"Storying our way through: Making sense of turbulent times"
Michele DiPietro
Dr. Michele DiPietro is the Executive Director for Faculty Development, Recognition, and the Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning and a Professor in the Department of Statistics and Analytical Sciences at Kennesaw State University.
They are also Past Chair of the Georgia Consortium of Centers for Teaching and Learning, a former President of the POD Network in Higher Education, the premiere educational development association in North America, a former Board Member of the International Consortium for Educational Development (ICED), and the immediate past Conference Chair of the International Society for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning. With their former Carnegie Mellon colleagues, Dr. DiPietro is a co-author of “How Learning Works: 7 Research-Based Principles for Smart Teaching.” The book was listed at #3 in a “Top 10 Books on Teaching” list on the Chronicle of Higher Education.
Their scholarly interests include learning sciences, diversity and inclusion, the scholarship of teaching and learning, academic integrity, the Millennial generation, statistics education, the consultation process in faculty development, and teaching in times of tragedy. They have presented hundreds of workshops and keynotes at numerous colleges and conferences, in the US, including at institutions such as Yale, Colombia, University of Chicago, and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, as well as abroad, in nations such as Canada, Colombia, Germany, Israel, Italy, and Japan. Some of their scholarship has been translated into foreign languages (Chinese, Hebrew, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Spanish, and Arabic).
They won the POD Innovation award for the online consultation tool “Solve a Teaching Problem.” Their innovative course “The statistics of sexual orientation” has been featured on the Chronicle of Higher Education and several other magazines. Dr. DiPietro is the 2015 recipient of the Bob Pierleoni Spirit of POD award, the highest honor bestowed in the field of educational development for professional achievement and legacy to the field. A four-time winner of the Moth StorySlam, they are also an accomplished storyteller, representing Atlanta in national competitions.