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About Us

The Penn GSE Information Technology Team is made up of four sub-teams:

Computing Team

The Desktop Support team offers hardware and software support for faculty and staff. We handle purchasing and installation, and also manage access to various systems. We maintain labs for students to utilize statistical software. Please reach out to us for consultations or assistance.

Web Development Team

GSE's Web Development Team supports the school’s web projects and internal applications. We work directly with GSE’s students, faculty, and staff to support new digital research initiatives. In addition, we offer consulting on other application development projects. To discuss the feasibility of a project, or for assistance in initiating a project discussion, please contact us.

Academic Technology and Event Support Team

The Academic Technology team offers instructional technology services and support for teaching, learning, conducting research, and administrative work for faculty and staff at Penn GSE.

In-room support session with Faculty. Training in Audio-Visual equipment. Support for guests both in-person and remote. Any request for after-hours support must be made at least two weeks in advance to ensure our staff can plan accordingly to cover.

GSE-IT can support in-person events/in-person Classes and Virtual (only in GSE spaces) Please submit a ticket to make a request for support. Please give four weeks' lead time to ensure staff can be scheduled. 

Learning Design and Technology Team

The Learning Design & Technology (LDT) team advocates the meaningful integration of technology and learning by partnering with GSE faculty in using technology that facilitate quality teaching and learning experiences. Through consultation and one-on-one review, our team provides overall support for in-person and online learning design and educational technology needs at Penn GSE, including instructional design and pedagogical support for faculty, as well as learning technology professional development for the entire Penn GSE community.

The LDT team supports a diverse range of academic technologies and provides specialized expertise on the learning management system (Canvas), active learning assessment tools, and interactive media. Please visit the following webpage to see a list of the consultation types offered at LDT (PennKey login required).

IT Department

Kim Yorke
Senior Director of Information Technology

 

Linda A
Senior Instructional Designer

Luchia Yang
Student Worker

Albert Matthews
Associate Director of Operations

Tim Emgushov
Senior IT Support Specialist

Kamal Dreher
IT Support Specialist

Ezra Lee
IT Support Specialist

Sasha Renninger
Web Development & Digital Research Manager

Nathan Bennett
Senior Application Developer

Ran Kim
Application Developer

Melissa Zhang
UX Developer

Charles Washington
Academic Technology Manager

Peter Montesino
Senior Academic Technology and Event Support

Andrew Rice
Desktop Support Analyst