About Us

Our Staff

Dr. Shanshan Ma

Instructional Designer

Shanshan provides support and consulting with faculty from diverse disciplines to identify course goals and applicable evidence-based instructional and strategies with an emphasis in integration of innovative tools and technologies using Quality Matters Standards in course components to enhance learning across different delivery modes. She has years of teaching and research experiences in the field of education and instructional technology. Shanshan has earned her M.S. in Educational Technology with a concentration on Instructional Systems Design from East China Normal University, and Ph.D. in Learning Technology from University of North Texas. Her research interests include critical thinking, learning analytics, innovative learning/teaching strategies, the application of emerging technologies, and online/virtual learning environment. She also holds several Quality Matters (QM) certifications in areas of teaching online, online course design, applying QM rubric, and is a certified QM Peer Reviewer.

shanshanma@CalLutheran.edu
805-493-3683
Spies-Borneman 113

Milad Malakooti

Learning Technology Support Specialist

As the Learning Technology Support Specialist, Milad is responsible for supporting faculty with all aspects of Canvas. He graduated with a B.S. in Computer Information Systems (CIS). He is also a certified Software Engineer who graduated from General Assembly Coding Bootcamp in April 2020, emphasizing Full-Stack web development.

mmalakooti@CalLutheran.edu
805-493-3746
Spies-Bornemann 233

Our Student Workers

Our student employees are a huge part of the operation at the Center for Teaching and Learning and Digital Learning departments. We value their hard work, dedication, and positive attitudes and we hope you will too!

Shruti Gandhi

Shruti is an MBA student at California Lutheran University (CLU) and will graduate in 2024. She is currently working as a student worker in the Digital Learning Department. She also worked as a CLU technician at the Media Services Department. She knows an international language, German as well. She hopes to use all the experiences she's gathered well in the future.

Business Administration (MBA)

Joseph Glickman

Joseph is currently a Junior at Cal Lutheran, graduating in 2025. He is majoring in Environmental Science this semester and is working on expanding his skills and experiences to accomplish his goal of graduating and pursuing an awesome career. He speaks quite a bit of French but can speak better Spanish, which he hopes to use one day in his career in Environmental Science.

Environmental Science

Julia Raszka

Julia is an international student from Poland, studying Theater Arts and Music as a junior. She loves music, theater, photography and travelling, and hopes to see the whole world one day. You might know her as a singer in “She’s from Poland” or from her performances in campus Theater Productions

Theater Arts and Music Major