Faculty Consultant
Amber Giffin, Ph.D., is a Faculty Consultant for Teaching & Learning Innovation.
In her role, Giffin primarily develops and facilitates faculty development workshops and programs, creates faculty and teaching assistant resource documents, and presents information sessions during faculty and graduate teaching assistant development events. She also assists faculty in conducting scholarship of teaching and learning (SoTL) research projects, creates SoTL resources, and gives presentations on SoTL-related topics. Additionally, Giffin is the co-facilitator of the Inclusive Teaching Faculty Learning Community.
Giffin earned her PhD in Educational Psychology & Research with a focus on Adult Learning in 2023 from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville (UTK). Her areas of research include trauma-informed teaching, how trauma impacts learning in higher education, and sexual assault survivorship in higher education. Giffin also holds a MS in Educational Psychology with a focus in Applied Educational Psychology from UTK and a BA in Indigenous Studies from the University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill.
Contact: agiffin2@vols.utk.edu