Dr. Jill Perry, Director

Dr. Jill Perry, Professor of Mathematics Education in the Department of Content Area Teacher Education (CATE), has served as Director of the Faculty Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning since August 2022. A teacher educator, mathematics educator, and mathematics education researcher, she joined Rowan University in 2001, just after she earned her PhD from the University of Central Florida.

Jill brings 30 years of experience in K–20 educator professional development, with expertise in curriculum development and enactment, instructional design, pedagogy and andragogy, assessment and evaluation, and research methodologies. Her work is grounded in a commitment to inclusivity, social justice, and responsive teaching.

Her scholarship explores the interplay among students’ mathematical communication, intentionalities, and identities within secondary mathematics teaching and learning. More recently, her scholarly work has expanded to examine emotionally charged teaching-and-learning experiences using moments of emotional intensity as entry points for investigating the relational, pedagogical, and structural conditions shaping educational experience.

Outside of work, Jill enjoys time with family, recreational mathematics, reading, doodling, exploring bookstores, UK mystery and crime series, and a good cup of coffee.

Contact information: perry@rowan.edu | 856-256-4079
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Dr. Natalie Kautz, Assistant Director

Dr. Natalie Kautz joined the Rowan family in 2010 and the Faculty Center in 2018. She earned her doctoral degree in Educational Leadership from Rowan University in 2016. As the Assistant Director, she works closely with the Director. She is responsible for the Mid-Semester Focus on Teaching & Learning and the Faculty Center Announcements. Natalie facilitates the Enhancing Teaching and Learning program. She also assists with New Faculty Orientation, and with grant and award applications as needed. Natalie represents the Faculty Center at workshops and presentations across the university. She is a member of Alpha Epsilon Lambda, the Graduate Honor Society.

Natalie is also an adjunct professor in the Mathematics Department in the College of Science & Mathematics. In her spare time she likes to read, swim, go to the beach, play board games, vacation in warm places, and visit with family.

Contact information: kautzn@rowan.edu | 856-256-4669
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Carla Sbrana, Educational Technologist 

Since September 2013, Carla Sbrana has been working in the Faculty Center as a part-time member. As the Educational Technologist, she shares resources with faculty through the Faculty Center Web site and Facebook page. She specializes in online teaching and teaching with Canvas in face-to-face classes. She has also conducts workshops, Mid-semester Focus groups, assists with New Faculty Orientation and other events and programs sponsored by the Faculty Center.

Carla has also been an adjunct for the Critical Literacy, Technology & Multilingual Education Dept. in the College of Education since 2011 and teaches courses related to Educational Technology. Outside of the office, Carla enjoys traveling with her husband, taking pictures, going to the beach, doing yard work, watching movies, building LEGO, and reading.

Contact information: sbrana@rowan.edu | 856-305-4617 (cell)
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Lizabeth Roth, Administrative Assistant 

Lizabeth Roth joined the Rowan family during the summer of 2022 and works in the Faculty Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning as the Administrative Assistant. Lizzie has dedicated more than fifteen years to volunteering and fundraising for multiple non-profits that are close to her heart in her local hometown where she resides with her husband, their son, and her two rescue puppies. Lizzie has a background in business management where she had been working in the banking and financial industry for over two decades. She loves spending time with her family and friends, watching her son play soccer and being at the beach. Her passion is to always be positive, helpful, and to bring happiness to others.

Contact information: rothld@rowan.edu | 856-256-4353
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