Associate Provost, Associate VP for Academic Affairs, Professor of Education, and Director, Center for Teaching, Learning, & Academic Technology at Dillard University; Past President of the HBCU Faculty Development Network and President of POD.He is the Provost, Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs, Professor of Education, and Director of the Center for Teaching, Learning, and Academic Technology at Dillard University. Previously, he was Dean of the College of Professional Studies, Interim Vice President for Academic Affairs, Director of Faculty Development, and Professor of Physical Education at Johnson C. Smith University. He has a PhD from The Ohio State University, an M.A. from University of Michigan, and a B.S. degree from Johnson C. Smith University. He is the President of the Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) Faculty Development Network and serve as a faculty development consultant, evaluator, and presenter at the Collaboration for the Advancement of College Teaching and Learning and the Teaching Learning with Technology (TLT) Group. He is the President-Elect of the Professional and Organizational Development (POD) Network.
He led the learning communities program at Johnson C. Smith University from 1998-2007. At Dillard University, learning communities form the structure for their Quality Enhancement Plan. He has provided the training for faculty to implement learning communities in freshman studies programs, and in and across major programs. His learning communities work is focused on program coordination, and professional development in the design and teaching of learning communities, and assessment and evaluation of learning community programs.
His learning communities publications include: “the Impact of a ‘Healthy Youth’ Learning Community on Student Learning Outcome Measures”, Journal of Negro Education; “The impact of the Freshman Academy/Learning Communities program on student progression and engagement”,” Journal of Negro Education; “Engaging faculty in a freshman academy learning community”, Journal of Learning Communities; “Developing learning communities in health and human performance”, American Journal of Health Education, “Faculty development opportunities and learning communities”, New Forums Press; and “Learning communities growing at historically black colleges and universities”, Newsletter, Washington Center for the Improvement of Undergraduate Learning: Olympia, WA.
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About the Author: Patrick Blessinger
Dr. Patrick Blessinger is an adjunct associate professor of education at St. John's University, a math and science teacher with the New York State Education Department, and chief research scientist of the International Higher Education Teaching and Learning Association (in consultative status with the United Nations). Dr. Blessinger is the editor and author of many books and articles and he is an educational policy analyst and contributing writer with UNESCO's Inclusive Policy Lab, University World News, The Hechinger Report, and Higher Education Tomorrow, among others. Dr. Blessinger teaches courses in education, leadership, and research methods and he serves on doctoral dissertation committees. Dr. Blessinger has been involved with accreditation certification for universities and colleges and he has been involved in various educational consulting projects. Dr. Blessinger provides professional development workshops and classes to teachers and educational leaders and regularly gives presentations at academic conferences around the world. Dr. Blessinger has received several educational awards, including: Fulbright Senior Scholar to Denmark (Department of State, USA), Governor’s Teaching Fellow (Institute of Higher Education, University of Georgia, USA), and Certified Educator (National Geographic Society, USA).