Consortium for Learning and Scholarship Leadership

Robert Bringle
Executive Director, Center of Service and Learning

In our CSL work we have explored models for faculty development, reflection, building community partnerships, and assessment strategies for service learning and civic engagement (e.g., institutional assessment of civic engagement, co-curricular service programs, community service scholarship programs, tutoring programs in the community). The work of the Center for Service and Learning has contributed to numerous national recognitions for the campus, including the Presidential Award for Community Service, being identified as a College With A Conscience, and being classsified by Carnegie for Community Engagement.

I received a B.A. (1969) from Hanover College in Psychology and Mathematics and a M.S. (1972) and Ph.D. (1974) from University of Massachusetts-Amherst in Social Psychology. My social psychological research was focused on close relationships and jealousy. The University of the Free State, South Africa, conferred an honorary doctorate in 2004 for scholarly work on civic engagement and service learning. When not on campus, my wife and I enjoy swimming, sailing, canoeing, and ballroom dancing.

Phone: 317.278.3499 or 317.274.6753 | Email: rbringle@iupui.edu | Campus Address: UC 3114 or LD 100A

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Kody Varahramyan
Vice Chancellor for Research
Interim Executive Director, Center for Research and Learning

Dr. Kody Varahramyan joined IUPUI in July, 2008. He has 10 years of industrial experience at IBM Corporation (1982-1992), and 16 years of academic experience at Louisiana Tech University (1992-2008). At IBM he contributed to the realization of leading-edge microelectronic technologies at a world-class research, development and manufacturing facility. At Louisiana Tech he was the Distinguished Professor of Electrical Engineering and the Director of the university-wide Institute for Micromanufacturing. He led the efforts in making the Institute the largest and most productive research enterprise at the university, developing five thrust areas and centers of excellence, organized and identified as Nanotechnology, Biotechnology, Biomedical Nanotechnology, Environmental Technology, and Information Technology.

Dr. Varahramyan’s academic experience also includes appointments as Chair of the Electrical Engineering Program, Academic Director of the Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, and Physics Programs, and Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Studies in the College of Engineering and Science. He holds a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Illinois, and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. He has specialized and conducted research in micro/nano scale processes, materials, devices, and systems for biotechnology, environmental, information technology, and other applications.

Phone: 317.278.0644 | Email: kvarahra@iupui.edu | Campus Address: UL 1140

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Pratibha Varma-Nelson
Executive Director, Center for Teaching and Learning

Pratibha took over the reins as Executive Director for the Center for Teaching and Learning on August 15, 2008. Previously, she was chair of the Department of Chemistry, Earth Science, and Physics at Northeastern Illinois University from 2002 to 2006. She brings to IUPUI a national reputation for enhancing the learning of students in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics disciplines through Peer-Led-Team-Learning. She is a cofounder of the NSF- funded Center for Authentic Science Practice in Education, a collaboration among Purdue University, Northeastern Illinois University, University of Illinois in Chicago, Ball State University, and several community colleges. She holds a Bachelor of Science in Chemistry from Poona University, India, and a Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry from the University of Illinois at Chicago.

Phone: 317.274.1300 | Email: pvn@iupui.edu | Campus Address: UL 1125