Abstract
Bill Hill received his PhD from the University of Georgia in 1979 and has been on the faculty at Kennesaw State University (KSU) ever since. He is currently director of the KSU Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning. His professional activities and research revolve around faculty development. In 1989, he founded, and continues to coordinate, the annual Southeastern Conference on the Teaching of Psychology. He has held leadership roles in the Society for the Teaching of Psychology, serving as president (2001–2002) and director of programming (2004–2008); he also coordinated the annual “best practices” in teaching psychology conference from 2002 to 2008. He received the 1985 KSU Distinguished Teaching Award and the 2004 American Psychological Foundation Charles L. Brewer Distinguished Teaching Award. Bill is a Fellow of Divisions 1, 2, and 52 in the American Psychological Association.
Linda Noble completed her PhD at the University of Georgia in 1985 and began her career at KSU the same year. She served as chair of the Psychology Department, dean of the College of Humanities and Social Sciences, and associate director of the Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning. She has held several leadership positions in the Society for the Teaching of Psychology, including president (2003) and editor of the Methods and Techniques section of Teaching of Psychology. She is now serving as the assistant vice chancellor for Faculty Affairs at the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia, where she oversees faculty policies and procedures at all 35 state institutions and coordinates systemwide faculty development events.