Andrew Carpenter

Vice President of Academic Affairs and Chief Academic Officer, Ellis University

I am a professional philosopher whose academic specialty is the history of early modern philosophy. I am an expert in online education, an active researcher, and an award-winning educator with significant expertise in higher education accreditation, organizational development, academic governance, academic policy creation, continuous quality improvement, strategic planning, faculty development, and the assessment of institutions of higher learning, academic programs, and student learning. I have served in numerous faculty leadership roles, perform accreditation work for the Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association, and have served on the board of directors of the American Association of Philosophy Teachers. I also serve on several academic journal editorial boards. I currently serve as Ellis University's Vice President for Academic Affairs and Chief Academic Officer with responsibilities for strategic vision and planning, academic quality and integrity, and the assessment and improvement of academic programs and services. Specialties: organizational development, higher education accreditation, organizational, curricular, and learning assessment, faculty development, curriculum development, governance, planning, scholarship of teaching and learning, online learning, e-learning, teaching with technology, pedagogy, andragogy, research, writing, teaching (humanities, ethics, applied ethics, critical thinking, research methodology, philosophy of science, epistemology, metaphysics, history of philosophy). My main professional social network in LinkedIn. Connect with me there: http://www.linkedin.com/in/philosophyandrew/ Read my academic papers: http://ellis.academia.edu/AndrewCarpenter/Papers/