Contact

Dr Lorna M. Ronald

Adjunct Associate Professor

Hunter and John Jay Colleges

City University of New York

lorna.ronald@gmail.com

(718) 873-3833

Office hours by appointment

Jessica Hammerman
Instructional Technology Fellow
Macaulay Honors College at Hunter
jhammerman@gc.cuny.edu

Office Hours: HN 120 (Honors Lounge)
Fridays, 11–4.

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