Instructional Design Team

The instructional design team at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL) is ready to assist in the design, development, and delivery of academic courses. Instructional designers consult with faculty regarding content delivery, learning assessments, and increasing student engagement. They partner with faculty to complement their content expertise with pedagogical best practices to provide students with the best overall learning experience.

Every fully online and blended course is paired with an instructional designer from the team. Please take advantage of this person's expertise and support to improve your course offerings!

CTL’s instructional designers also support on-site and hybrid courses on a consultation basis. Some great reasons to reach out to a member of the team might be to:

Reflect on your overall course plan
Rework or revise your assessments
Integrate more active learning strategies and improve your course activities
Learn more about the benefits or applications of a CoursePlus tool in your course

Please contact the Assistant Director, Learning and Innovation, Kathy Gresh, if you would like to work with an instructional design partner.

Meet the Team

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Kathy joined the CTL team in 1997. Prior to Hopkins, Kathy directed the distance-learning product development division for Harcourt Publishing in ...

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Kathy Gresh

Assistant Director, Learning and Innovation

Lu joined the CTL Instructional Design team in July 2020. She supports the continued improvement and maintenance of the online programs ...

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Lu Chi

Instructional Designer

Emily joined the instructional design team at CTL in the summer of 2020. Currently, she supports dozens of courses throughout the year and co-leads ...

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Emily Haagenson

Instructional Designer

Keri joined the instructional design team at CTL in August 2022. Keri grew up in Pennsylvania but has lived in Baltimore City since graduating from Towson University in 2014. As an IDSS, Keri supports ...

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Keri McAvoy

Instructional Design Support Specialist

Boris's introduction is coming soon.

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Boris Buia

Instructional Designer

Lauren joined the instructional design team at CTL in May 2022. Lauren is a long-term resident of Baltimore City who will work both remotely and in the CTL office. Currently, Lauren helps her colleagues in the support and development of courses....

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Lauren Dana

Instructional Designer

Amy joined CTL in 2007 as an audio editor. She later worked in the studio as an audio producer, and since 2011 has been assisting the instructional design team to create high quality online courses....

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Amy Kitchens Janiczek

Instructional Designer

Amy Pinkerton joined the CTL instructional design team in July 2017. As a senior instructional designer, she provides course and program design,...

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Amy Pinkerton

Senior Instructional Designer

Xi joined the Center for Teaching and Learning as an instructional designer in 2014. Xi holds a Ph.D. in Educational Psychology with Instructional Technology specialization from Texas Tech ...

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Xi Chen

Instructional Designer

As Senior Digital Teaching and Learning Strategist, Celine understands the demands learning and technology put on each other and sees the “big picture” effects...

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Celine Greene

Senior Digital Teaching & Learning Strategist

Mia Lamm is a Senior Instructional Designer at BSPH Center for Teaching and Learning and an Associate with the Department of Health, Policy, and Management. She ...

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Mia Lamm

Senior Instructional Designer