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David Gilbert

Biography

David Gilbert has been living in Montreal off and on since 2006. He studied history at Concordia University at the undergraduate and graduate level with a focus on popular music and society. He worked as a vinyl record and music researcher and appraiser for one of the biggest independent record stores in Canada and as a museum curator/exhibitor in Saskatchewan.

David has been writing and recording music since he was fifteen and has toured across Canada and the United States many times. He also writes a music blog and is currently writing a book on the rise of spirituality and vegetarianism in New York punk rock and hip hop in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Aside from music, David is an avid trail and ultrarunner and is a brand ambassador for Inherit the Earth running apparel.

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Stephan Giles

Biography

Steve Giles is an Adjunct Professor at Champlain College where he has been a faculty member since 2015.

Steve completed his Master’s in computer science from Colorado Technical University and has Bachelor’s in Computer Science from the University of Colorado.

His expertise lies in applying emerging technologies and computer science to extend and improve the quality of life for individuals. Steve spent twenty-five years developing software to aid in the diagnosis and treatment of cancer, with a specialization in breast cancer. He is a lifelong athlete having completed ten Ironman Triathlons and numerous ultra marathons.
He believes through hard work and dedication we can accomplish anything.

Distinctions & Awards

– Ironman Triathlon, All World Athlete. Ranked in the top 10 percent of finishers. This triathlon distance requires a 2.4 mile swim (3.9K), 112 mile bike (180.2K), and 26.2 mile run (42.2K).

Publications & Abstracts

Patent, Methods and system to identify exams with significant findings (Issued Feb. 4, 2014)

Professional & Scholastic Affiliations

Association for Computing Machinery

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Ryan Gillen

Biography

As Manager of The Leahy Center for Digital Forensics & Cybersecurity, Ryan helps oversee & optimize all research, projects, and grants at the center. Also an adjunct professor in CNCS, he teaches an advanced topics course & Enterprise Virtualization. Previously, as Project Manager for Cyber Range, Ryan led a student team dedicated to designing cyber attack simulations for The United States Secret Service. Prior to that, his experience as a Security Engineer involved delivering security services to Vermont organizations.

Student focused, Ryan is thoroughly passionate about maximizing the student experience, their professional growth, and helping LC graduates land great jobs.

Ryan’s current interests in the field are: The intersections of AI & Cybersecurity, Adversary Simulation, Red Team Operations, and automation.

Hobbies

Backcountry snowboarding, boating, and swimming

Favorite things to do in Vermont

Fav food: Kismayo Kitchen, Rt. 7 Liquor & Deli, Laliguras
Best spots in VT: Bolton Valley, Huntington River, Starr Farm Beach

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Vance Gillis

Biography

Vance Gillis is the Student Life Manager for the Montreal campus, as well as a facilitator, writer and event producer. Originally from Halifax, Nova Scotia, Vance studied at Toronto Film College and served as the Education Director at Toronto’s Bad Dog Theatre Company. In 2020 he took over the new Montreal Improv Theatre as its Artistic Director, heading up their education and entertainment programming. He’s also produced multiple comedy festivals, including Mprov and Summer Fling, and has performed and produced at Just For Laughs (Montreal), Del Close Marathon (New York), SOLOS Festival (Montreal), COMBUSTION Festival (Toronto) and Montreal Fringe Festival.

In his spare time, Vance likes to teach and perform improv comedy. He also enjoys cooking, exercising, playing video games, and going to the movies.

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Liz Gillis

Biography

Historian Liz Gillis is from the Liberties in Dublin. She is Student Life Manager at Champlain College Dublin and teaches the Irish History class. She is the author of six books about the Irish Revolution and has worked as a researcher/contributor on numerous publications, television and radio documentaries covering the Irish revolutionary period.

Liz was the Historian in Residence for South Dublin County Council for the Decade of Centenaries and worked as a Researcher for the History Show on RTE Radio. She was a Historical Consultant for the new Custom House Visitor Centre and was a Curatorial Assistant in RTE, specializing in researching the Easter Rising and a tour guide for many years in Kilmainham Gaol.

In 2018 Liz was a recipient of the Lord Mayor’s Award for her contribution to history.

Hobbies

History and going to Theme Parks

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Raelyn Gladstone

Biography

Raelyn is passionate about working closely with students to ensure that all their needs are met when they come through the doors of Champlain College. Understanding how students define their own success and providing them with the tools they need to achieve their goals is part of the job she really enjoys. She also works hard to ensure that all students learn what self-advocacy looks like for them. She is a graduate of the University of Vermont with a B.A. in Sociology, and she also pursued a minor in Special Education. Staying in the Burlington, VT area was a no-brainer because of all the opportunities for growth and development, both personally and professionally. Before coming to Champlain College in 2023, she had worked with students of all ages. From preschoolers to college students, her experience working with students is comprehensive. The desire to work with students utilizing the services of the Office of Accessibility came from the knowledge that education is not always accessible to students, and she wants to make that less of a reality for our students.

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Gordon Glover

Biography

Glover earned his MFA in photography and digital imaging from the Maryland Institute College of Art in Baltimore specializing in documentary and experimental video. His BFA is from University of the Arts in Philadelphia in Film and Animation.

Glover works in motion graphics, animation, music composition and performance, memetics, editing, and media studies. He is perpetually exploring composition, synthesis, contrast, and juxtaposition.

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Research

His creative projects and research focus on the interplay of contemporary media and culture where resources and systems meet their limits. Recent clients, collaborations and projects include:

• Vermont Studio Center
• The School of Social Innovation at Champlain College

His current working performance & media project is the eclectic garage-steam-folk ensemble known as REDadmiral.

Distinctions & Awards

• Open Society Institute Community Fellowship
• Argosy AI Fellowship

Favorite Quotes

“Another world is not only possible, she is on her way. On a quiet day, I can hear her breathing.”
~ Arundhati Roy

“I am hopeful, but not optimistic.”
~ Dr. Cornell West

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Jess Gobble

Biography

Professor Jess Gobble (she/they) is a researcher, educator, and interdisciplinary designer from Kansas City, Kansas. Gobble holds a Bachelor of Science in International Business and Marketing and a Master of Design in Communication Design from the University of Arkansas. They joined the Creative Studio Department at Champlain College in Fall 2025 as an Assistant Professor of Graphic Design & Visual Communication. Previously, Gobble served as a Teaching Assistant and Instructor of Record at the University of Arkansas, where they guided students in developing rigorous design research practices and crafting complex visual narratives.

A specialist in interaction design and narrative, Gobble’s thesis explored how designed interactive narratives can foster autonomy among young women with Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome (POTS). Beyond their thesis work, Gobble was named a Story & Material Fellow (2024) and has presented research at AIGA’s Design Educators Community Conference and UCDA. Committed to cultivating a community of curiosity, care, and reflection both inside and outside the classroom, Gobble is excited to begin this new chapter at Champlain College.

Distinctions & Awards

2025
Mapping Mindfulness
Poster Design Graduate
Winner (Silver)
UCDA

2024
Story & Material Fellowship
The University of Arkansas

Publications & Abstracts

AIGA Design Conference Design Educators Community (DEC) Track 2024

Designing for Autonomy: Enhancing the Autonomy of Young Women with Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome (POTS) through Interactive Narrative

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Lindsey Godwin

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Lindsey Godwin, Ph.D. is a professor, practitioner, and possibilitizer who has a passion for creating transformational learning spaces for individuals and organizations. She holds a Master of Science in Conflict Analysis and Resolution from the Jimmy & Rosalynn Carter School for Peace and Conflict Resolution George Mason University, and a Ph.D. in Organizational Behavior from the Weatherhead School of Management at Case Western Reserve University, where she studied with the founding thought leaders in Appreciative Inquiry. She currently holds the Robert P. Stiller Endowed Chair of Management in the Stiller School of Business at Champlain College (Vermont, USA), where she also serves as the Academic Director of the David L. Cooperrider Center for Appreciative Inquiry (AI) and the lead faculty for the MS in Leadership and MS in Organization Development & Human Relations programs. An acclaimed instructor, she earned the Edward Lyman Phelps Professorship, Champlain College’s highest recognition for a faculty member. A sought-after international speaker, consultant, facilitator, and author, her article on “Earthshot OD” was recently named one of the most impactful articles of all time for the field of Organization Development. Learn more about Lindsey’s work at lindseygodwin.com.

Distinctions & Awards

Edward Lyman Phelps Professorship

Publications & Abstracts

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Curriculum Vitae

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Favorite Quote

“Anyone can slay a dragon, but try waking up every morning & loving the world all over again. That’s what takes a real hero.”

—Brian Andreas

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Adam Goldstein

Biography

Adam Goldstein is an Associate Professor and an Academic Program Director in Cybersecurity at Champlain College. He also serves as Academic Director of the Leahy Center for Digital Forensics and Cybersecurity at Champlain where he helps oversee undergraduate students working on a wide range of projects. Adam has vast industry experience as an information security officer having previously established cybersecurity operation programs at Dartmouth College and Villanova University. With over 20 years’ experience in information security at institutions of higher education and a background in systems and network engineering, he has a thorough understanding of the unique security challenges in the modern enterprise. Adam received his BA from Rutgers University, a Master of Science in Information Assurance from Norwich University, and a Graduate Certificate in Digital Forensic Science from Champlain College. He is a Certified Information System Auditor (CISA), and a Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP). Outside of work, Adam is an avid distance runner and greatly enjoys living and exploring the Green Mountains of Vermont with his family.

Distinctions & Awards

Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP)
Certified Information Security Auditor (CISA)
RRCA – Road Runners Club of America: Certified Distance Running Coach

Curriculum Vitae

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Favorite Quote

“Cybersecurity is not just about protecting your data, it’s about protecting your freedom.”

—Laura Galante

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Marla Goldstein

Biography

Quite a few years ago, Marla was a reference department assistant in high school until she graduated and left home for college. She has always appreciated the wonder, resourcefulness, and peaceful environment of a library, and was thrilled when a part time position opened at MIC. Outside of the library you can find Marla walking down by the lake and talking on the phone with her long distance friends, using her air fryer, and watching niche YouTube videos of international homesteading, gardening, and off-grid living.

What are your hobbies?

Experimental/maximalist fashion, closet organizing, swimming in rivers with flippers and goggles, playing Koosh with my best friend Sarah, talking on the phone, listening to gossip podcasts, painting decorative birdhouses and stretching

Tell us about your favorite local eateries and things to do in Vermont:

Pho Hong, Namaste Garden in Essex, Athens Diner, and A Single Pebble.

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Daniel Gomez-Edwards

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Miguel Gonzalez Oses

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Miguel Oses is a Montreal-based Visual Effects Artist with 10+ years of experience in the games industry, during which he participated in the development of a variety of game titles ranging from racing games, open worlds, and first-person shooters. Outside of VFX, Miguel has worked extensively on Characters, Environments, and Tools, which provides him with a general understanding of the games industry pipeline beyond a single discipline.

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Neil Groberg

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Neil Groberg has transformed his legal career and now dedicates himself exclusively to teaching, mediation, arbitration, training, and facilitation throughout the Northeast.

Neil has been teaching at Champlain since 2016. He has taught “Innovation, Ideation and Strategy” to CCO M.B.A. students; Health Care Law and the Senior Capstone to students seeking the B.S. in Health Care Administration with Champlain College Online; the Health Care law course to Master’s CCO students and Employment Law for Champlain’s traditional residential students. He has created a “Navigating Public Bureaucracy” for the new CCO Master’s in Public Administration degree program. He has also successfully mentored students to finish in first or second place in Champlain’s renowned Elevator Speech contest.

His law firm, Neil Groberg Attorney at Law LLC, was established in 1998. He has over thirty years’ experience as an employment and benefits attorney in for-profit, government, and non-profit institutional settings. He moved to Burlington Vermont from Connecticut in 2008 and is admitted to practice law in Connecticut, New York, and Vermont.

Invaluable to his teaching, Attorney Groberg’s experience also includes a broad range of legal issues including employment, health care, business practices, general corporate, commercial real estate, computer, contracts, employee benefits, insurance, real estate and tax law. This array of experience allows a special sensitivity to the impact of the law on overall business decisions and results and has directly involved him with strategic business decisions.

Neil received a B.S. in Economics from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and a J.D. from Hofstra University School of Law. In addition, Attorney Groberg also has taken three separate leadership skills programs and intensive mediation and arbitration courses. He has completed all six separate Improvisation intensive 6-week courses available, a MOTH Story telling program, intensive Stand-Up comedian courses and has been a member of independent improv groups. All of this “comedic” training and performing has improved his creativity, listening, and communication skills, as well as sharpening his wit.

Professor Groberg has also taught online master’s level courses at Quinnipiac University and online undergraduate courses at Goodwin College.

Distinctions & Awards

Neil received merit recognition awards in several semesters for “exemplary teaching and real dedication to providing a high-quality education experience.”

Professional & Scholastic Affiliations
• Vermont Bar Association, Co-Chair, Dispute Resolution Section
• American Bar Association, Member

Professional & Scholastic Affiliations

• Vermont Bar Association, Co-Chair, Dispute Resolution Section
• American Bar Association, Member

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Murat Gungor

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Dr. Gungor holds a Ph.D. and M.Sc. in Computer and Information Science, which he obtained in 2006 and 2001 respectively, from Syracuse University in New York. He also holds a B.Sc. in Industrial Engineering from Sakarya University in Turkey, which he completed in 1997.

Dr. Gungor brings a wealth of experience to his current position at Champlain College, having previously taught Software Engineering courses at both Bilkent University and TOBB University in Ankara, Turkey. In addition to his academic background, he has also held various positions in the industry, ranging from researcher and software engineer to project manager and director.

His primary areas of expertise include object-oriented programming, software architecture, design and development, structural analysis, and quality improvement.

Favorite Quote

“If you are irritated by every rub, how will your mirror be polished?”

—Rumi

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