Team Members

 

2022 Planning PROCESS

Planning the 2022 Open Education Conference takes a village. The conference has been organized by community members who have worked tirelessly to plan every aspect of the event.

 

Board of Directors

The Board of Directors provides oversight and leadership for the conference, being responsible for goals, major decisions, and leadership of the planning teams.

  • Stefanie Buck, Director of Open Educational Resources, Oregon State University

  • Brandon Carson, Learning Technology Specialist/Part-time Professor, Durham College

  • Tonja Conerly, Professor of Sociology, San Jacinto College

  • Manisha Khetarpal, Librarian at Maskwacis Cultural College

  • Amanda C. Larson, Affordable Learning Instructional Consultant at The Ohio State University

  • Rachel Meisner, Director of Education and Engagement, ActiveClass

  • Robbie Melton, Associate Vice President - HBCU OER Affordable Learning Solutions, Tennessee State University & HBCU Affordable Learning Solutions

  • Veronica Moreno, Former Director on the Standing Committee on Research Exchange, International Federation of Medical Students Association

  • Elita Partosoedarso, Senior Teaching Professor, Ontario Tech University

  • Susan Payne, Education Specialist at the Oregon Department of Education

  • Samantha Veneruso, Chair of General Studies & Professor of English at Montgomery College

#oPENeD22 Program Committee

The Program Committee is responsible for developing and managing the conference program, including how to organize tracks, session types, and the proposal review process.

  • Kolawole Aramide, Research Fellow, University of Ibadan

  • Skylar Davidson, Assistant Professor of Sociology, Chattanooga State Community College

  • Lisa Haldeman, Library Director, Tulsa Community College

  • Carleigh Hill, Electronic Resources and Web Services Librarian, Whitworth University

  • Bryan McGeary, Learning Design and Open Education Engagement Librarian, Penn State University

  • Stephanie Robertson, Outreach Librarian/Assistant Professor, BYU-Hawaii

  • Brenda Smith, Open Education Librarian, Thompson Rivers University

  • Stephanie Wiegand, Textbook Affordability Librarian, University of Northern Colorado

#opened22 community engagement committee

The Community Engagement Committee works to build out an engaging virtual event including social programming, self care activities, and networking

  • Sneh Bansal, Principal, Chandigarh College of Education

  • Rachel Becker, Copyright & Open Educational Resources Librarian, Madison Area Technical College

  • Dawn (Nikki) Cannon-Rech, Research Services Librarian, Georgia Southern University

  • Emily Carlisle-Johnston, Research and Scholarly Communication Librarian, Western University

  • Jeff Gallant, Program Director, Affordable Learning Georgia, University System of Georgia

  • Kim Hale, Academic Engagement Librarian, Columbia College Chicago

  • Jenny Oleen, Scholarly Communication Librarian, Western Washington University

  • Emily Schudel, Instructional Designer, eLearning Camosun College

  • Isabel Soto-Luna, Business Librarian, University of Nebraska Omaha

  • Veena Sriram, Head of Department, Gitanjali Senior School

  • Mubeshera Tufail, Lecturer/Teaching, Research and Curriculum Development, Allama Iqbal Open University

#opened22 Proposal Reviewers

Between the Program Committee and proposal reviewers, more than 100 community members participated in the proposal review process.

  • Yahaya Abdullahi

  • Mohamed Ahmed

  • Talea Anderson

  • Clément Aubert

  • Sneh Bansal

  • Hilary Baribeau

  • Rachel Becker

  • Michelle Beechey

  • Michele Behr

  • Adele Bernard

  • Chealsye Bowley

  • Nancy Bucher

  • Sheena Campbell

  • Dawn Cannon-Rech

  • Emily Carlisle-Johnston

  • Cristin Cash

  • Bebe Chang

  • Helen Choi

  • Natascha Chtena

  • Virginia Clinton-Lisell

  • Alison Cole

  • Skylar Davidson

  • Kathy Desroches

  • Alex Enkerli

  • Kathy Essmiller

  • Robin Ewing

  • Zoia Falevai

  • Sarah Fancher

  • Ann Fiddler

  • Florencia Gabriele

  • Rahul Gaikwad

  • Cathy Germano

  • Carlos Goller

  • Shanali Govender

  • Rebecca Graetz

  • Cindy Gruwell

  • Kimberly Hale

  • Joshua Halpern

  • Marian Hampton

  • Eileen Harrington

  • Christina Hendricks

  • Heather Herring

  • Krista Higham

  • Carleigh Hill

  • Christina Howell

  • Alishia Huntoon

  • Gilma Jack

  • Deepika Kohli

  • Nikita LaCour

  • Lori-Beth Larsen

  • Danielle Leek

  • Debra Luken

  • Ariela McCaffrey

  • Jessica McClean

  • Gracie McDonough

  • Bryan McGeary

  • Katie Miller

  • Amy Minervini

  • Colby Moorberg

  • Jamie Murphy

  • Pauline Ngimwa

  • Jenny Oleen

  • Joe Orman

  • Cynthia Orozco

  • Sunyeen Pai

  • Jennifer Pate

  • Mojaesi Phejane

  • Megan Phifer-Davis

  • Jonathan Poritz

  • Michael Porter

  • Amanda Postle

  • Wilhelmina Randtke

  • Lauren Ray

  • Julie Reed

  • Christina Riehman-Murphy

  • Stephanie Robertson

  • Melody Rood

  • Elizabeth Salmon

  • Emily Schudel

  • Teresa Schultz

  • Ramesh Sharma

  • Dave Smulders

  • Veena Sriram

  • Camille Thomas

  • Elaine Thornton

  • Mayank Trivedi

  • Mubeshera Tufail

  • Deidre Tyler

  • Gabriel Uunona

  • Michael Whitchurch

  • Stephanie Wiegand

  • Staci Wilson

  • Karna Younger

#opened22 Video Reviewers

Video reviewers took time to preview pre-recorded video sessions prior to the conference to verify captions and accessibility.

  • Alishia Huntoon, Professor, Oregon Tech

  • Andrea Scott

  • Angela Chikowero, Research & Engagement Librarian, University of California, Santa Barbara

  • Beatrice Canales, Academic Unit Assistant, San Antonio College

  • Christina Hendricks, Open & Affordable Educational Resources Librarian, Penn State University

  • Cindy Gruwell, Asst. Librarian/Coordinator of Scholarly Research

  • Clément Aubert, Assistant Prof. in Computer Sciences

  • Deepika Kohli, Assistant Professor Khalsa College of Education

  • Deidre Tyler, Professor of Sociology, Salt Lake Community College

  • Elizabeth Nelson, Reference and Instruction Librarian

  • Enoch Park

  • Jessica McClean, Director of OER

  • John Doherty, Head of Research and Instruction Services

  • Karen Ferreira-Meyers, Associate professor and Coordinator Linguistics and Modern Languages, Institute of Distance Education, University of Eswatini

  • Loretta Spruel, Adjunct Professor/Southern University and A&M College

  • Maria Fieth, Director, MERLOT-SkillsCommons

  • Michele Behr, Scholarly Communications and Open Educational Resources Librarian

  • Michelle Beechey, Access Services and OER Librarian, SUNY Monroe Community College

  • Ramesh Sharma, Dr B R Ambedkar, University Delhi

  • Raya Samet, Assoc. Librarian, University of Michigan-Dearborn

  • Staci Wilson, Executive Director, Learning Support at Catawba Valley Community College

  • Susan Payne, Education Specialist at the Oregon Department of Education

  • Talea Anderson, Scholarly Communication Librarian, Washington State University

  • Tania M. Ríos, Project Coordinator, Digital Library of the Caribbean, University of Florida

  • Yusif Amadu, Instructional Designer/Technologist

#opened22 SESSION HOSTS

During the conference, Session Hosts facilitated live and pre-recorded sessions, serving both as the technical operator of the Zoom session and moderator to ensure a safe and welcoming space.

  • Alishia Huntoon, Professor, Oregon Tech

  • Brandon Carson, Learning Technology Specialist/Part-time Professor, Durham College

  • Brenda Smith, Open Education Librarian, Thompson Rivers University

  • Christina Riehman-Murphy, Open & Affordable Educational Resources Librarian, Penn State University

  • Emily Carlisle-Johnston, Research and Scholarly Communication Librarian, Western University

  • Emily Schudel, Instructional Designer, eLearning Camosun College

  • Isabel Soto-Luna, Business Librarian, University of Nebraska Omaha

  • Jeff Gallant, Program Director, Affordable Learning Georgia, University System of Georgia

  • John Doherty, Head of Research and Instruction Services

  • Julia Rodriguez, Associate Professor, Health Sciences & Scholarly Communications Librarian,
    Kresge Library

  • Kathy Essmiller, Coordinator, OpenOKState, OER Librarian

  • Katie Miller, Library Director, Aiken Technical College

  • Kim Hale, Academic Engagement Librarian, Columbia College Chicago

  • Lisa Haldeman, Library Director, Tulsa Community College

  • Manisha Khetarpal, Librarian at Maskwacis Cultural College

  • Michelle Beechey, Access Services and OER Librarian, SUNY Monroe Community College

  • Nadia Cheikhrouhou

  • Rachel Becker, Copyright & Open Educational Resources Librarian, Madison Area Technical College

  • Rachel Meisner, Director of Education and Engagement, ActiveClass

  • Raya Samet, Assoc. Librarian, University of Michigan-Dearborn

  • Samantha Veneruso, Chair of General Studies & Professor of English at Montgomery College

  • Stefanie Buck, Director of Open Educational Resources, Oregon State University

  • Susan Payne, Education Specialist at the Oregon Department of Education

  • Val Hollister, Chief Operating Officer, SPARC