Maxine Frendel
Instructional Designer
Instructional Design and Media Production Studio
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Maxine Frendel joined the Studio in 2023 after working at the Center for Teaching Excellence at UIC. She designs engaging digital learning experiences that support students’ active learning through online discussions, authentic assessments, peer instruction, metacognition, and equitable grading practices. She also manages Studio communications and provides editorial support. She is passionate about helping instructors make classrooms inclusive environments where all students can thrive.
Before joining the UIC community, she was the founding Assistant Director of the Social Sciences Writing Program at the University of Chicago, where she designed curriculum that is now taught to all undergraduates at UChicago, trained and mentored writing advisors, and taught writing to undergraduates. Maxine has teaching experience with students of all ages and professional writing and editing experience. She earned her M.A. in the Humanities with concentrations in Gender and Sexuality Studies and Theater and Performance Studies at the University of Chicago and her B.A. with Honors in Sociology at the University of Chicago. She also holds certificates in Accessibility and Inclusive Design, Articulate Storyline, and Applying the Quality Matters Rubric.
Maxine enjoys mogul skiing, paddleboarding, reading, and meditation.