Hannah Mallon (MEd) is a professor and Learning Advisor & Developer for the Open Learning & Teaching Collaborative at Plymouth State University. Hannah has spent six years working professionally in the field of public, higher education.
Hannah’s work has intersected with many different spheres, including student services and advising, instructional design, faculty/ staff professional development, and administration and operations. Her current position combines student advising for PSU’s indivdualized major program with faculty professional development. Hannah’s teaching work began in the field of secondary education when she was certified to teach English in grades 5-12 and pursued several long-term substitution roles. She currently teaches for PSU’s general education program, the Habits of Mind Experience (HoME), and the Interdisciplinary Studies program.
Her scholarship interests include critical/ traditional instructional design, student-led professional development, and peer-to-peer mentorship. In 2021, Hannah received a graduate certificate in Instructional Design and graduated in 2022 with her Masters in Education in Currriculum and Instruction, which inspired interest in critiquing frameworks and methods for traditional instructional design.
Hannah is passionate about helping students understand the (too often) confusing world of higher education. She is interested in fandom, female/ queer representation in media, gender performance, and creative writing. She is a DM and frequent player of Dungeons & Dragons (ask her about her current halfling paladin named Mantis). She can often be found snuggling her cat daughter, reading a good book/ fanfic, or spending entirely too much of her free time watching TikTok (or all three at once).