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Our People
Under the leadership of the Center Director, a wide range of people contribute to the Searle Center's work. We work with colleagues around campus, around the country, and around the world on a variety of teaching-and-learning projects.
Our staff are skilled scholars and professionals with tremendous experience in learning and teaching. We take pride in working alongside Northwestern University faculty, postdoctoral fellows, graduate student instructors, and educational support staff.
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Denise Drane
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Kate Flom Derrick
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The Searle Fellows program is a comprehensive, year-long (eight month) faculty development program for early career faculty.
Our fellows are integral to promoting quality learning and teaching on campus. Their work includes leading conversations about teaching in workshops and roundtables, offering feedback and guidance to junior colleagues, and publicly sharing their scholarly inquiries into teaching.
The 2023-24 Searle Fellows
Looking for past fellows?
We have an archive list that dates back to 1999.
![Adli](../images/about/searle-fellows/mazhar-adli-website.png)
Mazhar Adli
![Bain](../images/about/searle-fellows/connor-bain-website.png)
Connor Bain
![Balbale](../images/about/searle-fellows/salva-balbale-website.png)
Salva Balbale
![Becker](../images/about/searle-fellows/emily-becker-website.png)
Emily Becker
![Cherayil](../images/about/searle-fellows/neena-cherayil-website.png)
Neena Cherayil
![Evans](../images/about/searle-fellows/michael-evans-website.png)
Michael Evans
![Hu](../images/about/searle-fellows/huiling-hu-website.png)
Huiling Hu
![Kovács](../images/about/searle-fellows/istvan-kovacs-website.png)
István Kovács
![Kuyper](../images/about/searle-fellows/arend-kuyper-website.png)
Arend Kuyper
![Lazar](../images/about/searle-fellows/alina-lazar-website.png)
Alina Lazar
![Lopez](../images/about/searle-fellows/jeffrey-lopez-website.png)
Jeffrey Lopez
![Mesghina](../images/about/searle-fellows/almaz-mezghina-website.png)
Almaz Mesghina
![Perez](../images/about/searle-fellows/maria-perez-website.png)
Maria E. Perez
![Raddawi](../images/about/searle-fellows/rana-raddawi-website.png)
Rana Raddawi
![Randolph](../images/about/searle-fellows/elizabeth-randolph-website.png)
Elizabeth Randolph
![Schieber](../images/about/searle-fellows/david-schieber-website.png)
David Schieber
![Seager](../images/about/searle-fellows/catherine-seager-website.png)
Catherine Seager
![Toaz](../images/about/searle-fellows/erin-toaz-website.png)
Erin Toaz
![Truby](../images/about/searle-fellows/ryan-truby-website.png)
Ryan Truby
![Zugnoni](../images/about/searle-fellows/michele-zugnoni-website.png)
Michele Zugnoni
Graduate and Postdoc collaborators include
![Eduardo Alejandro](staff-grad-postdoc/eduardo.png)
Eduardo Alejandro
Physics & Astronomy
![Daniel Atwood](staff-grad-postdoc/daniel.png)
Daniel Atwood
Musicology
![Micol Bez](../images/about/grad-postdocs/micol.png)
Micol Bez
Comparative Literary Studies
![Varun Devakonda](../images/about/grad-postdocs/varun1.png)
Varun Devakonda
Human Development & Social Policy
![Ana Diaz Barriga](../images/about/grad-postdocs/adbl-1942-crop.png)
Ana Diaz Barriga
Interdisciplinary Theatre & Drama Program (IPTD)
![Hendryck Gellineau](staff-grad-postdoc/hendryck.png)
Hendryck Gellineau
Chemistry
![Gerpha Gerlin](../images/about/grad-postdocs/gerpha.png)
Gerpha Gerlin
Anthropology
![Natalie Gilbert Gonzaga-Saavedra](staff-grad-postdoc/natalie.png)
Natalie Gilbert Gonzaga-Saavedra
Interdisciplinary Biological Sciences (IBiS)
![Elizabeth Howell](../images/about/grad-postdocs/lizzie.png)
Elizabeth Howell
History
![Jennifer Lin](../images/about/grad-postdocs/jennifer.png)
Jennifer Lin
Political Science
![Casandra Moisanu](../images/about/grad-postdocs/casandra.png)
Casandra Moisanu
Chemistry
![Thao Phuong Nguyen](staff-grad-postdoc/thao.png)
Thao Phuong Nguyen
Biomedical Engineering
![María Camila Palacio](staff-grad-postdoc/maria.png)
María Camila Palacio
Spanish & Portuguese
![Morgan Patrick](../images/about/grad-postdocs/morgan-patrick.png)
Morgan Patrick
Music Theory & Cognition
![Camille Saucier](../images/about/grad-postdocs/camille-saucier.png)
Camille Saucier
Media, Technology, and Society
![Tyler Talbott](staff-grad-postdoc/tyler.png)
Tyler Talbott
English
![Jaz Thomasian](../images/jaz.png)
Jaz Thomasian
Composition & Music Technology
![Michael Washington](../images/placeholders/placeholder-avatar.png)
Michael Washington
Pastoral Theology, Personality, and Culture
![Elizabeth Winter](../images/about/grad-postdocs/elizabeth-winter1.png)
Elizabeth Winter
English
![Tomer Yehoshua-Sandak](../images/about/grad-postdocs/tomer.png)