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David Green, PhD
Director, Center for Faculty Development
Clinical Professor, International Studies
Biography
At Seattle University, I direct the Center for Faculty Development (CFD) and am Clinical Professor of International Studies. My PhD and BA in German Studies are from the University of Birmingham (UK), and I hold an MA in Education and Professional Development from Birmingham City University (BCU). Before becoming an educational developer, I was Chair of Languages and International Business at BCU.
My teaching has crossed a few disciplinary boundaries, with courses in foreign language, cross-cultural management, communication, and higher education (which is where spend most of my time in the Center for Faculty Development). Teaching in International Studies is something of a return to my academic roots. My undergraduate courses there are situated at the intersection of culture and society, mostly using analytical tools from the humanities to help explain social and political contexts and phenomena. They examine topics such as nation and identity, cross-cultural misunderstanding and nonviolent communication, and the fast-growing topic of the Eurovision Song Contest.
My research since moving to the US primarily focuses on factors that facilitate or inhibit acting inclusively and with integrity, whether the individuals involved are students, faculty, or educational developers. With Celia Popovic, I co-authored Understanding Undergraduates: Challenging Our Preconceptions of Student Success, published in the USA and UK by Routledge (2012). From 2011–2014, I was co-editor of the International Journal for Academic Development, subsequently becoming the liaison between the journal and the Board of the International Consortium for Educational Development (ICED; an charitable organization to improve HE globally) until 2019. I returned to that liaison role in 2024. Currently I am also co-chairing a committee to revise the Ethical Guidelines of the national educational developers’ association, the POD Network.
Originally from the UK, I moved to Seattle in 2006. And so that I don’t forget what it’s like to be a learner, I’m currently taking Swedish lessons.
Education
- PhD in German Studies, University of Birmingham, UK
- MA in Education & Professional Development, Birmingham City University, UK
- BA (Honours) in German Studies, University of Birmingham, UK (including a year at Johannes Gutenberg–Universität Mainz, Germany)
Courses Taught
For International Studies/University Core:
- Eurovision, nation, and identity
- Culture clash
For the Center for Faculty Development, sessions and programs for faculty on a range of topics around:
- learning and teaching
- professional development
- leadership development
- research practice
Publications
Select publications:
- Little, D., & Green, D. A. (2022). A credibility framework in educational development: Trustworthiness, expertise, and identification. Higher Education Research & Development, 41(3), 804‒819. [HERD 2022 Article of the Year.]
- Little, D., Green, D. A., & Felten, P. (2019). Identity, intersectionality, and educational development. New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 158, 11–22.
- Little, D., Green, D. A., & Hoption, C. (2018). A lasting impression: The influence of prior disciplines on educational developers’ research. International Journal for Academic Development, 23(4), 324–338.
- Green, D. A., & Little, D. (2017). On the other side of the wall: The miscategorization of educational developers in the USA? To Improve the Academy, 36(2), 77–88.
- Green, D. A., Loertscher, J., Minderhout, V., & Lewis, J. E. (2017). For want of a better word: Unlocking threshold concepts in natural sciences with a key from the humanities? Higher Education Research and Development, 37(7), 1401–1417.
- Green, D. A., & Little, D. (2016). Family portrait: A profile of educational developers around the world. International Journal for Academic Development, 21(2), 135–150. [IJAD 2016 Article of the Year.]
- Loertscher, J., Green, D. A., Lewis, J. E., Lin, S., & Minderhout, V. (2014). Identification of threshold concepts for biochemistry. CBE–Life Sciences Education, 13(3), 516–528.
- Green, D. A., & Little, D. (2013). Academic development on the margins. Studies in Higher Education, 38(4), 523–537.
- Little, D., & Green, D. A. (2012). Betwixt and between: Academic developers in the margins. International Journal for Academic Development, 17(3), 203–215.
- Popovic. C., & Green, D. A. (2012). Understanding undergraduates: Challenging our preconceptions of student success. New York & London: Routledge.
- Ruppert, B., & Green, D. A. (2012). Practicing what we teach: Credibility and alignment in the business communication classroom. Business Communication Quarterly, 75(1), 29–44.
- Green, D. A. (2010). Words fail us: How academics view language and ideas in higher education research. International Journal for Academic Development, 15(1), 47–59.
- Green, D. A. (2009). New academics’ perceptions of the language of teaching and learning: Identifying and overcoming linguistic barriers. International Journal for Academic Development, 14(1), 33–45.