Michelle Singh, Ph.D.

Vice President for Strategic Educational Alliances

Michelle Singh

 
 

VP Administration

Dana Duke
Dana Duke
Senior Executive Assistant to the Vice President for Digital Strategy and Innovation
(940) 565-2624
Dana.Duke@unt.edu
  • Katy Tunks, Administrative Coordinator

 

Krista Watts
Krista Watts
Senior Director of Strategic Planning
krista.watts@unt.edu
  • Indra Bhagat, Sr. Program Project Manager
  • Sirisha Poolakunta Ramesh, Graduate Student Assistant (Part-Time)

 

Benjamin Brand, Ph.D.
Benjamin Brand, Ph.D.
Senior Director, New Ventures
Dr. Benjamin Brand fosters collaborations between the Division of Digital Strategy and Innovation and academic units across the university to develop new digital ventures. His current initiatives include creating high impact microcredentials and formulating institution-wide strategies around generative AI. Dr. Brand joined DSI after seventeen years of teaching music history at UNT’s College of Music. As the College’s Director of Graduate Studies (2013-18) and Chair of its Division of Music History, Theory, and Ethnomusicology (2018-23), he built a record of curricular innovation that culminated in the launch of the BA in Critical Studies in Music and Society in 2022. Dr. Brand holds a BA in Music from the University of Chicago and a PhD in Musicology from Yale University.
(940) 565-4353
benjamin.brand@unt.edu
  • Savannah Haley, Graduate Student Assistant (Part-Time)

 

Shannon Rowland
Shannon Rowland
Director, Budget and Operations
Shannon.Rowland@unt.edu
  • Rena Vincent, Sr. Administrative Coordinator

 

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DSI Center for Learning Experimentation, Application and Research (CLEAR)

  • Dan Watson, Senior Administrative Coordinator

Course Design Unit

  • Lauri Morrow, Associate Director of Instructional Design
    • Dave Denny, Sr. Instructional Design Consultant
    • Austin Haynes, Sr. Instructional Design Consultant
    • Jordan Smith, Sr. Instructional Design Consultant
    • Kathleen Harris, Sr. Instructional Design Consultant
    • Benjamin Nye, Instructional Design Consultant
    • Lily Sloan, Instructional Design Consultant
    • Thomas Tubbs, Instructional Design Consultant

Creative Production Unit

  • Joesph Hoffmann, Senior Director of Production
    • Jon Holland, Assistant Director of Production
    • Eric Koch, Lead Multimedia Designer
      • [vacant], Assistant Graphic Designer (Part-time)
    • [vacant], Sr. Programmer Analyst
    • Olivia Haynes, Programmer Analyst
    • Eric Michener, Lead Videographer
      • Vanessa Najera, Student Assistant (Part-time)
    • Stingray Schuller, Sr. Videographer
    • Cricket Childers, Videographer
    • Jeff Merrill, Studio Manager / Lead Videographer
      • Matthew Farmer, Videographer
      • Asha Chowdhury, AV Assistant (Part-time)
      • Keilynn Rogers, Student Assistant (Part-time)

Quality Assurance Unit

  • Tania Heap, Senior Director of Learning Research & Accessibility
    • Charlesa Olmstead, J.D., Digital Compliance Officer
    • Daniel Bernardo, Digital Accessibility Specialist
    • Danae Harris, Sr. Digital Accessibility Specialist
    • Stephanie Hinojosa, Digital Accessibility Specialist
    • Caroline Kairu, Digital Accessibility Specialist
    • Ethan Ligon, Digital Accessibility Assistant (Part-time)
    • Katrina Ramos, Digital Accessibility Assistant (Part-time)
    • Jarrod Trovada, Digital Accessibility Assistant (Part-time)

Faculty Development Unit

  • Aubree Stearns, Director of Faculty Development
    • Allison Boye Sr. Faculty Development Specialist
    • Babafunso Adegbola, Assistant Faculty Development Specialist
    • Tama Hebert, Educational Technology Trainer
    • [vacant], Graduate Assistant
    • [vacant], Graduate Assistant
    • Makayla Perkins, Graduate Assistant

Learning Applications Research Unit

  • Monique Scales, Application Support Analyst

 

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DSI Digital Growth

 

  • Patrick Pluscht, Executive Director, DSI Digital Growth
  • Caleb Walter, Digital Marketing Program Mngr
  • [vacant], Sr Programmer Analyst
  • Taylor Abramson, Marketing Coordinator
  • Kiera Gerner, Graphic Designer, Non-Student Help - Hourly
  • Suyosha Acharya, Office Assistant (Part-time)
  • Akhila Akula, Office Assistant (Part-time)
  • Solina Galo, Office Assistant (Part-time)

 

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DSI Enterprise

Stephanie Myers,
Stephanie Myers,
Interim Director, DSI Enterprise
(940) 565-2219
Stephanie.Myers@unt.edu
  • Kevin Huang, Online Student Success Coordinator
  • Rhiannon White, Associate Director of Professional Learning
    • Tami Russell, Program Project Coordinator
    • Jim Hoffman, Program Director, Energy Industry Finance & Accounting Continuing Education Programs
  • Denise Belmonte, Digital Strategist Intern (Part-time)>
  • Divya Thailam, Student Assistant (Part-time)

 

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DSI Learning Analysis and Digital Research (LADR)

Tania Heap, Ed.D.
Tania Heap, Ed.D.
Senior Director of Learning Research & Accessibility
Dr. Tania Heap is the Director of Learning Research and Accessibility based in the Center for Learning Experimentation, Application, and Research (CLEAR) at the University of North Texas (UNT). She has been involved in online and technology-enhanced learning initiatives in different capacities for over 15 years. Her background is in practice-based research in learning technology, design and methods in social-behavioral-educational research with human participants, digital accessibility and ADA compliance testing, faculty development, and instructional design for high-enrollment online classes and MOOCs.
Tania.Heap@unt.edu
  • Audon Archibald, Data Analyst
  • Graduate and Undergraduate Interns
  • Faculty Fellows

 

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Office of the Vice President for Digital Strategy and Innovation Organizational Chart

Click below to see the Division of Digital Strategy and Innovation organizational chart in PDF and accessible text versions.

 

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Questions?

Contact the Digital Strategy and Innovation team.

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