Barbara Millis

Barbara has served as:

• Director of The TEAM Center at the University of Texas at San Antonio (2008-Present)
• Director of the Excellence in Teaching Program at the University of Nevada at Reno (2004-2008)
• The former Director of Faculty Development at the US Air Force Academy (USAFA) (1995- 2004)
• University of Maryland, University College (1978-1995)

She is currently a member of the Core Committee for the POD Network [Professional and Organizational Development] in Higher Education, the largest professional association for faculty development in the United States.

Workshop Experience

• She frequently offers workshops at professional conferences (Lilly “Original” and three Lilly Regional Teaching Conferences, The Teaching Professor Conferences, etc.) and for over 400 colleges and universities.
• She has facilitated two-and-half-day course redesign retreats for two university systems, the University of Missouri System (twice) and the Nevada System of Higher Education (ongoing).
• Her workshops are on varied topics, including:
  • cooperative learning,
  • the teaching portfolio,
  • classroom assessment/research,
  • critical thinking,
  • writing across the curriculum,
  • classroom observations and
  • course design

Other General Information

• She has published articles and books on a variety of faculty development topics such as cooperative learning, peer classroom observations (she was a FIPSE Project Director on that topic), the teaching portfolio, microteaching, syllabus construction, classroom assessment/research, critical thinking, focus groups, writing across the curriculum, academic games, and course redesign.
• One of her major publications is: Cooperative Learning for Higher Education Faculty (Oryx Press, 1998).
• She is currently under contract to revise The Course Syllabus: A Learning-Centered Approach.
• While at USAFA, Barbara won both a teaching award and a research award.
• After the Association of American Colleges and Universities (AAC&U) selected the Air Force Academy as a Leadership Institution in Undergraduate Education in 2001, she began serving as the liaison to the AAC&U’s Greater Expectations Consortium on Quality Education.
• In 2002 Barbara loved being a Visiting Scholar at Victoria University, Wellington, New Zealand.
• She received her Ph.D. in English literature from Florida State University.

Publications

Cooperative Learning for Higher Education Faculty

(Oryx Press, 1998)