Marie Norman

Marie K. Norman, PhD, is professor of medicine and clinical and translational science at the University of Pittsburgh. She is director of the Innovative Design for Education and Assessment (IDEA) Lab, where she leads hybrid and online educational initiatives for the Institute for Clinical Research Education (ICRE).  Marie  received her doctorate in cultural anthropology from the University of Pittsburgh and conducted her fieldwork in Nepal, funded by a Fulbright award. Her first love is teaching, and she is proud to have taught in higher education for over 25 years, first in undergraduate and now in graduate education, teaching a wide range of courses, seminars, and workshops on topics from anthropology to leadership to team science to adult learning theory. She also brings experience from the business world, having served as Director of Intercultural Education at iCarnegie Global Learning and Senior Director for Educational Excellence at Acatar, an educational technology start-up. Marie has been fortunate to work with educators in Colombia, Kazakhstan, Tatarstan, and Qatar, sharing the principles from this book and learning from their expertise. She has been closely involved in a number of diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives, serving on the ICRE’s Diversity Advisory Committee and helping to develop and administer the LEADS, PROMISED, Building Up, and TRANSFORM programs for scientists from under-represented backgrounds. She is happiest working in collaboration with smart, curious, socially engaged people on projects at the intersections of teaching, learning, culture, technology, and design.