Erin Shortlidge

Executive Director of the Center for Teaching and Learning, University of New Mexico

Erin Shortlidge, Ph.D. is the executive director of the Center for Teaching and Learning and professor of biology at the University of New Mexico. She is a STEM education researcher who focuses on studying and implementing best practices in teaching and learning. Shortlidge comes to the University of New Mexico from Portland State University where she was an associate professor of biology and biology education and an interim vice provost for student success.  Shortlidge earned a B.F.A. in dance from the University of Missouri-Kansas City, an A.S. in biology from Harold Washington College in Chicago, and her Ph.D. in biology at Portland State University in Oregon.