About DTEI
The Division of Teaching Excellence and Innovation (DTEI) is dedicated to partnering and fostering community with faculty, graduate students, and postdocs to maximize students’ academic success through inclusive excellence. We accomplish this by cultivating equitable learning environments across campus through pedagogical development opportunities focused on integrating innovative, evidence-based, and inclusive teaching practices.
DTEI’s goals align with the Office of the Vice Provost for Teaching and Learning (OVPTL) and Pillar 2 and 4 of the UCI Strategic Plan:
Pedagogical Training
Enhance pedagogical training for faculty, graduate students, postdoctoral scholars, and staff by providing and developing certification, teaching assistant training, and fellowship programs.
Equity and Student Success
Partner with campus researchers to collect and disseminate data on evidence-based practices that the campus community can use to improve equity and student success.
Digital Learning
Promote equitable digital learning through evidence-based course design and utilization of digital technologies by the UCI community.
Emerging Educational Practices
Coordinate efforts to systematically align campus learning environments with current and emerging educational practices to maximize student success.
Culture of Inquiry
Evaluate the impact of DTEI programs and campus learning environments on both students and instructors, utilizing assessment data to further improve equitable teaching and learning on campus.
Michael Dennin
Vice Provost for Teaching and Learning
Professor of Physics
(949) 824-7761, 6988
Brian Sato
DTEI Associate Dean, Professor of Teaching, Molecular Biology and Biochemistry
PhD, Cell Biology
(949) 824-0661
Megan Linos
Director of Digital and Online Teaching (DOT)
M.S., Instructional Technology
M.S., Positive Organizational Development and Change
(949) 824-9405
Matthew Mahavongtrakul
Program Director, Educational Development
PhD, Biological Sciences
Iain Grainger
Director, UCI Media and OVPTL Communications
B.A., Communication Processes
(949) 824-7331
DTEI Staff
Arthur Aggabao
Admin and Business Coordinator
Division of Teaching Excellence & Innovation and UCI Media
(949) 824-3594
Josh Arimond
Lead Coordinator, Certificated Learning Assistants Program
M.A., Education
(949) 824-1134
Alex Bower
Educational Development Specialist for Graduate Students & Postdocs
PhD, Psychology
(949) 214-8593
Janet Divincenzo
Instructional Designer
M.A., Latin American Studies
(949) 824-1058
Theresa Duong
Pedagogical Wellness Specialist
B.A., Public Health
Ph.D., Public Health
(949) 824-3594
Jennifer Foung
Instructional Designer
M.A., Communication, Media & Learning Technologies Design
MLIS, Masters in Library and Information Science
(949) 824-5331
Veronika Rozhenkova
Research Associate
