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.

Instructional Designer Instructional Innovation and Engagement

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.

Andy Swanson joined Colorado State in January 2021. Prior to his work at Colorado State, he was a freelance editor working in Vietnam and a former accessibility technology specialist. Andy received his Master’s in Political Science: European and International Governance from Vrije Universiteit Brussel and has worked in higher education since 2012.

Stan joined Colorado State September 2014 and is currently serving TILT as the Learning Technology and Analytics Program Manager. In addition to working with learning analytics and the Unizin data platform, he has worked on a variety of projects including Ximera, open educational resources, Pressbooks, eTexts, Gradescope, and the APLU adaptive courseware grant. He also serves on the Classroom Review Board. Prior to CSU, he was at Purdue University working with faculty to leverage active learning strategies to redesign courses through the Purdue IMPACT program.

Stan has graduate degrees in Educational Technology, Mathematics Education, and most recently a Masters in Computer Information Systems from the College of Business at CSU. He has worked in Higher Education for over 20 years in instructional design, information technology, learning management systems, and project management while also teaching a variety of courses in Mathematics, Statistics, and Education.

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.

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.