Lisa Ellison directs Interdisciplinary Programs at East Carolina University and serves as Senior Teaching Instructor of Classical Studies. She has taught at ECU for over a decade and has led the development of ECU’s Latin courses, the only fully online, asynchronous language courses offered at the university. Ellison is committed to student accessibility, using engagement tracking tools to identify and support students who need extra guidance. She holds degrees in Classics, Philosophy, and Educational/Instructional Technology, bringing both a humanities background and a technology-focused lens to online course design.
Lisa Ellison
Ph.D.
Director of Interdisciplinary Programs, Senior Teaching Instructor of Classical Studies
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Biography
- Appointed Undergraduate Program Director for the B.A./B.S. in Multidisciplinary Studies in 2023, later expanded to Director of Interdisciplinary Programs
- Sixth-year member, Faculty Senate Writing Across the Curriculum committee (as of 2023)
- Member, Great Books Multidisciplinary Committee since 2017, leading curricular changes and maintaining program websites
- Developed ECU’s only fully online, asynchronous Latin language courses
- Classical languages and literature
- Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary curriculum design
- Online and asynchronous language pedagogy
- Instructional technology in higher education
- M.S. in Educational/Instructional Technology, East Carolina University (2022–2026, in progress)
- M.A. in Classics and Classical Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, University of Iowa
- B.A. in Classics and Philosophy, East Carolina University
- A.A., Pitt Community College