Veronica Diaz

Prior to assuming her role as associate director for ELI, Veronica was the Instructional Technology Manager for the Maricopa Community College District, Maricopa Center for Learning and Instruction, the district's faculty development unit. In that capacity, she led learning technologies faculty professional development initiatives for the 10 colleges. She has also served as the Co-Principal Investigator of the Achieving Technological Literacy in Arizona for Students and Teachers, National Science Foundation Grant. Previously, she was responsible for the University of Arizona's, College of Management teaching and learning with technology initiatives, Principle Investigator of the HP Technology for Teaching Grant, and their Tablet PC Initiative. She also serves as Adjunct Professor at the University of Arizona and Northern Arizona University where she teaches various marketing, organizational development, technology, and research courses at the undergraduate and graduate level.

Throughout her career, Diaz has served on various statewide and national information and learning technology advisory boards and steering committees at 2- and 4-year institutions and professional associations that advise on technology policy, teaching and learning with technology, faculty development, higher education and information technology strategic alliances (mobile technologies, desktop computing, centers for teaching and learning), and technology master plans. Active in the field of online and hybrid learning and teaching innovation, Diaz was the former chair of the EDUCAUSE Advisory Committee on Teaching and Learning and has presented seminars nationally on faculty use of instructional technology, blended learning delivery models, intellectual property policies for distributed learning environments, and emerging technologies.