Office of Instruction and Assessment

Coordinator, Instructional Development and Support
riffe@email.arizona.edu
621-7788

My piece of the puzzle:
Terri is part of the Instructional Support and Development focus of the Office of Instruction and Assessment. Anyone with instructional roles at the University can access professionals within this area of focus on any pedagogical issue or topic. 

Terri’s professional interests include writing learning objectives, facilitating faculty-to-faculty development opportunities, instructional activities that reflect learner-centered approaches to instruction and the assessment of learning outcomes, and exploring solutions to the common teaching challenges that today’s faculty confront. 

Background and Education:
For most of the past 20 years at the University of Arizona, Terri has served as the director of the University Teaching Center, which was integrated into the new Office of Instruction and Assessment. She has led campus-wide projects such as the Instructional Space Renovation Team which was responsible for more than a decade of upgrading centrally scheduled classrooms on campus. Terri was a member of the planning team for the Integrated Learning Center and served on the ILC management team throughout its existence. She also was a leader in efforts to begin the bi-annual Graduate Assistants in Teaching Orientation (GATO), the annual Wakonse Conference on College Teaching, and the Certificate in College Teaching. She served as the principal investigator on a large faculty development grant focused on diverse learners. She has taught several courses on campus, both graduate and undergraduate.

Terri’s undergraduate degree is in English. She holds two master’s degrees (counseling, physical education) and a Ph.D. in Higher Education. She is author of Money Matters: First Steps to Financial Freedom for College Students.