Anastasia Williams joined TILT as the Director of Teaching Excellence in 2024. She earned her PhD in Slavic Languages and Literatures from Brown University, where she also gained extensive experience in faculty development as a head teaching consultant at the Sheridan Center for Teaching and Learning.

At CSU, Anastasia leads initiatives to enhance teaching effectiveness, promote inclusive teaching practices, and support faculty in implementing evidence-based pedagogical strategies.

Prior to CSU, Anastasia served as Assistant Director at the University of Iowa’s Center for Teaching, where she led programs on inclusive teaching, course design, and universal design for learning. She founded the Inclusive Teaching in Practice and Students as Partners program. Anastasia’s scholarly interests include equitable teaching, UDL and accessibility, and co-creating with departments and undergraduate students to foster inclusive learning environments.

Anastasia has published in Tomorrow’s Professor and is an active member of the Professional and Organizational Development (POD) Network and the National Conference on Race and Ethnicity (NCORE).

She has taught Russian language, literature, and culture courses at Brown University and Indiana University. In her free time, she enjoys practicing yoga and meditation.

Tonya Buchan received her MS. Ed in Curriculum and Instruction from Purdue University.  Tonya started her career in higher education in 1997 and has held a variety of roles including online instructor, instructional technology consultant, grant program manager and instructional designer. Tonya enjoys creating faculty development experiences as well as partnering with instructors to integrate research-based educational practices using the CSU Teaching Effectiveness Framework and educational technology into course design and teaching.

Chris Geanious has worked with TILT at CSU as an Instructional Designer since January 2012 working with faculty redesigning and enhancing face-to-face courses as well as designing professional development for faculty; all in a team environment. In addition to this work, Chris is involved with the integration of 3D printing technologies into courses as well as in the development and integration of mobile apps for academic use. Chris has been supporting faculty and students in higher education for over 20 years.

His MEd course work was focused in Curriculum and Instruction and he also worked on a NSF funded project involving developing Environmental Science curriculum in a simulation environment. Chris’s areas of expertise include instructional design, multi-media production, advanced instructional technology, online learning and active learning strategies. Chris has worked with the NSF funded Departmental Action Team project co-facilitating departmental teams across the CSU campus and co-authoring a book and multiple journal articles on facilitating change in Higher Education.  Chris was Co-PI on a USDA grant with CSU Design and Merchandising working on the implementation of 3D design and spatial visualization pedagogies into their undergraduate curriculum. Chris is currently active in helping faculty integrate Generative AI into undergraduate courses and is pursuing a Microsoft certification in Generative AI and Azure integration.

Justin Switzer earned his bachelor’s degree in Psychology in 2007 from Colorado State University and has been working in higher education at CSU since 2008. As an Instructional Designer, he works with digital media and Canvas, and he appreciates simple yet thoughtful design.

Jennifer Todd is dedicated to student engagement and learning, and has been at TILT since January 2017. She spent the first 20 years of her instructional experience in the classroom with students – and out of the classroom training teachers in best instructional practices. She is passionate about students taking responsibility for their learning, and the ways in which, we, as instructors can promote and encourage such a classroom culture. Her expertise lies in learning to write and writing to learn in all subject areas – as well as supporting students in reading and making sense of difficult text. Prior to CSU, Jennifer taught at an Expeditionary Learning School and was part of a team that opened a nationally acclaimed arts high school in Santa Ana, California.