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Peter Felten

Assistant Provost for Teaching and Learning, Executive Director of the Center for Engaged Learning, and Professor of History

Department: Center for Engaged Learning

Office and address: Belk Pavilion-Teaching&Learning, Office 101 2610 Campus Box Elon, NC 27244

Phone number: (336) 278-6609

Brief Biography

Peter Felten is executive director of the Center for Engaged Learning, professor of history, and assistant provost for teaching and learning at Elon University. He teaches in both History and the Masters in Higher Education program at Elon - and he regularly works with undergraduate and MA students on research. Peter has published seven books about undergraduate education, including Connections are Everything: A College Student’s Guide to Relationship-Rich Education (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2023) co-authored by Isis Artze-Vega, Leo Lambert, and Oscar Miranda Tapia – with an open access online version free to all readers. He has served as president of the International Society for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (ISSOTL) and also of the POD Network, the U.S. professional society for educational developers. He is on the advisory board of the National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE) and is a fellow of the Gardner Institute, a foundation that partners with higher education institutions to enable student learning, well-being, persistence, and success. During the fall 2024 semester he served as Educator-in-Residence at the National University of Singapore.

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Education

Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin

B.A., summa cum laude, Marquette University

Publications

For details on Peter's professional activities, please see his bio on the Center for Engaged Learning's web site.

Awards

Distinguished Service Award, International Society for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning: ISSOTL, 2018

Bob Pierleoni Spirit of POD Award, POD Network, 2018