Presenters: Dr. Jamia Stokes (TN SCORE) and Dr. Tracy Hall (President STCC)
9:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. | Farris ABC
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Jamia leads SCORE’s postsecondary strategy, relying on her deep experience in higher education to build relationships in the field to ensure all Tennessee students have access to postsecondary opportunities that prepare them for a career. Jamia joined SCORE in 2022 as senior director of postsecondary pathways. Prior to that, she served as dean of student success at Rhodes College, worked as an admissions counselor at UT Chattanooga, and held positions at UT Knoxville in career services, teacher education recruitment/retention, academic advising, and student services. Jamia serves on the advisory board for the University of Memphis K-12 Schools and The Schools of Perea, a Memphis public charter school. A Knoxville native, she is a proud graduate of Tennessee public schools. Jamia earned a bachelor’s in communication and a master’s in public administration from the University of Tennessee, Chattanooga, and holds a PhD in higher education administration from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville.
Presenter: Dr. Thomas Tobin (Author, Speaker)
10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. | Farris ABC
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Thomas J. Tobin is a founding member of the Center for Teaching, Learning, & Mentoring (CTLM) at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, as well as an internationally recognized scholar, author, and speaker on quality in technology-mediated education—especially copyright, evaluation of teaching practices, academic integrity, accessibility, and universal design for learning.
Before the CTLM, Tobin spent four years as the Program Area Director for Distance Teaching & Learning on the UW-Madison Learning Design, Development, & Innovation team, and served five years as the Coordinator of Learning Technologies in the Northeastern Illinois University Center for Teaching and Learning. Since the late 1990s, Tom’s work has focused on using technology to extend higher education beyond its traditional audience. He advocates for the educational rights of people with disabilities and people from disadvantaged backgrounds.
He holds a master's and Ph.D. in English literature, a master’s in information science, a professional project management certification, a master online teacher certification, the Quality Matters reviewer certification, the Professional in Accessibility Core Competencies (CPACC) certification, and the Penn State Academic Leadership Academy certification (he tells his nieces and nephews that he is in 46th Grade).
Tom serves on the editorial boards of Advances in Online Education, InSight: A Journal of Scholarly Teaching, the Online Journal of Distance Learning Administration, and the Oklahoma University Press Teaching, Engaging, and Thriving in Higher Ed series. He was named to Ed Tech Magazine’s 2020 “Dean’s List” of Educational Technology Influencers, was honored with the 2022 Wagner Award for Outstanding Leadership in Distance Learning Administration, and was named by Eduflow in 2023 as one of the world’s Top 100 Learning Influencers.
His books include
Evaluating Online Teaching: Implementing Best Practices (2015) with Jean Mandernach and Ann H. Taylor.
The Copyright Ninja (2017).
Reach Everyone, Teach Everyone: Universal Design for Learning in Higher Education (2018) with Kirsten Behling.
Going Alt-Ac: A Guide to Alternative Academic Careers (2020) with Katie Linder and Kevin Kelly.
UDL for FET Practitioners: Guidance for Implementing Universal Design for Learning in Irish Further Education and Training (2021) with Ann Heelan and Dara Ryder.
Tom was also proud to represent the United States on a Spring 2018 Fulbright Scholar fellowship, under which he helped Eötvös Loránd University in Budapest, Hungary to develop its first faculty-development program, and he provided workshops and training to twelve other colleges, universities, and military programs throughout Hungary.
Find him on various social media and at thomasjtobin.com.