Designed by professors to empower active learning in your classroom.
About Our Active Learning Platforms
In June 2012, Pat Don, a seasoned K-12 veteran and former Professor of History and Social Science Teacher Education, founded Globalyceum. Her team’s mission was to develop a variety of curricular resources – texts, lectures, problems, composition workshops, assessments, and, eventually, games and research training – that maximized the use of today’s technology.
With affordability and accessibility in mind, the Globalyceum team developed 8 social science teaching platforms that are most appropriate for the range of students in the higher education system today. Since then, Globalyceum has become a highly adaptable platform for one’s own curriculum.
Our Team
Patricia Lopes Don
CEO and Co-founder
Jason Carlage
Director of Sales
Patricia Lopes Don
Founder and CEO
Pat Don, Ph.D. was a professor of history at San Jose State University, with specialties in early modern European, colonial Latin American, and modern world history. She was also a lead faculty member in the training and development of secondary history teachers and writing curriculum for the College of Social Sciences.
Prior to her doctoral studies, she spent over a decade as a high school history teacher, where she was also a curriculum specialist. Her educational research interests include active learning, writing process, and distance learning.
Iris M. Jerke
Faculty Support Manager
For over a decade, Iris was an adjunct professor of History at San Jose State University and San Jose City College with an emphasis on African American History, Women’s History, and US History.
After her retirement from teaching in 2015, Iris joined the Globalyceum team assisting faculty with setting up courses, solving problems, and monitoring those courses during the semester.
Sandhya Iyengar
Co-founder, Technology and Student
Support Manager
At Globalyceum, she works closely with students and manages bookstore operations, helping learners to achieve their goals.