Educator Insights
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Gain real-world insights from our UC Berkeley–approved instructors who excel in their fields. Our educators share their experiences—in and out of the classroom—and how they got to where they are today.
Meet Your Instructor: Monica Ranes-Goldberg
Jun 6, 2016
Longtime UC Berkeley Extension science instructor Monica Ranes-Goldberg has been creating online science courses since 1999.
The Urgency of Memory
Jun 1, 2016
Carlos Javier Ortiz forges strong bonds with the subjects in his photographs, which document the tragic loss of young life in urban...
Solid Opinions on Soft Sculpture
Apr 14, 2016
Shannon D. Schmidt teaches several of our cutting-edge art courses, including The Found Object: An Exploration of Appropriation and...
Focusing on User Experience in All Design Projects
Jan 4, 2016
Melissa Mizell is a principal at Gensler, where she has worked on high-profile projects such as the Terminal 2 redesign at San Francisco...
UX Design Instructor Minakshi Mukherjee
User experience design requires you to employ both right and left-brain thinking. You have to have the technical chops while keeping the...
When Mother Knows Best
Cathleen Small is enthusiastic about teaching.
That enthusiasm and ability to engage a class stems from her experience teaching freshman...
Design Thinking at Berkeley and Beyond
We sat down with Jennifer Caleshu, M.B.A., a lecturer for BHGAP, to learn more about her approach and what she sees as the most...
The Online Writing Circle
Introduction to Writing Fiction and The Craft of Reading instructor Marc Schiffman, M.F.A. (Ph.D. equivalent), has taught a variety of...
Passion Drives Instructor and Her Students
“I tell my class on the first day that I have worked at basically every level of education—from elementary school through grad...