Sarah McCorkle, Ph.D.

Sarah McCorkle serves as the administrative director of WVU’s Teaching and Learning Center. Since opening the Center in 2024, Sarah has developed several signature programs and initiatives for those who teach across West Virginia University. She holds a Ph.D. in Instructional Technology from Ohio University’s Patton College of Education and previously served as instructional faculty at the University of Virginia and Texas A&M University. Sarah began teaching adults through the state of Ohio’s workforce readiness initiatives in 1999 and has supported faculty through various educational development and instructional technology leadership roles since starting her higher education career in 2006. Her research interests include peer review of teaching, barriers to technology integration in college teaching, and educational development.

Current Projects

A transparent framework for developing a course-level GenAI policy, the Aligned Generative AI Course Policy begins with an analysis of student tasks by inventorying each step a student would take that leads to a finished product of their learning. Each task in the inventory is reviewed by the instructor as they ask themselves: “what, specifically, am I assessing?” This manuscript is currently under review.

Development-Focused Peer Review of Teaching

Sarah’s work on the Development-Focused Peer Review of Teaching began during her time at Texas A&M University as a way to more equitably peer review those who were teaching at a distance in the School of Education and Human Development. This research project received funding from the POD Network. Now in phase two, the Development-Focused Peer Review of Teaching is a signature program – for those teaching in any modality – through the WVU Teaching and Learning Center. This project aims to provide time and space for formative, development-focused peer review while building a culture of supportive, holistic evaluation of teaching practices.