Northern Arizona University

The NAU Teaching Seminar 2012
"Deepening the Impact of First-Year Students’ Learning Experiences"

Sponsored by the Vice Provost for Academic Affairs and the Faculty Development Program

May 16, 17, & 18, 2012

Applications are due Wednesday, April 11.  Seminar application form is available here.

Joan Middendorf's Biographical Information

Joan Middendorf is a long time educational developer who serves as Lead Instructional Consultant at the Center for Innovative Teaching and Learning and Adjunct Professor in Higher Education and Student Affairs at Indiana University Bloomington. Her early publications concerned the adoption of innovations in teaching and faculty culture change. Along with David Pace, she developed the Decoding the Disciplines method for helping students learn disciplinary thinking, and has co-directed the Freshman Learning faculty seminar, facilitating over 150 professors in faculty learning communities. She has published numerous articles about college teaching and learning, and is a frequent guest speaker on focused assessments and easing entry into the scholarship of teaching and learning. She is a co-Director of the History Learning Project, recipient of the 2008 Robert Menges Research Presentation Award from the Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education and the 2009 McGraw-Hill – Magna Publications Scholarly Work on Teaching and Learning Award.

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