Get to know CELT better! This week we find out more about Jennifer Jaiswal, Instructional Designer and Senior Instructional Technologist 

What is your favorite part of your job?

What I love the most about my job is getting to learn from the faculty that I work with. Each meeting gives me the opportunity to learn about their discipline as we talk through teaching and learning practices. I love that I can move from a conversation on medical ethics to the Mahabharata, the longest epic poem ever written, to designing assessments for how we can adapt the human body to extreme climate. There is always more to learn.

What did you do prior to working in CELT?

Prior to working in CELT or its predecessor, TLT, I worked in instructional technology support at Hunter College.

Coffee or tea?

Tea! I love going out with friends for a traditional high tea service with scones and clotted cream. They give you a moment of calm and companionship with no rush to return to work or other responsibilities

Where would you like to visit (real or fictional)?

Bali, temples, history, local culture and beaches.

What was the last book you read? 

For  work: On Teaching Science by Jeffrey Bennett. Good common sense approaches to science education.

For myself: Bellevue: Three Centuries of Medicine and Mayhem at America’s Most Storied Hospital by David Oshinsky. One of the best books I’ve read on the history of medicine and combining it with the history of New York City and the United States.