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addthis_tool" data-url="https://lile.duke.edu/chernik/"></div> <h2 class="wp-block-heading">Assistant Vice Provost for Faculty Development and Applied Research in Learning Innovation </h2> <div style="height:40px" aria-hidden="true" class="wp-block-spacer"></div> <div class="wp-block-columns has-3-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-1 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex"> <div class="wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow"> <figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img decoding="async" width="1024" height="1024" src="https://lile.duke.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Chernik-edited-1024x1024.jpg" alt="Aria Chernik" class="wp-image-63808" srcset="https://lile.duke.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Chernik-edited-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https://lile.duke.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Chernik-edited-300x300.jpg 300w, https://lile.duke.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Chernik-edited-100x100.jpg 100w, 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She oversees LILE鈥檚 faculty development work and is the Faculty Director of LILE鈥檚 Center for Applied Research and Design in Transformative Education (CARADITE). She plays a critical role in efforts to continuously improve teaching and learning practices, understand impact, and inform systems change, including broadening access to Duke learning experiences.</p> </div> <div class="wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow"> <p class="has-very-light-gray-background-color has-background"><strong>Connect with Aria</strong><br><br><strong>Email:</strong><br><a href="mailto:aria.chernik@duke.edu" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">aria.chernik@duke.edu</a><br><br>Learn more about Aria’s research at <a href="https://scholars.duke.edu/person/aria.chernik">Scholars@Duke</a><br><br>Connect on <strong><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/ariachernik" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">LinkedIn</a></strong></p> </div> </div> <div style="height:20px" aria-hidden="true" class="wp-block-spacer"></div> <div style="height:20px" aria-hidden="true" class="wp-block-spacer"></div> <h2 class="wp-block-heading">Background</h2> <p>A faculty member at Duke University since 2008, Aria holds faculty appointments as Associate Professor of the Practice in the Social Science Research Institute and in the Sanford School of Public Policy. Previously, she completed her post-doctoral fellowship at the Thompson Writing Program and served as Core Faculty at Duke Innovation and Entrepreneurship.</p> <p>Aria鈥檚 approach to research, teaching, and senior leadership is deeply interdisciplinary and informed by her graduate work in transformative pedagogies, comparative literature, philosophy and aesthetics, and jurisprudence. 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