Leslie Ortquist-Ahrens directs an integrated Center for Teaching and Learning at Berea College (educational development, writing center, and undergraduate TA development), where she is also an Associate Professor of Comparative Literature. Prior to coming to Berea in 2012, she worked as founding director of the CTL at Otterbein University for a decade. From 2013-2016, she served a term as a presidential leader of the POD Network. Her areas of interest in educational development include collaborative learning, faculty learning communities, new faculty programs, and organizational development.