Melina Ivanchikova

At the heart of Melina’s pedagogy is an abiding curiosity and commitment to authentic and rightful presence. As an associate director at the CTI, she works with the Cornell teaching community to explore inclusion and belonging in teaching and learning. She’s worked in higher education for nearly two decades as a faculty member, curriculum developer, writer, editor, and educational developer. She has a special interest in global/intercultural learning and storytelling pedagogies. She leads the Teaching & Learning in Diverse Classroom course and co-leads the Any Person, Many Stories: Histories of Exclusion and Inclusion at Cornell project. She is also a scholar-practitioner who writes for the field, including “Analyzing demographic differences during the evaluation of an online course about inclusive teaching” (2023), with Amy Cardace and Sneha Mishra; and “Active pedagogy and ethnographic research: CASA-Sevilla’s Perspective,” in Undergraduate Research Abroad: Approaches, Models, and Challenges (2020) with Davydd J. Greenwood and Eva Infante Mora. She holds two master’s degrees, including an MFA in poetry. Melina is a Queer Latina poet, immigrant rights activist, and organizer.