Charlotte L. Briggs

Since May, 2007, Charlotte Briggs has served as the first Director of Curriculum Development and assistant professor of education for the College of Dentistry at the University of Illinois at Chicago. She taught previously in the higher education graduate programs at Loyola University Chicago and the College of William and Mary. She holds a Ph.D. from the Center for the Study of Higher and Postsecondary Education at the University of Michigan. Her areas of interest are academic/curriculum planning, teaching and learning, educational technology, health sciences education, faculty development, and organizational and administrative behavior in higher education. She has published research articles about continuous program planning, curriculum leadership in postsecondary academic departments, and curriculum collaboration and communities of practice. Her current scholarship focuses on authentic learning and assessment in dental education, and assessment and planning for educational technology resources.