Melanie Borrego Ph.D.
Biography
Melanie Borrego serves both as a professor of English and the interim dean for undergraduate education in the School of Arts and Sciences at University of Massachusetts Global. Dr. Borrego is responsible for supporting faculty and students, assessment of student learning, online campus scheduling, the recruitment, development, and mentoring of adjunct faculty, and General Education program development. She is the coordinator for the Associate of Arts and the B.A. in Applied Studies programs as well as the Prior Learning Assessment and Experiential Learning programs.
Dr. Borrego has a long-term commitment to supporting educational innovation through participation in such organizations as the Online Learning Consortium (OLC), International Society of Technology in Education (ISTE), Computer Users in Education (CUE), the American Association of Academic Deans (ACAD), and the American Association of Colleges and Universities (AAC&U). She has given presentations on a variety of tools for online teaching, using the Lumina Degree Qualifications Profile (DQP) in the creation of an AA degree and Essential Learning Outcomes (ELOs), leveraging technology to integrate remediation support in gateway writing courses (making the remediation a co-requisite rather than a prerequisite) and developing a competency-based degree program. She is a member of the University's GAI Task Force and is a content developer for and General Education representative on UMass Global's Competency-Based Education Program Council.
Melanie Borrego, Ph.D.
Biography
Melanie Borrego serves both as a professor of English and the interim dean for undergraduate education in the School of Arts and Sciences at University of Massachusetts Global. Dr. Borrego is responsible for supporting faculty and students, assessment of student learning, online campus scheduling, the recruitment, development, and mentoring of adjunct faculty, and General Education program development. She is the coordinator for the Associate of Arts and the B.A. in Applied Studies programs as well as the Prior Learning Assessment and Experiential Learning programs.
Specialty
- English
- Humanities
- Literature
- Rhetoric and Composition
Education
Penn State University, University Park
Dissertation: “From Uncle Tom's Cabin to Uncle Tom's Children: Fictional Responses to Harriet Beecher Stowe”
Western Oregon University
University of California, Irvine
Thesis: “The Mulatto in Film and Literature”
Scholarly Activities
Hybrid Pedagogy, January 29,2015
http://www.hybridpedagogy.com/journal/can-learn-homeschooling/
University of Massachusetts Global
University of Massachusetts Global
Professional Experiences
University of Massachusetts Global
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University of Massachusetts Global
San Jose City College
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West Hills Community College