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Director: Lindsey Hamilton, PhD

Dr. Hamilton is a Bates alum (Class of 2005), who is thrilled to return to campus. Lindsey (she/her) is an experienced neuroscientist and educator who has championed the use of evidence-based inclusive pedagogical practices to help students learn, persist, succeed, and ultimately thrive.  Areas of expertise: metacognition and reflective practice, the science of teaching and learning, inclusive pedagogy for equitable learning, assessment

Assistant Director: Anna Wells Piotti Castonguay, PhD

Dr. Castonguay is a Bowdoin alum, from central Maine, and goes by Wells (she/they) professionally. Although a language pedagogy scholar and researcher, Wells also has experience as a diversity, equity, and inclusion instructional consultant across disciplines. Teaching through controversy, creating community agreements, navigating academic accommodations, and rethinking who and what we teach through a DEIJB+ lens–these are the conversations that bring Wells joy. Areas of expertise: anti-racist and social justice pedagogy, language learning, small-class teaching, multidisciplinary work

Faculty Fellow: Carrie Diaz Eaton, PhD (2024-2025)

Dr. Carrie Diaz Eaton (any pronoun), Associate Professor of Digital and Computational Studies, values the complex interplay at the intersection of their identities, professional activism in STEM education, research, and teaching. In their research and their teaching, Diaz Eaton uses a mix of modeling, computation, data analysis, surveys, ethnography, digital narratives, online communication, and community-based approaches to explore and ask how systems are changing and to leverage these insights into change through advocacy. Diaz Eaton has leveraged their work to create socio-cyber ecosystems which support interdisciplinary STEM education, including QUBES, SCORE and EDSIN, and now leads the Institute for a Racially-just, Inclusive and Open STEM education (RIOS Institute).  Fellowship: Dr. Diaz Eaton is leading and co-facilitating the annual, semester-long, professional development learning community focused on Inclusive Teaching. This learning community meets bi-monthly to work through and connect to the HHMI BioInteractive course module on Inclusive Teaching.

Administrative Assistant: Jeanne Beliveau

Jeanne Beliveau supports CITL by maintaining our website, advertising our events, keeping track of our programming, and helping Lindsey and Wells with all sorts of things, like purchasing the mini fridge in CITL’s faculty and staff lounge and the drinks to fill it. Stop by Hedge Hall to chat with her about the work she does at CITL.