Charles Bonwell

Charles C. Bonwell directed Centers for Teaching and Learning at the Saint Louis College of Pharmacy (1993-1998) and Southeast Missouri State University (1990-1993). A former Professor of History, he received a B.S. and M.S. in mechanical engineering from Stanford University and his Ph.D. from Kansas State University in the history of science and technology. As a consultant, he has facilitated over 200 workshops nationally and internationally for faculty and teaching assistants on active learning and critical thinking, and has given the keynote address at numerous regional, national, and international conferences. In 1986 Bonwell was one of 50 faculty honored nationwide by the American Association of Higher Education and the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching for his “outstanding educational leadership.” He is co-author, with James Eison, of the best-selling ASHE-ERIC monograph Active Learning: Creating Excitement in the Classroom (1991). Jossey-Bass published Using Active Learning in College Classrooms: A Range of Options for Faculty in 1996, co-authored with Tracey Sutherland.

Topics By Charles Bonwell

• Active Learning: Creating Excitement in the Classroom
  
  
• Classroom Assessment and Active Learning: Making the Connection
  
  
• Critical Thinking and Active Learning: Teaching Thinking Skills in the Classroom
  

Selected Previous Campus Consultations

The following is a representative list of institutions that are benefiting from these workshops

Community Colleges

Houston Community College
Macomb Community College
Westchester Community College
Western Texas College

International Universities

Joseph Attila University, Szeged, Hungary
National University of Ireland- Maynooth
University of Limburg, Maastricht, The Netherlands
University of the West Indies

Organizations

American Accounting Association
American Society of Microbiologists
National Association of Biology Teachers
Ralston Purina Company

Professional Schools

Michigan State University, College of Veterinary Medicine
University of Richmond, E.C. Robins School of Business
St. Lukes School of Nursing
University of Mississippi, College of Pharmacy

Research One Universities

Cornell University
University of Illinois
University of Michigan
The Ohio State University

Regional Universities

Morehead State University
Slippery Rock University
Truman State University
University of Wisconsin-LaCrosse