Background
Sorcinelli, Mary Deane was born on September 21, 1949 in Northampton, Massachusetts, United States. Daughter of Walter Daniel Griffin and Mary Margaret Deane.
(Efforts to support and enrich faculty work—particularly i...)
Efforts to support and enrich faculty work—particularly in a changing context—are critically important to faculty members, institutional leaders, and higher education itself. This book surveys faculty development from its beginnings, summarizes the challenges and pressures now facing developers and higher education as a whole, and proposes an agenda for the future of faculty development. Based on a study of nearly 500 faculty developers from all institutional types, this book offers a vision of what the field might become, addressing several key issues such as the structural variations among faculty development programs; the goals, purposes, and models that guide and influence program development; and the top challenges facing faculty members, institutions, and faculty development programs.
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Sorcinelli, Mary Deane was born on September 21, 1949 in Northampton, Massachusetts, United States. Daughter of Walter Daniel Griffin and Mary Margaret Deane.
Bachelor English, Westfield State College, 1971. Master of Arts English, Mount Holyoke College, 1972. Doctor of Education, University Massachusetts, 1978.
Postgraduate, Indiana University, 1984.
Teacher English Westfield (Massachusetts) School System, 1972-1974. Teaching improvement specialist University Massachusetts, Amherst, 1974-1975, director Center for Teaching, since 1988, associate provost for faculty development, since 1995. Director Umass Amherst, teaching learning center Indiana University Northwest, 1975-1978.
Associate director Lilly Teaching Fellows Program Indiana University, Bloomington, 1979-1983, director faculty development, 1983-1989. Visiting scholar American Association Higher Education, Washington, 1999-2001.
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Educator Newman Center, Amherst, since 1995. Member American Educational Research Association, Association Education Professionals and Organizational Development Network (board directors 1987-1990, president 2000-2004), Massachusetts Faculty Development Consortium (advisory board 1987-1994).
Married Eugenio Gino Sorcinelli, Junior, June 19, 1971. Children: Mia Deane, Julia Rose, Gino Griffin.