New E-Book on Faculty Development - Faculty Virtues and Character Strengths Reflective Exercises for Sustained Renewal

by Thomas V. McGovern
Photographs by J. Gerard Smith
Available now at: http://teachpsych.org/ebooks/fvcs2012/index.php

Faculty Virtues and Character Strengths is a trans-disciplinary faculty handbook to enhance the quality of learning and teaching.  The author applies six multicultural virtues and 24 character strengths from Positive Psychology research to the tasks of course design, managing critical incidents, and evaluating areas for development.  The downloadable (5 MB), visually attractive text can be used in face-to-face workshops and online educational
programs conducted by the author, or as a self-study guide for reflection. Faculty probe enduring values of excellent teachers and discuss or
contemplate open-ended questions designed to stimulate authentic professional and personal commitment. 

Tom McGovern is a Professor of Psychology and Integrative Studies at Arizona
State University, New College of Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences, and a
Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA) and Charter Fellow of
the Association for Psychological Science (APS). He authored Memory's
Stories: Interdisciplinary Readings of Multicultural Life Narratives (2007) and
edited the Handbook for Enhancing Undergraduate Education in Psychology
(1993), in addition to 50 book chapters and articles on undergraduate
teaching and learning across the disciplines. Recipient of the CASE / Carnegie
Foundation Professor of the Year (in Arizona) award and Distinguished
Teaching, Faculty Service, and Cross-Cultural Education awards at ASU and
at Virginia Commonwealth University.

Contact at thomas.mcgovern@asu.edu