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V. Blue Lemay

Director of Instructional Design
blemay@binghamton.edu  

Going by her preferred name, Blue is the Director of Instructional Design Services where she collaborates with her team to offer workshops, consultations, and online development expertise to faculty to enhance the student experience. She has a PhD in English, Master’s in English, and Master’s in Education. With a long career in higher education, she was an English Department Chair at a face-to-face liberal arts university and a Program Director of the Humanities at an online, non-profit university. She has taught an array of English courses, many of which were informed by literary theory, cultural studies, and postmodern philosophy as well as many others which ranged over periods and topics from The Secularization of Western Civilization to Global Fiction & Film. She has also collaborated extensively with faculty to build dynamic online courses that always included educational technology and a keen awareness of race, class, gender, sexual orientation, abilities, etc.  She was the founding co-chair of a long standing, innovative committee that focused on the learning sciences, disseminating the best practices in learning design to faculty, program directors, and instructional designers. She lives with her wife and two quiet but fun-loving dogs, Rice and Poet.

Elise Cook
Instructional Designer
ecook@binghamton.edu 

Sara Oliveira
Instructional Designer
oliveirs@binghamton.edu

Sara assists faculty in course development for online, blended, and face-to-face classes. Sara began her career with °®¶¹´«Ã½ working in the University Libraries assisting with Course Reserves and research help. Before working in higher education, Sara worked as a trainer and writer/editor in a variety of industries, including education, healthcare, and government/military operations. Sara's bachelor's degree is in English Literature and she holds a Master's of Science in Curriculum Design and Instructional Technology. 

Cherie van Putten
Instructional Designer
cvanp@binghamton.edu

Cherie works with faculty to develop courses in all course modalities: online, face-to-face, and blended. She also develops and facilitates CLT events on teaching and learning topics for faculty. She is active in several SUNY endeavors including Tools to Scale Enrollment, Faculty Development, and Inclusivity. She has been at °®¶¹´«Ã½ for "a while now" and has worked at the ITS Help Desk and the University Center for Training and Development. She holds a Master of Education in Adult Education degree from Penn State University, and her current interests include: faculty professional development and online teaching and learning.