| August 27, 2001 |
Contact: Lance
Wallace |
Macon -- Priscilla Danheiser, Ph.D., has been named director of the Teaching and Learning Center at Mercer University. The Center will build upon Mercer's long tradition of teaching excellence and its ongoing efforts to enhance learning for students and support faculty across all colleges, schools, departments and campuses of the University, especially through the use of technology.
"Dr. Danheiser's various accomplishments and talents provide exceptional opportunities for our faculty development programs," said Dr. Russ Warren, Mercer University provost. "We look forward to her contributions to our faculty."
Danheiser was most recently at Wesleyan College. During her 23-year-career at the all-women's college, she served as dean, vice president for academic affairs and professor of psychology.
She is a recognized leader in academia. She was recently named one of 12 Governor's Teaching Fellows for Georgia for the 2001-2002 academic year. She is a member of the Georgia Professional Standards Commission for Teacher Education Programs Evaluation Review Panel and a former accreditation team member and consultant for the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools.
She is an active volunteer in the community, serving with Macon 2000 on the curriculum development committee, educational effectiveness task force and research team. She has served as president of the board of the Family Counseling Center and has served on the board of the Girl Scouts.
She holds a doctor of philosophy degree in psychology, master of science degree in psychology and bachelor of arts degree in English and psychology, all from the University of Georgia. She also completed the management development program in Harvard University's Graduate School of Education in 1994. She is published in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology and her research is cited in many current social psychology texts. She has also been a reviewer for the Department of Education's Fund for the Improvement of Post-secondary Education and other Department of Education grant competitions.
She has participated on panels focused on innovative programs in higher education for the Association of American Colleges and Universities, the Association of American Higher Education, the Association of Governing Boards, the Center for the Freshman Experience, among others. She has served as the project director for grants from the Department of Energy and Oak Ridge National Laboratory, the U.S. Department of Education, the Council of Independent Colleges and the Association of American Colleges and Universities.
Founded in 1833 in Penfield, Mercer University has more than 7,400 students and 1,400 faculty members on campuses in Macon and Atlanta, and is one of the largest Baptist-affiliated institutions in the world. It is the only independent university of its size in the country to offer programs in liberal arts, business, engineering, education, medicine, pharmacy, law, theology and nursing.
Led by President R. Kirby Godsey, Mercer has been ranked among the leading colleges and universities in the South by U.S. News and World Report for 11 consecutive years.
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