Featured Alumni Articles
EdTech Alumni Feature: Kai Williams, Academic Technologist at Pace University
Kai Williams came to Adelphi’s MA in EdTech with a background in multimedia software development and no prior teaching experience. The program gave her the foundation to move into instructional design and educational technology roles across higher education and the corporate world. She also taught as an adjunct at Adelphi for nearly four years. When…
EdTech Alumni Feature: An Interview With Loreto Dumitrescu, NYC Department of Education
Loreto Dumitrescu came to Adelphi’s MA in EdTech program as an occupational therapist with more than a decade of experience working with students in special education at the NYC Department of Education. She was looking for a way to deepen her understanding of Universal Design for Learning and apply it directly to her work. The…
An Interview With Jose W. Diaz, Online Learning Manager at Fashion Institute of Technology
At Adelphi, we believe that bringing together students from a wide range of backgrounds and experiences is what makes our programs so strong. In this series, we’re featuring four MA in Educational Technology alumni who came to the master’s program from an array of professional backgrounds and who found success afterwards in four different sectors.…
An Interview With Katy Auchter, Product Manager at Knewton, Wiley
At Adelphi, we believe that bringing together students from a wide range of backgrounds and experiences is what makes our programs so strong. In this series, we’re featuring four MA in Educational Technology alumni who came to the master’s program from an array of professional backgrounds and who found success afterwards in four different sectors.…
EdTech Alumni Feature: Ariel Fleurimond
Ariel Fleurimond is senior director of instructional design and curriculum support at Columbia University. Before she moved into that role, she earned her MA in Educational Technology from Adelphi, and then went on to a doctoral degree at Teachers College, Columbia University. Ariel talked to fellow EdTech alum Ameenat Kadree about her time in the…
EdTech Alumni Feature: Katy Auchter
Katy Auchter came to Adelphi from Wisconsin, where she had been teaching English as a second language. She earned the Dean’s Award for outstanding graduate in Educational Technology and went on to work as an instructional technologist at NYU, helping reimagine face-to-face courses for online delivery. We caught up with Katy earlier in her career…
EdTech Alumni Feature: Nafiza Akter
Nafiza Akter talked to fellow EdTech alum Ameenat Kadree about her experience in the online EdTech program and how it helped her in her then role as instructional designer at the New Jersey Institute of Technology. Since then, Nafiza has moved to Pfizer where she is now director of learning divisional strategy and execution. What…