ISSOTL History

The International Society for the Scholarship of Teaching & Learning was founded in 2004 by a committee of 67 scholars from several countries.

The Society's first conference was held October 21 - 24, 2004, at Indiana University Bloomington in the United States. Over 440 scholars from 8 countries attended 280 presentations.

The second conference was held October 14 - 16 in Vancouver, British Columbia in Canada. 672 scholars from 8 countries attended 292 sessions.

The third conference was held November 9 - 12, 2006, in Washington, D.C., in the United States. Just under 800 scholars from 16 countries (including Australia, Canada, China, Gambia, Hong Kong, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, New Zealand, Nigeria, the Philippines, South Africa, Sweden, Taiwan, United Kingdom, and the United States) attended the conference.

The fourth conference was held July 2 - 5, 2007, in Sydney, Australia. Approximately 400 scholars attended the conference.

Founding Committee

Jane Aiken	Washington University	AIKEN@wulaw.wustl.edu
Thomas Angelo	Victoria University of Wellington	Tom.angelo.vuw.ac.nz
Peter D. Ashworth	Sheffield Hallam University	P.D.Ashworth@shu.ac.uk
Marcia Babb	Carnegie Foundation	babb@carnegiefoundation.org
Bob Bain	University of Michigan	bbain@umich.edu
Randy Bass	Georgetown University	bassr@georgetown.edu
Spencer Benson	University of Maryland	sb77@umail.umd.edu
Dan Bernstein	University of Kansas	DJB@KU.edu
Angela Brew	University of Sydney	a.brew@itl.usyd.edu.au
Suzanne Burgoyne	University of Missouri	BurgoyneS@missouri.edu
Mary Burman	University of Wyoming	mburman@uwyo.edu
Vernon Burton	University of Illinois	vburton@ncsa.uiuc.edu
Nick Byrne	London School of Economics & Political Science	n.byrne@lse.ac.uk
Barbara Cambridge	American Association for Higher Education	bcambridge@aahe.org
Nancy Chism	Indiana University-Purdue University	nchism@iupui.edu
Brian Coppola	University of Michigan	bcoppola@umich.edu
Milt Cox	Miami University-Ohio	coxmd@muohio.edu
Vaneeta D'Andrea	City University of London	v.dandrea@city.ac.uk
Lewis Elton	University College	l.elton@pcps.ucl.ac.uk
Daisy Floyd	Texas Technical University	daisy.floyd@ttu.edu
Richard Gale	Carnegie Foundation	gale@carnegiefoundation.org
Lee Gass	University of British Columbia	Gass.zoology.ubc.ca
Barbara Gayle	University of Portland	gayle@up.edu
George Gordon	University of Strathclyde	G.Gordon@strath.ac.uk
Mick Healey	University of Gloucestershire	MHealey@glos.ac.uk
Linda Hodges	Princeton University	lhodges@Princeton.edu
Mary Huber	Carnegie Foundation	huber@carnegiefoundation.org
Pat Hutchings	Carnegie Foundation	hutchings@carnegiefoundation.org
Paul Hyland	Bath Spa University	p.hyland@bathspa.ac.uk
Randy Isaacson	Indiana University-South Bend	risaacso@iusb.edu
Dennis Jacob	Notre Dame University	Dennis.C.Jacobs.2@nd.edu
Alan Jenkins	Oxford Brookes University	alanjenkins@brookes.ac.uk
Mills Kelly	George Mason University	tkelly7@gmu.edu
Carolin Kreber	University of Alberta	carolin.kreber@ualberta.ca
Susan Lea	University of Plymouth	S.Lea@plymouth.ac.uk
Davorah Lieberman	Portland State University	liebermand@pdx.edu
Sherry Linkon	Youngstown State University	sjlinkon@cc.ysu.edu
Elaine Martin	Victoria University	Elaine.martin@vu.edu.au
Kathleen McKinney	Illinois State University	kmckinne@ilstu.edu
Judith E. Miller	Worcester Polytechnic Institute	jmiller@WPI.EDU
Rob Moore	University of Cape Town	robmoore@iafrica.com
Pat Murrell	University of Memphis	pmurrell@memphis.edu
Craig Nelson	Indiana University	nelson1@indiana.edu
Ruth Neumann	Macquarie University	Ruth.Neumann@vc.mg.edu.au
David Pace	Indiana University	dpace@indiana.edu
Bernice Pescosolido	Indiana University	pescosol@indiana.edu
Caroline Persell	New York University	caroline.persell@nyu.edu
Gary Poole	University of British Columbia	poole@mail.cstudies.ubc.ca
Michael Prosser	University of Sydney	m.prosser@itl.usyd.edu.au
Paul Ramsden	University of Sydney	P.Ramsden@vcc.usyd.edu.au
James Rhem	National Teaching & Learning Forum	jrhem@chorus.net
Eugene Rice	American Association for Higher Education	erice@aahe.org
Laurie Richlin	Claremont Graduate University	laurie.richlin@cgu.edu
Jennifer Robinson	Indiana University	jenmetar@indiana.edu
Anthony Rosie	Sheffield Hallam University	A.J.Rosie@shu.ac.uk
Chris Rust	Oxford Brookes University	crust@brookes.ac.uk
Whitney Schlegel	Indiana University	wreilly@indiana.edu
Anita Salem	Rockhurst University	Anita.Salem@rockhurst.edu
Ian Scott	University of Cape Town	iscott@ched.uct.ac.za
Diane Sieber	University of Colorado	diane.sieber@colorado.edu
Kathy Takayama	University of New South Wales	k.takayama@UNSW.EDU.AU
Lynn Taylor	Dalhousie University	taylor@Ms.UManitoba.CA
Emily VanZee	University of Maryland	evl4@umail.umd.edu
George Walker	Carnegie Foundation	walker@carnegiefoundation.org
Mark Walter	Oakton Community College	mwalter@oakton.edu
John Webster	University of Washington	Cicero@u.washington.edu
Deborah Willis	Victoria University	Deborah.Willis@vuw.ac.nz