Program leadership
Our leadership team is comprised of experienced practitioners in the field of learning and design, who also work in Georgetown’s Center for New Designs in Learning and Scholarship (CNDLS), where they spearhead major teaching and learning initiatives. In the program, they lead curricular development efforts, teach, and serve as academic advisors to students.
Edward J. Maloney, PhD
Professor · LDT Founding Director
Eddie Maloney is the Executive Director of the Center for New Designs in Learning and Scholarship (CNDLS) and a Professor of Narrative Theory, Literature, and Practice in the Department of English. He holds a Ph.D. from The Ohio State University in English Literature and a Master’s Degree from Syracuse University in English and Textual Studies. As Executive Director of CNDLS, a research center on teaching, learning and technology, he helps to define Georgetown’s strategy to advance teaching and learning practices at the University, including developing innovative approaches to technology-enhanced learning, learning analytics, and fulfilling the Jesuit mission of teaching to the whole student. As a professor in the Department of English, he teaches courses on modernism, postmodernism, critical and narrative theory.
Maggie Debelius, PhD
Professor · LDT Director of Graduate Studies
Maggie Debelius is the Director of Faculty Initiatives at CNDLS and a professor in the English Department. For 13 years she served as Director of the Georgetown University Writing Center and now works with departments across the university on curriculum design, writing assessment, and faculty development. She has researched and published on graduate education as well as on composition pedagogy, writing across the curriculum, writing assessment, and Writing Centers.
Yianna Vovides, PhD
Professor · LDT Curriculum Director
Yianna Vovides is the Director of Learning Design and Research at CNDLS and teaches cyberlearning, modeling and simulations for learning in the Communication, Culture, and Technology Program. Her research focus is on the use of learning analytics within cyberlearning/online learning environments to examine how people learn. She has over 15 years of experience in higher education. She has presented in major educational technology conferences, published in peer reviewed journals, written book chapters, and co-authored a book.
Staff
Our staff work with leadership, faculty, and students to manage the master’s in Learning, Design, and Technology program’s operations and lend major support to admissions and academic planning. In addition, they advise both current and prospective students on application processing, financial aid, course registration and planning, and other administrative items.
La’Mon D. Johnson, MEd
Program Coordinator
La’Mon is the Program Coordinator for the Master’s in Learning, Design, and Technology program. In this role, he manages recruitment and admissions, student registration, and general financial and administrative operations, in addition to facilitating academic planning and student advising. His primary goal is to support students throughout their time in the program. Please feel free to reach out to La’Mon with any questions you might have about the application process or the LDT program in general. He also serves as the Assistant Director of Strategy and Operations in CNDLS.
Shangxuan “Yannis” Ying, MA Candidate
Technology and Media Graduate Associate
Shangxuan “Yannis” (she/her) Ying is currently pursuing a Master’s degree in Communication, Culture, and Technology program at Georgetown University, with a particular interest in the impact and functionality of new technology in human society. As a Technology and Media Graduate Associate in Learning, Design, and Technology program, Yannis works in two areas— technology and media. In this role, Yannis is responsible for supporting and coordinating the classroom technology and web conferencing needs of LDT classes, managing the program’s social media presence, and communications efforts. Yannis would consider herself as a very curious, adventurous, open-minded person, who is willing to learn different cultures, history, and knowledge or just try something new. Keeping passion to explore the unknown is her lifelong pursuit.
