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Academic Technology Services

How Academic Information Associates Support Faculty

Academic Technology Services (ATS) is a specialized team within ITS whose mission is to engage with faculty and their students in the thoughtful integration of technology into learning, teaching, and research. In particular, Academic Technology Services can help with:

  • Using Macalester’s learning management system, Moodle, to support student learning.
  • Supporting faculty scholarship.
  • Advising and assisting faculty with teaching and research projects as part of the Digital Liberal Arts team.
  • Strategizing about the best technologies for faculty scholarship and classroom activities and supporting pedagogical strategies with appropriate technology.
  • Consulting with faculty on new technology purchases.
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Academic Information Associates

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Senior Academic Information Associate for Social Sciences

Brad Belbas

Academic departments and programs: Anthropology, Economics, Educational Studies, Geography, International Studies, Political Science, and Sociology

651-696-6887
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Tam Perlman

Associate Director for Academic Technology Services & Academic Information Associate Fine Arts

Tam Perlman

Academic departments and programs: American Studies, Art and Art History, Linguistics, Music, and Theater and Dance

651-696-6691
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Senior Academic Information Associate for Sciences

Eric Handler

Academic departments and programs: Biology, Chemistry, Environmental Studies, Geology, Mathematics, Statistics, and Computer Science, Physics & Astronomy, and Psychology

651-696-6016
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Jeff Rowdon

Academic Information Associate for Sciences

Jeff Rowdon

Academic departments and programs: Biology, Chemistry, Environmental Studies, Geology, Mathematics, Statistics, and Computer Science, Physics & Astronomy, and Psychology

651-696-6608
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Brooke Schmolke

Manager, Digital Resource Center & Academic Information Associate for Media and Cultural Studies

Brooke Schmolke

Academic Departments and Programs: Media and Cultural Studies

651-696-6084
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Ben Voigt

Academic Information Associate for Humanities

Benjamin Voigt

Academic departments and programs: Classical Mediterranean and Middle East, English, Asian Languages and Cultures, French and Francophone Studies, German and Russian Studies, Spanish & Portuguese, History, Philosophy, Religious Studies, and Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

651-696-6761
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