Meet the Staff
Administration
Nichole Barta, Ed.D.
CTA Director
Nichole Barta joined the School of Education faculty in 2016. As the Director for the Center of Teaching & Advising, she collaborates with faculty to integrate the university’s mission and evidence-based practices into their course design and instruction. Dr. Barta has taught high school and college students, K-12 teachers, and higher education faculty in her 22 years in the education profession.
She is the co-author of Designing and Teaching Fitness Education Courses and has co- authored book chapters on curriculum development and evaluation, and quality instruction.
Dr. Barta received her Ed.D. in Doctoral Studies in Education and Program Administration Certificate from Seattle Pacific University. She also obtained an M.Ed. in Curriculum and Instruction with a concentration in Teaching and Learning from Seattle Pacific University and B.A.s in Physical Education and Spanish Education with an endorsement in Health education from Whitworth University.
Faculty Fellows
Kristina Morehouse
Faculty Fellow for the Advising Academy
I have been blessed to enjoy two professions in my life--teaching and writing. Each day, I am excited to come to Gonzaga to teach my students, but more importantly, for them to teach me. I believe that the key to a good life is infinite curiosity. As Paolo Friere says, "Whoever teaches learns in the act of teaching, and whoever learns teaches in the act of learning."
Shalon Parker, Ph.D.
Faculty Fellow for the New Faculty Learning Community
Dr. Parker teaches art history courses on a range of topics, including women artists, 19th c. European art, 20th c. American art, and the history of photography.
Juliane Mora, Ph.D.
Faculty Fellow for Inclusive Pedagogy
Juliane Mora has taught communication across the curriculum in the humanities, sciences, engineering, and business for 15 years at four different institutions, from California to Florida. Her research interests are in communication pedagogy at the college level.
CTA Steering Committee
Nichole Barta, Ed.D.
CTA Director
Kristina Morehouse
Faculty Fellow for the Advising Academy
Shalon Parker, Ph.D.
Faculty Fellow for the New Faculty Learning Community
Juliane Mora, Ph.D.
Faculty Fellow for Inclusive Pedagogy
John Eliason, Ph.D.
University Writing Center Director
Dr. John Eliason is a Professor of English and the University Writing Center Director. He teaches first-year writing and a variety of upper-division courses in the Writing Concentration.
Nicole Moore, Ph.D.
College of Arts and Sciences
I study optics, the physics of light. I fell in love with optics as a field of study during a lab project I completed while studying abroad in Paris. I've been playing with light ever since.
Kelly O'Brien-Jenks
Foley Instructional Librarian
Kathleen Jeffs, D.Phil.
University Core Curriculum Director
Phoebe Oosterhuis
Center for Community Engagement
