In the ITL, you will interact with today's top scholars in teaching and learning. Each instructor has years of experience as a teacher, researcher, and facilitator of faculty development programs. You will have opportunities for both classroom and one-on-one consultation with the ITL faculty.
William D. Hendricson, M.S., M.A.
AAL Senior Consultant William Hendricson has been a consultant in health professions education for 38 years. He currently is Assistant Dean for Educational and Faculty Development at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UTHSCSA) Dental School. He was Director of the Instructional Development at the University of Illinois Medical Center-Chicago from 1972 to 1978 and was an educational specialist for UTHSCSA from 1978-1998 where he directed faculty development programs including the UTHSCSA Teaching Excellence Course. He chaired the UTHSCSA Division of Educational Research and Development from 1999-2006. He has been a consultant to 160 universities, associations and the armed services, and an invited speaker at more than 200 meetings. From 1996-2005, Prof. Hendricson was principle instructor and co-director in a grantsmanship and research fellowship conducted by the American Academy of Family Practice and has been training director on 16 NIH or HRSA grants that involved educational interventions for health care providers related to arthritis, fibromyalgia, kidney disease, substance abuse, asthma, oral health, science translation into practice, homeless health services, interprofessional education, dental training for physicians, information technology, and preceptor training for community practitioners. Prof. Hendricson conducted a Master Teacher Fellowship for Emergency Medicine residency directors for American College of Emergency Physicians for 12 years. He was principle instructor in the Combined Medical Services Teaching Enrichment Program and was an instructor trainer in Pediatric Advanced Life support courses for the American Heart Association from 1987 to 2002. He has published 104 articles, monographs and chapters addressing issues in health professions education and was Associate Editor of the Journal of Dental Education from 2000-2009. Prof. Hendricson was a member of the Commission on Change and Innovation in Dental Education of the American Dental Education Association from 2005 - 2010. In 2009, Prof. Hendricson was awarded the Presidential Citation for Excellence in Dental Education by the American Dental Education Association.
Paula N. O'Neill, M.Ed., Ed.D.
AAL Senior Consultant Dr. Paula O'Neill has served in faculty and leadership roles in health science education for more than more than 27 years. Since she began her career she has served as a medical educator and director/vice chair of multiple departments within teaching hospitals and medical schools. She is a tenured professor of Diagnostic Sciences and Associate Dean for Educational Research and Professional Development (OPD) at The University of Texas Dental Branch at Houston. Dr. O'Neill has consulted with over 80 institutions worldwide and presented more than 200 invited seminars and workshops on the topics of faculty and curriculum development and evaluation; teaching and learning; developing leadership capacity; mentoring and cultural competency. She has published nationally on faculty development and educational research in peer-reviewed journals, served two terms on the Editorial Review Boards of the Journal of Dental Education and Computers in Nursing, chaired two NIH study sections and is a member of ADEA's Commission on Change and Innovation (CCI). She is a 2002 Fellow of the Executive Leadership in Academic Medicine Program for Women, received The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston President's Award for Mentoring Women in 2006, and was elected to membership in the statewide University of Texas Academy of Health Science Education in 2008. She has been the principal investigator for numerous educational research grants, co-director for foundation or corporate grants, and is the principal investigator for The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Summer Medical and Dental Education Program and the HRSA funded Hispanic Center of Excellence.
N. Karl Haden, Ph.D.
Dr. Haden is the founder and President of the Academy for Academic Leadership. Since its founding in 2005, the Academy for Academic Leadership has worked with nearly 100 higher education institutions and associations through faculty development programs and consulting services. Dr. Haden's consultation and faculty development activities have included clients from dentistry, pharmacy, veterinary medicine, allied health, and medicine. Dr. Haden's areas of expertise include leadership development, organizational change, team building, strategic planning, curriculum development and the scholarship of teaching and learning. He served as Associate Executive Director and Director of the Center for Educational Policy and Research at the American Dental Education Association (ADEA). He continues to direct the ADEA Leadership Institute, a premier leadership development program in health professions education. Dr. Haden regularly presents to organizations on issues and trends in higher education, health professions education, and policy-related matters in higher education. In the past 10 years, he has made over 250 presentations to groups in higher education. Dr. Haden has authored or coauthored over 70 articles and monographs in educational policy. In 2006, Dr. Haden received an ADEA Presidential Citation for his contributions to dental education and the profession of dentistry.
Dr. Rodriguez serves as Vice President for Education at AAL. In this capacity he provides oversight as well as instruction to AAL's national programs in teaching and learning and leadership development. Dr. Rodriguez received his Ph.D. in Microbiology and Immunology from the University of Michigan. He has worked extensively within higher education and academic health care. Prior to joining AAL, Dr. Rodriguez served as a faculty member at the Louisiana State University School of Dentistry. While there, he directed numerous courses, the Honors in Research program, and conducted research in public health and mucosal immunology. Dr. Rodriguez's expertise includes faculty development, strategic planning, curriculum reform, accreditation, and student research efforts. He has received accolades for excellence in teaching as well as for his efforts in developing and reforming curricular models of education. Dr. Rodriguez is a graduate of the ADEA Leadership Institute. He currently holds a position as a member of the national Advisory Committee to ADEA's Center for Educational Research and Policy group (CEPRAC).
