Jessamyn Neuhaus
State University of New York at Plattsburgh Professor and Interim Director
SUNY Plattsburgh
Jessamyn Neuhaus is a professor of U.S. history and popular culture at SUNY Plattsburgh and Interim Director of the Plattsburgh Center for Teaching Excellence. Recipient of the SUNY Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching, she is the author of
Geeky Pedagogy: A Guide for Intellectuals, Introverts, and Nerds Who Want to be Effective Teachers (West Virginia University Press) and editor of the anthology
Picture a Professor: Interrupting Bias about Faculty and Increasing Student Learning (WVUP). In addition to two historical monographs, Jessamyn has published pedagogical, historical, and cultural studies research in numerous anthologies and journals and regularly gives public presentations and workshops on teaching. An advocate for introverts in the college classroom and for scholarship on teaching and learning that celebrates infinite diversity in infinite combinations, Jessamyn’s mission as an educational developer is to help faculty nerd out about teaching and to use their big smart brains for increasing pedagogical self-efficacy. Visit her website
geekypedagogy.com and
find her on Twitter @GeekyPedagogy.