Douglas
D. Gaffin, Teaching Credential, 1982
Dr.
Gaffin is currently the Dean of the School of University College at the
University of Oklahoma. As an introductory zoology course instructor to
over 1,700 students per year at U Oklahoma, Dr. Gaffin’s course
was consistently rated as one of the most challenging and enjoyable on
campus. In the first few years he was on campus, he won nearly every campus-wide
teaching award. His teaching experience began at his alma mater Oregon
State University, where he earned a Ph.D. in Zoology and Neurophysiology
in 1994. As an instructor in a large-enrollment anatomy and physiology
course, Dr. Gaffin was one of the first instructors to use computer technology
in the classroom.
The
publishing company McGraw-Hill invited Dr. Gaffin to focus groups, and
his thoughtful contributions led to him co-authoring a biology textbook
entitled “Life.” A related project called Active Art sprang
from the textbook. Active Art allows instructors to decompose a textbook’s
art to its core elements, making it easier to use PowerPoint to tell a
complex story. McGraw-Hill now ties Active Art to each of its major science
textbooks. In 1999, Dr. Gaffin won the Outstanding First-Year-Advocate
Award, a national award administered by the National Resource Center for
the First-Year Experience and Students in Transition. He holds a Ph.D.
from Oregon State University, and a B.S. from the University of California
at Berkeley.
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