Dr. Leah Carmichael is the director of Active Learning at the University of Georgia and a Senior Lecturer in the department of international affairs in the School of Public and International Affairs.
She is currently leading the implementation of a five-year, $6 million campus-wide Active Learning initiative to promote and enhance the use of active learning strategies in the undergraduate classroom that move beyond the standard lecture to engage students in the classroom, encouraging them to be active participants as they work to build knowledge and reflect on the learning process. This initiative has placed UGA as a leader among its peers when positioning itself for the future of higher education.
She has previously served as a limited-term lecturer in the department from 2014 to 2015 and as a teaching assistant while in graduate school in the department from 2011 to 2014.
Leah’s commitment to excellence in undergraduate teaching and mentorship has been recognized and supported at the department, school, and the university. In 2016, Leah was awarded the Department of International Affairs Award for Teaching Excellence and invited to join the University Teaching Academy Fellows program. In 2019, Leah was awarded the Disability Resource Center’s Outstanding Faculty Teaching Award for her commitment to providing classroom settings that ensure universal student access. In the Spring of 2021, Leah won the Honors College’s J. Hatten Howard III Award for faculty members who exhibit exceptional promise in teaching Honors courses early in their careers. That same year, Leah became a full member of the Teaching Academy and was awarded the University’s Creative Teaching Award for pivoting to an online course for a course initially designed to be taught as part of Globis’s Italy study abroad program.
She has a B.A. in political science from Guilford College, and a M.A. and Ph.D. in international Affairs from the University of Georgia.
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