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.