Learning & Teaching Collaborative Staff

Meet our team

Director

Deborah Hathaway

Deborah Hathaway is the Director of the Learning & Teaching Collaborative at the University of Washington Bothell, where she focuses on advancing teaching and learning across disciplines and supporting faculty in their instructional practice. Deborah represents UW Bothell in tri-campus initiatives and teams, and is a Co-Lead of the Teaching@UW Leadership Team and a member of the Digital Learning Alliance, and Digital Accessibility initiative. She also supports local campus initiatives such as the UW Bothell Writing Council and AI Literacy for Faculty. She holds a Master of Arts in Educational Theatre in Colleges and Communities from New York University, with a specialization in applied theatre and theatre for social change, and a Bachelor of Arts in Theatre and Musical Theatre from the University of Southern California.

Deborah has been working at UW Bothell for over 10 years and has taught courses in interdisciplinary performance, public speaking, and learning strategies. Her commitment to community-engaged teaching was recognized when she became the inaugural recipient of UW Bothell’s Outstanding Community Engaged Scholar Award. She also received an Outstanding Staff award in 2024 for her work as a part of the Teaching@UW website development team. Before UW Bothell, she served as a director and faculty member at Shoreline Community College and as an instructor for adults with developmental disabilities at the Alyssa Burnett Adult Life Center at Seattle Children’s Hospital

Instructional Designer

Todd Conaway

Email: tconaway@uw.edu

Todd Conaway came to UW Bothell in 2016 after ten years of working with faculty as an instructional designer at Yavapai Community College in Arizona. Prior to that, he taught high school English for ten years at a small private school where he was able to combine his passion for the outdoors and digital tools. He works to combine classroom learning and community learning with the digital landscape in ways that create meaningful experiences for students. Inviting faculty to share their work, to learn from one another, and grow as educators is what he aspires to cultivate at UWB. Some of his projects have included building complete certificate and degree programs, co-leading the Collaborative Online International Learning Initiative cohorts, running day long symposiums and hour-long workshops, co-leading the Teaching & Learning on the Open Web learning community, and adapting the First Year and Pre-Major courses to hybrid delivery. Todd has also been a part-time IAS faculty member and taught for the First Year and Pre-Major Program.

Instructional Coach

Kim Swensen

Email: swensenk@uw.edu

Kim’s teaching interests include anti-racist pedagogy, arts integration, community partnerships, and active learning strategies. She comes to UW Bothell from The Ohio State University where she has been a program manager supporting preservice teachers in graduate and undergraduate programs. She also taught in the women’s studies department at OSU and the education department at Otterbein University. She has taught courses in gender studies in the humanities, contemporary feminist literature, 1st and 2nd-year composition, reading across the curriculum, and reflective pedagogy and classroom cultures. Additionally, she has 13 years of experience teaching secondary English. She earned her Bachelor of Arts in English and women’s studies, Master of Arts in women’s studies, and Master of Education at OSU. She contributed to Stepping Up!: Teachers Advocating for Sexual and Gender Diversity in Schools (2018).