Jaya Kannan

Jaya Kannan currently serves as the Director of Technology for Curriculum and Research at Amherst College since June 2018. Prior to this role, Jaya held various leadership positions in digital learning and academic services at Sacred Heart University from September 2011 to June 2018, including Director of Digital Learning and Executive Director of the Jandrisevits Learning Centre. Jaya’s experience also includes a tenure as Director of the Learning Enhancement Center and Associate Professor at Metropolitan College of New York from September 2002 to September 2011, along with adjunct faculty positions at the University of Connecticut, Sacred Heart University, and Rutgers University in 2002. Earlier experience includes a lecturing role at Temasek Polytechnic and an adjunct lecturer position at Anna University Chennai in the mid-1990s.