Marc Ebenfield, Ph.D.

Marc Ebenfield, Ph.D. joined the University of New England in August 2019. Prior to UNE, he directed the Center for Teaching Innovation at Salem State University from 2006–2019. He has also served as the lead instructional technologist at the Bristol-Myers Squibb Center for Science Teaching and Learning at Rider University (2002–2006) and as director of the Language Lab at Bryn Mawr College (1997-2001). He has a Ph.D. in Russian language and literature, specializing in second language acquisition, and an M.S. in the instructional design of online learning. He has taught online, hybrid, and face-to-face courses at the undergraduate and graduate levels.

Dr. Ebenfield’s extensive experience helps him guide faculty at both the undergraduate and graduate level on the implementation of high-impact practices, assessment, and the scholarship of teaching and learning. He has often worked to received grant funding for larger projects on high-impact practices. He received two grants from the Davis Educational Foundation — one for faculty learning communities and the other to work with department teams to redesign courses with high dropout and failure rates. He has substantial experience with service learning, receiving two grants from the Massachusetts Americorps VISTA program to infuse civic engagement projects into higher education and increase access to higher education for less represented students. He served as co-PI of an N.J. High-Tech Workforce Excellence Grant that infused inquiry-based instruction in introductory STEM courses.

In his spare time he competes in triathlons, brews beer, and has taught more than 300 people to juggle through juggling clubs and programs he has facilitated.