John Zubizarreta is Professor of English, Director of Honors and Faculty Development, and former Dean of Undergraduate Studies at Columbia College. He has published widely on modern American, British, and comparative literatures; teaching pedagogy; honors education; teaching, learning, and administrative portfolios; academic leadership; and faculty development. A Carnegie Foundation/C.A.S.E. Professor for South Carolina, he has also earned recognition for teaching and scholarly excellence from the American Association for Higher Education, the South Atlantic Association of Departments of English, the National United Methodist Board of Higher Education, the South Carolina Commission on Higher Education, and other educational organizations. John has led faculty development workshops and delivered keynote addresses worldwide, and he has mentored faculty nationwide and abroad in enhancing and documenting teaching and learning. His most recent interests have turned to student learning portfolios designed to improve learning through reflection, collaboration, and evidence. His latest book is The Learning Portfolio: Reflective Practice for Improving Student Learning (Jossey-Bass, 2009; Anker, 2004).

Selected Previous Campus Consultations

• Drexel University, Rutgers University
• Utrecht University (Holland)
• North Carolina A&T State University
• University of Delaware, University of Iowa
• University of Tennessee-Chattanooga
• McHenry County College
• Tri-County Technical College
• Palm Beach Atlantic University
• Western Carolina University
• St. Lawrence University
• Jackson State Community College 

Selected Conference & Institute Workshops

• Association of American Colleges & Universities
• Southern Association of Colleges & Schools
• National Collegiate Honors Council
• International Improving University Teaching
• Lilly Conferences on College Teaching
• Academic Impressions
• THE Forum
• Collaboration for the Advancement of College Teaching & Learning