About the Teaching and Learning Center
What we are
Mission Statement
The mission of the Teaching and Learning Center (TLC) at SUNY Geneseo is to reinforce the importance of teaching excellence as a fundamental responsibility of a public university. Through collaboration with faculty and administration, the Center supports a learning culture that values and rewards teaching, facilitates reflective dialogue about teaching and learning, encourages the development of teaching as a practice and a scholarly activity, invites innovation in curricular development, and encourages the creation of diverse learning environments in which all students can learn and excel.
The TLC Advisory Board developed the mission statement to be consonant with the college's values and strategic goals.
Who we are
Director
Alexis Clifton
TLC Office: Erwin 217B
Phone: (585) 245-5597
E-mail: clifton@geneseo.edu
Alexis Clifton is the Director for the Teaching and Learning Center at SUNY Geneseo. She has worked in higher education for 25 years, beginning as a community college instructor in rhetoric and composition with a strong focus on online and hybrid learning. In 2017, she joined SUNY as the inaugural Executive Director of SUNY OER Services, advancing open education across the system. Other positions at SUNY Geneseo included working with instructional design and digital accessibility, before moving to the TLC role in 2022. Her career has consistently centered on promoting student access and success, and fostering professional development through collaborative networks.
At SUNY Geneseo, Clifton leads efforts to support faculty navigating evolving student needs, technological shifts including generative AI, and the application of high-impact teaching practices. With academic roots in English Literature and Creative Writing, her current interests lie in the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) across many disciplines. She is currently enrolled in the Learning and Teaching in Social Contexts Ed.D. program at the University at Buffalo. Clifton is committed to modeling lifelong learning, guided by the TLC’s core belief: there is always room to grow in our teaching and professional practice.
Administrative Assistant
Giuseppina Scigliano
Secretary, Erwin 205
(585) 245-5531
Advisory Board
The composition of the TLC Advisory Board strives for broad representation of the campus community.
- Melanie Blood, Associate Provost for Curriculum and Dean of Workforce Development
- Dori Farthing, Professor, Geological, Environmental, & Planetary Sciences
- Amy Fisk, Director of Accessibility Services
- Laurie Fox, Director of Educational Technology, CIT
- Rodmon King, Chief Diversity Officer
- Melanie Medeiros, Professor, Anthropology & Director, Center for Integrative Learning
- Olaocha Nwabara, Associate Professor, English & Creative Writing
- Pallavi Panda, Associate Professor, School of Business
- Brandon West, Head of Research Instruction Services, Milne Library
Where we are
Location
Many of the TLC's programs and events take place in Erwin 217, or the Erwin 206 Conference Room. We also move around the campus and take advantage of a range of meeting spaces to suit different goals. Some programs continue to be offered virtually to be as inclusive as possible.