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Editorial Board
The board is comprised of higher education faculty members and administrators. Board members volunteer to review manuscripts, contribute manuscripts from their own scholarly experience, and advise on the topics to be addressed. We are grateful for their contribution and are proud to share their voices!
Todd Zakrajsek, PhD is a Research Associate Professor and Associate Director of the Faculty Development Fellowship at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. His primary area of expertise are cognitive psychology, how people learn, and faculty development. Over the past year Todd has focused much of his efforts on changing the conversation from “Active Learning is More Effective than Lecturing” to “Teaching For Student Learning Using a Variety of Pedagogical Approaches.” When Todd is not helping others to teach or to learn better, he is trying diligently to make his golf game better. (Board Term: Ex-Officio)
Milton D. Cox, PhD, has been a systems convener of faculty learning communities for over 40 years. He is currently associate editor of Leadership in Education, Frontiers in Education, and founder and Editor-in-Chief Emeritus of the Journal on Excellence in College Teaching and the Learning Communities Journal. Milt is founder and Director Emeritus of the Center for the Enhancement of Learning and Teaching and the Original Lilly Conference at Miami University. Learning communities and SoTL are his current research interests. Currently, the craftsman architecture of Greene and Greene captures his fun interactions. (Board Term: Ex-Officio)
Gregg W. Wentzell, Ph.D., is Assistant Director of the Miami University (Ohio) Center for Teaching Excellence (CTE). In his 40-year career in higher education that began with teaching and research in English composition and American literature, he discovered a passion for supporting instructors to do excellent teaching. In addition to being Director of the Original Lilly Conference on College Teaching, held annually on Miami’s Oxford campus and now in its 44th year, Gregg does consulting on teaching and designs seminar programming for the CTE, facilitates the New Faculty Teaching Enhancement Program, and coordinates administration of midcourse evaluation for the university. He is Editor-in Chief of the Journal on Excellence in College Teaching, a peer-reviewed journal of the scholarship of teaching and learning (SoTL), and he has presented widely on teaching and learning, faculty development, and SoTL.
Stacey S. Souther is a Professor of Psychology and the college-wide faculty development coordinator at Tri-C. She earned her MA in Developmental Psychology from the University of Toledo. Souther facilitates faculty workshops, leads academic integrity initiatives, and serves as president of the Ohio Association of Two-Year Colleges. She is also president-elect of the Ohio Chapter of NOSS and actively engages in national teaching and learning organizations.
Chavella T. Pittman, PhD is the owner of Effective & Efficient Faculty, a faculty development company that works extensively with faculty and campuses across the country to develop strategies for excellent teaching and thriving faculty. She earned her PhD in Sociology and an MA in Higher Education from the University of Michigan. She is currently Professor of Sociology at Dominican University. Her research expertise includes research methods & statistics, higher education, and interpersonal interactions. Her work can be found in peer reviewed journals (e.g., Teaching Sociology, Journal of Negro Education) and scholarly books (e.g., Difficult Subjects), as well as broader publications (e.g., The Chronicle of Higher Education, Inside Higher Ed). She has a love/hate relationship with running, is a beer aficionado, recently cured her black thumb via growing cherry tomatoes, loves to learn, and believes joy is resistance.
Barry Sharpe is a Senior Instructor (Business Law and Ethics) at Western Governors University. He has also served as a faculty member and administrator at several public universities and liberal arts colleges. Barry is the author of Modesty and Arrogance in Judgment: Hannah Arendt’s Eichmann in Jerusalem, as well as articles on business ethics, pedagogy, and political theory. He has a Ph.D. in political science from the University of South Carolina and a J.D. from the University of Texas-Austin.
David Gooblar
Oren Hertz, PhD, MBA, is a professor of hospitality management at the Chaplin School of Hospitality & Tourism Management at Florida International University. He is deeply involved in research and concept development of teaching methodologies and cultivating a successful learning environment.
He earned his PhD in Educational Leadership from Florida Atlantic University, an MBA. with a concentration in Entrepreneurship from Nova Southeastern University, and a BS in Hospitality Management from Florida International University.
Once a week since 2020, Oren talks about a variety of leadership topics on his podcast, The 10-Minute Leadership Podcast.
He resides in Fort Lauderdale, Florida and appreciates the tropical climate.
Jeff Thomas is a Professor of Teacher Education at the University of Southern Indiana and works with pre-service teachers through science methods, instructional technology, and classroom assessment. He has taught elementary school through college students for 30 years and aspires to treat everybody as if they are somebody.
Lynn Eaton