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Director: Lindsey Hamilton, PhD

Dr. Hamilton is a Bates alum (Class of 2005), who is thrilled to return to campus. Lindsey (she/her) is an experienced neuroscientist and educator who has championed the use of evidence-based inclusive pedagogical practices to help students learn, persist, succeed, and ultimately thrive.  Areas of expertise: metacognition and reflective practice, the science of teaching and learning, inclusive pedagogy for equitable learning, assessment

Associate Director: Anna Wells Piotti Castonguay, PhD

Dr. Castonguay is a Bowdoin alum, from central Maine, and goes by Wells (she/they) professionally. Although a language pedagogy scholar and researcher, Wells also has experience as a diversity, equity, and inclusion instructional consultant across disciplines. Teaching through controversy, creating community agreements, navigating academic accommodations, and rethinking who and what we teach through a DEIJB+ lens—these are the conversations that bring Wells joy. Areas of expertise: anti-racist and social justice pedagogy, language learning, small-class teaching, multidisciplinary and mixed methods SoTL

Assistant Director: Alanna Felts, PhD

Dr. Felts is originally from Southern California, going by Alanna (she/hers). After getting her Ph.D. in Chemistry from Northwestern University, Alanna started working in the field of educational development where she’s collaborated with faculty and staff on a wide variety of projects. Her favorite thing in this work is identifying Bright Spots – where things are going really well – and finding ways to share what we can learn from those examples. Areas of expertise: classroom assessment methods, student advising and mentoring, STEM education, AI resistant pedagogies

CITL Fellows:

• Laura Balladur
• Eric Dyer
• Rafael Mello
• Susan Stark
• Samantha Sigmon
• Seulgie Lim
• Jason Castro
• Zhenzhen Lu

Administrative Assistant: Jeanne Beliveau

Jeanne Beliveau supports CITL by maintaining our website, advertising our events, keeping track of our programming, and helping Lindsey and Wells with all sorts of things, like purchasing the mini fridge in CITL’s faculty and staff lounge and the drinks to fill it. Stop by Hedge Hall to chat with her about the work she does at CITL.