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As the CTE鈥檚 Executive Director, Dr. Stacy Grooters champions teaching at Boston College, driving campus conversations about teaching excellence and advocating for a strong culture of reflective, inclusive, evidence-based teaching at the University. She provides strategic leadership for the Center for Teaching Excellence, ensuring that the CTE鈥檚 programs and services align with faculty needs and are responsive to campus priorities.

Stacy gained her first experience in the classroom teaching English to secondary school students as a Peace Corps volunteer in Bayanhongor, Mongolia, a small town on the northern edge of the Gobi Desert. She went on to pursue an MA in English from Miami University in Oxford, OH and a PhD in English (with a concentration in Women Studies) from the University of Washington, where she taught in the departments of English, Ethnic Studies, and Women鈥檚 Studies. At UW, she also worked as an Assistant Director in the Expository Writing Program and an instructional consultant in the Center for Instructional Development and Research.

In 2007, Stacy joined Stonehill College as the Founding Director of their Center for Teaching and Learning, where she also oversaw the establishment of the Office of Community-Based Learning. She taught as an Assistant Professor in the English department and was Co-Director of the Gender & Sexuality Studies program. She also chaired the Provost鈥檚 Advisory Committee on Diversity for three years. In 2015, Stacy was hired as the Director of Faculty Programs for 亚色影库鈥檚 newly established Center for Teaching Excellence and was then named Interim Director of the CTE in 2019. She was promoted to Executive Director in 2020.

Stacy is an active member of the , the national organization of teaching centers, where she has twice served on POD's Board of Directors and was elected POD President for 2023-2024. Her research focuses on the ways that commitments to diversity, equity, and inclusion are practiced within the field of educational development. Her 2014 article, 鈥淭racking POD鈥檚 Engagement with Diversity,鈥� analyzes 35 years of POD conference sessions and journal articles to track changes in how questions of diversity have been taken up by the field. Her current project seeks to define what it means to be an 鈥渆quity-minded educational developer鈥� and identify the pathways that educational developers take towards growing an equity-minded practice.

Collaborating with colleagues in and beyond the CTE, Sarah aims to support purposeful, equity minded use of educational technologies by instructors in the service of their intentions for student learning and formation.听 She coordinates development of the CTE鈥檚 tech focused programs and online resources, and works with Schools and Departments on offerings tailored to the technology needs of their faculty. She serves as CTE liaison to campus partners such as the Academic Technology Advisory Board and Faculty Technology Contacts.

Sarah holds a B.A. in History from the University of Durham, UK, an MA from Andover Newton Theological Seminary, and a PhD in Theology from Boston College.听 While completing her studies she began working in 亚色影库鈥檚 Instructional Design and eTeaching Services as a Graduate Assistant. She joined the staff full time as an Instructional Designer in 2004, and has been at the Center since its beginning in 2014, holding the role of Assistant Director, Faculty Programs from 2019 to 2024. Sarah has taught Core courses in 亚色影库鈥檚 Theology Department and co-taught a Cross-currents course on Mindfulness and Meditation. She has presented at gatherings of professional associations such as , on innovative uses of instructional technology at 亚色影库.

Attentive to what she hears from 亚色影库 faculty, informed by the research on college teaching, and in conversation with CTE and campus colleagues, Kim leads the Center鈥檚 teaching and course design support for faculty. Through programs, resources, and consultations, Kim invites faculty into a space of reflective, inclusive, and evidence-based teaching, finding ways to align classroom practices with pedagogical values while addressing concrete teaching challenges. Committed to a philosophy of taking students seriously when designing learning experiences, Kim is equally committed to supporting faculty as they find satisfaction 鈥� even joy 鈥� in their teaching on a sustainable schedule. She is honored to walk with faculty at all stages of their career as they ask new questions about their teaching, return to perennial quandaries, and seek community around teaching.听

Kim has taught Core courses in the 亚色影库 Theology Department, staffed the campus Sexual Assault Network, and co-taught a course for graduate students on responsibly, compassionately responding to sexual assault disclosures in their role as future faculty. She holds a B.A. in Religious Studies and English Literature from Denison University and her M.T.S. from Boston College School of Theology and Ministry. She joined the CTE as a Graduate Assistant in 2015 and joined the Center as a full-time staff member in 2019.

Shinjae studies in the field of comparative theology, with a focus on the intersections between Hinduism and Christianity. His research delves into themes such as Dharma, caste, and Dalits within the broader frameworks of society, politics, and religion. His goal is to explore ways in which Christianity and its theology can play a role in advocating for the rights and dignity of Dalits.

Originally from Seoul, Korea, Shinjae is a family man, married to Saerom and a devoted father to his two children, Sion and Theo. In his vocation, he serves as a pastor for the First United Methodist Church in North Andover. He extends his commitment to faith and education by serving as a Chaplain听in the Theology Department at Boston College.