Education

• Masters, Learning Technologies, The Ohio State University, EHE
• Bachelor's, Secondary English and Reading Education, The Ohio State University, EHE
• Ohio Department of Education State Teacher Certification Accreditation x 6

Kerry Joined ODE in 2025, after having served the College of Medicine as an Instructional Design Senior Specialist for 5 years. Kerry has held a wide range and depth of roles including high school English teacher, ed tech project manager at the two largest educational publishers in the world, instructional designer, and educational researcher. 

Currently, Kerry leads a team of ODE instructional designers and an instructional design multi-media specialist in the promotion of instructional design based in learning science using ID models such as SAM, ADDIE, and Mayer’s principles. Kerry co-leads cross-functional collaborations involving pedagogy with the Emerging Tech Studio in the creation of immersive learning courses that solve multiple instructional and learning problems and leads initiatives to integrate Title II requirements and UDL approaches in courses. Kerry introduced evaluation and formal pedagogy in instructional design projects that span the College of Arts and Sciences (ASC). Kerry leads the strategic vision of her team in the areas of consultation, support models, academic integrity, and project management for instructional design and multimedia production. She advances the team's ability to act as key supports for educational theory and practice in online, hybrid, and in person classes in both the credit and non-credit offerings within the college and oversees a portfolio of teaching service offerings. Kerry enjoys providing her team with key professional development and project management skills in leading and advancing project quality and efficiency. Kerry also leads and empowers team conference proposals and presentations on the national, regional, and local stages.

Scholarship Highlights

Rubadue, K., Yocom, A. (2026). Back to the Future: The Imperative of Scholarly Teaching in a Disrupted World. [Poster/Presentation]. The Ohio State University, Drake Institute of Teaching and Learning Teaching Academy Conference. 

Ash, M. D., Henning, A., Rubadue, K., & Barbee, J. (2026). Bridging the educational gap: Effectiveness of a case-based virtual eating disorder course to enhance medical trainee competence. Medical Education Online. Advance online publication.

Rubadue, K., Souza, A., & Yocom, A. (2026, February 4). SMART scaffolding and
authentic assessment in AI [Workshop presentation]. UPCEA Digital Teaching and
Learning Conference.

Rubadue, K., Barbee, J., & Chen, X. (2024). GME-CPD joint session workshop: A
novel approach to achieve fruitful faculty-resident collaborations in medical
education research [Event proposal]. Accreditation Council for Continuing
Medical Education.

Rubadue, K., Barbee, J., & Chen, X. (2024). Leveraging the portfolio-based
scholarship approach to promote faculty health professions education
scholarship among trainees [Conference presentation]. Central Group on
Academic Affairs Regional Conference.

Rubadue, K., Licatino, L., Holliday, S., & Chen, X. (2023). Roles and contributions
of non-physician education experts in medical education: A qualitative exploratory
study [Innovation abstract]. Association of American Medical Colleges.

Rubadue, K., Barbee, J., & Chen, X. (2023). Using a novel portfolio-based
scholarship approach to promote educational research and leadership
development [Session proposal]. Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical
Education, Learn to Thrive.

Verbeck, N., Barbee, J., Rubadue, K., & Start, A. (2021). Leveraging team science to
advance health sciences education innovations and research [Conference
presentation]. Southern Group on Educational Affairs Staff Track Conference.

Hamilton, P., McFarlane, D., Dunleavy, M., Rubadue, K., Marshall, W., & Barbee, J.
(2022). Virtual case-based cardiology curriculum for medical students [Report].
The Ohio State University College of Medicine.

Barbee, J., Gish-Lieberman, J., Vakil, J., & Rubadue, K. (2022). Identifying
instructors' teaching methodologies through clinical scenario vignettes
[Poster/Presentation]. Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education.

Rubadue, K. (2023). Diversifying instructors' teaching methodologies through
academic and clinical scenario vignettes [Presentation]. Association of American
Medical Colleges, Group on Information Resources.

Hamilton, P., McFarlane, D., Rubadue, K., & Dunleavy, M. (2023). Virtual
case-based cardiology curriculum for third-year medical students [Abstract
submission]. Society of General Internal Medicine (SGIM): Innovations in Medical
Education.