New Associate Provost Hired

06/02/08

Belton, Texas - Dr. JoyLynn Reed has been named Associate Provost at the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor effective June 1, 2008.

Provost Graham Hatcher announced the appointment of Reed, who most recently served at the University of Texas in Dallas as the director of the Center for Excellence in Learning and Teaching.

"Dr. Reed brings a wealth of experience to us, having served five institutions in capacities including department chair, faculty development director, and accreditation consultant. She's taught freshmen seminars and supervised doctoral dissertations and everything in between. Government and corporate offices have sought her expertise. Plus, she's a sixth generation Texan. Her presence will be immediately felt as she leads our new first-year student emphasis this summer," Hatcher said.

As the associate provost, Reed will oversee the faculty-focused Center for Effectiveness in Learning and Teaching; the First-Year Program, which is a freshman program in which entering freshmen will attend seminars and work one-on-one with faculty; and the New Faculty Academy. She will also be responsible for the academic appeals process and some of the faculty development programs.

Reed earned a doctorate in educational psychology, a master's degree in speech communications, and a Bachelor of Science degree in speech and a Bachelor of Arts degree in English, all from the University of Texas at Austin.

Reed has served as faculty, department chair and special projects coordinator at the University of Texas at Dallas; Paul Quinn College in Dallas; University of Phoenix in Phoenix, AZ; UT-Austin; and St. Edwards University in Austin. Her teaching experiences range from on-line to traditional, freshmen to doctoral dissertation supervision. She has also served as a consultant to various higher education, corporate and government offices as well as owning two small businesses.

Reed has served on several boards, including the Center for Ministry Excellence and Educational Leadership Advisory Council at Baylor University, the Dispute Resolution Center in Austin. She currently serves on the board of Richardson Reads One Book and is Chairman of the Board of Governors for the Academy of Oriental Medicine at Austin. She has participated in many Professional Associations such as the National Communication Association, the National Reading Conference and the American Educational Research Association. In addition to academic organizations, she is also active in numerous community organizations such as the Salvation Army Women's Auxiliary, the Dallas Symphony Orchestra League and she is a member of Class XXI for Leadership Richardson.

Her scholarly interests are in the cognitive processes involved in spoken and written discourse, particularly in online environments; the motivational and affective components of discourse comprehension and production; the effectiveness of different teaching strategies in online instruction; and the influence of social processes in classroom learning and the social construction of coherence, especially in synchronous and asynchronous environments.

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