General Education Faculty

Chief Learning Officer

Dr. Anzar Khaliq serves as the founding Chief Learning Officer at San Francisco Bay University (SFBU) and the first head of the Center for Empowerment and Pedagogical Innovation (CEPI). In this role, Dr. Khaliq is leading the transformation of SFBU’s pedagogical culture by empowering faculty to deliver exceptional, inclusive teaching, and learning experiences. He combines Universal Design for Learning with student-centered approaches, cultural sustainability, relational pedagogy, adaptive learning environments, and AI-integrated teaching to advance educational practices at the university.

Before joining SFBU, Dr. Khaliq was a founding faculty member at Habib University, Pakistan’s first liberal arts and sciences institution. He held several key leadership roles at Habib, including Associate Dean of Teaching and Learning, overseeing the Centre for Pedagogical Excellence; Assistant Dean of the Dhanani School of Science and Engineering; Founding Director of Integrated Sciences and Mathematics; and co-founder and Director of the Center for Transdisciplinarity, Design, and Innovation.

Dr. Khaliq earned his Doctorate in Experimental Physics and a Master’s in Nano-materials from Sorbonne University, where he worked on some of the most advanced particle accelerators in the world. His scientific rigor, combined with a unique blend of creativity, is shaped by his decade-long career as a radio jockey and training in improvisational theater. These experiences greatly inform his innovative teaching approaches, which he now applies in SFBU’s newly designed General Education curriculum. 

Courses: 

• How to Design Your Life: A Journey Through Personal Epistemology