Dr. Jörg Waltje
Director

Office: 2018 MLB -- Phone: (734) 764-0424 -- FAX: (734) 764-3521
e-mail: waltje@umich.edu

Phillip J. Cameron
Instructional Learning Intermediate

Phillip is a certified audio engineer and will graduate in the winter of 2008 with an associate’s of science technical writing degree. Phillip has been steadily building his pedagogic and technical skill set at the Language Resource Center for the past seven years, having started in July of 2000. Now, he coordinates the digitization, duplication, creation and distribution of audio materials for use by faculty and students. Phillip works closely with language coordinators and other LRC Staff to deliver a plethora of audio material. He likes blogs, futurism, audio engineering, and debunking the myths of web 2.0.

Office: 2015 MLB -- Phone: (734) 615-6526 -- FAX: (734) 764-3521
e-mail: phillcam@umich.edu

Rob P. DeMilner
Instructional Learning Senior

Office: 2211 MLB -- Phone: 647-7744 -- FAX: (734) 764-3521
e-mail: demilner@umich.edu

Julie C. Evershed
Information Resources Associate Supervisor

Julie Evershed joined the LRC staff in the middle of September 1998. She received her Masters degree in Information and Library Science in December 1997 from the University of Michigan School of Information. She received her BA in French Languages and Literatures from UofM and holds a Certificate of Political Studies in International Relations from the University of Aix-Marseille. She has also had coursework in Turkish, Spanish, and German. Julie oversees the entire LRC collection (videos, audio, books, software, equipment, etc.) and manages all circulation and reservation issues. Her areas of expertise and specialization are information and library science, database management, and web development. Her areas of professional interest are information management and systems implementation.

Office: 2012 MLB -- Phone: (734) 615-8575 -- FAX: (734) 764-3521
e-mail: evershed@umich.edu

Cyndy R. Kayden
Accounting Clerk Senior

Cyndy joined the LRC staff in late September 2007. A Canton native, she received her B.A. in Business Administration from Eastern Michigan University in June 2003, majoring in Marketing and Finance. Prior to joining the LRC, Cyndy spent 13 years working for Trinity Health, with the most recent 8 years being at Care Choices HMO in the Financial Reporting & Analysis Department. Her responsibilities include handling the financial operations and accounting functions related to the LRC. Professional interests include process improvement and finding alternative uses for current financial analysis and data.

Office: 2018 MLB -- Phone: (734) 647-7743 -- FAX: (734) 764-3521
e-mail: cykayden@umich.edu

Danielle S. Peters
Information Resources Assistant Senior

Danielle (Danni) Peters  started working at the LRC as an undergraduate in August of 2004. In June 2009 Danni joined the LRC staff full time. Danni coordinates the LRC equipment loan and facilities reservation services, as well as the reservation services specific to the video collection for faculty and instructors. She received her BA in Political Science and History from the University of Michigan in 2008. She is currently pursuing a Masters in Science as a Physician’s Assistant from UDM.

Office: 2009 MLB -- Phone: 936-6960 -- FAX: (734) 764-3521
e-mail: petersds@umich.edu

Ann L. Levenick
Instructional Learning Intermediate

Ann Levenick earned a BA in Journalism from the University of Michigan, and spent 3 years doing television production work in New York City before returning to her hometown of Ann Arbor and joining the UofM Dental School TV staff in 1976. While at the Dental School she studied electronics and soon moved to the U-M Television Center as a broadcast engineer. From there she came to the LRC where she has overseen satellite downlinks, and taken care of electronic equipment for 20 years. In her years at the LRC she's been responsible for the LRC's first equipment loan service, first webpage, and first computer network.

Office: 2014 MLB -- Phone: (734) 647-0758 -- FAX:(734) 764-3521
e-mail: annl@umich.edu

Philomena A. Meechan
Instructional Learning Lead

Philomena has been at the University of Michigan for the past 14 years, nine of which have been in the Language Resource Center. She has her Masters degree in Spanish Linguistics from UofM and has acquired an extraordinary amount of experience with computer-assisted language learning and teaching with technology. Philomena has been a central team-member on numerous projects. These projects include: Chinese listening comprehension exercises using Problem Set Framework; German history texts and exercises using Storyspace; a French multimedia reader with reading strategies using Problem Set Framework and Annotext; Language and Discrimination texts using Voyager Expanded Book Toolkit; and Lazarillo, a multimedia application for a 16th century Spanish novella, using SuperCard. She is currently involved in projects for Arabic, ESL, French, German, Hindi, Portuguese, Spanish, and Tagalog. Her areas of professional interest are Spanish linguistics, materials development, and foreign language instructional technology.

Office: 2100 MLB -- Phone: (734) 763-5002 -- FAX: (734) 764-3521
e-mail: phili@umich.edu

Alex D. Sergay
Instructional Learning Lead

Alex Sergay served as Chief Engineer for WCBN 88.3, the UM student-run radio station before joining the Language Resource Center as an Instructional Technology Consultant. He also designed elearning and multimedia for The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, Michigan Virtual University, and The Comma Project. At the UM Office of Instructional Technology he was the project lead on Sounds Of English, interactive exercises for linguistics students which was nominated for a Smithsonian ComputerWorld Award for Technical Innovation. He recently co-developed a computer animation workshop for high school students with Aspergers Syndrome.

Alex understands needs assessment, the software development process, and user interface design. Here at the LRC he helps faculty use technology to enhance teaching and learning, teaches workshops, and looks at new tools and trends in foreign language education. Alex earned his Masters of Educational Technology from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. He prefers the title of Interface Curmudgeon.

Office: 2100 MLB -- Phone: (734) 647-0762 -- FAX: (734) 764-3521
e-mail: asergay@umich.edu

John H. Stewart
Information Services Consultant

John (pronounced the Dutch way: Jan) has been managing the computing facilities and overseeing deployment of instructional computing in the LRC since 1997.  He came to the LRC from the Center for Japanese Studies, bringing his expertise in Non-Roman fonts and scripts to the Center's pool of talent.  Jan handles all reservations for class use of the computers in the Center and works closely with faculty on using software in their classes.  We also must warn everyone that Jan is a passionate promoter of the Dvorak keyboard and will switch keyboards on your computer in the blink of an eye!

Office: 2102 MLB -- Phone: (734) 647-0757 -- FAX: (734) 764-3521
e-mail: jhstew@umich.edu