Jo Anna Grant

Jo Anna Grant a Professor in Communication Studies interested in instructional communication, educational development, and GTA preparation and mentoring. She is a seasoned expert in quality online teaching, having developed one of the first fully online public speaking courses in the US. She has consulted with McGraw-Hill Education in the creation and revision of their online tool for public speaking.  She holds several credentials for quality course design and effective teaching: Quality Matters (QM), Quality Learning and Teaching (QLT), and Effective College Teaching Practices (ACUE/ACE). She is the former Director of CSUSB’s Teaching Resource Center, where she helped faculty improve their teaching using evidence-based strategies. She is also a proud alumna of the HERS Leadership Institute.

Currently, Jo Anna is the Graduate Teaching Associate (GTA) Coordinator for the Department of Communication Studies. In this role, she works with graduate students independently teaching their own classes to implement proven practices to increase student learning in online and in-person teaching. She also participates in many campus and system-wide initiatives around accreditation, high impact practices, supporting first-generation and undocumented students, semester conversion, and many others.