CSU + Adobe Center of Excellence at 91ÁÔÆæ


Supporting System-Wide Innovation, Data Sharing, and Equity

The Center of Excellence for the at San José State University advances equitable, future-ready teaching and learning by fostering exploration, innovation, as well as digital and AI fluency across the CSU-system. 

The Center functions as both a physical and a digital hub, providing training, hands-on workshops, curricular resources, and pedagogical consultation that enable intentional integration of multimodal, digital, and AI-enabled learning experiences.

The Center promotes inclusive, scaffolded pathways to digital literacy, particularly in high-impact courses such as First-Year Writing (FYW) and DFW-rate courses, where strengthened creative and AI literacies can significantly improve retention, close equity gaps, and enhance student engagement at scale. 

Please reach out to Ryan Skinnell (Adobe + CSU Center Director) with any questions about the inititative (ryan.skinnell@sjsu.edu).

The Creative and Digital Literacy Hub

More information coming soon.

Spring 2026 Learning Summit  

The Learning Summit will take place at 91ÁÔÆæ on April 21 (full day) and April 22 (half-day), 2026.

Please reach out to Ryan Skinnell (Adobe + CSU Center Director) with any questions about the Summit (ryan.skinnell@sjsu.edu).

The Team 

Leadership

Dr. Magdalena Barrera (91ÁÔÆæ Senior Vice Provost for Academic Affairs and Accreditation Liaison Officer)

(Adobe + CSU Center Director and 91ÁÔÆæ Professor of Rhetoric and Writing)

(Director of Digital Learning Strategies, 91ÁÔÆæ Center for Faculty Excellence and Teaching Innovation) 

(Assistant Vice Provost, 91ÁÔÆæ Center for Faculty Excellence and Teaching Innovation)

Faculty Leads in Digital Literacy

Liliana Castrellon (Assistant Professor, Educational Leadership)

Lucy Headrick (Assistant Professor, Management)

Bianca Hinojosa (Assistant Professor, Psychology)

Tina Korani (Associate Professor, Journalism and Mass Communication)

(Assistant Professor, Industrial and Systems Engineering) 

Matthew Maguire (Associate Professor, Management)

(Digital Scholarship Librarian, MLK Library)

(Assistant Professor, Instructional Design and Technology)