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DeAnna Soth is an Associate Director of Instructional Design at ASU Online, EdPlus. She has designed higher education curriculum for over a decade, in a wide variety of disciplines. She has two master's degrees, in Adult Education and in Liberal Studies. DeAnna is also an ASU alumni and a first generation college graduate.

DeAnna has taught and co-designed ASU101, a one-credit class about student success, and has co-taught Master Class for Teaching Online for several years. Her teaching experience also involves corporate training and activism. DeAnna teaches basic makeup classes for women undergoing cancer treatment for Look Good Feel Better.

Gabriela Woody serves as the assistant director of the Learning Initiatives Team (LIT). She is passionate about the inclusion of the historically marginalized groups in the higher education space and creating equitable learning outcomes for all students. She works to operationalize redesign efforts surrounding the high-Impact 35 online courses and supports diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging initiatives across the unit and the institution.

In addition to these pursuits, Gabriela enjoys reading, creating pottery, experiencing new food, and is a wife and mother. She holds a BSBA in Business Management as well as a MEd in Postsecondary and Higher Education.

Kody Stimpson, the quality Assurance AD at EdPlus, is passionate about collaborating, problem-solving, and positively impacting the lives of ASU faculty and students. He values advancing impactful projects and using data to make informed decisions that increase students success and satisfaction with their learning experiences.

with over two decades of experience in the field of Instructional Technology, his career includes work with a competency based career school, a virtual K-12 school, the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, and finally ASU Online at Arizona State University, where he has enjoyed working since 2015. Kody earned an MS in Instuctional Technology and a BA in Spanish Teaching at Utah State University.

Justin Harding leads Instructional Design and New Media for ASU Online programs and digital initiatives. Working with a team of instructional designers, multimedia developers and learning technologists. The group supports the ASU online learning platform that incorporates the latest in educational technology with learning theory and information design.

Justin holds a Bachelor of arts in broadcasting from the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication, a Master of Science in graphic information technology and a Master of Education in education technology. A lifelong learner, he also has a graduate certificate in project management.

As the Assistant Director of Instructional Design for Open Scale within EdPlus, Lauren collaborates with the EdPlus team, ASU faculty and the broader ASU community. She works to ensure engaging, rigorous courses are created for our students. She is passionate about increasing student success, and is especially inspired by projects that empower at-risk populations with access to education.

Throughout her time at EdPlus, Lauren has been focused on the Open Scale initiatives in roles, such as an instructional designer, project manager and senior project manager. The Open Scale initiatives now includes two programs that focus on increasing access to higher education: the Master of Computer Science on Coursera and the Master of Sciences in supply chain management on edX.

As an Assistant Director of Instructional Design at EdPlus, Margaret leads global education initiatives designed to expand ASU's mission to foster access, equity, and inclusivity in higher education partners, and ASU faculty across the US, China, and Taiwan, builds ASU Zai Xian, the first of its kind graduate degree programs delivered in Mandarin to students in China to remove language barriers for education access.

Maggie is passionate about building inclusive pedagogical practices that improve access and success for all students and is inspired by initiatives that serve social impact. Maggie is completing her Doctor for Education (EdD) degree in Leadership and Innovation at Arizona State University.

Matthew Robinson brings 15 years of experience at ASU to the EdPlus team, including instructional design and higher education media production knowledge. Matthew attended ASU and received his BA in Journalism and an MA in Film Studies. Currently, he works for EdPlus as the Associate Director of New Media. The New Media team collaborates with faculty, building relationships to facilitate transformative instructional media production experiences in order to collectively create high-quality, innovative, efficient, and effective educational media. Matthew is a lifelong SunDevil who has consistently worked at the forefront of ASU's innovative approaches to online education.

Renee M. Pilbeam, Ph.D. is a higher education professional, creative, mother and lifelong learner. Her background is in instructional design, focused specifically on fully online courses and degree programs.

Renee serves as the Director of Learning Initiatives with EdPlus at Arizona State University. In this role, she has the Opportunity to lead an incredibly talented and committed team working on our high-impact, high-enrollment courses around all things student success and engagement. The Learning Initiatives team partners with academic units to develop emergent strategies for student success, engage in equity-first design processes, and support efforts to scale enriching and engaging learning experiences at the university. Renee also maintains a vested interest and focus on advancing diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging work in higher education. She believes that education is a human right and that everyone who wants access to education should have it, and then be supported in their success in completing that education.