Claire Howell Major

Claire Major is a Professor of Higher Education at The University of Alabama. She teaches courses on college teaching, learning online in higher education, and assessment in higher education and student affairs. Her research focuses on faculty work, pedagogical approaches, technology for teaching, and online learning. She typically draws upon qualitative methods to answer her research questions. She has authored and co-authored several books, including her most recent Engaged Teaching: A Handbook for College Faculty (with Elizabeth Barkley). She has also published Student Engagement Techniques: A Handbook for College Faculty (with Elizabeth Barkley published by Jossey-Bass), Interactive Lecturing: A Handbook for College Faculty (with Elizabeth Barkley published by Jossey-Bass), Learning Assessment Techniques: A Handbook for College Faculty (with Elizabeth Barkley published by Jossey-Bass), Collaborative learning techniques: A handbook for college faculty (second education, with Elizabeth Barkley and Pat Cross, published by Jossey-Bass), Teaching for Learning: 101 Intentionally Designed Educational Activities to Put Students on the Path to Success (with Michael Harris and Todd Zakrajsek, published by Routledge), Online learning: A guide to theory, research, and practice (published by Johns Hopkins University Press), The essential guide to qualitative research: A handbook of theory and practice (with Maggi-Savin Baden, published by Routledge), and An introduction to qualitative research synthesis: Managing the information explosion (with Maggi Savin-Baden, published by Routledge). Major also publishes her work in leading education journals and presents at both national and international conferences.