John Wentworth Chapin
director, Academic and Faculty Support, Robert L. Bogomolny Library
Additional Roles:
- director, Academic Success
- executive director, Bank of America Center for Excellence in Learning, Teaching and Technology (CELTT)
- affiliate assistant professor, Klein Family School of Communications Design
Contact Information:
Phone: 410.837.5124
E-mail: jchapin@ubalt.edu
M.F.A., Virginia Commonwealth University
B.A., University of Virginia
John Chapin serves as Director of Academic & Faculty support in the Robert L. Bogomolny Library. In addition to serving as Executive Director of CELTT since 2020, John manages the Academic Success Programs in the library as Director; these academic support programs include the Writing Center, Math & Statistics Center, Tutoring & Coaching Services, Embedded Support Services, and workshops . Under John’s direction, UBalt’s learning services have been certified by the College Reading and Learning Association at the highest level as well as certified as an Online Tutoring Center by the Association for the Coaching and Tutoring Profession. John served in a faculty role as Assistant Director/Interim Director of the University Writing Program from 2013 to 2016. Prior to that, John’s first role at the University of Baltimore was as Coordinator of the University Writing Center from 2007 to 2013. He has a background in online learning & instruction, faculty development, writing center pedagogy, peer education, supplemental/embedded instruction, and assessment. John has twenty years of classroom experience in rhetoric and composition, creative writing, business writing, technical writing, writing center pedagogy, and developmental writing. John previously held administrative and faculty appointments at University of Maryland, College Park, University of Maryland Global Campus, and University of Illinois at Chicago. He currently serves on the Academic Transformation Advisory Council of the Kirwan Center for Academic Innovation, part of the University System of Maryland. John is a member of the National College Learning Center Association and is certified as a Supplemental Instruction Leader.