Current Role at Stanford


Assistant Director, Faculty Professional Development Programs

Education & Certifications


  • Ed.D (in progress), University of San Francisco
  • IRB Certification, CITI, Human Subjects Research: Social-Behavioral-Educational (SBE) Foundations
  • Ed.M, Harvard Graduate School of Education
  • BA, University of California, San Diego

Professional Interests


Faculty development, adult learning & development, microlearning, communities of practice, educational research, medical education, health professions education, faculty affairs, social determinants of health & wellness.

Professional Affiliations and Activities


  • Reviewer and judge: Conference posters, AAMC Group on Faculty Affairs Professional Development Conference 2023, 2024 (2023 - Present)
  • Reviewer, SIG: Faculty Teaching, Evaluation and Development, American Educational Research Association (AERA) (2022 - Present)
  • Ad Hoc Reviewer, MedEdPORTAL (2022 - Present)
  • Mentee, AAMC Group on Faculty Affairs (GFA) Mentoring Circles, Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) (2022 - Present)
  • Reviewer, SIG-Graduate and Postdoctoral Education across the Disciplines, American Educational Research Association (AERA) (2022 - 2022)
  • Committee Member, Committee on Diversity and Equity of Division I: Education in the Professions, American Educational Research Association (AERA) (2022 - Present)
  • Medical School Additional Representative, American Association of Medical Colleges (AAMC): Group on Faculty Affairs (2022 - Present)
  • Member, American Educational Research Association (AERA) (2019 - Present)

All Publications


  • Health Professions Online Showcases Build Communities of Practice for Student Research and Scholarship American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting Han, A. 2023

    View details for DOI 10.3102/ip.23.2015001

  • Oral anesthesia manikin training reduces student anxiety and builds local anesthesia delivery skills: A pilot study JOURNAL OF DENTAL EDUCATION Radif, M. S., Han, A. N., Fa, B. 2022

    View details for DOI 10.1002/jdd.12904

    View details for Web of Science ID 000765496000001

    View details for PubMedID 35201623

  • A competency-based online curriculum mapping process for dental and dental hygiene education JOURNAL OF DENTAL EDUCATION Han, A. N., Laughter, L., Iyer, P., Radif, M. S. 2022

    View details for DOI 10.1002/jdd.12879

    View details for Web of Science ID 000740539100001

    View details for PubMedID 34982467

  • PO-074: Assessing foundation knowledge application to clinical sciences through discipline tagging Han, X., Han, A., Iyer, P., Xiao, N., Asadi, H., Ruperto-Thompson, M. 2022: 210-211

    View details for DOI 10.1002/jdd.12870

  • An Exam Blueprinting Case For Measuring Student Application of Biomedical Sciences to Clinical Sciences Journal of Dental Education Han, X., Han, A., Iyer, P. 2022

    View details for DOI 10.1002/jdd.13070

  • A pilot virtual project for advising senior dental hygiene students on work readiness skills JOURNAL OF DENTAL EDUCATION Han, A. N., Radif, M. S. 2021

    View details for DOI 10.1002/jdd.12739

    View details for Web of Science ID 000669670800001

    View details for PubMedID 34187098

  • PO-108: Learning Engagement Through a Virtual Research Showcase Han, A., Schulze, K. 2021: 107

    View details for DOI 10.1002/jdd.12552