ms7243@columbia.edu
212-853-1938
212 Butler Library

Marty is the Director of Faculty Programs and Services, in which capacity he oversees CTL support for faculty on the Morningside campus. His mission is to help empower faculty to design and teach courses that effectively inspire student learning, engagement, and inclusion. Marty can help with (re)designing courses and assignments to be more authentic and transparent, incorporating active learning, cultivating equitable classrooms, and any other teaching and learning projects you have in mind. He is always excited to work with faculty to think about how to bring their disciplines to life for their students. Please don’t hesitate to reach out if you have any questions or ideas!

Before joining Columbia, Marty served as the Director for Brandeis’s CTL, and prior to that he served as the Associate Director for Science at Harvard’s Bok Center for Teaching and Learning. Marty earned a PhD in biochemistry from Harvard, after which he served as Harvard’s Assistant Director for Undergraduate Studies for Molecular and Cellular Biology and Chemical and Physical Biology. During the pandemic, he served as the Head of Content for LabXchange, Harvard’s free, interactive science education platform.

Marty likes hiking, tea, Shakespeare, Dostoevsky, active learning, and turtles.