering
- Moses Kansanga, Geography
- Jill Kasle, Public Policy & Public Administration
- Rollie Lal, Elliott School of International Affairs
- Xitong Liu, Civil & Environmental Engineering
- Luyao Lu, Biomedical Engineering
- Aman Luthra, Geography
- Nadine Marchi, Nursing (Acute and Chronic Care)
- Anne Markus, Health Policy & Management
- Kerry McAleer-Keeler, Fine Art
- LaKeisha McClary, Chemistry
- Wolfgang Munar, Global Health
- Ebtissam Oraby, Classical & Near Eastern Languages & Civilizations
- Diana Pardo Pedraza, Anthropology
- Ali Rahnavard, Epidemiology and Biostatistics
- Mark Ralkowski, Philosophy
- Elizabeth Rochette, Museum Studies
- Francys Subiaul, Speech, Language, & Hearing Sciences
- Randy Townsend, Publishing
- Senan Uyanik, Finance
- Shelly Ver Ploeg, Exercise and Nutrition Sciences
- Achinthi Vithanage, Law
- Jennifer Walsh, Nursing (Acute and Chronic Care)
- John Warren, Publishing
- Kyle Welch, Accountancy
- Lynn Westwater, Romance, German, & Slavic Languages
- Nikki Wolfe, Psychology
- Paul Wormeli, College of Professional Studies
- Kate Yang, Public Policy & Public Administration
May 2020
- Mina Attia, Counseling & Human Development
- Nancy Augustine, Public Policy & Public Administration
- Ayo Bankole, Nursing (Acute and Chronic Care)
- Jeremy Bearer-Friend, Law
- Jing Burgi-Tian, Management
- Jillian Burns, Political Science
- Nicole Butera, Epidemiology and Biostatistics
- Thiago da Silva Moreira, Biological Sciences
- Bagmi Das, Counseling & Human Development
- Alexander Dent, Anthropology
- Wade Fletcher, University Writing Program
- Cara Fulton, English for Academic Purposes
- Shraddha Gawankar, Decision Sciences
- Brendan Hurley, Geography
- Ans Irfan, Environmental and Occupational Health
- Stephen Kaisler, Computer Science
- Cynthia Lee, Law
- James Mahshie, Speech, Language, & Hearing Sciences
- Danika Myers, University Writing Program
- Anil Nathan, Public Policy & Public Administration
- Paul Ndebele, Global Health
- Yisheng Peng, Organizational Sciences & Communication
- Jordan Potash, Art Therapy
- Kylie Quave, University Writing Program
- Phyllis Ryder, University Writing Program
- Carlos Santos-Burgoa, Global Health
- Emily Smith, Global Health
- Arturo Sotomayor, Institute for Security and Conflict Studies
- Heather Stebbins, Music
- Muhammad Tutunji, Political Science
- Margaret Venzke, Nursing (Policy, Populations and Systems)
- Joy Volarich, Health Policy & Management
- Sherrie Wallington, Nursing (Policy, Populations and Systems)
- John Wetenhall, Museum Studies
- Dwayne Wright, Educational Leadership
- Abdou Youssef, Computer Science
May 2019
- Amir Aslani, Electrical & Computer Engineering
- Matias Attene Ramos, Environmental & Occupational Health
- J. Zoe Beckerman, Health Policy & Management
- Masha Belenky, RGSLL - French
- Hannah Bradford, Exercise & Nutrition Science
- Andrew Budzinski, Legal Clinic
- Bell Julian Clement, History
- Rajeev Colaco, Foreign Assistance
- Jennifer Cooke, Institute for African Studies
- Cindy Crowninshield, Integrative Medicine
- Alexander Downes, Political Science
- Meghan Foster, Information Technology
- Kimberly Gamble-Payne, Global Health
- Meghan Hargrave, Exercise & Nutrition Science
- Suzanne Jackson, Law Clinic
- Thomas Jacob, Statistics
- Carly Jordan, Biology
- Jodi Kumar, Speech, Language, & Hearing
- Amer Latif, Institute for Security & Conflict Studies
- Huynh-Nhu (Mimi) Le, Psychology
- Jae Rhim Lee, Corcoran - Interaction Design
- Lisa Leibow, Paralegal Studies
- Amaya Martin, Classical & Near Eastern Languages
- Angela McConnell, Integrative Medicine
- Michelle McGonagle, Security & Development
- Maroun Medlej, Finance
- Sonia Moldovan, Foreign Assistance
- Yoshie Nakamura, Human & Organizational Learning
- Hurriyet Ok, Augmented & Virtual Reality
- Guillermo Orti, Biology
- Nama Ouattara, Economics
- Nino Paichadze, Global Health
- Cynthia Powell, Psychiatry & Behavioral Science
- Wayne Psek, Health Policy & Management
- Paul Reuther, Art History
- Jimmy Saw, Biology
- Susan Sterner, Photojournalism
- Emmanuel Teitelbaum, Political Science
- Karen Thornton, Government Contracts
- Christopher Utter, Political Science
- Maranda Ward, Clinical Research & Leadership
- Guangying Wu, Psychology
May 2018
- Ginger Allington, Geography
- Douglas Anderson, Health Policy & Management
- Edward Bartholomew, Finance/CAMA
- Nejm Benessaiah, Middle East Institute
- Lori Brainard, Public Policy & Public Administration
- Sarah Calabrese, Psychology
- Allison Caras, Spanish
- Arturo Carrillo, Clinical Practice
- Payman Dehghanian, Electrical & Computer Engineering
- Arie Dubnov, History and Judaic Studies
- Maria Ferguson, Center on Education Policy
- Matthew Flanagan, Special Education
- Leigh Frame, Clinical Research & Leadership
- Maria Frawley, English and Honors
- Rohini Ganjoo, Integrated Health Sciences
- Shirley Graham, Gender Equality and International Affairs
- Leon Grayfer, Biology
- Mark Hyman, Management-Sports
- Lindsay Jacoby, University Writing
- Homayoun Khamooshi, Decision Sciences/Project Management Program
- Subrata Kundu, Statistics
- Farah Latif, Organizational Sciences and Communication
- Saniya LeBlanc, Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
- Lisa Lipinski, Art History
- Leah Masselink, Health Policy & Management
- Natalie Milman, Educational Technology Leadership
- Diane Morgan, Paralegal Studies
- Jelena Patrnogic, Biology and Honors
- Paul Poppen, Psychology
- Geralyn Schulz, Speech, Language, & Hearing Sciences
- Andrew Smith, Classics
- Michael Svoboda, University Writing
- Max van Balgooy, Museum Studies
- Kelley Vargo, Exercise & Nutrition Sciences
- Miaochun Wei, Chinese
- Katharine White, History
- Ellen Zavian, Management-Sports
- Vesna Zderic, Biomedical Engineering
- Maria Cecilia Zea, Psychology
May 2017
- Hernan Abeledo, Engineering Management & Systems Engineering
- Arshad Ali, Educational Leadership
- Hannah Arem, Epidemiology
- Peg Barratt, Psychology
- Debra Bernat, Epidemiology and Biostatistics
- Jennifer Brinkerhoff, ESIA/TSPPPA
- Leah Brooks, Trachtenberg School
- Mary Buckley, Women's Leadership Program, Dance
- Linda Cassar, Nursing- Undergraduate
- Catherine Cox, Nursing- Undergraduate
- Manuel R Cuellar, Romance, German & Slavic Languages & Literatures
- Daniel DeWispelare, English
- Rupali Doshi, Epidemiology and Biostatistics
- Ilana Feldman, Anthropology
- Hernan Figueroa, Electrical and Chemical Engineering
- Catherine Forster, Geological Sciences
- Yolanda Fortenberry, Honors Program
- Christina Gee, Psychology
- Sylvain Guiriec, Physics
- Gergana Jostova, Finance
- Amitabh Khardori, International Affairs
- Daniel Klasik, Higher Education Administration
- Mollie Manier, Biological Sciences
- Kirsten Martin, Strategic Management and Public Policy
- Sherry Molock, Psychology
- Illa Moskowitz, Physics
- Liberata Mulamula, Institute for African Studies
- Chung Hyuk Park, Biomedical Engineering
- Patti Plaza, Exercise and Nutrition Sciences
- Gillian Rai, Occupational Therapy
- David Rain, Geography/Environmental Studies
- Pradeep Rau, Marketing
- Erin Scheick, Law
- Scott Schang, Trachtenberg School and Law School
- Marck Vaisman, Decision Sciences
- Victor Valdivia, Romance, German & Slavic Languages & Literatures
- Wendy Wagner, Human Services and Social Justice
- Abbie Weiner, Organizational Sciences and Communication
- Catherine Woytowicz, International Affairs
- Markus Yap, Clinical Research & Leadership
- Qin Yu, Geography
- Hang Zhang, East Asian Languages and Literatures
- Piotr Zielinski, Information Systems and Technology Management
May 2016
- Michelle Allendoerfer, Women's Leadership and Political Science
- Sudeshna Basu, Mathematics
- Jennifer Bertolet, History
- Nemata Blyden, History
- David Braun, Anthropology
- Sean Cleary, Epidemiology & Biostatistics
- Herbert Davis, Strategic Management & Public Policy
- Megan Davis, Philosophy
- Hartmut Doebel, Biology
- Julie Donovan, Women's Leadership
- Melanie Fedri, Sociology/Human Services & Social Justice
- Andrew Griffith, Project Management
- LaTisha Hammond, Honors and Biology
- Ichiro Hanami, East Asian Languages & Literatures
- Salah Hassan, Marketing
- Anna Helm, International Business
- Christopher Jones, Accountancy
- Michele Kimball, Media & Public Affairs
- Laurie Kohn, Clinical Law
- Ellen Kurtzman, Nursing
- Carol Lang, Nursing
- Nikki Usher Layser, Media & Public Affairs
- Marilyn Liebrenz-Himes, Marketing
- Frederick Lindahl, Accountancy
- Janne Nolan, International Affairs
- Amanda Northcross, Environmental & Occupational Health
- Lisa Page, Creative Writing & English
- Patricia Phalen, Media & Public Affairs
- Barry Piatt, Organizational Sciences & Communication
- Melinda Power, Epidemiology & Biostatistics
- Tara Radin, Strategic Management & Public Policy
- Kathleen Ross-Kidder, Psychology
- Heather Schell, University Writing Program
- Erin Speck, Interior Architecture
- Bernhard Streitwieser, Educational Leadership
- Paul Swiercz, Management
- Abebayehu Tekleselassie, Educational Leadership
- Ian Toma, Physical Therapy/Medicine
- Joann Weiner, Economics
May 2015
- Catherine Anderson, Interior Architecture
- Douglas Anderson, Health Policy & Management
- Nancy Augustine, Public Policy & Public Administration
- Heather Bamford, Romance, German, & Slavic Languages & Literatures
- Dalila Benachenhou, Statistics
- Michael Cornfield, Political Management
- Stephen Crawford, Public Policy
- Gaston de los Reyes, Strategic Management & Public Policy
- Holly Dugan, English
- Majeda El-Banna, Nursing
- Carola Goldenberg, Romance, German, & Slavic Languages & Literatures
- Mary Granger, Information Systems & Technology Management
- Min Hwang, Finance
- Natalia Jacobsen, English for Academic Purposes
- Ahmad Jarrah, Decision Sciences
- Jisoo Kim, History
- Bethany Kung, Honors and Physics
- Sharon Lambert, Psychology
- Katherine Larsen, University Writing Program
- Rebecca Mance, Nursing
- Michael Massiah, Chemistry
- Suzanne Miller, History
- Emily Morrison, Human Services & Social Justice
- Katrina Pariera, Organizational Sciences & Communication
- Matthew Riley, University Writing Program
- Reza Saber, Classical & Near Eastern Languages & Civilizations
- Daniel Schwartz, History & Judaic Studies
- Ekundayo Shittu, Engineering Management & Systems Engineering
- Kenneth Smith, Art & Design
- Jeffrey Splitstoser, Anthropology
- Raluca Teodorescu, Physics
- James Tielsch, Global Health
- Quiping (Pearl) Zhou, Nursing
