HomeAbout CEL Center Staff Share: Section NavigationSkip section navigationIn this sectionAbout CEL Center Staff Jessie L. Moore, Director Peter Felten, Executive Director Jessie L. Moore, Director | 336.278.5649 | jmoore28@elon.edu Jessie L. Moore is director of the Center for Engaged Learning and professor of English: Professional Writing & Rhetoric. She leads planning, implementation, and assessment of the Center’s research seminars. She is the author of Key Practices for Fostering Engaged Learning: A Guide for Faculty and Staff (Stylus Publishing, 2023) and co-editor of Cultivating Capstones: Designing High-Quality Culminating Experiences for Student Learning (with Caroline J. Ketcham and Anthony G. Weaver, Stylus, 2023), Writing Beyond the University: Preparing Lifelong Learners for Lifewide Writing (with Julia Bleakney and Paula Rosinski, CEL Open Access, 2022), Excellence in Mentoring Undergraduate Research (with Maureen Vandermaas-Peeler and Paul Miller, CUR, 2018), Critical Transitions: Writing and the Question of Transfer (with Chris Anson, The WAC Clearinghouse and University Press of Colorado, 2016/2017), and Understanding Writing Transfer: Implications for Transformative Student Learning in HigherEducation (with Randy Bass, Stylus, 2017). Her recent research examines engaged learning practices (including high-impact pedagogies), transfer of writing knowledge and practices, multi-institutional research and collaborative inquiry, writing residencies for faculty writers, and the writing lives of university students. She previously served as the elected Secretary (2015-2019) for the Conference on College Composition and Communication (CCCC); as U.S. Regional Vice President (2016-2018) for the International Society for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning; and on the CCCC Executive Committee (2010-2013). Learn more about Jessie’s scholarship. Peter Felten, Executive Director | 336.278.6609 | pfelten@elon.edu Peter Felten is executive director of the Center for Engaged Learning, professor of history, and assistant provost for teaching and learning at Elon University. He has published seven books about undergraduate education, including Connections are Everything: A College Student’s Guide to Relationship-Rich Education (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2023) co-authored by Isis Artze-Vega, Leo Lambert, and Oscar Miranda Tapia – with an open access online version free to all readers. His next book, The SoTL Guide (CEL Open Access Book Series), is co-authored by Katarina Mårtensson and Nancy Chick, and will be published in 2025. He is on the advisory board of the National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE) and is a fellow of the Gardner Institute. Learn more about Peter’s scholarship. Sophie Grabiec, Managing Editor| 336.278.5788 | sgrabiec@elon.edu As Managing Editor at CEL, Sophie oversees the production of our two book series, open access resources, and blog. She coordinates production schedules, manages copyediting and book design, contributes to content creation, and mentors publishing interns. Previously, Sophie worked in communications at the Center for New Designs in Learning and Scholarship and taught first-year writing at Georgetown University. She holds an M.A. in English with a focus on writing studies from Georgetown and a B.A. in English and secondary education from Washington College on the eastern shore of Maryland. Tim Peeples, CEL Senior Scholar | 336.278.5613 | peeples@elon.edu Tim Peeples is Senior Associate Provost Emeritus, Professor of Humanities, and Senior Scholar in the Center for Engaged Learning at Elon University. Electing to return to teaching in 2024, he has committed his final years before retirement to the teaching and mentoring of first-year students, in addition to pursuing a variety of scholarly projects aimed at advancing engaged teaching and learning and liberal education. Tim joined the Elon faculty in 1998 as Assistant Professor of English, founding Director of Writing Across the Curriculum, and Director of the Writing Center. Since then, and especially throughout his 19 years in administration, Tim’s work focused on enhancing faculty development, broadly understood, and advancing high-quality, high-impact educational practices and the campus intellectual climate. Much of his intellectual work, exemplifying these values and commitments, is reflected in organizational and strategic outcomes: e.g., Center for the Advancement of Teaching and Learning; Center for Engaged Learning; Center for Writing Excellence; Elon’s School of Law; Center for the Study of Religion, Culture, and Society; Center for Research on Global Engagement; Center for Design Thinking; Presidential Task Force on Scholarship (cornerstone of Elon’s 2010-20 strategic plan, “Elon Commitment”); Elon’s Writing Excellence Initiative (2013-18 Quality Enhancement Plan); and “High-Quality Teaching and Learning at Elon University,” a faculty resource for intentional, reflective high-quality teaching development and self-assessment. In addition to his disciplinary scholarship in rhetoric and writing studies, Tim has published and presented on work related to a range of engaged learning and high-impact practices and pedagogies: e.g., writing in the disciplines, mentoring, undergraduate research, community-based/service learning, global learning, portfolios, collaborative projects, and capstone experiences. Learn more about Tim’s profile here. Emily Moser, Program Coordinator | 336.278.5652 | emoser3@elon.edu Emily Moser provides coordination support for CEL’s programs and events, ensuring effective planning and implementation. She also supports the Center for the Advancement of Teaching and Learning. Emily is a master’s student in Elon University’s M.A. of Higher Education Program with interests in public history, community engagement, and creative approaches to learning. She brings a love for art and creativity to her work and values building meaningful connections across academic and community spaces. Nolan Schultheis, Podcast Producer | nschultheis@elon.edu Nolan Shultheis is an undergraduate student at Elon University studying Psychology with an interest in law. Eager to assist others in their learning and college process, Nolan adds his creative input into the Center’s podcasts. In addition to working as the Center’s Podcast Producer, Nolan is also a legal professions scholar. The program provides mentoring and learning opportunities for students interested in legal education. Sophia Sta. Rosa, Publishing Intern |sstarosa@elon.edu Sophia Sta. Rosa works as a publishing intern at the Center for Engaged Learning. An undergraduate student majoring in both Strategic Communications and Professional Writing & Rhetoric, she has a passion for reading and engaging critically with media and hopes to enter the publishing industry as a book editor after graduating. Along with her internship at CEL, Sophia is also a Communications Fellow. Elyssa Kaufman, Summer Event Assistant|ekaufman5@elon.edu Elyssa Kaufman is a rising senior majoring in Environmental and Ecological Sciences with a minor in Exercise Science. This summer, she will be working for the Center for Engaged Learning as a summer event assistant. In addition to her work at CEL, she is working for Elon’s Department of Campus Recreation and at Elon’s Loy Farm this summer. During the school year, she works for Moseley Front Desk as a member of the Event Support Staff team and Mail Services as a Student Mail Worker. When she is not in class or at work, Elyssa is also a captain for Elon University’s Womxn’s Ultimate Frisbee team. Sanai Crosby, Summer Event Assistant |scrosby4@elon.edu Sanai Crosby is an undergraduate student at Elon University, pursing a double major in Exercise Science and Dance Science, with a minor in Dance. As a passionate learner, she is a Student Scholar (2025-2027) and currently serves as a Summer Event Assistant with the Center for Engaged Learning. During the academic year she will be working at Moseley Front Desk. Sanai is also an Honors Fellow and actively participates in campus life through organizations such as DanceWorks and Black Student Union.
