Participating Institutions
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The member institutions in the Pennsylvania Alliance for Design of Open Textbooks (PA-ADOPT) are Cheyney University (CU), Kutztown University (KU), Millersville University (MU), and West Chester University (WCU). Members of the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education (PASSHE), the PA-ADOPT universities are all regional, primarily undergraduate institutions, situated in Southeastern Pennsylvania. Among our alliance, approximately 70% of our undergraduates are from counties in this region (Berks, Bucks Chester, Delaware, Lancaster, Lehigh, Montgomery, Schuylkill, and Philadelphia). This is a diverse constituency that includes rural, suburban, and urban landscapes in close proximity to Philadelphia, the poorest of the 10 largest cities in the US.
Each participating faculty author wrote and developed their own eTextbook in order to replace a course textbook of their choice. Each book went through a copy editing process, was peer reviewed, and then built in Apple Pages. Once constructed in Pages the eTextbooks were reviewed for technical errors and meeting accessibility standards.
The authors began book development by going through an eTextbook training which included but is not limited to an OER workshop, inclusive design training, technical Pages training, and accessibility best practices.
Project Management
The Teaching & Learning Center at West Chester University manages the PA-ADOPT project and associated responsibilities. Each other participating institution provides guidance and communication through program coordinators. PA-ADOPT additionally works with an external evaluator for quality assurance and constant feedback. The Teaching & Learning Center at West Chester University is responsible for the faculty author training, the copyediting process through WCU’s WordWorks Program, and eTextbook publishing and distribution in collaboration with Information Services and Technology.
Principal Investigator
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Marc Drumm, M.Ed.
Principal Investigator
Senior Instructional Designer, Teaching & Learning Center
West Chester University
Institutional Coordinators
Adedoyin Adeyiga, Ph.D.
Cheyney University Coordinator
Chair of Natural and Applied Sciences & Professor of Chemistry,
Department of Natural & Applied Sciences
Cheyney University
Robert M. Folk, Ph.D.
Kutztown University Coordinator
Professor,
English
Kutztown University
Christopher Stieha, Ph.D.
Millersville University Coordinator
Associate Professor
General Biology, Botany, Population And Community Ecology
Millersville University
Specialists
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Hannah Glatt, M.Ed.
Instructional Designer
Learning Experience and eTextbook Designer,
Teaching & Learning Center
West Chester University
![Jordan Schugar](https://paadopt.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/jschugar-headshot.jpeg)
Jordan Schugar, Ph.D.
Faculty Author Mentor
Professor,
English, College of Arts & Humanities
West Chester University
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Dan Stafford, MSLS.
OER Specialist
Open Educational Resources/Emerging Technologies Librarian,
Rohrbach Library
Kutztown University
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Eleanor Shevlin, Ph.D.
Copyediting Director
Word Works Director
Professor,
English, College of Arts & Humanities
West Chester University
Advisory Board
Amy Chan Hilton, Ph.D.
Advisory Board Member
Director of Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning,
Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning
University of Southern Indiana
Rui Li, Ph.D.
Advisory Board Member
Associate Vice President of Online and Distance Education,
Online & Distance Learning
Bradley University
Michael Ramey, Ph.D.
Advisory Board Member
Associate Professor, Research Mentor
Chemistry
Appalachian State University
![Gary Skuse](https://paadopt.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/gskuse-headshot-1-768x1024.jpg)
Gary Skuse, Ph.D.
Advisory Board Member
Professor,
Thomas H. Gosnell School of Life Sciences
College of Science
Rochester Institute of Technology
External Evaluator
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Kavita Mittapalli, Ph.D.
External Evaluator
CEO,
MN Associates, Inc.
kavita at MNAssociates.com