Barbara J. Millis, Director of the Teaching and Learning Center, University of Texas at San Antonio, received her Ph.D. in English literature fromFloridaStateUniversity. She frequently offers workshops at professional conferences, particularly the Lillly Teaching Conferences, and for over 300 colleges and universities, including ones in Qatar, Turkey, and New Zealand. She publishes articles on a variety of faculty development topics such as cooperative learning, peer classroom observations, deep learning, the teaching portfolio, microteaching, syllabus construction, classroom assessment/research, critical thinking, writing for publication, focus groups, writing across the curriculum, academic games, and course redesign. Several of her articles are available at the IDEA Center website:
http://www.theideacenter.org/category/helpful-resources/knowledge-base/idea-papers.
Barbara is the co- author or editor of four books: Cooperative Learning in Higher Education: Across the Disciplines, Across the Academy (2010, Stylus Press); The Course Syllabus: A Learning-Centered Approach (2008, Jossey-Bass); Using Simulations to Enhance Learning in Higher Education (2002, Stylus Press); and Cooperative Learning for Higher Education Faculty (1998, ACE/Oryx Press).
Barbara is an Executive Editor for College Teaching, and served on the Core Committee of the Professional and Organizational Development (POD) Network in Higher Education. While at the U.S. Air Force Academy, Barbara won both a teaching award and a research award. In 2002 she loved being a Visiting Scholar at Victoria University, Wellington, New Zealand.