Keynote Speakers
William Buskist is the Distinguished Professor in the Teaching of Psychology and Alumni Professor at Auburn University and a Faculty Fellow at Auburn’s Biggio Center for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning. In his 24 years at Auburn, he has taught over 31,000 students. He has published 40 articles, 8 books (including 5 electronic books), and given 140 talks, workshops, and presentations on college teaching and related topics. Three of his graduate students—Bryan Saville (in 2002), Jason Sikorski (in 2004), and Trish Benson (in 2006) have been awarded the Society for the Teaching of Psychology’s McKeachie Teaching Excellence Award.
He serves as the Section Editor for The Generalist’s Corner section of Teaching of Psychology and as a member of the National Institute on the Teaching of Psychology (NITOP) planning committee. Together with Steve Davis, he has edited two recent volumes on the teaching of psychology: The Teaching of Psychology: Essays in Honor of Wilbert J. McKeachie and Charles L. Brewer (Erlbaum, 2003) and The Handbook of the Teaching of Psychology (Blackwell, 2005), and together with Barry Perlman and Lee McCann, he has edited Voices of Experience: Memorable Talks from the National Institute on the Teaching of Psychology (American Psychological Society, 2005). Along with Doug Bernstein, he is co-editor of Blackwell’s new book series called Teaching Psychological Science.
He is a recipient of the 2000 Robert S. Daniel Teaching Excellence Award from the Society for the Teaching of Psychology (STP). He also is an inaugural recipient of Auburn University’s Gerald and Emily Leischuck Presidential Award for Excellence in Teaching, which was established in 2005. He is a Fellow of Divisions 1 (General Psychology) and 2 (STP) of the American Psychological Association, and since January of 2006, he has served as President-Elect of the Society for the Teaching of Psychology.
