Amy Nettles

Amy Nettles is Senior Instructional Designer for Arizona State University's Office of Medical Education in the John Shufeldt School of Medicine and Advanced Medical Engineering. She partners with faculty and academic leaders to advance curriculum innovation, strengthen faculty development, and establish instructional design practices that support teaching excellence across the medical school.

With more than 20 years of experience spanning K–12 and higher education, Amy focuses on translating educational vision into sustainable instructional design practices.

Before joining the Shufeldt School, Amy served as Senior Instructional Designer in Arizona State University's School of Life Sciences, where she led faculty development initiatives and taught graduate courses focused on evidence-based teaching, learner-centered instructional design, and course design.

Amy is pursuing a Doctor of Education in Leadership and Innovation at Arizona State University. Her doctoral research explores how instructional designers build trust with faculty through communities of practice to strengthen teaching, learning, and faculty development in higher education.