Effective College and University Teaching

William Buskist is the Distinguished Professor in the Teaching of Psychology at Auburn University and a Faculty Fellow at Auburn’s Biggio Center for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning. He has published widely on issues related to teaching and learning, both within his own discipline of psychology and more generally in higher education. His most recent publications include edited works with Groccia (Evidence-Based Teaching) and with Victor Benassi (Effective College and University Teaching: Strategies and Tactics for the New Professoriate). He has served as President for the Society for the Teaching of Psychology and is currently the Editor-in Chief for the Society’s e-book program). He has won numerous teaching awards at both the local and national levels as have many of his graduate student protégés. He is a Fellow of both the American Psychological Association and the Association for Psychological Science. Victor Benassi is a professor of psychology and faculty director of the University of New Hampshire (UNH) Center for Teaching Excellence. He has taught courses in college teaching and supervised graduate students′ teaching of psychology since the early 1980s. His research has addressed such topics as judgment of personal control, belief in alleged paranormal phenomena, and depression. Additionally, Professor Benassi is involved in developing and implementing Preparing Future Faculty (PFF) programs at UNH. He is one of several people from UNH who developed and implemented a formal academic program in college teaching that is available to graduate students and faculty from UNH and other institutions. In recent years, he has been developing an online course titled Preparing to Teach a Psychology Course. Through the efforts of eight master teachers of psychology, over 200 graduate students and faculty from the United States and eight other countries have completed the course. Dr. Benassi also has joint appointments as Professor of Psychology (Psychology Department) and Professor of College Teaching (Graduate School). He has received several UNH awards—the Excellence in Teaching Award, the Outstanding Use of Technology in Education Award, and the College of Liberal Arts’ Lindberg Outstanding Scholar/Teacher Award. In 2003, he received the American Psychological Foundation′s Distinguished Teaching of Psychology award.

Preface
Acknowledgments
Preparing the New Professoriate to Teach - Victor A. Benassi, William Buskist
Creating Effective Working Relationships Between Faculty and Graduate Teaching Assistants - Steven A. Meyers
Allaying Graduate Student Fears About Teaching - Sandra Goss Lucas
Preparing for the Transition From Graduate School to the Academy: An Exemplar From Psychology - Mark M. Silvestri, Brennan D. Cox, William Buskist, and Jared W. Keeley
Teaching in the Context of Professional Development and Work-Private Life Balance - Steven Prentice-Dunn
The Science of Learning and Its Applications - Mark A. McDaniel and Cynthia Wooldridge
Course Design - Victor A. Benassi and Gary S. Goldstein
Writing and Developing Your Philosophy of Teaching - James H. Korn
Developing Student-Teacher Rapport in the Undergraduate Classroom - Janie H. Wilson and Rebecca G. Ryan
Learning-Centered Lecturing - David B. Daniel
Active Learning - Elizabeth Yost Hammer and Peter J. Giordano
Leading Discussions - Bryan K. Saville, Tracy E. Zinn and Krisztina Varga Jakobsen
Assessing Student Learning - Robert Bubb
Becoming an Ethical Teacher - G. William Hill IV and Dorothy D. Zinsmeister
Conflict in the College Classroom: Understanding, Preventing, and Dealing With Classroom Incivilities - Mark M. Silvestri and William Buskist
Diversity and Diversity Issues in Teaching - Rosemary E. Phelps
Teaching Controversial Issues, Liberally - Harold L. Miller, Jr., and Diego Flores
Technology in Higher Education - Christopher R. Howard
Course and Instructor Evaluation - Jared W. Keeley
Assessing the Effectiveness of GTA Prepatory Activities and Programs - Cecilia M. Shore
Preparing Graduate Students for the Political Nature of the Academy - Randolph A. Smith and Stephen F. Davis
Preparing for the Future: Undergraduates as Teaching Assistants - Thomas P. Hogan and John C. Norcross
Useful Resources for Preparing the New Professoriate - Jennifer J. Stiegler-Balfour and Catherine E. Overson
Index
About the Editors
About the Contributors