A trombone-playing event planner. A European fashionista. A rock climber. A K-pop fan. An animal shelter volunteer. Fly fishers. Marathon runners. Cooks. YouTubers. World travelers.
Our 2023-24 Inside DELTA staff profiles demonstrate the breadth of our people’s talents and interests both in and out of the workplace. Learn more about this unique cross-section of our DELTA team members.
Alex Bennett, Technology Support Technician for Academic Technology
Alex Bennett assists faculty with operating the technologies needed for their classes. He also works to troubleshoot problems and provide IT support for classroom equipment as well as providing classroom capture of lectures. Originally from Canada, Bennett loves to travel with friends and family.
Jess Benton, Networking Technician for Academic Technology
Jess Benton is a part of the Digital Media Support Services Engineering team at DELTA, where she maintains a robust and reliable academic technology infrastructure for the full spectrum of digital learning environments at NC State. Benton enjoys fishing and spending time with her family.
Leonard Brothers, Technology Support Technician for Academic Technology
A graduate of NC State, Leonard Brothers has worked for DELTA for nearly two decades. As a member of the Innovative Learning Spaces and Support team, he ensures that instructors have technological support for recording and sharing classroom lectures and other course content.
Laura Buker, Project Manager for Academic Technology
Buker’s engineering background have led to various unique positions during her career, such as a forestry engineering, civil engineering, property management and project management. She loves to travel with her family and recently visited Mexico City and the Yucatan in Mexico.
Annie Chagachbanian, University Program Associate for Online and Distance Education
As a part of the Testing Services team, Chagachbanian’s primary responsibility is to assist students and faculty with administering exams. Additionally, she serves as the liaison with the Disability Resource Office and works with students who receive testing accommodations.
Christine Cranford, Instructional Designer, DELTA Course Quality Program
Cranford works with NC State faculty to help them create a better learning experience for students. Her many years of experience as a technical writing instructor at NC State informs her design strategy and helps her approach the work from various perspectives.
John Gordon, Associate Director for Digital Learning
With a background in creating educational media for museums, joining the DELTA Digital Learning team 16 years ago was a natural career move for Gordon. When he’s not filming cows at 2 a.m. for award-winning videos, he can often be found hiking at national parks across the country.
Grace Hatterschide, Assistant Director of Learning Technology Support
Hatterschide coordinates a six-person team of “LearnTech geeks” who assist instructors across the university with incorporating digital tools and resources into their courses. Outside of work, you’ll often find her hanging off the side of a sheer rock face.
Relly Moorer, Broadcast and Emerging Media Specialist for Digital Learning
Moorer is a cinematographer and post-production specialist with the Instructional Media Services team, where he helps departments and instructors across the university tell their story by producing educational content that is engaging and meaningful.
James Perry, Executive Assistant to the Vice Provost
In his role with DELTA, Perry wears a lot of hats — including that of event planner extraordinaire — a job he relishes. Outside of work, Perry loves gaming, old movies, playing the trombone and making his newly-purchased house a home.
Alexis Tarley, Testing Associate, DELTA Testing Services
Tarley is part of a team that facilitates exams for thousands for on- and off-campus students in a professional and secure environment. A self-described “museum nerd,” she hopes to one day become an archivist with the National Archives in Washington, D.C.
Jessica White, Senior Instructional Designer for Digital Learning
Jessica White holds a dual appointment with DELTA and with the Department of Food, Bioprocessing, and Nutrition Sciences in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. She designs innovative learning experiences for academic and outreach projects.
Alin Yalcinkaya, Postdoctoral Research Scholar, Online and Distance Education
One of DELTA’s newest employees, Yalcinkaya brings her passion for data visualization to bear in her work researching the effectiveness of various technologies in instructional design. A cosmopolitan fashionista from Türkiye, she’s always dreaming of her next trip to New York City.
