NANCY VAN NOTE CHISM is Director of Faculty and TA Development at The Ohio State University and an adjunct faculty member in the School of Educational Policy and Leadership. Within Ohio State, the coordinates support services for teaching, and teaches research methods and college teaching. She has directed or participated in several major funded projects, including the National Consortium on Preparing Graduate Students as College Teachers (Pew Charitable Trusts), Preparing Future faculty Program (Pew Charitable Trusts), and the evaluation component of the Gateway Engineering Education Program (National Science Foundation). She is past president of the Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education, and organization of over 1,000 members devoted to improving college teaching.
Chism is the author of 30 edited books, book chapters, and journal articles on teaching and learning in higher education and developing faculty and teaching assistants as teachers, with particular emphasis on multicultural teaching and program evaluation. Chism received his B.A. in English from Fordham University, and M.A.T. in English and Education from Smith College, and Ph.D. in Educational Policy and Leadership from The Ohio State University.