TLS offers workshops and certificate programs where faculty and instructors can come together to build interdisciplinary communities focused on teaching. Individual departments, however, may well have their own specific teaching and learning culture with discipline-specific teaching techniques and assessments. To that end, a number of departments across campus have Teaching Mentors who help to facilitate informal discussions about the issues educators may face within their departmental contexts.

The Role of Teaching Mentors

Teaching Mentors will take a leadership role to build on the informal mentorship that already occurs within academic departments. This leadership role will typically involve a number of elements, including:

  • Acting as the initial point of contact for new faculty members and contract instructors seeking advice on developing and teaching courses and acting as a resource for all instructors interested in further developing their teaching.
  • Planning/hosting at least one teaching seminar or roundtable in the department during each academic year.
  • Coordinating/curating the collection of shared teaching resources, such as sample course outlines and assessment tools (sample assignments, evaluation guides, marking rubrics).
  • Serving as a point of contact between TLS and the department for the promotion of teaching and learning events.

List of Teaching Mentors, 2024-2025

Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences

Name Department Email
Aaron Doyle Sociology & Anthropology aaron.doyle@carleton.ca
Chris Motz Psychology chris.motz@carleton.ca
Matt Sorley Psychology matthew.sorley@carleton.ca
Deanna Whelan Psychology deanna.whelan@carleton.ca
Robin Norris English robin.norris@carleton.ca
Don Myles SLaLS don.myles@carleton.ca
James McGowan Music james.mcgowan@carleton.ca
Danielle Kinsey History danielle.kinsey@carleton.ca

Faculty of Engineering and Design

Name Department Email
Alan Steele Electronics alan.steele@carleton.ca
Ahmed Hassan Civil & Environmental Engineering ahmed.hassan@carleton.ca
Adrian Chan Systems and Computer Engineering adrian.chan@carleton.ca

Faculty of Public Affairs

Name Department Email
Steve Tasson Law & Legal Studies steve.tasson@carleton.ca
Vincent Kazmierski Law & Legal Studies vincent.kazmierski@carleton.ca
Frances Woolley Economics frances.woolley@carleton.ca
Chris Penny International Affairs chris.penny@carleton.ca
 Beth Martin Social Work beth.martin@carleton.ca
Aaron Ettinger Political Science aaron.ettinger@carleton.ca

Faculty of Science

Name Department Email
Kim Hellemans Neuroscience kim.hellemans@carleton.ca
Wayne Horn Math & Statistics whorn@math.carleton.ca
Martha Mullally Biology martha.mullally@carleton.ca
Pam Wolff Chemistry / Environmental & Interdisciplinary Science pamela.wolff@carleton.ca
Veronic Bezaire  Biochemistry veronic.bezaire@carleton.ca
Alex Pettit Biochemistry alexandra.pettit@carleton.ca
Robert Collier  Computer Science robert.collier3@carleton.ca
Razvan Gornea Physics rgornea@physics.carleton.ca
Laura Pickell Health Sciences laura.pickell@carleton.ca
Jim Mungall Earth Sciences james.mungall@carleton.ca
Sue Aitken Environmental & Interdisciplinary Sciences sue.aitken@carleton.ca
Danielle Manley Nursing danielle.manley@carleton.ca

Sprott School of Business

Name Department Email
Rebecca Renfroe Business rebecca.renfroe@carleton.ca
Shannon Butler Business shannon.butler@carleton.ca

Interested in Being a Mentor?

Are you interested in becoming a teaching mentor? Contact us at tls@carleton.ca for more information.