[DRAFT] Course Catalog 2026-2027 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
Learning Enhancement Across the Disciplines
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Jacob Dunwiddie, Senior Director of Student Success; chair
Iman Abdullah, Coordinator for the Oberlin Impact Investment Group
Siir Cole-Chambers, Director of Student Success and Success Coach
Alexis DaFonseca, Staff Psychologist
Susan L. Ellinger, Associate Director of Conservatory Professional Development
Brook A. Escobedo, Assistant Dean of Academic Support
Gideon Gaines, Director of Academic Advising Programs
Laura B. Herron, Assistant Professor of Jewish Studies and Associate Dean for Academic Standing
Ellen N. Lash, Assistant Director of Financial Aid
Madlynn Libao, Director of Student Success and Success Coach
Jennifer Mihalek, Assistant Director of Financial Aid
Rebecca M. Morrow, Assistant Dean of Student Success
F. Zeb Page, Professor of Geosciences
Udara Peiris, Associate Professor of Financial Economics
Aliscia M. Pulito, Staff Therapist
Donna M. Russell, Assistant Dean for Student Support
Vedika Salunke, Director of Inclusion for Residential Communities
Amanda Shelnutt, Director of Student Success Operations
Jessica Sonney, Director of Student Leadership
Gabriella Valentine, Bonner Scholars Program Director
Tara Woods, Director of Student Health Promotion and Prevention Services
 Visit the program web page for up-to-date information on program lecturers and special events.
The Learning Enhancement Across the Disciplines (LEAD) Program takes a holistic approach to student success, offering co-curricular skills-based experiential courses aimed at helping students build and develop skills for self-defined success.
Program Policies
All courses are offered exclusively as pass/no pass.
Curriculum
Learning Enhancement Across the Disciplines (LEAD) courses cover learning strategies, wellness, reflective practices, and skills for academic success, thereby promoting resilience, focus, self-efficacy, and leadership.
By enhancing their understanding of the learning processes and practices that are most effective for them, LEAD classes empower students to approach their education across academic disciplines with greater independence, satisfaction, and success as learners.
LEAD courses are:
- taught by faculty and staff across campus with different areas of expertise;
- offered in full-semester, single-module, and individual-study modes; and
- open to students of all class years who are pursuing a Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Fine Arts, Bachelor of Science, Bachelor of Music, or Double Degree Program degree.
Courses
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