Virginia S. Lee & Associates
Higher Education Consulting
Teaching, Learning and Assessment
About Virginia S. Lee
Virginia S. Lee, Ph.D. has twenty-five
years’ experience working with educational
organizations. She is the 2007 President
Elect,
Professional and Organizational
Development Network in Higher
Education, the largest professional
organization dedicated to faculty and
educational development in higher
education in the United States. She served
as Associate Director, Faculty Center for
Teaching and Learning,
North Carolina
State University
. There she had lead
responsibility for the design and
implementation of programs for faculty
including a nationally recognized, campus-
wide inquiry-guided learning program. She
also played a leadership role in other
university-wide reform efforts related to
assessment and technology.  Prior to


joining NC State, Lee was Director, Graduate Student Teaching Programs, and
Consultant,
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.  At both institutions
she held visiting faculty appointments, teaching both undergraduate and
graduate level courses and serving on dissertation committees.

In 2001-2004 Lee served as a member of the Core Committee,
POD Network
in Higher Education
and also chaired the organization’s Publications
Committee. She edited two essay series:
Essays on Teaching Excellence and
the "Thriving" column in the
National Education Association (NEA)
publication, the
Advocate.  

Lee has published and presented nationally on a variety of topics related to
teaching and learning in higher education. She is the editor of
Teaching and
Learning through Inquiry: A Guidebook for Institutions and Instructors (2004;
Stylus Publishing): the book documents many aspects of the inquiry-guided
learning program at NC State.  She serves on the editorial review boards of
the
Journal of Faculty Development, Innovative Higher Education, and To
Improve the Academy
. She has also been an invited speaker at a number of
national conferences and seminars.

Earlier Lee held administrative positions with the
American Montessori
Society
and the New York City Outward Bound Center.  She also served
as a small business adviser for
Peace Corps/Sri Lanka and performed
extensive volunteer work in adult literacy programs.

She holds a Ph.D. (Educational Psychology),
UNC-Chapel Hill; M.B.A.
(Management), Stern School,
New York University; and B.A. cum laude
(English Literature),
Smith College.

Please find a complete curriculum vitae
here.