The Faculty Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL) cultivates excellence in faculty teaching and learning through enriching professional growth and development opportunities that accelerate student success.
Goals
Support the institutional mission, strategic plans, priorities, and goals.
Provide Continuous faculty development in service to student achievement.
Recognize, develop, and implement evidence-based practices that enhance teaching effectiveness and promotes transformative learning.
Focus on researching teaching practices that serve the needs of all CSN students, including adult (andragogy) and self-directed (heutagogy) learners.
Develop faculty proficiency with instructional technology that fosters academic excellence.
Take a holistic approach to faculty development that supports their variable needs.
Offer career and leadership development for part-time and full-time faculty.
Collaborate with industry partners to promote inclusivity and a culture of excellence that meets the workforce needs of the community.
Dr. Rachel Yoho Director, Faculty Center for Teaching and Learning Excellence
Dr. Rachel Yoho joins the College of Southern Nevada as the inaugural Director of the Faculty Center for Teaching and Learning Excellence, bringing a dynamic blend of instructional expertise, faculty development leadership, and interdisciplinary scholarship. Prior to CSN, she spent four years at George Mason University, serving as Assistant Director in the Stearns Center for Teaching and Learning, with faculty affiliations in Bioengineering, Environmental Science and Policy, and the Center for the Advancement of Well Being. She also served as a graduate program director and has extensive experience teaching undergraduate and graduate students across all instructional modalities.
An award winning educator, Dr. Yoho is a two time recipient of the University of Florida’s Rising Star Educator Award and earned the UF+Quality Matters Exemplary Course Award—the highest statewide honor—for her course Climate Change, the Environment, and the Future of Public Health. She has also received multiple faculty commendations at Miami University and was honored with the 2023 Trailblazer Award from George Mason University’s College of Engineering and Computing. Dr. Yoho is a Fulbright Specialist, completing her award at the University of Galway in Ireland.
Dr. Yoho’s interdisciplinary background spans biotechnology, bioengineering, and the social and environmental dimensions of global climate change, with a particular emphasis on social justice implications. She is the lead co editor of BioProducts: Green Materials for an Emerging Circular and Sustainable Economy, forthcoming from DeGruyter Brill in summer 2026. She holds a PhD in Engineering and a Graduate Certificate in Scientific Teaching in Higher Education from Arizona State University, and a BA in Biology with minors in Physics and Spanish from Capital University.
Her faculty development accomplishments include launching and hosting the Keystone Concepts in Teaching podcast, facilitating more than 40 faculty development workshops and multi day academies annually, creating the institution’s first “fun” instructor summer reading program, and designing semester and year long faculty programs focused on teaching innovation and organizational change. Dr. Yoho’s scholarship on teaching and learning has appeared in "POD Perspectives," the "National Teaching and Learning Forum" (including a top read award), the "Journal of College Science Teaching," "Science," "Environmental Communication," and other publications. Her professional interests include strategic organizational change, curriculum design and redesign, academic assessment, instructional strategy, and cross campus collaboration.
Outside of work, Dr. Yoho enjoys spending time with her family—including her cat and dog—exploring her new Las Vegas neighborhood, playing tennis, and practicing yoga. As a recent arrival to the region, she welcomes local insights and restaurant recommendations. She invites colleagues to connect with her at rachel.yoho@csn.edu to discuss teaching, learning, and opportunities for collaboration.
